Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines (Widescreen Edition)

Rating:
Summary: Terminated.
Review: Following the advice of a co-worker, I decided to finally rent "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines". I was kind of avoiding it, because Schwarzenegger once said that he would only do T3 if James Cameron were involved.

Well, Cameron must've transmogrified into the giant dump truck of money driven up to Arnold's place.

Where do I start with just how awful this movie was... wooden acting, revisionist continuity almost on par with "Highlander 2: The Quickening", no sense of fear or danger, I mean, I think the T-1000 could slap around the T-X just by staring at her. And too many: "Hey look, this is a reference to the last two movies!" moments.

And the ending, oh geez, I won't spoil the oh-so-huge twist ending but was the most anticlimatic piece of dreck I've ever seen. And frankly, I wouldn't trust my life to somebody who killed my future self not too long ago, thank you.

I thought this movie was iffy when I first heard about it. And this is a true story: when I went to "The Matrix Reloaded" on opening night some executives from Warner Bros. were in the audience and asked us to do a survey afterwards. One of the questions asked our opinion of the T3 trailer shown beforehand. I let them know exactly what I thought given the limited responses available: "It it highly unlikely that I will see this movie." I mean, I just sat down to see a movie where machines have taken over the world and the T3 trailer made Terminator start to look like a Matrix ripoff!

I wonder if you can file class actions against state governors who made bad movies to get our money back.

Well, I finally watched "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" and I can't unwatch it. Now any future viewings of T1 and T2 have been tainted, thank you so very much mister director-man. Thank you for running a once-respected action franchise into the ground. I won't be back.

Rating:
Summary: wooooooooooooooooow!
Review: worth it when I saw it in theatres
the name lives up to itself
and the ending is quite shocking
because wether or not they make another T movie or not I will always like T and T2 and this one.
I would like to have them make a T4 movie. but wether or not they do I will be understanding. perhaps the ending of T3 lets us know there might not be left much to tell to the rest of Judgement day with the Machines. or that there is much to learn of it and we have yet to know it all truly. we shall see which way it goes. but either way this film is amazing. has alot of comedy in it. alot of action just as much as the first and second T films. Arnold does great at playing a relentless, soldier if you will to protect Conner. I would of liked to have Furlong play the grown up version of Conner but Nick Stahl works just as well. he reproduces the way John Conner is like in T2. curious, smart ass mouth talker, dangerous, and smart all in one. I like that he can reuse what Conner has even if someone else plays his role. Kristanna Loken is sexy and scary as her role. she's the perfect female terminatrix as they call her somewhere in the movie or story. I can't wait to see the other movies she was in before this or after this movie. the whole cast is brilliant. Johnathen Mostow is just as innovative as James Cameron is with his first 2 Terminator movies. he adds just as much shock, comedy etc as Cameron did. both directors should be proud of themselves. wether Cameron would of made this or Mostow. I still would of seen it. all directors deserve a chance when they create something. so glad I got this on dvd. the Sgt. Candy scene is hilarious. and you really learn alot on disc 2 about the special effects, etc. quite a great movie. saw it 1 time in theatre. and 5 times on dvd. it will be seen more times played in my dvd player when I can watch it. rest assured people

Rating:
Summary: Talk to the hand!
Review: It felt like Terminator 2 was the end, I mean, skynets ruined, the chips have been destroyed, and it's suppose to leave the rest up to the people to decide the unwritten future. So at first, I immedietly felt like they were blowing a $170,000,000 budget on a unexpected sequal. But being a fan of this series, I had to check it out

Well it's gonna be hard to adjust with no Linda Hamilton, or Edward Furlong(Who was John Conor not Nick Stahl). And it always has a bad guy or good, but it's bad, andthis time the antigonist is a female terminator, an enticer huh?

Arnold is back, which is a good thing, cuz replacing him would be a travesty. Other than him, the only other cast member to return was Earl Boen(Dr. Silberman) Who in this movie felt like he saw a ghost. James Camron is not back to dierect, because of problems with Linda Hamilton, and he felt like the series was complete when T2 was finished. Well is that good or bad.

Anyway onto the story. Judgment day wasn't stopped it was postponed, so here we go again. Well the action sceenes are nowhere near as spectacular as T2. This Terminator feels like it ain't going all out, which the previous 2 did, they seemed like they wound never stop, but this one looked like one that could be challenged by the protagonist. And it doesn't give a real sense of danger like the previous 2 did. Not only that, this film was nowhere near as groundbreaking as it's predicessors

I didn't expect alot from this movie, but dang! I though it woulnd'nt be this bad. Man if only James Camron were behind the film or if it were never made. They were trying too hard for a sequal that never should have been made. It was boring most of the way, it felt like it tried to move with the style of new films, and the real geniouses behind the series, sadly, werent there to finish it off. I'm very sad to see such a good series get tarnished by it's final film.(Nearly the same thing that happened in the Godfather PT.3) The only reason this film is bairly even rentable, is because Arnold is still around, but he couldn't fill the shoes of those who left.

