Every James Cameron Movie Ranked

[@Marioelarmario]

Great job Schaff, now we need a ranking for every Adam Sandler movie

[@03mbc]

Am wondering what his throughts on Leo & Hotel Transylvania 4 is

[@madsceptictrooper6803]

​@@03mbc Adam wasn't involved with Hotel Transylvania 4.

[@03mbc]

@madsceptictrooper6803 oh yeah that right sorry been awhile since I seen jt

[@andrewheaney4874]

But Adam Sandler isn’t a director? He’s an actor.

[@Marioelarmario]

@@andrewheaney4874 yea but he has tens of movies all produced by him where hes the mc

[@kingDowahs]

Fun fact: The Third Avatar movie is apparently showing Na’vi in a negative light because it’s about the fire tribe, meaning the entire Avatar Trilogy was just a last airbender reference

[@AdrianAnimations360]

Based

[@valentinkambushev4968]

So he is copying the BETTER Avatar!?

[@jamiedonnelly5436]

When i was younger i remember being confused with avatar the last airbender like i kept asking to myself where are the blue people.

[@Maretoast]

cool bro

[@username.exenotfound2943]

fire IS the most destructive element idk why people think this is an avatar reference if anything avatar "stole" the primary elements

[@romanhoppe3868]

The fact that Schaff will spoil the entire plot of True lies but won't give away the ending of the horse chase scene is the exact reason why everyone should be subscribed to this guy.

[@kdusel1991]

True lies is awesome!!

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

@@kdusel1991 facts

[@pikacu-uh9po]

​@@kdusel1991can you tell me what hapend

[@DanGamingFan2406]

I love the ending where Schaff listed off bad movies and lost it talking about Nukie. I haven't heard him go that insane since Megamind didn’t use the dehydration gun.

[@Mediocreshake-08]

I couldn't sit through the first 15 minutes of the doodoo syndicate, goddamn

[@stephendayrit4483]

Y'all need to check out the "filmography" of Dingo Pictures and Joshua and the Promised Land

[@coledakers6127]

59:26

[@Cletus99]

Bruv that was this year

[@DanGamingFan2406]

There's no arguing that Terminator 2 is one of the greatest sequels ever made. Arnold nails the role, the action is insane, The emotional moments hit so hard, and that scene with him giving the thumbs up in the molten metal is iconic.

[@m.nightshyamalan6954]

To bad that abomination that is terminator 3 happened

[@jessehcreative]

So iconic it’s in BIONICLE Heroes

[@aurabender150]

​@@m.nightshyamalan6954Eh, I don't think "abomination" is the best word to describe T3 since there are legit good things in it despite it's notable decline in quality. Genisys and Dark Fate though are actual disasters.

[@ethejumper6568]

​@@aurabender150And there's the Thumb Up Scene which Rayman Legends referenced

[@Killpop-ls4vb]

@@m.nightshyamalan6954nowhere near as a bad as genisys

[@anaceweirdo1579]

3:35 "But what if he's gay?" "💅Ugh, then ✨I'LL ✨ distract him💅"

[@Backoffridge]

That had me dying

[@copfrown2397]

Yes 😊

[@Roshi_710]

😂 Yeah it is hilarious ;)

[@SlavoidUkr]

I mean bro ain’t wrong

[@liamphibia]

✨Stellar Writing.✨

[@justusb.plorer8773]

You have no idea how good it is to hear someone who doesn't like Avatar still talk about it in a fair, respectful, and mature way for once. There's a lot of people that could take notes from you.

[@oakleyves]

i’m not a fan of the movies but i really love the world and can understand why people like it so much. i played the shit out of the original game

[@MRNEEDLEMOUSE-l3h]

I’m not a huge fan of the films like at all I don’t care about the characters at all but this world and visuals are really cool

[@bobisuncanny2760]

I swear this film is one the most beloved worldwide but when you seek opinions in Internet. It receives so much hate

[@basementdwellercosplay]

Thats how i feel about the Matrix, i didnt like it but i can recognize it being well made and written, just not my taste. I aint going to hate on the film just cause i personally didnt like it

[@ShatteredIce]

​@@bobisuncanny2760 Because everything about it sucks except the visuals. It was just a tech demo.

