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This is a fun movie, almost like a parody. Arnold sends up his role by saying stuff like "talk to the hand" and we have a hot terminator babe who can adjust the size of her boobs whenever she wants. Yeah, silly, but a guilty pleasure.
What a hunk of crap. "She'll be back", "I'm back!" and when he steps out of the "gentleman's club" with those fruity sunglasses are 3 of 100 things that fuck this movie out of being amazing.
Has nothing on the first movie, let alone the second one. The franchise should never have been brought back.
The first Terminator film without James Cameron is a very hit and miss affair. Storywise,it doesnt progress to anything new until the last half an hour, everything before that is nothing but a T2 rip off. Most scenes such as Arnold wlking into a bar,the trio fleeing LA to head into the desert and the cemetery shoot up are lifted straight from the previous installment. The only difference are new actors. The TX is a great creation but doesn't have any of the menace that Robert Patrick brought to his T-1000 role and Arnold doesn't seem to be playing the T-800, but a parody of it. Lame moments such as "talk to the hand" create laughs when they really shouldn't.Nick Stahl does a decent enough job of playing John Connor but Clair Danes seems to be horribly mis-cast. On the plus side we do get to see the rise of the machines and when the film hits its final third and new plot developments unfold it does become a lot more exciting as Skynet goes online and sets out to start destroying its one enemy, humans. This is what the fans had been waiting for and the film makers dont shy away from a very downbeat ending, but its the only ending this film could have had. If James Cameron had done this it would be on the same emotional level as the first two but the screen writers and director do a passable job. Its just a shame that most of this is a carbon copy of T2 and thats its downfall.
ok so this film pretty much sucks, it tries stupid jokes from the start and just IMO takes the piss out of Arnie, HOWEVER the end is nothing short of EPIC!!! when John finally realises his destiny and that its happening for real "whos in charge there?" "I am" WOW goosebumps every time, T4 Should have started here the end just makes this movie an amazing one regargless of the hour or so before it, sits along side the first two nicely and IMO beats the 4th hands down. Plus Kristinas ass is pretty damn amazing ;)
My least favorite but still good.The girl rocked her role and arnold is as always brilliant! Didn't care much for this John either but prefer Claire Danes over Bryce Dallas Howard.All of the Terminator's live up.They are just incredibly entertaining movies that are smart.
i can give 9/10 for Arnold only..that fucking guy who played John connor piss me off really..he's acting is shit..the sound effects is shit too... the first time Arnold showed up front off John connor must be best part and Surprise ... but it was awful scen..Arnold and the krestian Did Perfect Acting but others was shit...the story was so important but it was gonna be best than first movie if they made it more serious and longer fight scenes right? ..
I don't know what this is doing on a horror website but oh well!
I don't see whats so bad abput this film the woman is a great villain! And it has plenty of action and adventure to keep you on your toes the whole way through!
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The second one would be hard to beat remember!
Posted By: BK's Finest at 7:10pm, October 18, 2008
This movie sucked. An insult for the 2 other classics....
this film isnt as bad as everybody makes it out to believe, i think given the circumstances with james cameron not being involved it could have really bottomed out into crap, but jonathan mostow is one of the most underated directors ive ever seen, why you ask? if you havent seen breakdown with kurt russell, watch that and study how to build up good suspense.
this is a much different film than that of course, but he definatly brings alot of his good talent tothe film in which im sure going in had his doubts or at least producers did, but arnold actually was quite in damn good shape, way better than expected, i liked the villian chick terminator this time around, that was a good route to go than going with another male terminator. this movie has great humor in it. and i think that nick stahl is a way better actor than edward furlong, however most people will still remember edward's character in T2 more than nick stahl's version of john conner in this one, and that is understandable it's a hard thing to top, but i felt the casting was done actually very well, the story is a pretty simple terminator style storyline, overall i enjoyed this movie, not as much as T2 of course, but that movie is never going to be topped, unless of course you try something new and refreshing on the terminator franchise, including not using arnold again and going a different way with the john conner character being older as of course im speaking about the upcoming Terminator Salvation which soon as I heard christian bale was apart of it, i immediatly had faith in the idea of this new terminator and after seeing a teaser trailer for it, im quite excited for this.
