I loved it

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2003)

Well...coming into the theater I was not very optimistic. I'm a huge fan of the Terminator films, especially the 2nd installment. When I saw the trailer with Arnold saying "She'll be back", I thought for sure this was going to be one hell of a bad flick.
I actually really liked the film. Although Cameron didn't direct it and Edward Furlong didn't reprise his role as John Connor, I enjoyed the whole movie. Nick Stahl gave a good performance, and Claire Danes was also pretty good. It's hard to complement the performance of two actors who don't even have facial expression...well, I guess it must've been hard actually to make all those action sequences without showing any feelings, so I'll give them that. Kristanna Loken is very sexy as the TX, but also very deadly, I really liked her character.
Sure, there were some dumb punchlines, such as the much anticipated "She'll be back", but although this movie is a serious action movie, there were some amusing scenes which didn't fail to make people laugh, just like in Terminator 2.
I was only disappointed that Sarah Connor's philosophy (The future is not written. There is not fate but what we make for ourselves) is proven untrue in this movie. I believe strongly in this philosophy and I find it deceiving to see they're ruining it in this film. Sorta like a christian who watches the movie Dogma...hehe.
Overall this is a really good movie, for every Terminator fan, for every action fan, sci-fi fan, etc...If you want to see an action packed summer movie, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES is the one you should definitely go watch.