Comments on: Terminator 3

By: John

John — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 22:48:32 +0000

Ray: I thought that once Loken got dressed up in that slinky red outfit and tied her hair up in a bun she looked the part of a pretty determined killing machine. The problem was that she wasn’t given much opportunity to be cunning or sneaky as well as strong: she basically spends the entire film in relentless pursuit mode. She’s very much like Arnie’s original T-800 from the first film, but because her character is only fourth or so in the cast list rather than the star of the film the writers don’t feel the need to give her interesting things to do.

Simon: I thought I’d been pretty vague about the film’s climax. I agree that someone who’s seen the film would have a different understanding of what I might be referring to, but I can’t see a way round that short of just writing “T3 has loads of big explosions: go see it.” (Actually, it was quite frustrating to write that post because there’s lots I’d like to comment on if I could reveal plot points.)

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 21:12:06 +0000

Let me see…

The bit about the ending of the film. I guess what you wrote could be taken two ways. If you understand it one way then it’s something you wouldn’t know otherwise. Perhaps reading other reviews etc. and maybe the trailer would spoil it but I’m not sure. Maybe it wasn’t as bad as I first thought.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 17:55:34 +0000

> Kristanna Loken

Having seen the ‘making of’ programme, I thought it was a poor casting decision. She’s standard Hollywood-attractive; they should have looked for someone a bit unconventional.

By: John

John — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 05:58:10 +0000

No Kris, I haven’t edited the post at all.

Simon, I don’t see anything in there that I’d call a spoiler. I thought I was doing a good job of being vague about plot specifics. Could you say what it is you think is a spoiler. (If you’d rather not post specifics in comments for fear of further spoiling the plot, please email me with details.)

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 02:11:39 +0000

I’m confused. Did you already remove the spoiler, John? I didn’t see anything in there that I didn’t already know based on the first two films, what few previews I’ve seen for the movie, and the poster.

By: simon

simon — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:47:13 +0000

If you’re going to put spoilers in then at least wait until the official release date or put the spoiler text in a lighter colour

FWIW, I quite liked T3, not as good as the first two but it had it’s own nice touches. The plot was fairly thin but what was there was quite revealing and it works out very nicely in the end. I loved seeing THAT returning character. If he hasn’t had a heart attack by T4 (or become open minded) then I’d be very surprised.

The chase scenes were pretty good especially the crane going through the building