This new film was by far 20 times better than 3 could ever want to be and while I do agree that it's still pales in comparison to the second and first it still manages to pull off the world that was described in the other films so well that I still consider it a solid and awesome terminator movie.
Besides, it's bloody Christian Bale, who played well as John Connor but gave it that action vibe from Batman (minus the ridiculous graspy voice he does for Batman
). All in all a great enjoyable movie and I've heard they've green lighted the next Terminator film starring Bale again as well as a cameo for the actor who played the T-1000 in terminator 2