[@romanhoppe3868]

Fun Fact: When James Cameron pitchen Aliens, he didn't say a word. He just went up to the black board, wrote Alien, and then drew an S.

[@sadham2668]

$Alien?

[@frazierk300]

Pitchen?

[@MarkiplierMeatMuncher8]

This is true, I was there

[@J_Crane]

​@@MarkiplierMeatMuncher8 Thanks for approving cinema gold, Markiplier Meat Muncher

[@krishacz]

and then turned the S into a dollar sign. that's the important part.

[@gabyy1827]

Hearing Schaff saying that Terminator 2 is his favorite sequel implies that it's above Shrek 2, which truly means something

[@MrWildcard531]

Well, Terminator 2 is to live action sequels as Shrek 2 is to animated sequels and Kingdom Hearts 2 is to video game sequels...the part about Kingdom Hearts 2 has nothing to do with anything, I just finished playing through it for the first time and I really enjoyed it, easily in my Top 10 Favorite Games now.

[@meurer13daniel]

​@@MrWildcard531Try Alan Wake 2, sequence to a weird game where the weirdness in turned up to 11. 10/10 experience

[@reallyreal1057]

@@MrWildcard531Parappa the Rapper 2

[@Potatoriply]

its also arguable to say that its the greatest action film ever

[@MrWildcard531]

@@Potatoriply Honestly if it weren’t for T2, we wouldn’t have the best of the MCU films (Guardians of the Galaxy series, No Way Home, Infinity War and Endgame to be specific)

[@DanGamingFan2406]

James Cameron may not be the best person, I mean, he directed Terminator 1 and 2 yet let AI taint his movies decades later, but his masterpieces will always be iconic.

[@vaclavmacgregor2464]

So because James Cameron is Pro AI he has now betrayed the core foundations he crafted in the Terminators.

[@Girlthatgotsweeptbybarrons]

"Torment Nexus writer supports the real life Torment Nexus"

[@bettercallfrog]

I have the same birthday as him 🙏

[@kdusel1991]

​@@Girlthatgotsweeptbybarrons I pretend all the terminator movies after 2 don't exist anyway.

[@username.exenotfound2943]

this AI you are taling about isnt true AI

[@Utterlyderanged]

​@@Girlthatgotsweeptbybarrons I mean, it's not like he actually came up with it

[@Depth217]

15:34 the CG for Way of Water is also a welcome relief given how little time CG artists in the 2020’s have been given to make CG look good.

[@freakda96]

It's kinda sad that Avatar Is still the peak of CGI because of this. Everyone else just stopped Caring

[@Mediocreshake-08]

The fact that movies today make the cg look good above all else is painful to me

[@NounOzlos]

@@Mediocreshake-08 But most don't, actually? The average CGI today is barely passable. Way of Water is the only film I can think of in recent memory to truly bring CGI to the next level.

[@spongemaster]

​@@NounOzlos There's also the Planet of the Apes reboot trilogy in which the apes look incredibly realistic. Though War was seven years ago and the CGI in Kingdom isn't quite at the same level so perhaps that isn't a "recent" example.

[@sadham2668]

@@spongemasterhonestly I think the “problem” with kingdom is that it’a environments are fully CG (which is fair enough considering when and where it takes place) but in the previous movies the apes felt like they actually existed.

[@madsceptictrooper6803]

The fact the creator of Terminator movies is willing to support AI is just unbelievable.

[@prologue_00]

Unbelievably? Unbelievably what? Uh oh, I think the machines got to him!

