Coyote Cinema: Terminator 3

Prepping for the new release in the Terminator franchise, I thought I'd watch the older ones I hadn't seen. (Considering rewatching Judgement Day, I might enjoy it this time.) Rise of the Machines is... not good. It has serious tonal issues, going from 'high emotional stakes end of the world' to a Looney Tunes cartoon complete with *boing* sound effect. (Yes, really.) I really liked Claire Danes in Romeo + Juliet, and thought she had potential. But in this movie the only human emotion she seems to have in her repertoire is 'annoyance'. Also, lines like "The future is up to us" don't help anybody.