3rd installement is taking series in right direction but too slow.

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2003)

Terminator 3 is really based on scripts that have been flying on net since 1999. Some of the scripts that this movie is mainly based are called T3:Armageddon and its many versions over the years.(Personally the older versions were great) Those scripts call for Arnold Terminator back right before skynet takes over and with Linda and young John he helps them to survive through nuclear holocaust and then fights along Johns side. Now the T3 movie itself is very close to this script. John is saved and Arnold terminator ensures John survives the holocaust but of course his mother is already dead for while. Anyways, the movie itself is on fast pace with battles between T-X and Arnold as John and his future wife(Claire) basically are running away. The action sequences are good. The best part of the movie is when skynet is turned on and together with interacion of the global virus it takes over. Early prototype machines take over in the military building that John gets to trying to prevent judgement day. That's when Arnold gets to fight his precedessors for once and not the advanced TX. Kick ass. However, I wish we would see more of the Skynet taking over. Further the scripts that have been flying on the net explained why Skynet computer system actually turns against humanity. In this movie its not explained, although if you read the scripts you would understand possibly what the virus really was:)(hacker who admires world power and have Hitler for his idol). But, back to the actual movie. It seems that instead of showing us the judgement day and post battle to save humanity Jonathan Mostow decides to widely extend the TX vs T101 battles and finishes the movie on guess what(judgement day) so it's a perfect setup for T4(post nuclear warfare between men and machine). This should and could have been succesfully done in one movie, T3, but at least T3 takes the right direction. I was afraid this movie is gonna bring another ending where they think they prevented judgement day, thank god they didn't.