I still don't know how they did that stunt at 2:54 where the stuntman jumps from the truck and rolls across the floor. That's an incredibly dangerous stunt if done for real. It looks completely seamless and it looks like it was done for real. If it's a computer effect, I can't tell. Brilliant action direction
Yeah the look of this film was fantastic. I also like other films where they use a dominant color throughout. The Matrix used alot of Green hues and David Fincher tends to have alot of Yellow and Blue in his films.
There’s a lot of similarities with T1 & Alien and T2 & Aliens. Both first films are both more horror led with darker tones. Both sequels are more action focused and both have the same blue hues throughout.
@@GDZL91 Great analytic analogy. Now that I think about it, you’re right. With both first films leaning into the horror aspects with darker tones and visual styles, plus having a higher kill count for the main villain, and both sequels focusing more with the action, main villains being ruthless, intelligent, merciless, and equally terrifying and intimidating as its predecessor, and similar blue visual styles.
This scene was both terrifying and chilling at the same time, the prospect of the villain being defeated with the terror of the way it happened. Best action movie EVER
Majority of this was practical effects, but the CGI that Cameron used for the T-1000 was amazing. Unbelievable to see it still hold up for today’s standards
@@owieri not sure that's true. I thought this as a kid when I watched it, but now it seems plausible that it could've has the capacity to defrost itself shortly. It did similar acts of molecular self control earlier. Shooting it did severe damage to it, which eventually gave a window for it to be destroyed later.
@owieri I always though about what would happen if Arnold picked up half the severed T-1000 and threw him in the vat of molten steel whether they'd be left to contend with a mini T-1000.
James Cameron is a genius. Thats all i got to say. Nobody could have done this in 1991. To explain this concept to his team and to bring this quality to screen and to move the movie at incredible pace scene by scene. Truly an impressive feat. The editing of the action sequences is masterclass.
I do feel Roger Rabbit was a step in the direction towards this film 3 years earlier. Judge Doom's unkillable qualities in the ending were also similar to the T-1000s.
I agree. Ugh to have seen this in the theaters when it first came out was the real prize. I'm so sad that I couldn't experience that. I was only 3 then 🙄
@@cartersmom0629 It was almost exhausting watching it in 1991. No one had ever seen anything so intense. You felt like the movie had beaten you up and left you bruised and battered in your seat. They said Aliens was intense, but this made Aliens look like a walk in the park.
Well he can if it was the John Conner from jenasis even though that movie wasn't planned by James Cameron after t2 so it does count as a joke rather then a reference to a future film that is going to be bad
Seeing it in 4K makes you appreciate how much realistic it looks. Even compared to today’s CGI. Which would probably make this look quite obvious fake. Props to Stan Winston for working his magic on this masterpiece.
Most of this scene is done with practical effects and real stunt work, unlike modern films that rely entirely on CGI. The thought and care put into this film is still untouchable. That's why the film holds up so well. Stop motion, rear projection, puppetry, stunt work, these are all old school techniques which James Cameron utilized perfectly but he did it better than almost anybody else
Imagine making a comment like this on a clip from the movie most responsible for establishing cgi as a special effects tool, by the director most responsible for normalising the use of cgi over practical effects.
Little bit of trivia-Originally Billy Idol was set to play the T-1000 but he was still recovering from his motorcycle crash and it limited his ability to run so he had to drop out of the film
Who would've guessed "Hasta la Vista, baby" would've been one of the most iconic one liners in cinema history to this very day? They had no clue how famous that one little goofy line they threw in would wind up being
Ironically enough, the place they filmed the climax in was actually bought, then closed down by the Chinese a few years earlier but it was in good enough condition to film there, also the furnace's molten metal is just water
I love how genuinely surprised the T1000 looks when his hand breaks off. They're emotionless killing machines but there is some lifelike qualities to them
The novelization of the movie indicates that the T-1000 is actually self aware and barely under Skynet's control. It's only natural it feels a sort of elitism over inferior models and shows surprise when genuinely under physical threat.
You have to keep in mind that Terminators are advanced Artificial intelligence so much to the point that they like skynet have become sentient beings in their own right and as so they too become self aware of things just as humans and one of those things is their individual desire to not lose or have their own existence come to an end
Even the T-800 didn’t want to be terminated but he made that sacrifice for John and all other humans because he knew and understood the importance and value of life
The first movie mastered the feeling of hopelessness and fear. This movie managed to maintain it with an indestructible robot with the good guys and managed to keep the hopelessness of how will they destroy that robot with a new more innovative robot. Kudos
Yeah, there's something with that brutal determination of "Arnie" in that moment that makes the scene very convincing. One of the coolest scenes in the movie if you ask me, if not the coolest.
Always loved the tuck and roll by the T-800. A human could never do it but a robot with no organs and hypermobility in every joint and he can become a sonic ball lol. The attention to detail and depth is just incredible in this movie.
yes Lightroom did the actual CGI and as a director he chose better visual on the spots James got really nice eyes and ears and got a really high budget u forget to mention that lol
I love that when the T800 is thrown off the truck you briefly see sparks fly when his knee scrapes the concrete, which ties in with him limping afterwards. Damn this movie is an absolute masterpiece!
