Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines (2003)
When The Terminator (1984) was released I was not really impressed.
I am a sci-fi junkie and will gladly watch anything with a spaceship or a robot but the science in The Terminator was too bizarre for me. At that time I was not much into time travel :P
Then Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (1991) was released and well, it just knocked all my time travel prejudices sideways and I was entertained to the very limit.
The announcement of Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines (2003) came with the news that James Cameron was not going to direct. I instantly regretted the decision to make T3.
I could not imagine what new story they would come up with or what the characters would be like. Most importantly I did not want John Connor to be all grown up. He would interfere with the two competing terminators.
But T3 turned out just perfect. Director Jonathan Mostow stays true to the spirit of the first two terminator movies.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kristanna Loken are perfect as the two terminators.
The subtle humor that often references the previous two movies, especially T2, is simple awesome.
The story sticks together and brings everything to a wonderful conclusion finally leading to SkyNet taking over the world.
The special effects are satisfactory though after the first two movies there is a remarkable lack of freshness.
Fortunately the story and direction keep things from running down to same old, same old, routine.
Your Terminator collection is incomplete without T3. Highly recommended.
2 comments:
Was definitely full of action from the word go. As for beavers, I'm sure they'd be a fun addition to the river water disputes already in full swing...maybe they'd start fighting over which state gets to keep all the beavers :)
hi,
thanks for visiting my space. btw how did u find it. nice reviews on films. will check out when i have more time.
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sarika
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