"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines deals with another robot sent in the past to make the future better. It's a concept that should've been applied when they began working on this third installment. The film had a lot to surpass and following in James Cameron's footsteps is not an easy task to do. Fortunately, Jonathan Mostow does a good job recreating the mood of the previous two films. Unfortunately, the problem lies in the structure of the film. What could've been one of the most important films out of the three made so far (so far, considering 'he' might be back) is instead what seems to be the weakest one of all, too short and not developped enough.
As said before, while Mostow succeeded in giving this film a bit of a James Cameron vibe, the foundation on which the it was built is somewhat weak. Visually, it's close to Cameron's Terminators but on paper, it's a different story... literally. The writing gives the impression of a story thrown together for a quick cash-in at the box-office. Disappointing considering it was written by the same people who brought us the Hitchcock-esque 'The Game'. T3: Rise of the Machines suffers from bad structure and therfore is really more like a film cut in two parts. If the second half really gives us an insight of that the future holds for the characters, the first is filled with too much action and comedic relief. Terminator was always more than just an action film, it had a story that kept the other movies of the franchise balanced. In this case, the viewer is bombarded with car chases and confrontations right from the start which unfortunately means the omission to include any real interactions (other than fights) between the main characters. The dialogue is kept to a strict minimum throughout the first half (referring to meaningful dialogue that is) and the viewer is left with a sense of emptiness. It's as though they decided to throw everything they had right at the start and afterwards the audience is left with barely anything to chew on.
Another weakness is the comedic relief. When viewing a movie like T3: Rise of the Machines, no one expects to be laughing every few minutes. If the jokes are meant to be entertaining, they instead distract the viewer from what the purpose of a character like the Terminator has. If the character is not supposed to understand the feelings that a human might go through, he shouldn't have to be a running gag either. That's something James Cameron understood while filming T2: Judgment Day. While those kinds of scenes were left on the cutting room floor by Cameron, they remained in T3: Rise of the Machines. Maybe it's because James Cameron had enough material to work with therefore being able to take the liberty of doing just that. Running at a mere 109 Minutes, this latest installment fails to deliver barely enough juicy material to keep the people's interest awake.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is not all that bad though. While the first half is nothing more than a B-movie filled with cheap gags and too much action, the second half is where the movie really begins. At this point, it gets into a good pace where action shares the scene (no pun intended) with a slower, more dramatic feel. That's why the movie is so weak, it is unbalanced. T2: Judgment Day kept the ball rolling and took the time to tell a story. It's not normal that anyone should wait over 40-45 Minutes to find out what happened to the second most important character of all the Terminator films, Sarah Connor. Instead of filling the beginning with their entire arsenal of special effects, they should have dispersed them throughout the film, in between the scenes that occupies the second half, a second half where characters like John Connor (Nick Stahl) and Kate Brewster (Claire Danes) finally have a chance to evolve. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger is unable to give 3 dimensions to his character. If the character is supposed to be another version of the one seen in T2: Judgment Day, it instead ressembles more the one portrayed in the first Terminator film, a killer on a mission. Never once is there a chance for the viewer to believe in this Terminator character. In the end, he appears just as cold and uninteresting, very much like the steel it was built on.
Would've T3: Rise of the Machines been a better movie with James Cameron on board... probably. James Cameron, besides being a good director, knew the characters like no one else. For sure, the film would have been shot based on a better structure and filmed more evenly. As mentionned earlier, the movie is about going into the past to make the future better. That's something they should've paid more attention to, taking more notice of the franchise past to make a better future or in this case, delivering a better present." --J.F. Lanctot (theshape26@hotmail.com), imdb.com
Posted By: biledemon3 at 12:12am, February 14, 2008
Check out termintaor 2 or the Terminator TV Series, stay away from this film. this movie was just silly...
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