megaman79 said:
We are dealing with a generation raised on Bay, McG and Ratner Action films. These people don't even know, or care, why T2 and Aliens are godtier films and why James Cameron garners more respect to generation X than even George Lucas. I showed a 25 year old friend Aliens for the first time a few days ago. This dissapoints me. |
No way does Cameron garner more respect than Lucas from Generation X. Even Cameron himself would admit that as he's copped to saying that Lucas' Star Wars is what convinced him to actively pursue film-making.
Besides, Cameron, as cool as some of his films have been, didn't even make the best movie in the Alien saga. That title goes to its originator, Ridley Scott, who I think is a far more talented director than Cameron. I mean, shit, he gave us Blade Runner as well as Alien.
Aliens is still a pretty sweet-ass movie, though. Don't misunderstand me there. I just think Alien is far scarier and unnerving.
Plus, no children in Alien. That's always a plus for me. I'm tired of having a cute kid muddle up a perfectly good action/horror film.
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