The T - 1000 freezing over is still the best visual effects that i have ever seen in a movie to date - 31 years on in 2022 when this film was released. Astonishing !
I saw this film at the cinema in England in 1991 when it first came out, I was 17 years old. The effect on the audience was incredible; people were gasping, screaming, cheering, the atmosphere was absolutely electrifying. In over 30 years of being a regular movie-goer since then, I've never seen an audience reaction like that I did on that night. T2 would be a highly impressive masterpiece even if it came out today, back then it was mind-blowing!
1:40 To me that is the single most terrifying shot in the whole film. Imagine looking in your rear view window, and seeing that barreling towards you. It’s like something straight out of Duel.
Jurassic Park has the scene where the T-Rex moving towards the light in the first car. The seamless transition from practical animatronic to full moving CGI body.
This is the epitome of an action movie. Everything from the cinematography, the originality and the conception of the scene and the outcome of events, the soundtrack, the grounded movement and performance of the characters. If there is perfection in something so arbitrary and subjective then this is it. I personally believe the main reason most movies feel lucklaster nowadays is that: 1. The camera movement and cuts are happenng way to often 2. The CGI use is used more absurdly and its aparent 3. They do not use wide shots often, as if they constantly try to mislead u of the doubles and whatnot 4. They give A LOT emphasis on the constant action whereas simple pauses and exhales in between increase the tension and make the action more believable/suspensfull. For example you clearly take a look at the Terminator getting it's gun, reloading, aiming etc. He also is not in a hurry when he is going to shoot the frozen T-1000. These are key moments where not only the action is suspended in time it seems much more likeable to happen. It seems REAL and authentic, things that are lacking in movies nowadays. The only movie I can recall that I equally enjoyed and I consider it one of the top of it's class it's Dredd. Much less budget and staff but I think it contains one of the most consistant of well-crafted action scenes in the past 10 years. Anway, I hope you read my comment and enjoyed it, I really wanted to share my mind on those things! Peace!
@@ec7888 I did not refer to a specific scene. It is just well-crafter as a whole with attention to detail. It is deffinitely not as ambitious as T2 but it is well-thought throughtout and Dredd is constantly stays focused, reloads his gun, uses his gadgets etc...
3:20 - the forklift tine through the window of the truck! I've probably watched this movie 20 times and I've never noticed that. This is why the movie feels so great. It's packed with 100s of little details like this that you don't notice but your brain picks up.
When they know villain freezes in liquid nitrogen they could have permanently freeze the temporarily frozen body using some more liquid nitrogen. Arnold Schwarzenegger could have lived happily with his new human family.
2:11 all action scenes are excellent but I recall watching this scene as a 13 year old kid back in the day. Damnn this shooting scene truly stuck in my memory. The things the Terminator do to keep the mother and child alive. Incredible.
It's the most satisfying shootouts in movie history. The way he unloads a whole M16 cartridge at point-blank range, it's like peeling off the tape of your brand new television..... Hmmmmmmmmm.....
I just will never get over how good this movie looks.. To this day, the special effects are still great, even though it's over 30 yers old now.. Just blows my mind.
My man emptied the whole clip into the T1000's face, jumps to get a grip of the steering wheel, turns the steering wheel to make rhe truck flip. Such a badass sequence. The action in this movie is absolutely top notch. Epitome of a action movie.
If Terminator did NOT shoot the T1000, it would have taken him alot longer to thaw and continue the pursuit....but then we wouldn't have gotten the epic showdown
well yeah...... Because walking up to him and placing a tank over him with Liquid N2 inside of it , while saying Asta La Vista....... Baby wouldnt have the same effect
If you watch the extended version, the T1000 starts to glitch after reassembling itself. They took these bits out of the final cut, which I thought was a mistake: it gave you a sense that the T1000 could indeed be defeated, somehow.
i would have picked up all the fragmented pieces and mailed them to random locations around the world so that he couldnt recombine, i would have ensured that i mailed them via refrigerated storage LOL
T-800 did not know exact specs of T-1000 he shoot him with intention to destroy it. It did partially worked as mentioned by others T-1000 start experiencing multiple defects in his system after the reassembly. I think it was important point of the movie and it's a pity that it was cut from the theatrical release. I bet James Cameron did not want to show any vulnerability of the T-1000 until the very end. Most directors would be satisfied with the T-1000 death at that point but not James Cameron.
Everyone who works with Cameron tells he's a ruthless perfectionist and you can see what that brings when watching such scenes. He visually creates nothing short of sheer perfection.
Cameron’s mastery of techniques is so impressive: he seamlessly cuts between live action, rear projection on set, prosthetics, real actors, stunt people and miniatures, all driven by character. Masterclass.
This movie is already a classic. 30 years have passed since its launch. It's the best Terminator movie I've seen so far. I am already in history for children and adults.
