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."

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.

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,