Special effects - yes, but operator = bad, camera = jumps, sound = too loud at times, and finale = lousy.
I knew the story would suck(it did), but I love(loved, as it's cancelled) Sarah Connor Chronicles, and wanted to grab a piece of that. It's okay, but tickets were expensive, and I'm kinda disappointed.
Not awful, though. Not "bad, bad, bad". Fire the guy who wrote the script, fire the guy who hired him, and Terminator 5 will be better, I say. But parts 1 and 2 will probably remain unsurpassed.