Arnold Schwarzenegger played a cyborg sent back in time by an all-powerful AI called Skynet. Maximum Film / Alamy Stock Photo by Tom F.A Watts, Royal Holloway University of London October 26, 2024 marked the 40th anniversary of director James Cameron’s science fiction classic, The Terminator – a film that popularized society’s fear of machines that … Continued
Unpopular opinion: too big budget gives a bad movie. Lower budgets forces people to be more creative and keeps the suits away that would otherwise make it a designs by committee.
James Cameron has a history of making great things happen with a low budget, and spending millions responsibly to actually make a positive difference in big budget films.
Unpopular opinion: too big budget gives a bad movie. Lower budgets forces people to be more creative and keeps the suits away that would otherwise make it a designs by committee.
That can be the case, but IMO Terminator 2 was an amazing follow up, and it had 15 times bigger budget.
James Cameron has a history of making great things happen with a low budget, and spending millions responsibly to actually make a positive difference in big budget films.