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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9490559" data-attributes="member: 7808">Great Tier:1. Aliens - Perfection in the action/sci-fi genre.2. Terminator - Simply a classic.3. T2 - Do I need to say anything?4. The Abyss - This movie deserves so much more praise than it gets.  The technique, the effects combined with the cinematography... It's amazing and should be more respected than it is.5. Avatar - I think this movie got on the "cool to hate" list, and doesn't get the respect it deserves.6. Titanic - The fact that this Oscar winning movie is so low on the list just goes to show how much I think Cameron is a great director.Special B-movie TierWe really can't judge the skill of doing a good job at low-budget high-entertainment schlock on the same scale we judge other movies, can we?A. Galaxy of Terror (2nd Unit Director) - This is one of the best (and possibly highest-production-value) movies I think Roger Corman ever made, and a huge part of that is because Cameron managed to do so much with so little.  It's almost, but not quite, a legit movie.B. Escape from New York (Visual Effects) - Definitely a higher tier movie that the others on this B list.  But Cameron gets major credit for many of the effects that made this movie more than a standard B flick.  Kurt Russel gets a lot of credit, too.C. Piranha 2 - The movie ain't great.  But it's still entertaining.  If you like that kinda thing, it's not bad.D. Battle Beyond the Stars (Visual Effects) - Okay, not a lot of excuses here.Only one I don't really like:True Lies - Over the top and cheesy, but too high budget to be entertaining as a B-movie.  Missed the mark for me.Haven't seen:The Way of Water</blockquote>

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