I am a fan of the whole Terminator franchise, but I would not consider myself to be a huge fan. The Terminator was a solid flick, and I loved T2, but there was always something lacking with Rise of the Machines to me. After watching it again, I'm not real sure what my problem was with it. Nick Stahl is actually pretty solid as John Connor (now 10 years older than in T2). Claire Danes isn't great as the future Mrs. Connor, but she isn't bad; and Kristina Loken looked pretty good as the T-X- although really just a female version of Robert Patrick's liquid metal Terminator in T2. Like the first two films, it is the machines sending one of their own back in time to knock off key members of the resistance, including Mr. and Mrs. Connor, before they are actually even a part of it.
The movie has its flaws, but all of them do really. Heck, the entire plot of the first movie still baffles me. Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) is sent back in time by John Connor to protect his mother, Sarah (Linda Hamilton), from being killed by a Terminator that was send back in time to kill her and prevent John from being born. Kyle sleeps with Sarah and then John is created. It's kind of like the chicken or the egg scenario- which came first? To quote Craig Robinson in Hot Tub Time Machine- "Like The Terminator; its cyclical. Right? The machines send Schwarzenegger back to kill Sarah Connor so that John Connor can never be born. But if John Connor don't send Michael Biehn back to protect her, and they never f***, then John Connor ain't born in the first place." I love that movie.
I guess my point is that I'm glad I gave T3 another shot. It is a nice lead in to Terminator Salvation, which I think I enjoyed more than most. It was nice to see the battle between the resistance and the machines finally play out. Arnold does make a cameo, but we need more of him in the next one- which is already confirmed. So he officially will be back!
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