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Excellent, underrated action film
These 1-star reviews of this movie are just ridiculous. Obviously written by bored wierdos on the Internet with nothing better to do than pleasure themselves to the scenes from T2 with Linda Hamilton in a T-shirt or something.

The fact of the matter is that T3 is a fun, effective action movie and a worthwhile sequel to T2. Arnold does a shockingly good job pulling off a role he started about 20 years ago, though his days of getting away with teleporting onto the screen naked are probably coming to an end. It also has one of the better endings I've seen in the movies lately. While you can tell that Cameron didn't direct this movie (it has a very different "feel" from Terminator or T2), this isn't entirely a bad thing. The bottom line is that this is a well-made and effective action/sci-fi movie.

One Hundred and Seventy Two Independant Films Vs. This
I had always hoped that should there be a Terminator 3 it would focus on John Connor; from his survival of the nuclear war, all the way to his eventual victory over skynet and the terminators. It would have been one hell of a war movie, not to mention a very fresh, logical sequel.

But this filth was made instead. This is what we have already seen twice before, but minus the style, the charm, the atmosphere. And, thankfully, every last trace of logic has been sucked from this 'film'.

Also missing are James Cameron, Linda Hamilton, and Edward Furlong. The only thing present here is the desire to cash in on what's left of the terminator franchise.

The series was stretching logic by T2, but it was so well done as not to matter. I mean, Skynet didn't send back two terminators to different eras. It was never expressly stated that he didn't though, so we can let that slide. Next, we are told in the original that only living flesh can travel through time. This is why time travelers show up naked and without weapons. The antagonist the T-1000 was made of liquid metal; so much for that. But these are very small Trekkie type of complaints.

Which brings us to this one. Which tells us that John Connor was 13 in 1994 during the events of the second film; one hell of a trick since he was born sometime in 1984 or 1985.
But apparently he needs to have been thirteen in order to develope a superficial romance with a supporting character.
It turns out that a day before the events of T2, ten-year-old John Connor was making out with Claire Danes in someone's basement somewhere.

The new terminator has somehow managed to be even more gimmicky than the T-1000. Which is quite an accomplishment.
First of all 'it' is in the shape of a gorgeous blonde who wears tight red pleather and roams around in sports cars summarily executing future resistance leaders with a few round from a GLOCK or whatever into their unsuspecting skulls.
Okay, okay this unto itself is fun to watch, but THAT'S IT!!!
Unto itself, the gimmick of the terminator being a woman isn't so bad. BUT. Then we find out just what a 'TX' model terminator is. Apparently it is the traditional terminator endoskeleton wrapped in....liquid metal. That's right. Oh, and she can change her hand into a flame thrower, a laser; anything the lazy writers of this film want her to. Pretty impressive, huh?
Did I mention that she can also, without any reason given whatsoever, make cars drive by themselves? Well, she can.
Which begs the question: why the f**k didn't Skynet send her to assasinate Sarah Connors in the first place?
Oh, and speaking of Sarah Connors, she died of cancer or something offscreen by the way. Don't take it so hard, she was brave until the very end. Always a fighter, that one.

That's all I have to say about this worthless tripe.
Oh and:

$172 MILLION dollars, and a $4 dollar script.
I hope you're all very happy with yourselves.

He's Back - The Plot Isn't
I left the cinema after seeing T3 feeling a mixture of disappointment and enjoyment. I am a great fan of the first two films, and it is a shame that the third bucks the seriousness of the first two and becomes in parts a showcase for cheesy soundbites. "I'm back," "I'll be back," "She'll be back," blah blah blah. Not necessary, and it really does detract from the plot when the only reason you're sitting on the edge of your seat is because you're wondering when Arnie is going to say, "Hasta la vista, baby" (and it's very anticlimactic when the phrase makes its inevitable appearence).

Fortunately, however, the film is well cast. It is impossible to imagine T3 without Arnie playing "De Terminador" and giving his usual leaden delivery, but Robert Patrick - who played the T-1000 in T2 - left a very hard, villainous act to follow. Loken fits into this role as the coldly expressionless T-X with panache and perfection. Although it would have been nice to see Edward Furlong return to play Connor, Nick Stahl fits into his role well, as Danes fits well into her role as Connor's future wife. The film does suffer a little from the lack of Linda Hamilton playing Sarah Connor (maybe I'm just a purist), and I got the feeling that the character of Catherine Brewster was there primarily to make up for the lack of the franchise's traditional strong female lead. And, of course, Earl Boen returns for a cameo as bungling psychiatrist Dr Silberman - not necessary at all, but it was good to see that link to the older films.

I watched T3 in much the same light as The Matrix Reloaded. Ignore the plot, just focus on the action - and there are some excellent sequences in T3, particularly the highway chases and the bathroom sequence where Arnie and Loken battle it out with emotionless, violent perfection.

The special effects are also noteworthy. It was essential that Stan Winston returned, as he is the true expert on Terminator makeup and he excels in this film. The computer enhancements are unnoticable, and the image of Arnie with half his face blown off is excellent. It is a shame, however, that the main nuclear sequence lacks the horrifying, bleak and apocolyptic effects of the "Nuclear Nightmare" sequence in T2.

Overall, a relatively weak sequel to the first two Terminator films, but perfectly good if taken in its own right as a damned good - if somewhat cheesy - action flick. Let us hope that T4 marks a return to the franchise's more serious roots.

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