oh, the good old days

Rating: 6/10 (3 November 2004)

Kristanna Loken and Claire Danes are absolutely beautiful. Great to look at. The movie has our old friend arnold in his best role. The casket of guns and a few other comedic points are good for some laughs. But what this movie suffers from is what makes it invisible and boring compared to the first terminator movies. James Cameron not directing the characters he invented hurts. The presence of Sara Connor is sorely missed. And maybe it because I'm older and harder to please than when Terminator 2 came out (i was like 12 or 13) , or it could be that when it came out CGI special effects were very new and very impressive, now with 12 years, a couple of Jurassic Park movies, Matrix movies, and several hundred lesser movies featuring CGI, the effect no longer seems special and can even seem cumbersome and even downright distracting. All that said T3 will be somewhat enjoyable film though Loken's villain lacks Robert Patrick's utter child-molester creepiness from part 2. But it didn't leave me floored like part 2 did. And what is with humanity losing it's free will in the movie, and the machines gaining their's?
6 out 10