Wait, THIS one will probably be pretty good! Both Linda Hamilton and also Arnie are coming back? That alone makes it better than Terminator 4. And I know I am in the minority, but I actually loved Terminator III with the female terminator.
I hated Terminator 4. I liked the last one Terminator Genesis too.
I agree,
Terminator Salvation was terrible. Up until then I thought Christian Bale was a good actor but after seeing that piece of garbage film I can't stand the guy now.
Unlike you I didn't care for T3 mostly because the ending negated the first two movies. If you think about it what was the point of those movies if nothing they did in them mattered in the long run? (Sort of like how
Alien 3 negated the first two Alien movies.) I didn't care for the cynical, determinist "
can't change fate" philosophy behind T3. It made me feel that watching the first two movies and caring about the characters was nothing but a waste of time on my part.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate T3, but I didn't love it. And
Genisys was just meh. It was fun to watch as an action flick but it's not compelling enough to get me to rewatch it.