Worse than I expected... and I had low expectations.

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2007)

I came in knowing it would be a lesser movie than its predecessors, but I was unprepared for the unadulterated travesty that it turned out to be.
T3 invalidated the end of T2, and threw away the whole idea of "No fate but what we make". It also had a radically different tone from the first two. Where they were dark and intense, albeit leavened with some humor, this installment was self-satirical and rife with gags and misquoted one liners.
The acting was nothing to write home about. Arnold was a better actor when they didn't let him speak much. Nick Stahl made of John Connor a whiny idiot who I, personally, wouldn't follow in traffic, much less a war. Kristanna Loken was attractive but brought no life to the role. And poor Claire Danes suffered through perhaps the worst miscasting I've ever seen. Her character HAD no character to speak of.
I'm troubled by rumors that a fourth movie is in the works. I have this to say in response:
LET IT DIE, YOU JACKALS! THE FRANCHISE HAS SUFFERED ENOUGH! IT'S WRITHING IN AGONY ON THE FLOOR, BEGGING FOR DEATH! HAVE MERCY!
I give this steaming pile of movie a 3 out of 10, and so high a rating only because Kristanna Loken is hot.