Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines | | Cast : | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken | | Director : | Jonathan Mostow | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | July 02, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | September 14, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 08, 2005 | | Summary | I wanted to like this...but I couldn't. | Content
 | After seeing T1 and T2, T3 is disappointing.
First off, James Cameron was not involved with this movie. I remember reading somewhere that he thought T2 truely ended the series. (As seen in one of the alternate endings.) Therefore, he refused to make T3, so Mostow took over. Without Mr. Cameron, T3 went down a totally wrong path. What I first noticed was that the blue tint of color added to T2 was missing in T3. I thought it greatly added to the bleak and seriousness of the T2 atmosphere. T3 is too bright and comical. The stupid jokes made me stop taking the Terminator seriously. I absolutely hated Arnold's intro into the movie with the Ladies' Night Bar. If you watch T2, Arnold was so much more bada** with the background music. (bad to the bone) "Talk to the hand," the star-shaped shades, and a bunch of other stuff threw the movie way off. If you've watched Batman Begins, the humor is much better integrated due to its rarity but well-placed occurrences. I also didn't like the casting that much. John Connor looks like a hideous wimp, and Katherine Brewster simply felt awkward. And Arnold is beginning to show his age. In T2, Robert Patrick gave a chilling performance as the T-1000. Loken's absence of feeling is required, but somehow, Patrick was able to seem more sincere and deep. As for the ending - it degrades the meaning of the struggle and conflict faced by the characters in T1 and T2. One of the only scenes I liked was of the Future War. The special effects were pretty cool, and that was probably the highest amount of endo's ever seen on the screen at once. I really wish they developed more future war sequences. T3 should have utilized more technology. With today's technology, so much more is possible than at the time of T2. (early 90s.) Really, T3 should not exist. The story ends at T2. End of story. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | Lower it into the burning pit. | Content
| Ah, the old Curmudgeon Spidey-Sense. Never fails. As much as I loved the two Terminator movies (first one especially), I had no good feeling about Terminator 3. And whaddya know? I was right.
First of all, the new female Terminator is RUBBISH. They really had shot themselves in the foot creating the T-1000 for T2, because there was no way they could ever have created something more intimidating, more of a genuine, unstoppable threat, than Robert Patrick's. And even though the T-X is 1000 times nicer to look at, she is nowhere near convincing enough. And Arnie's Terminator isn't the same either. It's a lame reprisal of a role, and whilst the jokes in T2 worked, here they grate (they just HAD to have a gay bar in, didn't they?)
This wouldn't be so bad if the original movies weren't so good. It's not as if this is some tacky sequel to a B-movie. But it not only tarnishes the originals, it makes them POINTLESS. Basically, "uh, yeah, all that stuff that happened in the first two movies, all the lives that were snuffed out, that was for nothing anyway. Sorry."
Inexcusable. Pretend it doesn't exist.
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| Rating | | | Date | August 01, 2005 | | Summary | Better Than T2 | Content
| So here we are- T3. And boy does it have a lot to live up to after the flawless T2. But hey- here we go!
Set early on in the 21st century, today, John Connor (Nick Stahl) is in hiding. His mother Sarah Connor who died of Leukemia a couple of years ago, lived long enough to make sure that their actions in T2 had been successful. Still, John Connor had never trusted that it was truly over. We will later discover that neither did Sarah Connor. Now hiding so that the machines could never ever find him, John Connor encounters Kate Brewster (Claire Danes). So does the Terminatrix, a future cyborg with a hardened endoskeleton, liquid metal covering and on board weapons- her mission is to terminate all of John Connor's lieutenants from the future war with the machines. Should the Terminatrix happen to find John Connor, she is to terminate him too along with Kate Brewster (his future....). To complicate matters, a T-101 Terminator (Arnie) has also arrived but is he here to kill John Connor or protect him? An answer we will soon discover, along with the realization that today is in fact Judgment Day (it had only been delayed by the events of T2), and not only do John Connor and Kate Brewster have to save themselves, they have to save all of humanity, or do they? Was humanity meant to be saved? Was Judgment Day meant to be stopped?
T3 is simply amazing. I actually prefer it to T2. It has action, excitement, revelations and a heart felt ending. The acting is great, particularly from Nick Stahl and Claire Danes, and even Arnie who gives his best portrayal of the Terminator to date. The ending has set things up for Terminators 4 & 5 if they get made, but even if they don't, T3's conclusion is quit possibly the most appropriate conlusion to the Terminator series there could have been.
The movie on DVD is accompanied by Dolby Digital 5.1 sound which does a very good job- no need for dts here. The extras are a bit bare, but still above average.
One of the best movies you'll see. Enjoy! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 30, 2005 | | Summary | The best Terminator movie! And I've seen the first two, which were great! | Content
| This is the best Terminator movie yet! I thought TX was not only a grand villainess, but she also was beautiful and everything an evil terminator should be. I loved the perfect fights and superb tension this film had, and Arnold's second Terminator hero was even better than the one in Terminator 2-Judgement Day(which I own the extreme DVD of, I should add!)There was more humor in this movie than in the first two, as well. Anyway, nuff said! This movie is a must-see for all who like Terminator or any action thrillers! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 22, 2005 | | Summary | Great | Content
| This movie had the highest greenlighted budget. Arnold even threw in a few million of his dollars. It is definately the funniest of the 3 movies. I can't wait for Terminator 4. |
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