James Cameron fires back at critics who call his movie dialogues "cringe" by flexing his three top-grossing films of all time.

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

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."

James Cameron reflected on being “just a punk” when he directed The Terminator and how, looking back now, he knows it wasn’t perfect. The Oscar-winning director spoke to Empire magazine ahead of the classic sci-fi film’s 40th anniversary next month and noted he considers the project his first,