Pros and Cons of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Pros:

I think Nick Stahl did a good job, in spite of looking nothing like Eddie Furlong. Perhaps the most likable of the John Conners, in fact

Silberman cameo made me laugh

"Angah is more useful den daspeer"

Cons:

Too retready

"No fate but what you make ... jk lol"

Killing off Sarah Connor offscreen

Action scenes and special effects less cool than those from 1991, as is the TX in relation to T1000

It's the 2nd best Terminator movie behind the first movie and within my Top 56 movies. it's definitely underrated where as the 2nd movie is overrated as I think, while it used to be top notch for me, I find that lately (as of a July 3rd 2016 re-watch(Nov 27th 2013 was my previous viewing prior to this and at this point it was still a 10/10 but fell to a 6/10 in July 2016)) Edward Furlong etc brings that movie down. he worked better for me when I was younger.

I like Kristanna Loken as the main villain in T3.

also, like politicidal said, it seems that crane chase scene is better than most action scenes in general.

also, I would say I agree with the OP's comments except the "Nothing feels especially memorable in the way the prior films were." comment.

but I will say it would have been nice if Linda Hamilton was involved with T3 somehow as I figure, at this point in time, she's one of the stronger points about T2.

p.s. but speaking of Linda Hamilton, it appears she's involved with the new Terminator 6 movie. I don't see that being a bad thing.

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