Terminator 3: The Coming Storm

Have to disclose- I know nothing about editing. Most of this review is my reaction to narrative rather than anything technical.

I really didn't liked T3 the first time I watched it. The ending was great, and the chick Terminator was pretty cool, but my biggest problem with it was the weakness of the John Connor character and the sort of silly, eye-roll inducing lines that were peppered throughout the original.

As far as I could tell, this edit removed both of those problems. The lame jokes are gone, and, somehow, amazingly, unbelievably, I was seriously on board with John Connor this time. The only line that made me cringe this time was "There's enough C4 here to take out ten supa computas." Why, oh why was that left in?

But the action scenes felt more tense, the traveling felt more appropriately paced, the characters felt more Terminator-ish, and overall the movie was just damned fun. And cool. This is the way T3 should have been released. I think that, had this movie been released (barring that stupid supa computas line), the franchise might have lived on in a better form that Salvation.

Only thing that took me out of the movie was the scene in the graveyard where Kate meets her fiance who is actually the chick Term. Felt weirdly rushed and out of place, though I can't remember how the original was.

Anyway, GREAT work. Highly recommend to anyone who enjoyed T2.

The Terminator now acts like a Terminator!!!

First time I saw this at the cinema I actually enjoyed it. Having never had the opportunity to see the originals at the theatre I think I just relished the chance to see Arnie in his most famous role on the big screen. With repeated viewing the novelty wore off pretty quickly.

The fact that Uncanny Antman has improved this film to the point that it can now be considered a legitimate part of a trilogy is an awesome achievement. Cutting out so much material and leaving us with a film that doesn't feel rushed is special editing indeed.

Only nit-pick. Though I understand Antman's reasons for cutting it, I kind of miss John Connor's final line about there role never being to prevent judgement day but to survive it.

October 21, 2008 @ 11:05 pm

Totally awesome edit UA, this made a pretty weak movie highly watchable.
With the removal of so much slack, this movie flows fast, Has plenty of womph and is now quite emotional at the end.
Excellent work my man, looking forward to watching all your edits. 5/5 Visually flawless.

April 3, 2008 @ 5:16 pm

This is a brilliant and crafted edit. now everything seems in the right place at the right time. Faster and darker with the Terminators now back to their original silent and deadly role, humour and one liners only where its needed and not in every scene. Re-edited scenes that now make sense. I enjoyed the original but this edit shows how it should have been. As others have said, this is the one to watch replacing the original T3.

Can only be bettered with a DVD version complete with extras explaining the changes.

5 Stars

July 29, 2012 @ 11:48 pm

Full marks from me.
This film now feels like a Terminator movie.
Thank you Uncanny Antman, you have helped to erase the memory of a terrible sequel.