Yesterday, The Hub and I watched Terminator Salvation, the film that we were waiting for the most this year. I must say that I was a little disappointed. Oh, the film wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t stellar either. Unfortunately, I was expecting it to be nothing short of stellar.

I’m not an expert movie critic, but I’m thinking that most of my disappointment had something to do with the director, McG. I honestly think a better job could’ve been done. He had a tried and tested story, as well as an excellent cast and the technology available to do the story justice. Instead, the pacing was wrong in some places and the CGI of Schwarzenegger looked just that – CGI.

With that said, I found the film still brilliantly entertaining, mostly due to its cast. How pretty is Bryce Dallas Howard? I’m trying to find out if it’s true, but she truly looked pregnant in the film. And then there’s Moon Bloodgood, officially my newest girl crush. She’s so gorgeous that I want to hang myself for not looking like that.

I think Sam Worthington is one actor that we should all be looking out for in the future. I thought he looked a bit like Brian Austin Green, who played Derek Reese on The Sarah Connor Chronicles (the Terminator series made for TV, which Terminator Salvation completely ignored in terms of storyline). I love, love, LOVED Anton Yelchin in Star Trek, and once again, I love, love, LOVED him in Terminator Salvation. How is it possible that this kid is in two of the year’s biggest blockbusters? He must have one hell of a manager.

And of course, there’s Christian Bale. Seriously, the man can do no wrong, even with all the hoopla about that screaming fit he had on the Terminator Salvation set. But then, I had a crush on Christian Bale before it was even fashionable to have a crush on Christian Bale (he was 13 in Empire of the Sun and I was about 7, LOL), so I’m more than a little biased.

He was perfect as John Connor, and my only qualm is that there was only one scene where he had his shirt off and he was covered in friggin’ bandages. Honestly, where is the justice in that? If I was a terminator, however, Christian Bale can definitely do strange things with a barcode scanner on me anytime.

So that’s my little attempt at a movie review. If you haven’t seen Terminator Salvation, then I urge you to do so. It’s seriously good fun, McG or no McG. Here’s hoping they’ll pick a better director next time!