apply T2 directing to T3

Rating: Null/10 (3 July 2003)

Just having seen T3 today, there are some definate points to be made. First of all PLEASE BRING BRAD FIEDEL BACK when making the TERMINATOR SOUNDTRACK! Nice try Mostow. Just keep dreaming. However music is what makes the film flow, keeps it moving and helps the audience remain in touch with characters, what their feeling, thinking- certain basic parts of a film. I implore you... bring BRAD FIEDEL back! Secondly, what happened to Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor) and Eddie Furlong (John Connor) as shown in T2? If George Lucas had done the same thing in Return of the Jedi with Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford I'm sure there would have been some sort of uprising and rebellion on the news! So why Nick Stahl instead of Eddie Furlong? And why take Sarah Connor completely out of the picture without having her character actually perish DURING the film? Thirdly, I would hope that James Cameron would direct the film next time, having the scenes come together a little more smoothly instead of being thrown together.
All in all, I love the chase scene with the truck. Some of the special FX were trippy. But that's just it. The film relied more on FX than it did on the quality of story, script and character interaction... true quality demonstrated in T2. Something that T3 could never beat. I have to admit though some of the those action scenes were amazing and kept me glued to my seat. And there were some pretty humorous scenes. But again, it will never beat T1 or T2.