I assure you that I was the last one happy to hear about the third installment in this series

Rating: Null/10 (6 July 2003)

I assure you that I was the last one happy to hear about the third installment in this series, especially since James Cameron, Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong were not attached to it. However, I did notice and recognize the talent in Jonathan Mostow's work, as well as in both Nick Stahl and Claire Danes' previous performances. Fortunately, Arnold remained constant.
So, Wednesday, I finish my shift at work and head to the movie theater. I sit down and am anxious to be mad at God (though I actually don't believe in him) for letting this event happen. The credits start rolling and, suddenly, I'm 14 again! And, I enjoy every single second of this sequel to one of my top ten favorite movies of all time. One might even say it became part of it too.
The only thing that displeased me the first time around (because, yes, I saw it twice already) was the fact that the music was Marco Beltrami's and not Brad Fiedel's composition. Instead of having this machine threat feeling to it, I felt like the music had a Scream-flick feel. It did not affect my thoughts on the script though. T3 makes sense of T1 and T2 where they failed to.
The thing I really appreciated from this great action-FX filled thrill ride is the gutsy ending. I hadn't felt like that since Face/Off when Nicholas Cage kills John Travolta's son during the opening credits. Mostow makes us believe we'll get a happy ending and, then, all Hell breaks loose. The ending is not "bad", it's terrific. And, I mean that in every sense of the word(s) and sentence...
Now, and it's not like me to say this, I really hope they'll make a sequel to this because I want more. No, I need more. And, though not everyone might agree with me on this, I hope that a lot of movie goers appreciate the film the way I did. First, I must warn you: if you did not like The Matrix Reloaded because it had too much action and complicated dialogue, it's the same here.