When Arnold Schwarzenegger met James Cameron at a restaurant, he wanted to audition for the role of Kyle Reese. But the director took a look at him and said, "My God! You're the Terminator!" But Arnold replied, "No, no, no...I want to play Kyle." Highly insistent, Cameron went, "Absolutely not! You are it. A machine!" Of course, I'm making up the exchange of dialogue, but you get the idea of the magnitude.

The first and only disaster film to win Best Picture, Titanic wipes away all previous pictures about the unsinkable ship. Featuring a sweeping romantic story, it won eleven out of fourteen Oscars. James Cameron is a wunderkind because of how he's able to blend the visual effects with cinema so effortlessly well that it all looks as one.

Losing none of the power, The Abyss is an underwater picture that's Close Encounters of the Third Kind meets The Day the Earth Stood Still. When I saw Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Titanic back then, I knew where the groundbreaking work in special effects and underwater photography came from, and that's The Abyss, hence the Oscar win for Best Visual Effects.

Not as taut or gritty as the original, Aliens is a bit Hollywoodized. However, there's no question as to the suspense level, and it's still a pretty good movie. The biggest difference is the sheer number of aliens. Sigourney Weaver is outstanding once again, and I like the part when she cared about the little girl Newt who's played well by Carrie Henn in her only movie role.

This is the third outing for Arnold Schwarzengger and James Cameron after working on the first two films of The Terminator franchise. You know the adage: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." As a result, it was a smash hit in 1994, finishing third overall at the box office, because of three reasons: lots of action, ingenious storyline, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The best part of the film is the limousine on the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys, especially when Arnold Schwarzenegger held his arm out to rescue Jamie Lee Curtis. The scene is a very, very Hitchcock-esque.

Considering the year that Terminator 2: Judgment Day was made in, the special effects are very impressive. Arnold Schwarzenegger is obviously the star. When his character turns out to be good instead of evil, it's the clincher which makes sense because these machines can be programmed. Robert Patrick is excellent as his adversary with the chance to show off some of the best special effects ever.