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Awww.... Arnold was trying to act really hard...

posted 17 years ago by Edward-217
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You can tell after the terrorist bomb went off and his family died. He was really trying hard to really act. I feel bad for him, because he is so old and the movie isn't very good and it's a long time since the days of good Terminator movies.

I kind of felt bad that he was still trying so hard to act at this stage in his career, and in a bad movie...

[–] presentlygifted 17 years ago

Jackass

[–] newevrymorning 17 years ago

I've seen most of his movies & I think this one is one of the more believeable ones--he's not just a killing machine as in Commando or Raw Deal, for instance.

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[–] bazmi 16 years ago

Arnold did great, stfu.

[–] cjoklb 16 years ago

Don't feel bad for Arnold.

He's a multi-millionaire many, many times over and is the governor of the most populated state in the country.

Feel sorry for yourself, who will never be 1/1,000,000,000th the person and actor that he is.

[–] randyhndrsn 16 years ago

Yah I don't think enough people get what makes arnold a great actor, it's not his actual acting because it's about average or even below it but it's what he brings to the screen.You feel like you are watching this awesome action god, he has as much screen power as any actor because of his overall look of strength and sense of humor to his problems.I think he is perfect for a role like the terminator or conan, but he does a fine job in this movie but this movie was about the action and not so much the plot but it's arnie.He owns anything he's in, even end of days was a fun watch because he made things pretty damn cool in a awful screenplay.

Don't ever call me a kubrick hater, or I will have my droogs beat you to death.

[–] ricci2 16 years ago

I consider his performances in "Collateral Damage" and "End of Days" to be the best of his great and stellar career.

[–] hoboboxerjoe 15 years ago

I loved both of those movies as well. I'm watching Collateral Damage on TV right now. Forgot how much I liked it, very different from most of Arnie's other action flicks, seeing him beside John Turturo and Leguizamo was awesome too.

[–] jedite1000 8 years ago

He didnt look that old in this movie

He OLD now though

[–] BobCH88 8 years ago

I personally thought it was pretty laughable too. He went into bitch mode in this one.

The whole shower with his son scene? WTF was that??!

This is a bad movie. Badly written and directed by a hack. I don't know what to say to people that thought it was a good movie. Your opinion sucks?

[–] miles-bennett-dyson 8 years ago

I kind of felt bad

Don't feel bad, Arnold's entire life is a massive success story. Every endeavour he has engaged in he has achieved massive success at the highest level - bodybuilding, business, movies, politics, and he is now incredibly wealthy. Not bad for a broke immigrant who could hardly speak the language.