This trilogy spans 19 years in the making. The first movie in this series was writer/director James Cameron's first big breakthrough. Now I just wish he would get back to making movies instead of documentaries about the Titanic.
The Terminator was released in 1984, followed by Terminator 2: Judgment Day seven years later, then it was 12 years before the final movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. There are rumors of a Terminator 4 but I hope it isn't true, because the series to me ended perfectly with the last installment.
These movies are all excellent on their own, and together they tie together an odd twisted futuristic tale. I don't know that I have ever sat in a theater and been happier with a movie than I was with Terminator 3. Even without Cameron doing the directing it still had that same energy, that same feel as the other two with good acting just like the first two movies. But the best part was how it brought the entire story to a nice close, leaving us with a nice perfect loop.
This series has everything, action, romance, a weird concept of time it's all wonderful. I can't say enough about the acting in all three movies. One thing that is good about Cameron, he understands the importance of moving the movie along with good pace and action, but he also knows how to get good acting out of everyone involved. Terminator 2 could have been very bad as it revolves around a kid, but it works because the kid is good.
Like all good movie series the first movie is the cornerstone in the Terminator trilogy. It is an exceptionally good movie that I could watch time and time again.
