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 Sarah Conner? Aug 23, 2008
1984. No one saw this coming from Roger Corman's art director. A surprising commercial success, and eventual science fiction classic, The Terminator contains the hallmarks of a James Cameron film: crisp editing, throbbing tension, and terrible dialogue. Cameron's experience under Roger Corman taught him to take a tiny six million dollar budget and craft smart, detailed FX that still retain their dignity in the face of todays CGI overkill. And aside from all the giant hair, the film has dated wonderfully. Ironically, the minimalistic production has aged it better than the rest of this swollen, pompous franchise. Although James Cameron claimed the story was inspired by a dream, he liberally pinched his concepts from science fiction legend Harlan Ellison, who accused Cameron of plagiarism.
 Still A Classic Aug 22, 2008
This movie is just a year younger than me, but even after all of these years, this movie still holds up today. The suspence and pacing of the film is amazing and watcing it the 30th time is just as fun as watching it the first. You gotta give credit to Arnold, he is probably the best cyborg on screen ever. A lot of the praise goes to Schwarzenegger, but Micahel Biehn makes for an excellent hero as Kyle Reese. His dialogue and scenes like when he is being interrogated by the police make the movie. I have to admit that the end of the movie when we see the Terminator as his true skeletal self, it still gives me the creeps. Just him walking and almost making it through the door before they close it is really terrifying. Overall, you just can't go wrong with this movie because it will never get old.
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 Terminator DVD Review Aug 21, 2008
The 1984 Treminator is an interesting movie but is marred by a cheap musical score. Perhaps it should be re-released with a new score. The 1.85:1 widescreen DVD is of high quality and enhanced for 16:9 TVs.
A stone classic Aug 09, 2008
One of the best movies ever made, this has everything. The action is crisp, the situation powerful and the whole film delivers right across the board. If you haven't seen this, buy it immediately. You fool.
Creepier than the sequel Aug 05, 2008
Although I still prefer "Judgement Day", the first Terminator contains a darker atmosphere that I really like. Filmed in a much lower budget, "The Terminator" is darker, creepier, and bloodier than the sequel. Schwarzenegger portrays a killing machine from the future who is sent to the present in order to kill the unborn future leader of the human rebellion. Linda Hamilton plays Sarah Connor, the young woman who tries hard to disbelieve that fact that she will, in the future, give birth to the future's only hope against artificial intelligence. Michael Beihn is Kyle, who is sent to stop the Terminator from killing Sarah.
This is an awesome film, and while I do love the sequel much more than the original, I love this one for its dark and chilling atmosphere. A-
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