James Cameron says parts of The Terminator 'pretty cringeworthy' ahead of 40th anniversary - The filmmaker doesn’t feel the cult film’s ‘production value’ has stood the test of time

James Cameron said Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't necessarily the image he was looking for initially when he crafted the appearance of the murderous, autonomous android in "The Terminator." The filmmaker opened up about the film in an interview with Empire,

James Cameron has admitted parts of The Terminator are "pretty cringeworthy". The 70-year-old filmmaker has looked back on his directorial debut to mark its 40th anniversary and while he acknowledges some of the movie — which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg assassin — was done "pretty well" and he has no problem with the dialogue,

The Terminator franchise has churned out several blockbuster hits. However, along the way, there have been a few duds in the

Taking it all the way back to where it began, James didn’t mince his words as he marked the 40th anniversary of his breakout feature – The Terminator – starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg assassin.

James Cameron doesn’t want to hear your complaints about his dialogue. Cameron has directed a number of the highest-grossing movies of all time, including 1997’s Titanic, 2009’s Avatar, and 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water.

Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films — then we’ll talk about dialogue effectiveness," he sid.

A film that shaped an entire generation, its characters and lines have become fixtures in pop culture, and it turned an Austrian actor into a top-tier Hollywood star. Meanwhile, it turns out that James Cameron

Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films — then we’ll talk about dialogue effectiveness.” Cameron also explained that Schwarzenegger did not initially match the vision he had for the character at the outset.