a very fine movie in the best sci-fi series

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2008)

As if we needed another comment, here I go with a brief one.
An awful lot of people have written comments panning this movie. I think they are nuts. This is a very fine movie, and a very fine part 3 in the saga. Danes and Stahl are excellent. There is good character development. The occasional humor was excellent. The chase scene with the crane vehicle was superb -- maybe the best chase scene I've ever seen. I've seen this movie at least 3 times, but that chase scene always keeps me on edge and gasping, probably because it's believable. Yes, I know that isn't really what would have happened if the hook had caught on something down in a manhole, but so what? It's a movie for goodness sake.
Other critics here have compared T3 unfavorably to The Matrix. Sorry, this movie is far better than the Matrix. Half the time I couldn't figure out what was going on in The Matrix. The fight scenes with the slow motion figures pivoting around are just silly and unbelievable. Furthermore, the basic premise of the Matrix series of movies is unbelievable. The events here in the Terminator movies are much more plausible, like good science fiction always is. The Matrix is more like fantasy, almost like Harry Potter (ugh).
No, it's not as good as T2, but so what? It's still very very good.

henry