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Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines, a review by Dragonfire

Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as a time-traveling T-101 Terminator in this smash hit directed by Jonathan Mostow. With dazzling effects, bravura thrills and a story that boldly spins into the unexpected, this is an event spectacle to see and see again.

My Thoughts

This completes my Terminator movie marathon..now on to the show.
For the most part, this was a decent action movie, but it wasn't as good as the first two movies.  I really didn't like that Sarah wasn't around and I really, really didn't like the explanation for why she was missing.  John had some ...attitude issues at times that were annoying.  I did think that the explanation for how Skynet was still created despite what happened in Terminator 2 made sense, though it would have been nice if there had been some more...specific information about how the same types of machines were created even though all the evidence was supposed to have been destroyed. 

There were some inconsistencies with what had been previously established though.  The biggest one was that during Terminator 2: Judgment Day, it was established that John was 10 years old when those events happened.  During the first few minutes of this movie, John did a voice over and said that the T-1000 had been sent to kill him when he was 13.  That is a minor thing, but it still bugged me.  Also, the Terminator that was sent back to protect looked the same, but was not the same Terminator from the second movie.  He knew certain things, but not specific things that had been done.  In the second movie, John ordered the Terminator to not kill anyone, so he didn't.  Right away in this movie, without him being given the order, he wasn't killing people during fights.  There wasn't any explanation for why he did that.  I'm guessing that maybe that was added when his programming was changed in the future.  It was a small thing, but it bugged me. 

The movie could have been better..and I'm thinking that if James Cameron had been involved it would have been, but it wasn't horrible. 

 

I did write up a review that I posted on Epinions back in 2003 after seeing the movie in the theater.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

(From Dragonfire: What I've Been Watching on January 15th, 2009)

Never Been Kissed, a review by addicted2dvd

Never Been Kissed (1999/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Director: Raja Gosnell Writing: Abby Kohn (Writer), Marc Silverstein (Writer) Length: 107 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Sex-Related Material and Some Drug Content Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: DTS: 5.1, German: DTS: 5.1, Italian: DTS: 5.1, Japanese: DTS: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Korean: Dolby Digital: Mono, Polish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Russian: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

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Stars:
Drew Barrymore as Josie Geller
David Arquette as Rob Geller
Michael Vartan as Sam Coulson
Sun-TimesMolly Shannon as Anita
John C. Reilly as Gus

Plot:
Eight years ago she was a total geek; now she's back to get it right! "Drew Barrymore is brilliant!" (Jonathan Foreman, New York Post) in this hilarious, heartwarming comedy about that wacky "wonderland" of homework, hot lunches and raging hormones known as high school.

Newspaper reporter Josie Geller (Barrymore) is going undercover as a student to learn about today's teens. At first she's thrilled...until she remembers her nickname: "Josie Grossie." Can a former clueless nerd navigate the hallways of high school without tripping over her own feet?

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers

This is a pretty good one. Though I will admit you need to stick with it a little before getting into it. It is a bit of a slow starter. It is a decent story with a few laughs. I would have liked to seen a little more comedy in it though. I liked both Drew Barrymore and David Arquette in it. And I was a little surprised to see Jessica Alba in a somewhat smaller roll as one of the "popular kids." Anyway... this one is definitely worth the time put in to watch it.



(From The Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition on July 2nd, 2014)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Onegai Teacher (2002/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia Bandai Entertainment (United States) Length: 325 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
Kei Kusanagi isn't your typical 15 year old high school student. He's actually an 18 year old with a rare disorder that puts him into what he calls, a "standstill". When he was younger, this disorder left him in a deep coma which stunted his growth for the next three years! Mizuho Kazami isn't your typical teacher either. She's actually an alien sent by the Galaxy Federation to observe the earth! As the sole human being in the knowledge of Ms. Kazumi's secret, Kei must... marry the alien?! Homework, dating, and a gorgeous wife - going to school has never been quite this fun!


Onegai Teacher
1.01 Tell me, Teacher (2002-01-10)
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda (Screenwriter)
Director: Yasunori Ide
Cast: Japanese Cast), Soichiro Hoshi (Kei Kusanagi (voice)), Kikuko Inoue (Mizuho Kazami (voice)), Ayako Kawasumi (Koishi Herikawa (voice)), Mitsuo Iwata (Hyosuke Magumo (voice)), Sayaka Oohara (Kaede Misumi (voice)), Hiroaki Miura (Matagu Shidoh (voice)), Yukari Tamura (Ichigo Morino (voice)), Naoya Uchida (Minoru Edajima (voice)), Rei Sakuma (Konoha Edajima (voice)), Tomoko Kaneda (Marie (voice)), Hiroshi Nakano (School Principle (voice)), Toshihide Tsuchiya (PE Teacher (voice)), Toshitaka Hirano (History Teacher (voice)), Naomi Shindo (Female Announcer (voice)), Kenji Hamada (Announcer (voice)), Tomokazu Sugita (Masaomi Yamada (voice)), Chinami Nishimura (Nacchan (voice)), Yumi Takada (Hatsuho Kazami (voice)), Satomi Koorogi (Maho Kazami (voice)), Omi Minami (Kozue Kusanagi (voice)), Masashi Ebara (Judge (voice)), Tomohisa Asou (Running Commentary Voice (voice)), Nao Takamori (Todoroki's Wife (voice)), English Voice Cast), Dave Wittenberg (Kei Kusanagi (voice)), Bridget Hoffman (Mizuho Kazami (voice)), Michelle Ruff (Koichi Herikawa (voice)), Kirk Thornton (Hyosuke Magumo (voice)), Michael McConnahie (Minoru Edajima (voice)), Julie Anne Taylor (Ichigo Morino (voice)), Melissa Fahn (Kaede Misumi (voice)), Tony Schnur (Matagu Shidoh (voice)), Karen Strassman (Konoha Edajima (voice)), Sandy Fox (Marie (voice)), Doug Stone (Principal (voice)), Tony Oliver (Student (voice))

The premise may sound ridiculous and a little controversial, but I enjoyed watching this series. The first episode is a good introduction.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 17th, 2012)