Take it for what it is

Rating: 9/10 (25 March 2004)

I have come across quite a few people who disliked this movie. Their reasons are numerous: plot holes, it destroys the continuity, etc. I could go on and on but I will not do that here.
I think the biggest problem that most people had going into this film was that they were expecting it to be something that it wasn't. They were expecting this movie to be another Terminator 2: Judgment Day. This movie, I believe, was never meant to be that. It did have likenesses to the other movies such as action sequences, time travel, etc. However, this movie needs to be judged on its' own merits and not that of the two movies preceding it, to do this is about as intelligent as judging a child against the performance of his/her siblings.
I think that all parties involved in the making of this film did an excellent job in making a film that held up rather well. A good job was done of creating something that added to the Terminator storyline but still was original enough to be a good movie in its own right. Some familiar concepts in the Terminator Universe were taken and expanded on or better defined. It seems that most of the problems that I have heard from others who have viewed the film have come from their own preconceived ideas about what certain aspects of the film or Terminator Universe should be and not from the film itself.
Therefore my recommendation about this movie is to simply take the film for what it is, entertainment. This is a good phrase to sum up what I think. As entertainment this movie holds up rather well. Take it for what it is and enjoy it. Don't beat your brain out trying to understand it because it is only a movie. Overall I think this was a good movie 7/10