The filmmaker stands by his dialogue, though: "Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films — then we’ll talk about dialogue effectiveness."

"I don't cringe on any of the dialogue, but I have a lower cringe factor than, apparently, a lot of people do around the dialogue that I write," Cameron told Empire Magazine. "You know what? Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films--then we'll talk about dialogue effectiveness."

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.

Although many consider it a masterpiece, James Cameron has enough distance from The Terminator to give it his honest review. Marking the 40th anniversary of his directorial debut, the 3x Oscar-winning director looked back on parts of the 1984 film as “pretty cringeworthy” as he admitted the “production value” didn’t age well.

Plans are being made for more Terminator movies. James Cameron’s The Terminator, which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, was released in 1984. It kick-started a franchise that led to five other theatrically released movies,

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

It’s been 40 years since The Terminator, and by extension, Arnold Schwarzenegger, were introduced to the world. It was James Cameron ’s first movie (he apparently doesn't count Piranha II) and it's arguably still Cameron's best movie.

Fast forward a few decades and director James Cameron finally decided to unleash the truth bomb, stepping into the ring and serving up a spicy rebuttal to those naysayers. Cameron finally decided to spill the beans on the years of backlash that followed The Terminator,