Because I’m a good father, I sat down with my 8-year-old and
showed him Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
It’s great in the sense of, “Having a long-term influence
and presence in the public consciousness.”
Nevertheless, it has some serious problems. There’s a voiceover which distracts us and
pulls us out of the movie. There’s an
uneven performance from Edward Furlong, the preadolescent actor playing the
young John Connor. The dialogue seems
functional, at best, and everything moves at such a stately pace that my
young’n lost focus for much of the second act.
Nevertheless, there are some wonderful things about this
film. Robert Patrick, as the next
generation Terminator sent to provide this story with an antagonist, is
marvelously deadpan. The special effects
hold up today and keep us in the story.
And Arnold, well, he’s Arnold.
The guy’s a movie star for a reason, and that reason is that his
magnetic screen presence raises anything he’s in.
Still, I’m glad I saw it again and I’m glad I shared it with
my boy. I wonder when he’ll be old
enough for The French Connection.
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