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re: What is James Cameron’s magnum opus?
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:29 pm to bluestem75
Posted on 12/22/25 at 5:29 pm to bluestem75
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It’s Titanic, hands down.
It’s a complete narrative and genre departure for him. So much so, that everyone thought it would sink him.
The rest of his films are all science fiction (True Lies being the lone exception). Dude stepped out of his comfort zone and created a historical costume drama on par with and as significant as Gone With the Wind.
What’s more: it was such a passion project that he forewent his salary in exchange for profit sharing. If the movie was as much of a disaster as the ship itself, Cameron would have made nothing.
Eh, Cameron is a reasonably respected deep sea explorer and oceanographer. At the very least he is the best gateway from pop culture to that field of science.
Heck, I'd say his best work, which isn't even listed here, is Ghosts of the Abyss, since that kinda stuff is right up his alley.
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Posted on 12/22/25 at 7:20 pm to Godzilla jr
Titanic and it’s not even close.
Titanic is just a really solid, grounded film with larger than life characters, beautiful cinematography, and an incredible soundtrack. There’s no other way to put it. It’s miles ahead of Cameron’s other films.
Titanic is just a really solid, grounded film with larger than life characters, beautiful cinematography, and an incredible soundtrack. There’s no other way to put it. It’s miles ahead of Cameron’s other films.
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:12 pm to skrayper
The rule with Cameron is pretty simple - the more successful at the box office, the more it sucked
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:15 pm to theunknownknight
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Titanic and it’s not even close.
You sound so retarded saying this
Titanic was a stupid movie that was carried by the recreation of the boat. If you placed everything else in that movie on a nameless yacht, it's forgettable
The movie is named after the very prop that carries it. Cameron, with some exceptions, isn't a great story teller, so he hides it by visuals and backdrops.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:20 pm to theunknownknight
And Fat Rose let Jack die.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 8:20 pm to Godzilla jr
Titanic - all the Oscars
Posted on 12/22/25 at 9:48 pm to theunknownknight
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Titanic was a stupid movie that was carried by the recreation of the boat. If you placed everything else in that movie on a nameless yacht, it's forgettable
Yeah because Rose and Jack were real people? Lmao
Posted on 12/22/25 at 10:00 pm to Godzilla jr
Posted on 12/22/25 at 10:02 pm to Godzilla jr
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* The Terminator
* Aliens
* Terminator 2: Judgment Day
These are the only ones I have rewatch multiple times in the past 10 years.
The Abyss was great until that stupid and cheap looking ending.
This post was edited on 12/22/25 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 12/22/25 at 10:29 pm to Godzilla jr
Objectively?
Titanic.
Homer pick?
T2 or Aliens
Titanic.
Homer pick?
T2 or Aliens
Posted on 12/23/25 at 8:46 am to Godzilla jr
Really surprised to see The Abyss not get more love in this thread.
It's my favorite of his flicks. You actually think this is made at the bottom of the ocean. The depth, the stress, the tension, and the effects are all top-flight. It doesn't stick the landing as well as it could have, but there are dozens of scenes that are absolutely perfect with their editing and tightness. The scene where Ed Harris drowns in the pink liquid, it's amazing. I remember being convinced that this was real tech when I first saw it.
T2 and Titanic are both iconic for obvious reasons. But The Abyss is his best work.
It's my favorite of his flicks. You actually think this is made at the bottom of the ocean. The depth, the stress, the tension, and the effects are all top-flight. It doesn't stick the landing as well as it could have, but there are dozens of scenes that are absolutely perfect with their editing and tightness. The scene where Ed Harris drowns in the pink liquid, it's amazing. I remember being convinced that this was real tech when I first saw it.
T2 and Titanic are both iconic for obvious reasons. But The Abyss is his best work.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 9:40 am to theunknownknight
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Titanic was a stupid movie that was carried by the recreation of the boat. If you placed everything else in that movie on a nameless yacht, it's forgettable
Well, yeah. The mythology surrounding the sinking of the Titanic is the backbone of the entire story. Take that out and it's a middling romance flick.
Posted on 12/23/25 at 9:42 am to wesfau
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Well, yeah. The mythology surrounding the sinking of the Titanic is the backbone of the entire story. Take that out and it's a middling romance flick.
That's my point - Cameron started using props, gimmicks, and effects to hide his actual story telling.
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