Peter Marklund

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Sun Jul 06 2003 05:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

I'm not Tempted

...to see Terminator 3 after having read the review in the New York Times:

""Terminator 3" is essentially a B movie, content to be loud, dumb and obvious, and to leave the Great Ideas to bona fide public intellectuals like Keanu Reeves and the Hulk. Mr. Schwarzenegger, whose main contribution to American culture has been inspiring wicked parodies on "Saturday Night Live" and "The Simpsons," acts (if you can call it that) with his usual leaden whimsy, manifesting the gift for uttering hard-to-forget, meaningless catchphrases that is most likely the wellspring of his blossoming reported desire to seek elective office in California. "

But then again, I guess that paragraph could apply to any of the Terminator movies, and I liked the first two, so...