This is like the 100th time I'm watching The Terminator. I just noticed this for the first time: Sarah hides in a club called Tech Noir so she can use the telephone. The phone is literally ON THE DANCE FLOOR! Hahahahaha. Gotta love the 80s.

I don't really get what the big deal was with The Terminator. Perhaps it was revolutionary for its time and nobody had made a tense action thriller before (I have no idea whether this was actually the case), but watching it now, it's pretty ordinary with far, far too many plotholes and inconsistencies to really make it worthwhile.

My favourite saga of all times, not even starwars or anything else. I love the whole idea and premise of Judgement day, making this one of the best movies in the 80s and years to come. It created a myth and so so many more in the movie franchise.

No matter how many times I watch this film I always find my self very entertained and this will forever be a Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller classic!!!!!! From the soundtrack by Brad Fiedel (who is criminally underrated) to the amazing performances from Michael Biehn (Kyle Reese) and Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor) who both make you believe this incredibly intense situation. Also don't think I forgot about Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator) who is just so perfect in all of these films as he plays the role of The Terminator so perfectly. I don't know what else to say about this film, I saw it first when I was 8 years old and still love it as much as the day I watched it on VHS with my dad.

This is by all accounts, one of the best sci-fi movies of all time. While the second is still an amazing film in its own right, it just didn't quite top this masterful mix of tension and atmosphere. I've always liked T2 over this since I was a kid for obvious reasons. But coming back has been a change in perspective and appreciation for such a game-changing movie. The perfect representation of how going into a movie blind is so beneficial to put you in the character's position. The choice to make it so vague and let us as the audience figure out the reasoning behind the chaos as the story progresses is astounding in its craftsmanship. Little to no exposition is given until we are told the sole answer we have been asking after these characters have been established. The visuals and character nuances give us pieces of the puzzle to what the plot is before we are informed. It's one of the reasons this film is a staple of sci-fi, but there are so many more. I could rattle them all off like how the score is amazing, the acting from both the lead actors are fantastic, and how the concept is terrifyingly becoming more a reality. Not to mention how the fear for AI could be applied to any technology we develop. However, everyone else has already said these things, and I recommend this film to anyone who hasn't seen it yet. It's a great stand-alone piece and is deepened by its first sequel (While T3 isn't great, the ending is still something to admire). For a film considered by many to be outshined by its successor, I say that the original is still the best. **10/10**