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TITANIC is easily the best. And for me, AVATAR was by far the worst, but that's another question.
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Jun 13, 2018 - 4:20 PM
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DeputyRiley
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Aliens.
Could've been T2 if he'd kept Michael Biehn in the final cut.
His films are truly incredible. He's a pioneer and a brilliant storyteller, visually and conceptually. However, the dialogue that he writes is pretty terrible. It's gotten much worse over time, too. It's such a shame, because if he was a sharp, intelligent writer of genuine-sounding dialogue (or if he'd hire other writers), his films would be more consistently terrific. He has so many talents but his need to have full control holds him back a bit, in my eyes.
"That's what I'm talkin' bout, bitch" 
"[They'll] eat your eyes for jujubes"
"They're just pissing on us without even giving us the courtesy of calling it rain"
All examples from Avatar, because it easily has the most cringe-worthy dialogue. If he'd hire Akiva Goldsman or someone great I'd truly be excited for the sequels. He has written some good dialogue over the years ("Why do they call him 'the sand spider'?" - "Probably because it sounds scary"), but more of an exception than a rule.
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Cameron is not without talent. However, his wife, (ex-wife), is by far the better Director of the two. Cameron is (to me), basically a notch or two above Robert Zemeckis, and Zemeckis is a hack.
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Cameron is not without talent. However, his wife, (ex-wife), is by far the better Director of the two. Cameron is (to me), basically a notch or two above Robert Zemeckis, and Zemeckis is a hack.
The actual act of directing a film accounts for just a portion of the result. What comes before and after (the writing and the film editing) are at least as big a deal. Take two copies of the same film reels, give them to a bad editor and good editor, and you can get back a piece of crap and a terrific movie. And of course the director is probably in the editing suite having a huge influence on what he's going to get from his footage.
The thing with Cameron's best films is the stunningly good decisions he made, over and over, throughout the process.
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Jun 13, 2018 - 9:24 PM
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MikeP
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Aliens.
Could've been T2 if he'd kept Michael Biehn in the final cut.
His films are truly incredible. He's a pioneer and a brilliant storyteller, visually and conceptually. However, the dialogue that he writes is pretty terrible. It's gotten much worse over time, too. It's such a shame, because if he was a sharp, intelligent writer of genuine-sounding dialogue (or if he'd hire other writers), his films would be more consistently terrific. He has so many talents but his need to have full control holds him back a bit, in my eyes.
"That's what I'm talkin' bout, bitch"
"[They'll] eat your eyes for jujubes"
"They're just pissing on us without even giving us the courtesy of calling it rain"
All examples from Avatar, because it easily has the most cringe-worthy dialogue. If he'd hire Akiva Goldsman or someone great I'd truly be excited for the sequels. He has written some good dialogue over the years ("Why do they call him 'the sand spider'?" - "Probably because it sounds scary"), but more of an exception than a rule.
Cameron isn't a great writer by any stretch, but he's a fantastic storyteller. His characters are usually just walking cliches, but he can spin a heck of an engaging story using every cliche in the book.
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Jun 14, 2018 - 8:08 AM
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Ado
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I would tend to agree that ALIENS is his best movie (I prefer the Special Edition)....
....though I also have a lot of love for the vastly underrated "The Abyss"....
T2 is a great adventure, but in my opinion and my opnion only he has done a few better movies - including the original "The Terminator".
I have a lot of love for The Abyss, overall I think it his most interesting film, far superior to his biggest commercial success Avatar. I wish he could have brought the end of picture to something a bit more solid, but quite a remarkable picture, the production in the giant nuclear power plant, with actors in actual suits in actual water, pretty extraordinary, it would probably never be done like this again, it will all be CG fakery now.
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I guess Rambo: First Blood Part II doesn't count... 
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The Terminator is possibly his best writing and is a terrific mix of good pacing, acting and just the right amount of humor. Aliens and T2 are two of the best sequels ever made.
I'll take that answer.
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