Rise of the Machines
# 31 July 2003 18:55

I saw it earlier at an advance screening before its UK release tomorrow.

It felt to me as if they were trying to be better than the Matrix, instead of trying to be a Terminator movie. I still think that T2 is by far the better of the series. Nick Stahl is a brilliant John Connor, he continues Edward Furlongs performance perfectly. The script is good, and adds more to the characters and future war.
Schwarzenegger's performance was okay. He isn't as believable in my opinion as in the previous movies, if he decides not to sign up for T4, I'm okay with that, but I'd still prefer he be in it.
The humourous parts of it weren't as subtle as they were under James Cameron, and I still feel that he should have had a role in filming the movie. I also think the soundtrack lacked a certain something, it needed more of that industrial theme we hear in T1+2.
The ending requests a sequel, and I'm sure it'll get one, probably picking the story up 20-25 years after judgement day, and showing the end of the war.
Special effects were good, but at times it looked like a video game.. . Especially the closeups.
A couple of things I'm concerned about are the fact that when they left the garage, the guy in the shop picked up the phone and, I presume, called the police. I thought SkyNet had taken control of communications?
Also Schwarzenegger refers to himself as a "T101" this is incorrect, he is a T800, Model 101. Someone messed up there.
The plot is adequate for a good movie, but in parts it just seems to be a piece of string holding a couple of action sequences together, but I have to praise them for the perfect explanation of what SkyNet is.

I still might go see it again next week, though... :)

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