T3 Review
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Jul 13, 2003 06:06
Ok T3 was good in so many ways, and bad in so many others.
Great action sequences, the TX was great. The story itself was probably written well.
But the movie flops in all other catagories. Adam was wrong, I dont know how he could ever say a Terminator fan would appreciate this movie. I wish it was even close to as good as the first 2, but its not. Not by a longshot.
First, the main problem was the mood of the movie. Most scenes were filmed in the day. Not that its a big problem having daytime footage, but it just didnt feel right. Secondly was the music...completely boring,dull,lifeless,ordinary, and just a plain pathetic soundrack. they only during the credits did u feel like you were actually watching a Terminator movie. Music plays a big part in the feel of a movie...
Second, Arnold was horrible. I dont care what anybody says..he sucked. He plain sucked. I think he knew it too..which is why it didnt seem like he really even wanted to be there. I swear the look on his face was like, " im doing this cause im getting 30 million, but I just dont care otherwise" . Seriously! Not to mention he kept saying dumb things that didnt make him seem much like the Terminator frim T1/T2. Not to mention the " im programed with basic psychology subrutines" and other gay stuff like that. Lets not forget that he looked old. They should have used a different person I guess. I would have preferred Arnold to be a real bad terminator, not a " get away from me, my program has been corrupted!" The whole scene where he fights his programming was horrible. Hes a fricken machine, (like he mentions) which I wouldnt really expect him to share with us, but thanks to the overdone one-liners he has plenty to say through the whole movie. Basically I would have preferred to see Arnold as the bad guy again....
Third, The movie feels so rushed. Kinda like they filled a bunch of space with crap, and forgot to set up the mood of the movie, really explore any character backgrounds, and/or really dig into the struggle to escape the TX. Heck before I knew it they were in the bunker and the movie was over.
Fourth, The whole " skynet" taping was pure crap. All the sudden in the background one of the futuristic skynet aircraft is just hovering in a test chamber? Where the hell does that fit into the scene? Talk about squeezing stuff in. Then of course theres the whole " computer infection thing" which is hardly explained at all. We hardly even understand how the TX controls the squad cars or how she infects the computer network or how all that really ties into whats going on.
Fith, The futuristic battle scenes were about the best to see, accept they changed the whole mood of the future and made it seem...i donno..somehow less believable and faker then even the 84 shots. What they really should have done was based a movie on the furistic fighting on earth like all the T1/T2 shots were always flashing to. Heck the Universal Studios getup was more what I wanted! Figure if they used the future with John Conner and all the robots n stuff, it would have been cool, and you wouldnt have even needed Arnold, and since all the video-games n such were always based on the future fighting it just would have made sense to film a movie in that time-frame. Maybe T4.
Now the TX was a hot u know what. I could appreciate her looks and her kick-ass kill-em-all attitude. But I didnt understand how she was an anti-terminator, terminator but had only one anti-terminator weapon which easily broke, so she switches to a flame thrower? seriously. She played her part very well, like the T1000, but she cant hold the movie up herself.
Ok and finally the tie ins to the previous movies. Neat how they explained away Conner' s mom. but the stash of weapons in the coffin was so gay, and what happened to all of those later? Lets not forget his " wife" Amazing how they all came together. Conner being a criminal loser made sense, that guy played his part well.
Anyway, I could go on and on, but the trend is obvious.. Spend lots of money on special effects and forget about what makes a great movie great. I can sit down and watch The Terminator any day of the week, from beginning to end, or from middle to end. It doesnt matter cause its so great. Films from the 80' s were all especially good at perfecting all the small stuff. Its the small stuff that makes movies like The Terminator or even T2 great. You take time to make verything perfect, and unique, fresh, and believable. I swear its been lost! I think the Lord Of the Rings is about the only movies in so many years that really might last over the years..what else though? Matrix Reloaded? No..sorry..its not going to be one of those movies that you watch 10 years from now..it just wasnt all that. Road Warrior? Yea I bet thats still on in 10 years, because good movies dont die.
T3 RATING: 5/10