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Originally Posted by MichaelMyers
Terminator III: Rise of the Machines (2003) - significantly better than I thought it would be! Lots of action and Arnold is great. The only problem is the enemy terminator (Kristanna Loken) overplays the unfeeling robot bit. Overall, though: recommended.
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I enjoyed Terminator 3. The street chase scene with the giant crane truck is fantastic (on the big screen). Term3 is gonna lose some on a small screen.
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Originally Posted by The Villain
Really didn't like that one. Too much comedy and tongue in cheek references.
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Ya, I didn't think the tongue in cheek references worked either. The humor in Term2 worked without taking you out of the suspension of disbelief, and as effective here. I still thought it was interesting, exciting and fun.
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Originally Posted by metternich1815
I agree, I really enjoyed this one as well. Far superior to the disaster that was Terminator: Salvation.
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I did like Term3 better than Salvation. I don't know if they were going for a Road Warriors feel... but the seeming lack of focus until the very end really grated on me.
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Originally Posted by metternich1815
I have seen all of these recently for the first time:
Red State (2011): 8.5/10
Alien Abduction (2014): 8/10
The Exorcist III (1991): 9/10 A special note on this one. I really loved it, I am sure many will disagree, but I felt this film was superior to the first one. Early in the film, there is a perfect balance between humor and tension. Later, the film switches to almost perfect tension. Both George C Scott and Brad Dourif are brilliant. I love their talks in the cell. If you have not seen this, I highly recommend it. Very underrated.
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I saw Exorcist 3 a few months ago for the first time. I thought it was decent and fairly engaging. The last half, especially the ending, struck me as a bit hokey/goofy.
It was a little too lose in it's demonology... like the 'demon' making 'strange things' happen at the church, when the possessed man is no where near it, and not much of an association to it... just seemed like a cheap 'weird spooky' thing to throw in. And then the ending with the people blob thing sinking into the floor... didn't have coherence to me, so it came off goofy.
Superior to The Exorcist... I really don't think 3 was even close to being as sharp, coherent and viscerally scary was the original. When's the last time you saw the original? The spinal tap, psychiatrists, the Regan/Karras chats and on... I haven't seen any similar film do it better. It's still feels modern to me.