Screw A. O. Scott. While his Terminator 3 review was quite funny, it was absolutely, totally, 100% wrong.
Yeah, it’s loud and at moments obvious, but it’s not dumb - and specifically it’s not written dumbly. It is a film that is not only entertaining on its own right, but is at the same time full of references to the past movies that fans will love (barring the random T-101 snafu), inside jokes and great moments full of tension. It also neatly ties the whole series together, while managing to start some interesting arguments of predestination vs. choice.
After recently watching The Hulk, I’m incredibly glad that Ang Lee passed on directing this film and went on to screw a comic adaptation I could care less about.
Now, guys, repeat after me: you’re not pushing your luck by making a 4th one … You’ve learned from both Alien and The Omen … you’re not pushing your luck by making a 4th one …
T3 will hit Brazilian theatres on August 1. I’ll be watching it, granted, but frankly, I’m not really expecting more than déja-vu (and outdated déja-vu, at that). The theatrical trailer I’ve seen has reinforced my perception.
The series’ second installment, with its high standards of production design and digital effects, is nowadays completely surpassed by the likes of The Matrix. To tell the truth, fireworks were all I could find of interest in T2 _back in its heyday_, so for T3…
Just to make things clear: I think the original Terminator was a landmark in action movies, still reigning as a very entertaining, concise and powerfully tense piece. Viewed singly, it packs a punch even with the progressively wider diet of cinematic violence we’ve been force-fed in the last 15 years.
Hmmm, maybe I’ll post this in my blog…