Little details that a lot of directors of action films ignore now-a-days. Watch the entire chase scene, notice that the direction of movement never completely switches. It's always from right to left. The shots of the vehicles going straight towards the camera or directly away are considered direction neutral. So what I mean by it not switching is that it never goes from right to left to left to right between scenes. It might seem like a minor thing, but actually it helps your mind keep track of where everyone is in relation to each other and it keeps the film going in a consistent direction. It's almost an art that is starting to get lost. A lot of modern films ignore this because it can be more difficult to get good shots of all of the actors' faces if they maintain this rule. And apparently star power and showing the actors' faces are more important than anything else now-a-days... But James Cameron is a master of the craft and when you watch his movies closely you see this.
I bet nothing beat the peoples' reactions back then. Back before people were so saturated with special effects and so dumbed down with weird TV shows, movies, and music.
This science fiction film had marvellous special effects and the whole movie very compelling. No one can beat this masterpiece. Thumbs up for James Cameron.
@The Mad Atheist I agree, that was funny. His look was like he was saying "I broke a piece off and now I won't go back together even though I'm liquid metal." Either way I'm sure he would have thawed out fast even if Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't shoot him.
The recreated this in dark fate on the plane where its face grows back and my god the cgi vs practicals has never been more apparent. This was so fucking classic
The T800 may simulate and learn expressions and emotions but the way he climb on to the truck and unloads the whole mag, he looks genuinely pissed off.
Still to this day, my favorite movie of all time. I rewatch it at least twice a year. I was in first grade when it was released, and I didn't actually watch it till freshman year of high school. It's a movie that has retained the personal number one spot over the years
Whats incredible about Jim Cameron is his confidence of vision. His DP had said "I was hoping it turned out on screen the way we shot it" and Cameron replied with some surprise that "I knew it'd turn out exactly the way we shot it."
some may not realise, that the stuntman (Peter Kent) actually went from the pickup to the truck cab without harness , wires or supports while moving at speed down the road. the practical effects are just stunning then again everything is
No, they could have swerved and tried to crash to the either side (but the truck would take them out). He could have used the brakes thinking the truck has been toppled. But then the truck would crush them again. "Go straight!" is decent advice.
When they know villain freezes in liquid nitrogen they could have permanently freeze the temporarily frozen body using some more liquid nitrogen. Arnold Schwarzenegger could have lived happily with his new human family.
I’ve watched this movie potentially thousands of times already… I have so much of it memorized. I’m cheering like a kid every time Arnold shoots this guy. I love it. It’s rare that a movie gets a 10/10, but this movie is it.
It's not just the practical effects (really ramming the truck into the guard rail) or the actors (no one has that cold stare like Robert Patrick), it's also the music. Many movies today are sorely lacking in good music that puts you in the moment. Good composers know how to use music to not only set the mood, but play with your emotions and your feelings. Listen to this scene again and follow how the music continues to gradually increase in speed and beat, right up to the end when it finally stops. You might just be holding your breath when the terminator pulls out his pistol and delivers that line.
Just phenomenal for the time and perfect casting, when practical effects are done well CGI cant come close, I miss the time when terminator films were awesome and not shit as in after 1991.
I think it’s pretty phenomenal that this was made by a director that was still fairly new to the film industry at the time. This movie still holds up today and I’m sure the effects would at least look decent in today’s day and age
an incredible film, still holds up 31 years later. i was born on June 7th 1991, this film released in theaters on July 3rd 1991. so i was way too young to even know about it but i think the first time i did see it was around 1996? would love for them to re release it to theaters cause i would love to see it on the big screen.
What I feel often doesn't get enough appreciation are the night shots, and how beautiful they look. I imagine it's more demanding to have to pull an actor out this late, that's why we don't see em much to this extent, but they are worth the effort.
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the writing, the acting, the soundtracks, the scripting are just phenomenal. its a masterpiece, no wonder it still holds up until today.
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Only because of 1 reason. The director James Cameron. He is the best director of all time. He takes technology to the nxt level
@@rayromano6249 he really screwed up dark fate
@@andrew881000 he wasn't the director tho, just a producer.
Doesn't make any sense how the truck with full load is faster than the car
This is one of those rare movies that never ceases to amaze me even to this day.. A true gem of a movie no matter which scene you watch...
I could spend a whole watching this and the first film just to see the special effects work. Don't mind to put them on loop.
Every single scene of this film was all legendary
I still don't know how they did that stunt at 2:54 where the stuntman jumps from the truck and rolls across the floor. That's an incredibly dangerous stunt if done for real. It looks completely seamless and it looks like it was done for real. If it's a computer effect, I can't tell. Brilliant action direction
I'm often considered to be "too young to enjoy old films," but I honestly prefer films like Terminator 1 and 2 to most modern movies.
What makes liquid nitrogen so dangerous?
I love the blue/chromatic cinematography in this movie. And exactly in this scene the blue vs red palette of colors is so perfectly applied!
