3/4  Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Enjoyed this more than the first two Terminators -- in large part due to Nick Stahl, who did a great job getting the bad taste of John Connor out of my mouth that Edward Furlong left. Humor is also more on target and cheesy lines are kept... (read full)

2.5/4  Back Yet Again
It was thought after the events of T2 that we succeeded in escaping judgment day. Of course that could never be the case as the terminators could only exist in a post-judgment day world. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines takes place sever... (read full)

1/4  55%
Action: 3/3 + Comedy: 0.5/2 + Good vs Evil: 0.5/1 + Love/Sex: 0.5/1 + Special Effects: 0.5/1 + Plot: 0.5/1 + Music: 0/1 = 5.5/10 or 55%.

After the exhausting fun of Terminator 2 one has every right to expect something for the third... (read full)

3/4  Action-Packed
I really loved this film the first time I saw it but that was back in 2003. I had not seen that many films then so I regarded it quite highly. Five years later, I saw this picture again but I didn’t like it as much. The script was stale co... (read full)

1.5/4  Thanks for tarnishing the series....
Horrible movie with only saving grace being Arnold. This movie just does nothing but crap on the great Terminator name sake. Welcome to T3, the only returning cast member being Arnold. Sarah Conner is missing in action (obviously she woul... (read full)

3/4  Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Quick Review
the weakest of the series but still worth seeing

2.5/4  Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Quick Review
Not as good as the first two by any means but still an OK action flick.

3/4  Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Quick Review
A fun ride for the Franchise, though not as good as the other 2. It has some interesting concepts, good special effects, but nothing else is better. The villain actually kind of sucks, and Nick Stahl was too much of a wuss to be John C.

3/4  Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Quick Review
Still a fun ride, but the series is showing its age (in more ways than one). Now John Connor is in his 20s and wants nothing to do with the world. Living alone, off the grid, he still sees visions of a terrifying future. Maybe he should have paid attention. A new threat is sent back - a female Terminatrix that has the liquid-metal ability of the last Terminator - along with a load of new weapons and the ability to control other machines. Meanwhile an aging T-101 - played by an aging Arnold Schwarzenegger is once again sent back to protect him (and his future wife). The action is still top-notch, but the story just isn't the same.

5/5 First and perfect deal
  by Marcos Albuquerque (Brazil)
That was the first time i've bought something from Amazon. Instead i've already watched this movie I decided to buy 'cause it was a offering very interesting with a good price and i'm happy with my choice. Excelente movie and execelent service from Amazon. I'm in Brazil and I've received my BD in only 20 days.
Now I'm thinking about to buy some others.

Marcos

5/5 Another classic movie
  by L. D. Lee (Elkton, MD United States)
This is another good classic. Own all the Terminators .Purchasing the DVD series to replace VHS.
Wasn't to thrilled with the Terminator #2 version. Prefer the original you see in the movies.

5/5 Gotta love Schwarzenegger
  by MusicLover (tucson, az)
I always enjoyed the Terminator series. Terminator 3 is great, but Terminator 4 just wasn't the same without Schwarzenegger. Get the first 3 DVDs. I prefer full screen over wide screen. Just my opinion.

5/5 T Three
  by Star Bux

This film was the most depressing of the Schwarzenegger
Terminator Trilogy. Frankly, they should have stopped with
T2, because this was one was depressing. It turns out that
in T2, they did not stop Skynet, that artificial intelligence of the
future. They only postponed "judgement day", that day when
the machines declare war on humanity: Sort of like a
cybernetic version of "9-11". The two Terminators come across
as lawyers, one for the Defense (he wants to postpone
Judgement Day) and one for the Prosecution (all humans are
guilty, and beyond redemption).

In this film, John Connor comes across as weak and
ineffectual. He appears to be semi-illiterate. Whenever he
tries to put together a logical statement he sounds like he is
"jumping to conclusions".

Frankly, the kid in T2 (as annoying as he was) is still a much
better choice to "lead the Resistance" than this guy, who takes
over 3/4 of the film to realize that he is not the only important
person the Terminator has come back to protect. He meets
Kathy Brewster, who is oddly better able to control her emotions
than he is. She locks him in a "kennel", a "cage" when they first
meet. Maybe she should be the future leader of 'the Resistance'?
But remember Connor's biological dad from T1?: He seemed to
have leadership qualities that his son lacks here in the present.
And in T2, the scene where that kid teaches the Terminator "bad
English" while his mother sits silently in the back not admonishing
him, is heartbreaking. What kind of parents are they? He is
fatherless.

There is some humour in the movie. A male cashier asks the
Terminator if he intends to pay. The Terminator extends his hand,
like a Nazi, and says: "Talk to the hand". He then takes the food
and walks out, without paying. INCENTIVES and INTIMIDATION,
like a super model without a credit card. The Terminator: Give him
what he wants and maybe he will not break anything, especially
our legs. The Super Model: Give her what she wants and she might
return.

A woman might bake a cookie for her child. But if a child looks
around his room he might observe that there is very little there that
was built by a woman. For whom do men build things, and why?
"Paper, or plastic?" is a question that used to be heard in grocery
stores, but did not refer to money. Metal, and electronic information,
can be used as money. Men seem to build things for pay checks, or
otherwise attempt to purchase affection (approval) with their works.
Where is the man who has not "paid for..."?

The Terminator tells Brewster, that without her, he would have no
"meaning", for he would be useless in a world without humans to
serve. (The woman was created for the man, wherefore he feels a
NEED for her, and she might WANT him, if he is useful.)

CAVEAT: Profanity, obscenities.

The Sgt. Candy clip, found in the 'extra features' section on
disc 2, is an interesting example of reverse psychology. He
looks white, but sounds like an oppressed black male,
attempting to "fit in" by not sounding aggressive, or displaying
a confident masculinity. Instead he sounds like a child, a boy,
or a man, who has been hurt, not allowed to play with the other
kids, rejected by society, refused employment many times, etc.,
and so he pretends that what happened to him, didn't really
happen. Sgt. Candy wears a mask of denial to conceal "the
pain" of "not belonging", of not being accepted as a person.
He plays the part of "silly negro", a "tool", a disposable
commodity, as soldiers are taught to be. In the army, they are
called "maggots". In the army, females may advance to positions
of command, without ever seeing combat, for they are given the
option, not to SEE combat. They are F, and the soldiers are m,
"maggots". Frankly, the St.Candy clip is the best reason to get
this movie, T3.

The movie closes with these words, which are written, or
spoken, depending I think upon which version of the movie
you get:

The future has not been written...
There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
- Sarah Connors

By the time Skynet became self-aware it had spread
into millions of computer servers across the planet.
Ordinary computers in office buildings, dorm rooms:
everywhere. It was software, in cyberspace. There
was no system core: it could not be shutdown.

The attack began at 6:18 PM just as he said it would.
Judgement Day, the day the human race was almost
destroyed by the weapons they'd built to protect
themselves.

I should have realized that it was never our destiny to
stop Judgement Day, it was merely to survive it,
together. The Terminator knew, he had told us, but I
didn't want to hear it.

Maybe the future has been written. I don't know...
All I know is what the Terminator taught me, never stop
fighting. And I never will. The battle has just begun.

5/5 T3 Awesome movie
  by Thomas L. Trofholz (Omaha, NE USA)
Schwarzenegger is in pro form and loving every minute of the fun. He makes this movie enjoyable. Love this and every movie and TV show associated with the Terminator mythology. On a side note I was happy to see the 1080p problem fixed. There is nothing like watching a Terminator movie in blu ray. Awesome movie and can't wait until Salvation is released with the R rated version.