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 has talked about the future of the Terminator movie franchise. Y'know, the guy who created the whole thing back in the 1980s? Perhaps we should listen. He thinks its fortunes rely on basically jettisoning almost everything we thought was essential in the 1980s and 1990s.

The Terminator is a 1984 film directed by James Cameron. The movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator.

Marking the film's 40th anniversary, James Cameron recently gave his honest opinion of his 1984 directorial debut 'The Terminator'.

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,

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,

Arnold Schwarzenegger-starrer “The Terminator” grossed more than $78 million worldwide when it was released in 1984

James Cameron has admitted parts of 'The Terminator' are "pretty cringeworthy" because the "production value" hasn't aged well.

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."

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.