Yeah the look of this film was fantastic. I also like other films where they use a dominant color throughout. The Matrix used alot of Green hues and David Fincher tends to have alot of Yellow and Blue in his films.
Doesn't make any sense how the truck with full load is faster than the car
There’s a lot of similarities with T1 & Alien and T2 & Aliens. Both first films are both more horror led with darker tones. Both sequels are more action focused and both have the same blue hues throughout.
@@GDZL91 Great analytic analogy. Now that I think about it, you’re right. With both first films leaning into the horror aspects with darker tones and visual styles, plus having a higher kill count for the main villain, and both sequels focusing more with the action, main villains being ruthless, intelligent, merciless, and equally terrifying and intimidating as its predecessor, and similar blue visual styles.
Siempre este azul me recuerda mucho a los 90's y situaciones de niño con aura a ese color 😎❤
This scene was both terrifying and chilling at the same time, the prospect of the villain being defeated with the terror of the way it happened. Best action movie EVER
It was really chilling for the T1000...
Ikr
Haha you got the right answer
But that didn’t kill him
@@DrumickDbut they could stopped the film here
The way the T-1000 looks at its broken hand is priceless to this day.
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The only facial expression he made all throughout the movie😂😂
@@terrencet202 and when he was shot with the final grenade launcher that blew him apart
It doesn't matter how many time I watch it , it's always seems new .
100 percent agreed.
Majority of this was practical effects, but the CGI that Cameron used for the T-1000 was amazing. Unbelievable to see it still hold up for today’s standards
This movie gives me knowledge that : liquid nitrogen can freeze you, because even terminator freezed.
Evergreen movie pictute like Brave heart, Jurassic park,
Very very true, I've watched this movie several times since childhood and am still enthusiastic to watch it with snacks & cold drinks.
4:32 Still one of the most iconic lines in cinematic history
The way Arnold delivers it too is just epic
strategic mistake
it would stay frozen longer in one piece
@@owieri not sure that's true. I thought this as a kid when I watched it, but now it seems plausible that it could've has the capacity to defrost itself shortly. It did similar acts of molecular self control earlier. Shooting it did severe damage to it, which eventually gave a window for it to be destroyed later.
The choice was made as an effort to destroy the T-1000, not slow it, however the machine does begin to malfunction after it reforms
@owieri I always though about what would happen if Arnold picked up half the severed T-1000 and threw him in the vat of molten steel whether they'd be left to contend with a mini T-1000.
James Cameron is a genius. Thats all i got to say. Nobody could have done this in 1991. To explain this concept to his team and to bring this quality to screen and to move the movie at incredible pace scene by scene. Truly an impressive feat. The editing of the action sequences is masterclass.
Didn’t James Cameron also direct Backdraft?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the internet today. I hope you and your parents are very proud
I do feel Roger Rabbit was a step in the direction towards this film 3 years earlier. Judge Doom's unkillable qualities in the ending were also similar to the T-1000s.
I agree. Ugh to have seen this in the theaters when it first came out was the real prize. I'm so sad that I couldn't experience that. I was only 3 then 🙄
@@cartersmom0629 It was almost exhausting watching it in 1991. No one had ever seen anything so intense. You felt like the movie had beaten you up and left you bruised and battered in your seat. They said Aliens was intense, but this made Aliens look like a walk in the park.
"I could get out and run faster than this!"
I love that line from John... I don't know why it makes me laugh everytime I hear it.
Well he can if it was the John Conner from jenasis even though that movie wasn't planned by James Cameron after t2 so it does count as a joke rather then a reference to a future film that is going to be bad
“Take a hike, bozo 😏”
Perhaps a callback to Sarah outrunning a truck in the first movie?
This wasn't just a movie; it was a phenomenal experience.
The CGI still looks so amazing for a movie that came out in 1991
it's not CGI
Seeing it in 4K makes you appreciate how much realistic it looks. Even compared to today’s CGI. Which would probably make this look quite obvious fake. Props to Stan Winston for working his magic on this masterpiece.
Let's not forget the practical effects. These were also fantastic!
There's no actual CGI in this clip. It's all practical effects. CGI was used pretty exclusively for the T-1000's shapeshifting abilities.
It went into the future to get future CGI technology . Or so I’ve been told
Most of this scene is done with practical effects and real stunt work, unlike modern films that rely entirely on CGI. The thought and care put into this film is still untouchable. That's why the film holds up so well. Stop motion, rear projection, puppetry, stunt work, these are all old school techniques which James Cameron utilized perfectly but he did it better than almost anybody else
Because they used to add cgi to movies. Now they add movie to cgis.
@@sfprivateer haha, this is funny because it's true
Imagine making a comment like this on a clip from the movie most responsible for establishing cgi as a special effects tool, by the director most responsible for normalising the use of cgi over practical effects.
@@MarilynMalkovich George Lucas?
