FILM CRITIQUE

Final Film Critique Review

Final Film Critique Review

Introduction

The Terminator is a science fiction film by James Cameron released in 1984. This represents Arnold Schwarzenegger an Android from the future, whose mission is to kill people (to "terminate"). The unexpectedly very successful author film is the first in a series of four feature films to date. The relatively modest budget turned B-movie emerged as one of the most influential science fiction films of the 80s to a cult film. At the same time increased the popularity of the film was still at the beginning of his acting career related Schwarzenegger sustainable (Crose, 1991).

Thesis Statement

The Terminator is science fiction's setting in the future has no historical expectations, which made it a huge success due to which many sequels were made after 1984.

Discussion and Analysis

Plot

Background Story - The future

In 2029, the Earth is due to a nuclear war devastated and wiped out the majority of mankind. Of human development, intelligent war machines went to war against their creators, as they suspected that this threatens their own existence. The survivors of the war have the choice to either serve as slaves to the machines or the rebellion of the people to join. After the human resistance, led by John Connor in 2029 is nearing a decisive victory over the central instance of Skynet machines, the machines send a Terminator-type T-800, Model 101 in 1984. This android - a machine covered in human tissue - is the mother of John Connor, Sarah Connor set to kill them before they can give birth to their son John. The rebels can send through the conquest of the time machine the soldier Kyle Reese back in time to protect Sarah. Both antagonists are sequentially, but in different places in Los Angeles in the 1984. By destroying the time machine in 2029, both on their own and take on the search for Sarah Connor (Brown & Decker, 2009).

The Present - Los Angeles (1984)

Of a time machine to 1984 traveled naked Terminator procures clothing, weapons and a vehicle by three punks (including Bill Paxton) attacks and kills an arms dealer. In the phone book, he found three people with the name of Sarah Connor and begins to systematically seek these in sequence and schedule. Reese also embarks on the basis of a photo of Sarah on the search. Sarah Connor live with a girlfriend, Ginger, in a shared apartment. During her work she learns from television of only two murders of sisters and their names mentioned in danger. Reese has that Sarah already found, follows her and held her by the murderer. She flees the nightclub in "Technoir" and tried to reach her friend Ginger. Terminator Sarah has however already reached the apartment and killed there, present for Ginger and her boyfriend Matt. Sarah leaves a message on the answering machine with an indication of their whereabouts and asking to meet her there. The Terminator hears of this and is on its way.

In the nightclub, there is a shootout between the ...