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Whereas Terminator 2 took great themes from the first one and made it better, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines tried to take what was successful about the first two Terminator movies and somehow made it worse, earning it a low spot in our Terminator movies, ranked. Whilst the overall concept was impressive with the introduction of the first female Terminator, T-X, played by Kristanna Loken, what we got instead was a bizarre cyborg form who boasted laser arms and breast expansion.
Terminator 3 was the most expensive of the franchise up to this point and proved that money doesn’t always mean you’ll get the best movie out of it. “Desire is irrelevant, I am a machine,” is a redeeming movie moment from T3, and the movie as a whole really does give viewers a chance to explore the deeper meaning behind The Terminator franchise.
Fair play to the ending though, it's a bold play that would have been a spectacular finish to a better movie.