And he had been directing films less than 10 years when he made this.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was the perfect Terminator
Robert Patrick was the perfect T-1000
Little bit of trivia-Originally Billy Idol was set to play the T-1000 but he was still recovering from his motorcycle crash and it limited his ability to run so he had to drop out of the film
and, Sarah Hamilton was the perfect Sarah Connor
Edit: Linda Hamilton. Accidentally typed 'Sarah' twice
Facts
@@Joe_Parmesan Linda Hamilton, no?
@@mawiveal both actually ;)
This CGI is better than most modern movies. Absolutely incredible. Great acting and action to compliment it.
There’s almost no CGI all scenes in this movie where stunt and filmed in location, that’s why it still holds up to this day.
Who would've guessed "Hasta la Vista, baby" would've been one of the most iconic one liners in cinema history to this very day? They had no clue how famous that one little goofy line they threw in would wind up being
There was a big explosive after it. They knew! They knew…
This is the 2nd Arni move with the iconic line. They knew because everyone was saying it from the 1st hasta la vista movie.
This is mind blowing considering the fact that it was done decades ago. Just unbelievable. Talk about ahead of time...
30 year old movie and still mops the floor with anything made today.
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You can tell this is 1991 because America hasn't exported all of its metallurgy jobs to China yet lmao.
also no "diversity"
@@l0remipsum991 There was already a lot of that back in '91, but not anywhere near as much as there is now.
@@starsiren9592 not as obnoxious as today
Ironically enough, the place they filmed the climax in was actually bought, then closed down by the Chinese a few years earlier but it was in good enough condition to film there, also the furnace's molten metal is just water
@@l0remipsum991 Yeah, the country is pretty much unrecognizable anymore, and not for the better.
I love how genuinely surprised the T1000 looks when his hand breaks off. They're emotionless killing machines but there is some lifelike qualities to them
The novelization of the movie indicates that the T-1000 is actually self aware and barely under Skynet's control. It's only natural it feels a sort of elitism over inferior models and shows surprise when genuinely under physical threat.
It was probably surprised it had sustained so much damage
You have to keep in mind that Terminators are advanced Artificial intelligence so much to the point that they like skynet have become sentient beings in their own right and as so they too become self aware of things just as humans and one of those things is their individual desire to not lose or have their own existence come to an end
Even the T-800 didn’t want to be terminated but he made that sacrifice for John and all other humans because he knew and understood the importance and value of life
Like how surprised he looked when the T-800 launched that grenade in his stomach
One of the best movies made in history.
Titanic was also one of the best movies made in history. Another James Cameron classic. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
The first movie mastered the feeling of hopelessness and fear. This movie managed to maintain it with an indestructible robot with the good guys and managed to keep the hopelessness of how will they destroy that robot with a new more innovative robot. Kudos
It's scientifically impossible to make a better action movie than Terminator 2
It has been scientifically proven that Norbit adjusted the seat however.
T2 is the masterpiece, but Cameron's "Aliens" has a much better setting and vibes.
@@А.К-ц6ю agreed. The atmosphere Aliens has is amazing
Affirmative
Fury Road came close
2:07 That whole climb stunt, in camera, in one take. Wonderful.
Yeah, there's something with that brutal determination of "Arnie" in that moment that makes the scene very convincing. One of the coolest scenes in the movie if you ask me, if not the coolest.
That had to be a stuntperson. I never thought that before, but it had to be.
@@threecats8219 It is a stuntman most likely, but a very convincing one.
@@threecats8219 yes it's a stuntman, look at 2:27 it's not really Arnie
Great movie
Always loved the tuck and roll by the T-800. A human could never do it but a robot with no organs and hypermobility in every joint and he can become a sonic ball lol. The attention to detail and depth is just incredible in this movie.
It actually WAS a robot 😆. At least the part where he rolls and then stretches out: that was an animatronic.
@@kadejito1 They also made it look and sound like it was a huge metal robot.
Still has a better CGI compared to 80% of the modern movies.
Still ??
yes Lightroom did the actual CGI and as a director he chose better visual on the spots James got really nice eyes and ears
and got a really high budget u forget to mention that lol
True.. I agree with you
100%
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2:15 is actually an amazing shot
That's why stuntmen are well paid..
RST28 Your right!
Every peace of this movie is pure gold!
I love that when the T800 is thrown off the truck you briefly see sparks fly when his knee scrapes the concrete, which ties in with him limping afterwards.
Damn this movie is an absolute masterpiece!
Thanks for pointing that out
Damn, this film has aged SO well. Absolutely love when Arnie gets up onto the truck and just empties a whole magazine into the T-1000 XD
Visual effects better than nowadays
well yeah today it's mostly cgi garbage, back then CGI was barely taking off in earnest
Because it was practical effect. Not Cgi.
Realy it is ❤❤🌋
The T - 1000 freezing over is still the best visual effects that i have ever seen in a movie to date - 31 years on in 2022 when this film was released. Astonishing !
I saw this film at the cinema in England in 1991 when it first came out, I was 17 years old.
