A surprising, satisfying, solid follow up to Terminator 2!

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2019)

I was very impressed with Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines. Yes, it does seem more like a comedy than a serious action movie, but at least the comedy wasn't awful. Here's a little known fact to everyone hating saying it doesn't match up to Terminator 2: Judgement Day: No Terminator movie ever could or will. Although the film does stay true and reverent to what Terminator 2 did. And yes, I have watched Salvation and Genisys, and I humbly agree that they were disappointing. I haven't seen Dark Fate but I'm not going to. Nick Stahl was a great adult John Connor. Now yes, he's no Edward Furlong, but nonetheless, he's one of the coolest and greatest to ever portray him compared to Christian Bale (Who was an awful John Connor now) and Jason Clarke. I heard many complaints were that he was whiny, and of course he is. John always was. He has a destiny he doesn't want, and never did, even when he was a boy. He literally has the weight of the world upon his shoulders. The T-X is a very interesting change in villainy, and Arnold makes a worthy return although it doesn't take much for him to make a good return after playing the character greatly twice before. Under the circumstances the director had of continuing Cameron's legacy, it was probably the best it could get. I loved how the film stayed true to the mechanics of science like when the fire mixed with sand made glass, and how the future is inevitable. I do realize the films ending is probably depressing to a lot of people but it was probably the only sensible ending for it to remain true to what T2 did. It was to me, at least. Not to mention it's the only Terminator sequel that I think is reverent and respectful to what T2 was about, whereas with some other sequels, (Genisys, Dark Fate) you had them defeat the whole purpose about what T1 and T2 was about. Some future events are inevitable, and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it, and how no one can ever really change their destiny, which was always decided. The film is still as cool as Terminator 1&2, with a couple of scenes that stay reverent to some classic scenes from the originals like the Terminator with the machine guns against the cop cars, the classic lines as well as some other classic lines introduced. I was not at all disappointed, and I expected to be. Will definitely revisit and screw the other sequels.