Terminator 3: The Search for Cool Shades and Angst

Saw T3 last night. And it was pretty good. Of course, it short-changed a bit on plot and character development so it could give you the stunning effects. But as far as action films go, they did a really good job with the story. They left the door open for more Terminator movies, and it looks like they could do well with them. But man, the similarities between John Connor at 23-ish and Harry Potter at 15 are stunning. They like to bitch and moan about their lot in life quite a bit. At least John got over himself at the end. But Harry's got at least another year to work his way out of your typical teenage angst (especially considering the bombshell Dumbledore dropped on him - poor thing).

Anyway, back to T3. Mark was pondering the changes in evil terminators over the years. We started with buff Arnie. Then got a lean but muscular liquid metal dude. Now we got a sexy chick with a plasma gun. Mark thinks the T4 terminator is going to be Betty White. No one's going to suspect a nice old lady - until they learn she went to St. Olaf's School for Assassins. :) There was quite a bit of humor in T3, which was nice. And the big car chase/destruction scene was pretty over the top - in a good way, I think. The chick hopped in a huge wide load truck with a big winch that she could move perpindicular to the truck and just smash things on both sides of the road to bits. There are days when I wish I could do that.

As for the search for shades....That was a great running gag in the flick. It started when Arnie stole a gay male stripper's outfit and pulled out these sparkly star sunglasses. He wore them for a few seconds, then ripped 'em off and crushed 'em. On to the next pair. And so on.

Good flick. Like how they handled everything. Would love to have seen more of the scifi plot, but I enjoyed what I got. Nothing so incredible that you have to catch it on the big screen, though. Destruction and mayhem look just as impressive on a 22" TV than the big-ass screen.