The effect on the audience was incredible; people were gasping, screaming, cheering, the atmosphere was absolutely electrifying. In over 30 years of being a regular movie-goer since then, I've never seen an audience reaction like that I did on that night. T2 would be a highly impressive masterpiece even if it came out today, back then it was mind-blowing!
Wonderful
This sequel was so perfect in its time.
Thank you for telling that visual effects is not just CGI.
I wonder how they did that scene🤔
I can never stop appreciating the practical effects that this movie employs.
Special effects were so cool in those times.
Practical effects not only at its full potential here but also Cameron pushed them to their limits.
EVERYTHING about this action scene was a MASTERPIECE!
Except the huge mistake in the plot. They could have easily thrown T1000 into the lava.
Even so T2 is the BEST movie ever.
They did
@@tomhe286 it’s molten steel, not magma
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Hehe, yea
except this bad jump 2:54
The scene where he gets up on the front of the truck and unloads on the T-1000 is Like one of the top most badass scenes in action movie cinema.
This movie was already a classic the day it came out. One of the greatest films of all time.
Of 1991
1:40 To me that is the single most terrifying shot in the whole film. Imagine looking in your rear view window, and seeing that barreling towards you. It’s like something straight out of Duel.
“Terminator 2” and “Jurassic Park” really make you appreciate practical effects.
Especially in the early 90s.
Jurassic Park has the scene where the T-Rex moving towards the light in the first car. The seamless transition from practical animatronic to full moving CGI body.
AND the cgi of the early 90s. Rarely see anything that looks better, even today.
This is the epitome of an action movie. Everything from the cinematography, the originality and the conception of the scene and the outcome of events, the soundtrack, the grounded movement and performance of the characters. If there is perfection in something so arbitrary and subjective then this is it. I personally believe the main reason most movies feel lucklaster nowadays is that:
1. The camera movement and cuts are happenng way to often
2. The CGI use is used more absurdly and its aparent
3. They do not use wide shots often, as if they constantly try to mislead u of the doubles and whatnot
4. They give A LOT emphasis on the constant action whereas simple pauses and exhales in between increase the tension and make the action more believable/suspensfull.
For example you clearly take a look at the Terminator getting it's gun, reloading, aiming etc. He also is not in a hurry when he is going to shoot the frozen T-1000. These are key moments where not only the action is suspended in time it seems much more likeable to happen. It seems REAL and authentic, things that are lacking in movies nowadays.
The only movie I can recall that I equally enjoyed and I consider it one of the top of it's class it's Dredd. Much less budget and staff but I think it contains one of the most consistant of well-crafted action scenes in the past 10 years.
Anway, I hope you read my comment and enjoyed it, I really wanted to share my mind on those things! Peace!
What, you mean you're not a fan of the Michael Bay Transformers movies? ;)
Well said
T2 is my pick for the greatest action movie ever made
Which scene in Dredd are you mentioning? I loved that entire movie
@@ec7888 I did not refer to a specific scene. It is just well-crafter as a whole with attention to detail. It is deffinitely not as ambitious as T2 but it is well-thought throughtout and Dredd is constantly stays focused, reloads his gun, uses his gadgets etc...
3:20 - the forklift tine through the window of the truck! I've probably watched this movie 20 times and I've never noticed that. This is why the movie feels so great. It's packed with 100s of little details like this that you don't notice but your brain picks up.
Damn, I've seen this movie thousands of times in Spanish, now I find out that the phrase was also in Spanish lol
that's how it is. I thought that in the English version it would say something like "see you baby"@user-he7wq1ez2q
@NoBetterBentley No, it´s "Sayonara baby", at least in the Spain version.
I watched this at a midnight screening opening night and when Arnie said that iconic line the audience went crazy!
2:23 Godammit that moment, with that music... AWESOME !!!!
1:28 that pop noise as he shoots the grenade launcher never sounded so good 😆
2:24 this scene gave me goosebumps.
Its prolly one of the most badass scene in movie's history
I believe so, it was good.
Ikr imagine being confident enough to turn a bus with liquid nitrogen
4:00 I can’t believe how well most of the special effects look in this movie today in 2023.
We're here for 4:32.
One of the best Schwarzenegger sendoffs ever.
When they know villain freezes in liquid nitrogen they could have permanently freeze the temporarily frozen body using some more liquid nitrogen. Arnold Schwarzenegger could have lived happily with his new human family.
2:11 all action scenes are excellent but I recall watching this scene as a 13 year old kid back in the day. Damnn this shooting scene truly stuck in my memory. The things the Terminator do to keep the mother and child alive. Incredible.
It's the most satisfying shootouts in movie history. The way he unloads a whole M16 cartridge at point-blank range, it's like peeling off the tape of your brand new television..... Hmmmmmmmmm.....
@@ovisatmaThat will shock it for a few moments.
No marvel can beat this movie , story line action and casting are dope
who's Marvel, they cant even come close
Disney-Marvel movies are pieces of cr*p compared to this.
