Biggest disappointment since Batman Forever (many spoilers)

Rating: 1/10 (31 July 2003)

I went to see this film not expecting much and yet this film still managed to deliver even less that that. This was by far the biggest let down since Warners let Schumacher loose on the Batman franchise.
Firstly, when did the Terminator films become comedies. True there were a few jokes in T2, but this was criminal. From Arnie donning the Elton specs to "I'm back" I was cringing throughout this hell.
Next, I know it's impossible to watch a film about time travel without noticing flaws, but this film was beyond the pale such as the fact that Cyberdyne has been destroyed yet the Terminators still resemble Arnie and have the Cyberdyne serial no's. Plus there were all the classic story flaws such as the TX being a vast improvement on the t-1000. OK, I might be wrong but she seemed to take a beating, from her weapon malfunctioning to being crushed by a helicopter (the T-1000 walked away unscathed from a helicopter crash in T2).
I don't mind a few plot points being delicately nudged into a film, but this was shocking. Where did Arnie's explosive cells come from. Surely this would have been a hazard when he dropped into the lava at the end of T2. My favourite by far, though, was Clare Danes shouting, "it's my father's plane, I trained in it". Phew what a relief, if she hadn't they never would have made it to the thrilling finale.
All in all this was a shocker, from the stilted screenplay to the shocking filming (no need for slow-mo every scene Mostow). I was expecting an average film and a bad Terminator film but what I got was a terrible film and an insult to James Cameron.