Originally posted by: crazyrabbitsbr> Most people were set out to hate Terminator 3 when it was announced Cameron wasn't directing, and the movie was actually quite watchable, but it will always be the black sheep of that series. .
I never bought into the theory the fans were ready to hate the film. Everyone I know saw T3 opening weekend, as it did have an initial great first weekend, but the movie pretty much sucked. The reason it sucked is that Mostow payed no attention to character development the same way Cameron does on his Terminator movies , and it didn't have anything interest until the last 10 minutes when the movie teases you with a supposed sequel in the ending that fans are still waiting for! The T3 ending is like ESB and then finding out Lucas was not going to make any more SW movies in 1980!
T3 is a typical summer blockbuster movie, as it is entertaining for a rental one night, with good action scenes, but not much substance, and in many ways contradicts the last 2 Terminator films, because the whole moral of the first 2 Terminator films is that you can make your fate and the future isn't set yet, but after T3, World War III was happening whether you like it or not. I saw T3 once in the theater, I rented it again that fall, and never have cared to watch it again.