History Awesome / Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines

* The TwistEnding, and John finally accepting his destiny as leader of the human resistance.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu1ke8bHclA The car chase scene certainly deserves a mention,]] even though it is quite stupid in some ways. (Note to director Jonathan Mostow: cars aren't electrical; they're mechanical. You cannot make them press the gas pedal remotely.)

* Kate, who has been alternating between TheChick and TheLoad for the whole movie, has her own when she grabs an AK and unleashes hell on a drone that is attacking her and John.

** YMMV, but a meta one should go to the filmmakers just for the ending. Rather than a FocusGroupEnding or a heroic act where Skynet is finally defeated, the bold decision was made to ''actually let the world end,'' complete with shots of cities across the planet being nuked accompanied by a haunting violin, and John accepting his role as leader of the resistance. Not a lot of films would actually have the guts to pull something like that off without a ResetButton. While the rest of the movie is criticized for many things, the ending remains a powerful and emotional moment.

* ''How the T-X is terminated''. The T-850 has a hold of her as she's trying to escape, and he takes out his final hydrogen fuel cell in his body, to which he then drags her back toward him and then '''''shoves the fuel cell straight down her throat'''''. He has enough time to make the T-X look at him before it is all over.

** Let us not forget the [[OhCrap look]] of the T-X upon realizing it is going to die, the T-850 has caused a unfeeling killing machine to feel fear.

* ''How the T-X is terminated''. The T-850 has ahold of her as she's trying to escape, and he takes out his final hydrogen fuel cell in his body, to which he then drags her back toward him and then '''''shoves the fuel cell straight down her throat'''''. He has enough time to make the T-X look at him before it is all over.

* What, T-850's HeroicSacrifice combined with its one liner (which is a callback to the first movie) to take down T-X doesn't qualify?

-->'''T-850''': [[PreMortemOneLiner You are terminated]]. (''[[TakingYouWithMe boom]]'')

* The Terminator calling John's bluff when he threatens to kill himself, unless they try to prevent Judgment Day:

* The Terminator calling John's bluff when it threatens to kill himself:

* There's also the scene in the graveyard where The T-850 pulls up in a hearse and shoots the T-X point blank with an ''RPG''.

* Also in the graveyard scene, the Terminator sick of John whining and moaning while under the influence of SWAT Teargas. He grabs John by the throat strangling him repeating the lines John said to him prompting John to say the following line of Dialogue:

* What, T-850's HeroicSacrifice combined with his one liner (which is a callback to the first movie) to take down T-X doesn't qualify?

** As a [[RewatchBonus Rewatch Bonus]], you can see the T-850's exposed [[RedEyesTakeWarning eye]] ''glow brighter'' as he says his final line.
** Let us not forget the look of the T-X when she realizes she is going to die, the T-850 has caused a unfeeling killing machine to feel fear.
* The Terminator calling John's bluff when he threatens to kill himself:

* The scene where the T-X crashed into a building to catch John Connor and Katherine Brewster, only for her to be crushed by the T-850 crashing through the building in an even bigger helicopter...then he steps out and proclaims "I'm back!" Damn near worth the ticket price alone...

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu1ke8bHclA The car chase scene certainly deserves a mention,]] even though it is quite stupid in some ways (no director Mostow, cars aren't electrical, they're mechanical. You cannot make them press the gas pedal remotely).

* The TwistEnding.