Terminator 3 is a cheap rip off from Terminator 2 and everything about this film is done far worse...Not a movie for fans of the first two like myself

Rating: 3/10 (1 January 2013)

***NEW UPDATE***
The movie sucks.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Terminator' and 'Terminator 2' and for quite a while, I've been embarrassed to watch this 2003 sequel as I've heard such mixed reviews from critics and IMDb users alike. Now that I watched, I feel sorta impressed by it.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines focuses on a 20 year old John Connor who is once again under subject for termination along with his high school friend Kate. This time, an even more powerful T-X is sent back in time but like in T2, the Arnold Schwarzenegger T-101 model is back to save the boy but more importantly Kate.
I found the story line in this movie both good and frustrating. It had some interesting elements such as the whole Judgment Day is happening in a few hours thing but there were also some annoying parts such as the over use of "Get out!" and the "I'll (she'll) be back"
As T2 is my 2nd favorite film of all time, I found some annoying things about this film such as the T-101 going into the pub and asking for clothes. Seriously??? I was also frustrated by the T-101 shopping which just looked stupid and was a joke to our memorable character.
However, I thought the basic story line of protecting John and Kate and making sure that Skynet could be shut down just in time to prevent Judgment Day from really occurring was interesting and it was nice to see Dr. Silberman's little cameo in this movie.
As much as the story line fascinated me, the best thing about the film was surely Arnold Schwarzenegger returning as the T-101. No one else could ever pull this off like Arnie. I was also extremely annoyed by the T-X and I thought the director was just desperate to make someone more deadly than the T-1000 but just failed miserably. The acting in this film was pretty poor, in my opinion. The only one who did a brilliant job was Arnold Schwarzenegger so that can be passed off. However, that scene where the T-101 is packing weapons into the caravan just annoyed me as the director just wanted the conversation to really go when the T- 101 was walking back and forth. It made it really hard to focus on important elements of the story.
Since the John/T-101 relationship was magical in T2, I wanted Edward Furlong to reprise his role, 12 years later, as the older John but the whole concept of a different actor playing John made me not care about his friendship and his fatherly love for the T-101.
One other disappointment in the film for me was the fact that we never got to see any real machines wasting humans after the machines rose.
That being said, the movie is enjoyable but is sure to disappoint many.