I like it more the more I watch it.

Rating: 7/10 (5 February 2011)

Before I go anywhere with this review... note that my spoiler warning was just to let you know there may be a spoiler in my review... you may read my review and not find anything spoiled information... or you may.
First of all... I understand all of the negatives towards this movie... it has a few week spots... but they are not too weak for me not to enjoy the movie. It was good... but could have been incredible. John Conner's character seems to fade behind the other guy's character. So basically, characterization could have been better. You get to know the characters... but not well enough to truly feel anything for them, with the exception of Kyle and Story... The "terminator"s character was well played I think. Also, Kate needed a bigger part. I wish there had been more between conner and Kate's relationship together. Another thing I thought would have been good would have been to include some things depicting the terror that the people face and live through... more attacks from the machines against humans... where the humans actually suffered or witnessed loved ones die as they were able to escape... I wish I had been a part of the scripting party, I would have thrown that idea into the pot. You may not agree with me. IN the movie.. you can see that conner is struggling with something... but not entirely sure as to what that is. What is conflicting him? Well, the death of Kyle Reese, something about trying to find answers from his mother's tapes... etc. His character just isn't as strong in this movie as in the other movies. Next, the last fight scenes with the Arnold T-800. There was something about the older movies where the machine seemed to be more real... in that they were more rigid... and not too CGI. WHen the machines chased Sarah, Kyle, John... etc... around... it was scary, freak'n intense! But in this movie... the CGI made it seem not as real and took away that very factor or being scary. THe machine got tossed around a lot like it was a cardboard box and didn't seem too strong and hard to kill as in the first two movies.
And the last thing was that through-out the whole movie... and even the moments of Conner's mistrust of the "new terminator" (I can't remember his name), he apparently forgot about the fact that a Terminator had saved his life several times in the past. There was not mention of it except for at the beginning of the film - and it was not really mentioned. I thought that there needed to be something in conversation or a reflection on the fact that a machine did protect him.
I honestly think they should make another one. At least one that includes and explains in more detail the events leading Conner to sending Kyle into the past to save his mother... only after learning of Skynet's new creation... "time travel" and plan to send a machine into the past to kill his mother and ultimately win the war.
If they do, boy... that would be the perfect end to the series... I don't even have to explain why.
Apart from the weak spots. It is a very entertaining movie... the characters are still interesting enough to keep you liking the movie. The action is great. The Effects are very good... and too good at the end fight scene... like I mentioned. But... I own the movie... and I still watch it from time to time. Its not a flop, or a terrible movie. It's just weak in a few places that would have made it an incredible movie!