Cool action but nothing else much

Rating: 6/10 (24 July 2003)

(SPOILERS inside)
Tagline: If you're a true fan of Terminator & T2 then forget T3 (or whatever!). And if you actually think JP3 is better than JP & JP2 and MIB2 is better than MIB then you better go now to book your seat for T3!!
First of all I'm a fan of Terminator the original and the first sequel. I find T2 is better than the original in many ways (although this is somehow a tough decision to make coz the original was great). T2 got great great action scenes, better story, great special effects by ILM, great acting by Linda Hamilton, cool ideas with a great story all the way, great directing, and great music. Enough? I dunno. I may add that I love it how T2 unfolds the story and all the scenes that make you scream COOL (like young John Corner riding his bike/ Sarah and her sporty acting/ T-800 looking for cloths with that song/etc..).
So I went to T3 wishing to see something equal to that or maybe (just maybe) better. I knew I wouldn't buy anything if it's not James Cameron but I went along with the story anyway. Well, I tried alot to enjoy it but I couldn't. I laughed few times for Arni's lines. I actually started enjoying this movie in the last minute and couldn't understand how can it end like this, and now I hate it more because of this. The ending was very interesting: It's kinda promising ending (for at least another sequel) as hell as possible but you can use it as the true ending of the series. One thing to add is that I totally hated to see how Matrix Reloaded was affected by Minority Report, and now I see T3 getting affected by Matrix. Give me a break!
Let's get to the details: Arnold seems to get better in the Terminator series. He started to look older though. I missed Sarah Corner and I especially missed Linda Hamilton. John Corner got some nice acting but he surely doesn't look like young John (from T2) to me. T-X was cool and it's good acting by Kristanna Loken, but I don't see her that much of sexy as they wanted us to think and as everyone is calling her that. Music? Well all I can say that it's nice, not much. Cinematography? Also nice, but not so great as Minority Report or Matrix Reloaded. Story? We all wanted to know more and more about the future and how everything happened and all, but I don't find T3 necessary to the series. I also hated how it ended, because we can end it just here (i.e. you know the war of the future and all) but it also opens the door if there ever gonna be T4 or more (i.e. we can actually see the war finally). Anything positive? Well yeah, the action scenes. They did a very good job on the action scenes. Cool action, they tried to make it as real as possible, and the special effects were great. If it was up to me, at least I'd shorten the introduction and add more to the story after the ending.
Was this any real review? Nope. I just wrote my opinion.