unworthy successor

Rating: 7/10 (12 July 2003)

first off, i'd like to say that as purely an action sci-fi flick, t3 has enough firepower to blow u away. explosions aplenty, and a t-x babe to ogle at. wat more could a guy ask for? plenty more in fact. cut to the chase. t3 lacks the depth of the previous 2 terminator movies. its purely action and just a lil develpoment of storyline to set up for t4. the feelings n emotion werent half as strong as compared to t1 n 2, and i feel they really focused too much on action, throwing plot out the window. it is that mix of emotion and suspense that really made the first 2 classics, and it is sadly lacking here. the t-x wasnt as remotely scary as the t-1000 played by Robert Patrick and i felt that t3 really could have done without those awful one-liners. the mood of t3 just doesnt provide for it, and putting the funny moments just felt awkard. all in all, im really surprised they took 12 yrs to come up with nothing more than a summer popcorn flick. hope t4's good enuff to let me forget this.