peace

Rating:
Summary: I Liked it...
Review: Well, Here's the thing...I am someone who enjoyed this movie the second time I saw it. I first saw the film on HBO one night and didn't really enjoy it that much. I was a little confused and somewhat disturbed by the whole "End of the world" scenario and it also didn't help that I am not a big fan of the first 2 movies and had only seen each of those once before. The things I did like in this movie were the action sequences, which were very entertaining and kept the viewer on the edge of there seat. I also liked the whole odd chemistry that Katherine and John had through the film. It was kind of interesting seeing the two characters, who are brought together to make it to the future, deal with learning they are going to one day be married and lead a revolution against the machines that will end the world. There are things that confuse me about the series that I still would love some clarification on, such as, since John's father, Kyle, was from the future, where is he in the whole apocolypse scenario? Would he even be alive or was he born after the apocolypse? How come the terminatrix never goes after him because if he doesn't survive then John could never be conceived, right? It's all a little confusing to me, but I still liked the movie and disagree with what some of the reviewers are saying. Also, some people are saying that Edward Furlong was an amazing and much more emotive "John" but Edward Furlong was about 12 years old when he played that role and I don't think it really mattered that Edward didn't reprise the role since he is a completely different man now and would probably not bring that same spunk to the character. Nick Stahl did a fair job, although at times he comes off a little stiff and wooden with his lines. Claire Danes is one of my favorite actresses but I felt like some of her lines in this movie were also a tiny bit under-acted. The moment when John pulls the gun out and tells the Terminator that he is going to kill himself and she looks over at him and says, OH JOHN!...That is one of the worst delivered movie lines ever. Overall though, the movie is what it is, a good action movie. For die hard fans, there could be some plot problems or casting upsets, but I still would recomend the movie to people who want to see a good action flick.

Rating:
Summary: T1 & T2 FOREVER!!!
Review: There come times when something so terrible comes out of the movie world, you ask yourself: "What the hell was that!?" This is one such time!

This film is terrible. Everything about it was wrong! I knew this from the opening credits! (Even THEY were wrong!) It was the biggest sequel disappointment of all time! I was anticipating this like no one else! It was great to have another Terminator movie even though I believe T2 ended the story! (T3 shouldn't have even existed in the first place!) My heart was broken. The film had no heart and no soul. It didn't introduce anything to us, but CRAP!

I am a Terminator PURIST! The world's NUMBER 1 FAN! T1 & T2 are religion to me! RELIGION! These are my films! I know EVERYTHING about them! On screen and off! Not only do I own tonnes of T1 & T2 merchandise, but I FEEL the movies! They are in my heart! (I know it sounds nutty, but it's true! (I'm just passionate about my films!)) The first two films are masterpieces. Every shot is perfection! T3 is nothing but an excuse to make some more $$$. It is the true definition of "terrible sequel."

Once again, nothing was right about this film! It was all laughable and almost forgot the first two films! That's a sin! James Cameron was not involved... The first of MANY problems. Jonathan Mostow does not know his facts. Listen to the commentaries and watch the film on this very DVD. Sheer terror!

I don't own this DVD and do not want it. It does not deserve to sit next to the 2 greatest films of all time! I have completely boycotted T3. It is a joke! The story ended with T2. I'm not going to buy into it just because it's a sequel to my favourite films. Hence the word 'purist!' Who knows what T4 will bring? NOTHING! (And to think T3 & T4 have some of the same team as the first two films working on them! WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS GOING ON!!!?)

T1 & T2 FOREVER!!!

The World's BIGGEST Terminator Fan,

Dean T, (CSM-101.)

Rating:
Summary: Great movie
Review: This is a great movie. Although it is not as good as Terminator 2: Judgement Day, it is still a good one and worth to see. Arnold is the all time best as the character of the terminator. Nick as John Connor is also memorable. So, it is still a good one overall.

Rating:
Summary: AUTSCH!
Review: First of all, dont expect too much!
As a big fan of Terminator 1 + 2, i was absolutely dissapointed of Terminator 3. This Movie has a lot of cool actionscenzes but the soul of the terminator movies was not included. Jonathan Mostow did a bad job. Because of... I dont remember that the Terminator was a clown!?!? There were too many jokes the Terminator did speak out...I expect from a Terminator movie a serious Killermachine without joking, like in the Part 1 + 2! That was a big mistake wich Jonathan Mostow did. He didnt realise that this is a Killermachine and not a Clown!!!!!
Anyhow..this movie has a lot of cool actionscense/SFX and the story was OK! Alltogehter this movie is dissapointing ...for a NONE TERMINATOR FAN, this movie could be interessting..Hopefully T4 (2006) will be much better...



Rating:
Summary: 3 1/2 stars
Review: I didn't figure this movie would be able to match the first
two and it surely didn't. No need for me to go into depth
about the characters and stuff because there are 700 and
something reviews already that tell you this....

The reason this movie didn't live up to the first two is
that the characters lack the emotion. The new John Conner
is a below average actor... He doesn't have the emotion
or doesn't have the charisma of Ed Furlong. Also, the
other female failed to come close to replacing Linda
Hamilton. She seems to average and lacks the toughness
and grit of Linda..... Arnold doesn't show his age THAT
much but seems alittle weak in this. He just doesn't seem
very tough in this movie. His character seems to get beat
up the whole movie.

However, the movie holds the action well and doesn't really
slow down the entire movie. If the movie had more emotion
it would have turned out better. But the cast just didn't
not do a good enough job esp Conner. If you haven't seen
this yet I suggest you lower your expectations one notch
or you probably will not like this very much. I give it
3 1/2 stars because the action is awesome and it had some
funny lines.