This is the type of comment I would expect to see on a dark knight trilogy video
Marvel is just utter trash compared to this absolute timeless masterpiece.
I feel so bad for today's kids who have marvel to "look forward to" instead of films like this
I just will never get over how good this movie looks.. To this day, the special effects are still great, even though it's over 30 yers old now.. Just blows my mind.
30 years old still looks like future movie .
My man emptied the whole clip into the T1000's face, jumps to get a grip of the steering wheel, turns the steering wheel to make rhe truck flip.
Such a badass sequence. The action in this movie is absolutely top notch. Epitome of a action movie.
They're called MAGS.
100 percent agreed. Never get tired of watching this masterpiece movie.
I can still watch it and it doesn't get old. Never.
Watched this movie so many times in my childhood. I still cry at the ending because of the music. Eighties, Nineties were the best times in humanity.
Debatable
The tragedy is we didn't really know it at the time.
60s and 70s but I'll agree that anytime is better than today!
Very debatable
@@bigdaddystovepipe3314segregation was still alive and going on the 60s 😂
If Terminator did NOT shoot the T1000, it would have taken him alot longer to thaw and continue the pursuit....but then we wouldn't have gotten the epic showdown
They honestly should have taken the frozen body and throw it into the lava to kill him permanently...
well yeah...... Because walking up to him and placing a tank over him with Liquid N2 inside of it , while saying Asta La Vista....... Baby
wouldnt have the same effect
If you watch the extended version, the T1000 starts to glitch after reassembling itself. They took these bits out of the final cut, which I thought was a mistake: it gave you a sense that the T1000 could indeed be defeated, somehow.
i would have picked up all the fragmented pieces and mailed them to random locations around the world so that he couldnt recombine, i would have ensured that i mailed them via refrigerated storage LOL
T-800 did not know exact specs of T-1000 he shoot him with intention to destroy it. It did partially worked as mentioned by others T-1000 start experiencing multiple defects in his system after the reassembly. I think it was important point of the movie and it's a pity that it was cut from the theatrical release. I bet James Cameron did not want to show any vulnerability of the T-1000 until the very end. Most directors would be satisfied with the T-1000 death at that point but not James Cameron.
Everyone who works with Cameron tells he's a ruthless perfectionist and you can see what that brings when watching such scenes. He visually creates nothing short of sheer perfection.
This movie was way ahead of its time. Love this movie as a kid and still rock this movie from time 2 time .
Cameron’s mastery of techniques is so impressive: he seamlessly cuts between live action, rear projection on set, prosthetics, real actors, stunt people and miniatures, all driven by character. Masterclass.
This movie is already a classic. 30 years have passed since its launch. It's the best Terminator movie I've seen so far. I am already in history for children and adults.
これ子供の時見たとき凄いなぁって思った。
今見てもやっぱりカッコイイ！！！
これ映画館で観た時感動したなぁ。懐かしい。
ロバートパトリックがカッコよかった。
Little details that a lot of directors of action films ignore now-a-days. Watch the entire chase scene, notice that the direction of movement never completely switches. It's always from right to left. The shots of the vehicles going straight towards the camera or directly away are considered direction neutral. So what I mean by it not switching is that it never goes from right to left to left to right between scenes. It might seem like a minor thing, but actually it helps your mind keep track of where everyone is in relation to each other and it keeps the film going in a consistent direction. It's almost an art that is starting to get lost. A lot of modern films ignore this because it can be more difficult to get good shots of all of the actors' faces if they maintain this rule. And apparently star power and showing the actors' faces are more important than anything else now-a-days... But James Cameron is a master of the craft and when you watch his movies closely you see this.
Great point, psychologically, it keeps things consistent for the viewer and commands their attention, exactly 💯
A very good point. It's likely subtleties like this that engrain certain scenes more thoroughly in the memory.
A movie that came out about 30yrs ago still amazes me.. still interesting .. a classic is just a classic
I saw this at the theater the week it opened in ‘91. To this day, probably the best movie I ever saw theatrically.
I bet nothing beat the peoples' reactions back then. Back before people were so saturated with special effects and so dumbed down with weird TV shows, movies, and music.
this movie took my breadth away-first time i saw it.The special effects were so ahead of time
Every peace of this movie is pure gold!
This science fiction film had marvellous special effects and the whole movie very compelling. No one can beat this masterpiece. Thumbs up for James Cameron.
He sure did knailed it.
Truly unbelievable. Beats 99% of action movies since then.
Nothing can beat Terminator 2 but Mad Max Fury Road has best action set pieces in modern films..
I like how the t1000 had the look of shock as his right arm breaks off.
Hé was not in Shock
It seprised him
Ye he's also an idiot for opening his amount now his inside will be frozen too
I think he was just like ( O .O).
@The Mad Atheist I agree, that was funny. His look was like he was saying "I broke a piece off and now I won't go back together even though I'm liquid metal." Either way I'm sure he would have thawed out fast even if Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't shoot him.
