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TITANIC CAN NOT BE BEAT! I ♥ ♥ ♥ THAT MOVIE!
i’m just going to leave it at he’s one of the best filmmakers of all time
Aliens
Terminator 2
The Abyss
Avatar
Terminator
Titanic
True Lies
It’s hard to believe so many haven’t seen The Abyss… the scene where Ed Harris is trying to revive the woman after he had to let her drown is pretty intense.
Damn, I’ve already used up my quota of movie quotes in this post… but I just gotta say “FIGHT! RIGHT NOW! DO IT! FIGHT FIGHT FIIIIIIIGHT!!!”
=-) I love how his voice becomes hoarser and hoarser and how his eyes become bluer and bluer as he screams this… Ed Harris, so dreamy…
Here is my ranking:
Aliens
Titanic
T2
Terminator
Avatar
The Abyss
True Lies
I know that Titanic doesn’t get a lot of respect these days and I kind of get why, but I still think it is an excellent and epic film. True lies is a grotesque movie that celebrates stalking – I loathe it. The Abyss was almost a great movie until it suddenly really wasn’t. Aliens is my all time favorite – the best action movie ever in my opinion.
Hmmm, a lot of lists!
AVATAR is clearly his MAGNUS OPUS !
If he manages to create a trilogy, keeping the high quality, we will be very lucky and the lists might change?!
All James Cameron movies have amazing repeat-value viewing is the common factor, which is rare in movies I find and sorta knocking on “classic” status ALL of them!!
The Abyss has the best, most original script IMO
Aliens
Terminator 2
True Lies
Avatar
Terminator
The Abyss
Titanic
T2 is not only my favorite Cameron film, it’s one of my favorite movies of all time. Great, great, great movie.
Avatar
Terminator
T2
Titanic
Aliens
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The other 2
Are there any new rumors about another “Aliens” movie? Seems a few years ago I heard that Cameron was thinking of doing one where Ripley comes out of cold sleep and “Aliens 3″ and “4″ were just bad dreams.
I would seriously L-O-V-E another movie with Newt and Hicks still alive. Never mind that everyone has aged, say they were in cold sleep WAY too long or something.
The last I heard (here at EW actually) is that Ridley Scott is doing a prequel.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if James Cameron did do it.
Nice how the article headline doesn’t match the copy. So do they want our favorites or the ones we think are the best? Those aren’t necessarily the same.
My favorites list:
1. Aliens
2. Avatar
3. True Lies
4. The Abyss
5. Terminator
6. T2
7. Titanic
My best list (as in overall quality – story, acting, FX, direction):
1. Aliens
2. T2
3. Terminator
4. Avatar
5. The Abyss
6. Titanic
7. True Lies
Not sure thinking off the cuff how’d I rank’em. But I do know this: though I probably wouldn’t rank True Lies first, it is the one I’d pick first to watch again. Just the right balance of action and humor. Laugh everytime I see it!
1. Avatar – takes everything he’s learned about story telling and hits all my notes perfectly.
Tied for 2nd:
2. Aliens – a nearly flawless action film with great characters and setting. First time as an “older” viewer (think I 15 at the time) I came out of a film feeling like it was a kickass rollercoaster ride.
2. Titanic – A very different film than Aliens, and more than a little stiff in some places, but made with a lot of heart and really transported me to a different reality and hit me in the gut with the events it portrayed.
3. Terminator – dated to be sure at this point, but still a great film that with as little dialog as it has manages to create characters that still inhabit my imagination, has some great action sequences as well. Watched this one on VHS multiple times weekly as a teen
4. Terminator 2 – a great sequel, a great film, but plagued with some iffy casting choices (*cough*Furlong*cough) and too much effort on being cute in places while forgetting to stay smart.
5. The Abyss – good film, but something about it never clicked for me. Might need to check out the special addition mentioned above in the credits. I found myself enjoying Card’s novelization much more than the film.
6. True Lies – while about as good of a popcorn action flick as has ever been made, it IS a popcorn action flick missing any of the intelligence and characters that live and breathe in Cameron’s other films. While I immediately can recall many characters’ names from most of his films, when I think of TL all I can come up with are the actors themselves, and that’s in spite of having seen it several times. Good for what it is, but pales beside Cameron’s other efforts.
T2 is way overrated. I HATE the kid subplot. Also, I don’t think T2 was such a breaktrhrough movie.
Aliens is still my favorite Cameron Movie. All scifi movies and videogames owe Aliens something. And remember it was 1986!!!!
Agreed. The only thing T2 had going for it was the liquid guy FX. Linda Hamilton deserved an award for overacting.
Here’s my list with grades (1 – 5)
1. Aliens (5 stars)
2. Terminator (5 stars)
3. Titanic (5 stars)
4. Terminator II (4 and a half stars)
5. Avatar (4 stars)
6. Abyss (4 stars)
7. True Lies (3 stars)
8. Piranha II The Flying Killers “as it was called here in sweden.” (1 and a half stars)
Cameron is among my favourite directors,
along with Paul Verhoeven, Michael Mann and Oliver Stone.