You know, I really never noticed Arnold's acting ability. But Terminator 2 was my favorite movie for a long time until Matrix came out. 🙂
I also liked True Lies. He is very funny I think.
About the muscles. He was a body builder since he was a teenager and was Mr. Universe. I don't think the Terminator would be the same with a wimpy guy. He wouldn't look as cool in the leather costume.
I think his facial expressions were appropriate for the movie.
I have read several interviews with him and he says he is really acting because he doesn't really have that kind of serious personality. He says he is more like the guy he played in that Christmas movie he was in with the the toy or something. Anyways I think that he is cool and his accent doesn't bother me much. If you think about it, we all probably have an accent of some kind. We probably sound weird to him if we tried to speak his language. At least he tries and he does make good movies. Some suck, but a lot of them are classics.
About Terminator 3, I just don't know how good it might be. I wish James Cameron had directed it. You can have the best actors in the world for a movie, but if the director sucks, then, I don't know how good the film can be.
I guess we will know on July 2 or maybe even before that. 😉