@@FlamingBeat bitch he don’t got no insides he’s equivalent to a human shaped block of metal when he’s in solid form
One of the very best movies ever! Saw it in 1991 when I was playing with my band in Florida.
I always liked how his head turned with the beat while riding the semi like a surfboard.
Still can't believe it was 1991. I was born that year. I only got a smartphone after 20 yrs. The graphics was just so real
One of the best movie ever made of all times .
Best bit in entire film: Terminator blasting and unloading a full magazine into the T-1000's face!
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The recreated this in dark fate on the plane where its face grows back and my god the cgi vs practicals has never been more apparent. This was so fucking classic
After saying “hasta la vista baby”
The T800 may simulate and learn expressions and emotions but the way he climb on to the truck and unloads the whole mag, he looks genuinely pissed off.
@@Joshua_N-A He also looked a bit shocked, probably because it didn't expect the T-800 to pull such a tactic.
Master piece!! “Hasta la vista baby” 😁
Still to this day, my favorite movie of all time. I rewatch it at least twice a year. I was in first grade when it was released, and I didn't actually watch it till freshman year of high school. It's a movie that has retained the personal number one spot over the years
Twice a year ....must go on 4 times a week in my house ...
Same sheet man. I was born at 1981 ..
I loved those blue night scenes from late 80s and early 90s movies... so good and moody. Miss them dearly today.
Its actually by design, the terminator scenes have blue lighting, while the human scenes have golden yellow lighting
Still no movie can beat this masterpiece👍👍🙏🙏👏👏😊😊
Whats incredible about Jim Cameron is his confidence of vision.
His DP had said "I was hoping it turned out on screen the way we shot it" and Cameron replied with some surprise that "I knew it'd turn out exactly the way we shot it."
James Cameron
Jim Camera-on
Best visual fx of all time, case closed
I've always loved this films use of vehicles. So gritty you can feel it in your exoskeleton. Love seeing the big rigs taking centre stage.
some may not realise, that the stuntman (Peter Kent) actually went from the pickup to the truck cab without harness , wires or supports while moving at speed down the road.
the practical effects are just stunning
then again everything is
4:16 So, the T-1000 does feel emotion.
This movie has that raw dark atmosphere that the later movies couldnt recreate . A true gem!
No it doesn’t only the original had that T2 is a colorful happy wave movie that’s vastly inferior to its predecessor.
@@calisthenicsmachine9725Awesome calisthenics.
0:59 When i'm trying to do my bunker deliveries on GTA Online.
Deberían de pasar más seguido la de El Exterminador 2, esta bien chida
“Go straight!” Literally the only direction they could go 🤣
No, they could have swerved and tried to crash to the either side (but the truck would take them out).
He could have used the brakes thinking the truck has been toppled. But then the truck would crush them again.
"Go straight!" is decent advice.
This movie made my childhood days awesome. It was always one of my favourite movies.
When they know villain freezes in liquid nitrogen they could have permanently freeze the temporarily frozen body using some more liquid nitrogen. Arnold Schwarzenegger could have lived happily with his new human family.
Best action/Science fiction movie ever.
A masterpiece, very powerful and genius movie !
I’ve watched this movie potentially thousands of times already… I have so much of it memorized. I’m cheering like a kid every time Arnold shoots this guy. I love it. It’s rare that a movie gets a 10/10, but this movie is it.
James Cameron always captures the terror of the chase visually well. Cinematography is well done.
It's not just the practical effects (really ramming the truck into the guard rail) or the actors (no one has that cold stare like Robert Patrick), it's also the music. Many movies today are sorely lacking in good music that puts you in the moment. Good composers know how to use music to not only set the mood, but play with your emotions and your feelings.
Listen to this scene again and follow how the music continues to gradually increase in speed and beat, right up to the end when it finally stops. You might just be holding your breath when the terminator pulls out his pistol and delivers that line.
Just phenomenal for the time and perfect casting, when practical effects are done well CGI cant come close, I miss the time when terminator films were awesome and not shit as in after 1991.
I think it’s pretty phenomenal that this was made by a director that was still fairly new to the film industry at the time. This movie still holds up today and I’m sure the effects would at least look decent in today’s day and age
an incredible film, still holds up 31 years later. i was born on June 7th 1991, this film released in theaters on July 3rd 1991. so i was way too young to even know about it but i think the first time i did see it was around 1996? would love for them to re release it to theaters cause i would love to see it on the big screen.
This movie until now give me goosebumps..best terminator movie ever cgi ever made
Damn this movie looks so unbelievably good even today - better than most modern ones.
*This masterpiece is 30 years old*
One of the best action movies of all-time and just about the only sequel That in my mind is slightly better than the first movie and i love the 1st
0:17 this really cracks me up for some reason...."WoW!"
The Cinematography is so ahead of it's time.
Love it ! 🔥
What I feel often doesn't get enough appreciation are the night shots, and how beautiful they look. I imagine it's more demanding to have to pull an actor out this late, that's why we don't see em much to this extent, but they are worth the effort.
not just the actor, the whole crew