Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Pros: great effects, awesome action sequences
Cons: weak on plot

With the high cost of living on Long Island, I've seen most of my friends from high school move away ...

Pros: Continuation of the Terminator story. Lots of action.
Cons: Few inconsistencies. Not as good as Terminator 2: Judgment Day. No Sarah.

One of the first movies I saw after my family got a VCR was Terminator. My stepfather at the time rented it. I had no idea what it would be like, and I do think that I was a bit too young to have seen it when I did. In 1991, Terminator 2: ...

Pros: Arnold Schwarzenegger, action sequences, science fiction
Cons: Dialog, weak story

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) This is a long awaited follow-up to the first two episodes of Terminator (1984 and 1991).  The original movie made Arnold Schwarzenegger a big star and gave him top billing ...

Pros: Good script that refuses to pander to expectations. Good acting, effects, and directing.
Cons: Cameron's absence....and, really...was this flick necessary?

In 1991, as Terminator 2: Judgment Day's end titles faded to black and the theater's lights came back up, we were left to believe that Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), her son John (Edward Furlong) and a reprogrammed Terminator (Arnold ...

Pros: great action, very exciting at times, a new terminator flick
Cons: needed stronger dialogue, supporting story is weak, held together by a thin thread

When Terminator 2 came out, it really raised the bar for action films, and set its place among some of the most exciting and invigorating in the genre. Though some films have passed it by in recent years, it had still held its place quite strongly, and ...

Pros: Adds a considerable bit to the old storyline. More on John Connor's life.
Cons: Not as much character development, rides T2's coattails.

Sadly, I have memorized a great number of movies. When I heard that Terminator 3 was coming ...

Pros: He's back!
Cons: He talks too much.

We did lots of time travelling in the movies back in the 80s. Most famous were the Back to the Fu ...

Pros: well shot action sequences, a little more insight on the future war
Cons: why Terminator was sent back by the future Katie and not John

Perhaps being the three most popular words in any recent quote in movie history, “I’ll ...

Pros: Great effects, dazzling action sequences.
Cons: Rehashed plot.

Toying with the idea of seeing Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines? You say you saw Ter ...

Pros: Special Effects, Arnold back as The Terminator
Cons: The probable end of the series leaves me wanting

19 years after a very low budget film called "The Terminator" catapulted Arnold Schwarzenegger into ...

Pros: Incredible action, continues Terminator methodology, opens door for T4.
Cons: Relies a lot on T2.

With an estimated $170 million approved budget with an additional $1.6 mil thrown in by our current governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, it would seem that the producer and director could do just about anything with Terminator 3: Rise of the M ...

Pros: New Characters, Gripping Plot, Thrilling Climax, Humor, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Cons: No Furlong, Sarah Connor, Long Sequence of Action, Director Mostow, Music

In the first installment of the Terminator saga in the year 1984, John Connor was an unborn son. The Terminator targeted his mother, strived to kill her. Now he is a grown up, knowing they somehow stopped Judgment Day, but does not think he is save. ...

Pros: Pretty good job with the story; Stahl and Danes work well together
Cons: Humor seems wedged in

Within the approximately four months of the summer film season, the Fourth of July weekend is roughl ...

Pros: These are four stars folks
Cons: These are not five stars

I must say, so far I’m really pleased with this summer. Funny how a couple of years ago I thought I’ ...

Pros: Fun to watch, good action sequences.
Cons: Not up there with the first two.

Terminator 3 arrived at a crucial point in Hollywood. The summer movie season had arrived and failed ...