Sci-Fi Must See Movie

Rating: 9/10 (14 July 2003)

"What ever you want to see honey," is what I told my husband. I had no clue that Cameron was not majorly involved in this movie. I knew that Furlong was not going to be on the screen and hated that. I whispered to hubby before the movie, you know if they do a T4, I don't care of Arnold is in next one. That is how low my expectations were for this film.
I left the movie going WOW!!! I loved the action. Some action came so fast and so furious that this non computerized brain could not process what it had just seen. Alot of action was hard hitting.
One reviewer stated Dane's character was not very credable especially when she locked up John Conner and did not go running for help. I would like to think that this character had some backbone and was a strong person, knowing that she knew him, felt that there was no need to panic, yet. And in the long run that is who she needed to be.
Other reviews I have read say there is no story line. I saw that TX (the latest model of terminator) was intent on its mission (ITS - non gender its not human) Like a machine with specific tasks TX took the straightest possible route from point A and point B.
One person commented on how they did not like that TX said "I like your gun" while other Terminator models made same comments on objects they were about to take. I assumed that this was the film makers way of telling us how the TX was going remove the cop from its path.
As for Furlong not being in the movie, by the end of the movie I felt that the new actor represented John Conner the adult, the scared face warrior of the future.
I loved seeing the Dr from T2. I thought it was a nice sentimental touch. (Maybe Cameron-esque)
Lastly, The T100 unit (Arnold) was not portrayed as compassionate (for those who have not seen T2 on DVD - there is footage that shows changes made to the terminator allowing him to learn gain a bit of humanity) This was not the same machine from the previous movies and I liked the reinforcement of that fact.
While this movie may have disappointed some, I found it completed a circle between the three films and if this is the last of the Terminator movies I think it was well done.
And as Dennis Miller use to say... Thats my opinion.. I could be wrong.