Terminator Salvation-a review

To take a James Cameron story, or for that matter any popular franchise and to re- boot it, you need something more than, an actor and a script. It needs creativity, and guts. Like the ones that J.J.Abrams showed with Star Trek. If Abram's future is something that I would like to live in myself, I will give McG's future in Terminator salvation a miss. Agreed, it is not 2300's yet. McG and Christian Bale have to contend with a very close 2018. On that note, we are already in 2009. The idea of machines taking over the world in 9 years is as far fetched an idea as that Gordon Brown being re-elected as prime minister of Britian.
John Connor is trying to save Kyle Reese, in a post apocolaptic world in which the machines have destroyed the world on the Judgement Day that we know so well about from the earlier Cameron Terminators. The world is a bad ,bad place and looks as rustic as an old abandoned factory. I have no idea what McGs budget is, but in parts it looks like a cheap video game being played on a cheap games console.
And, Christian Bale. Man, what is wrong with him. Why does he have to talk in the same droll as in The Dark Knight. His now infamous rant against a sound technician for not letting him concentrate makes one wonder, what the hell was he concentrating on? And why is he in such a bad mood throughout the movie. Is it supposed to be acting to show how the Judgement day changed him? Or is it just that he had a bad day after a bad day throughout the shoot?
He has less charisma and star power in this movie than one of the chipmunks from Alvin and Chipmunks.
Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese and Sam Worthington as a terminator Marcus Wright give better performances than Christian Bale who is supposed to carry the movie on his shoulders. As per the thrills in the movie, the only thrilling moment comes in the first chase when Marcus Wright is being chased by terminators. But even then, if all people want to see is big machines fighting with people, they are better advised to wait a week and see the big machines fight each other and the humans in Transformers(Not that I am a fan of that either). In the final scene of the movie, John Connor is given a second chance by a heart transplant in an army base camp. The only reason that I can think of John Connor, getting a second lease is because he is Christian Bale, or else my choice would be frankly Marcus Wright, even if he is half machine. If John Connor wants to lead the resistance and win over machines in future instalments, while not losing audiences, Bale and McG should take a crash course from Chris Pine and Abrams.