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

@@madsceptictrooper6803 and ironic

[@sebastiancintron29]

And it's absolutely hilarious that Michael Bay of all directors is against it.

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

@@sebastiancintron29 the way his scripts are written are often more incoherent than an ai’s attempt at being human

[@Gojirawars03]

@@sebastiancintron29Actually makes some sense to me. Even if you hate Bay’s stuff, he considers himself an artist. He blows stuff up better than anybody else, and he treats it as an art form. I can get behind why he’d be opposed to AI when he’s a genuine visionary filmmaker, even if the movies he makes are typically just light popcorn entertainment and crass humor.

[@Monke12268]

Don’t worry. The ‘I’ll be back’ thing is more of a general Arnold thing. He ends up saying it in a lot of his 80’s and 90’s action movies. This was just the first instance

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

It was probably also boosted a lot by its use in T2. Made it a staple of two movies that were culturally significant

[@fredererpower]

19:52 “What is Freddie Mercury doing with that missile?” is a sentence I would never have thought I’d hear.

[@bigbrowski410]

Arnold’s performance in T2 is undoubtedly his best work also. The slow morph of the usual machine manner he speaks to hints of genuine emotion and curiosity, to the ending of “I know now why you cry”, is legitimately award worthy. You can see in that performance why he had such a grip in comparison to his contemporaries. T2 deserves its hype now and forever

[@kdusel1991]

T2 is one of my favorite films. I was lucky enough to go to universal studios as a kid and I saw the 3D ride. That to me, is the real Terminator 3.

[@hunterolaughlin]

@@kdusel1991What about The Mitchells vs the Machines? That also feels more like the real follow-up to Terminator 2 than the actual follow-ups.

[@RickDaSquirrel]

2:15 #9 Piranha 2: The Spawning 6:20 #8 Avatar (2009) 11:04 #7 Avatar: Way of the Water 18:31 #6 The Abyss 22:34 #5 True Lies 26:10 Ad Break 29:34 #4 The Terminator 33:34 #3 Titanic 39:40 #2 Aliens 48:47 #1 Terminator 2: Judgement Day

[@Dreamaz_Original]

thx for Spoiler

[@Uripinkas]

So he basically forgot 2 movies

[@kdusel1991]

​@@Uripinkas he didn't direct Alita Battle Angel though. Robert Rodriguez did. He only produced it.

[@Uripinkas]

@@kdusel1991 i know

[@Uripinkas]

@@kdusel1991 i wasn’t talking about it

[@davidfeltheim2501]

Titanic has everything. It has the drama of Jack and his friends for younger viewers, it has period-accurate recreations, it has the intricate mechanics of the ship for the 40-year old dads, it has the romance between Jack and Rose, it has the disaster-survival 3rd act with amazing tension, the conspiracy subplot and a tragic ending. It's like all the genres.

[@Kristyle187]

Right?! That movie does not get enough recognition for the INSANE level of historical accuracy and attention to detail that was poured into it. Cameron is widely known for his savant-level of perfectionism, and if you ask me, no other film demonstrates that more than Titanic. All the film sets taking place on the ship itself were painstakingly built to be near-perfect recreations, which must have required a mind-blowing level of research. Even more impressive than that was Cameron’s insistence on having dozens of actors (AND extras) represent many of the real passengers and crew who were on that ill-fated voyage. You can literally see certain actors portraying historical figures show up in certain scenes, then appear again later during the sinking scenes-and based on what was known at the time via witness accounts, each character is in the correct place around the correct time, EVEN if he/she is just an extra with NO speaking parts! (and yes, I’m aware of the controversial depiction of Murdoch… his actions and ultimate fate in the film are very much up for debate, as there’s no proof he shot himself or was the person behind the gunshots that witnesses claimed to hear that night. That’s how hell-bent Cameron was on depicting the true story of the real people on the Titanic and the horrors they faced. Rose and Jack were designed to hook us into the story-they are fictional stand-ins for the many married/engaged/potential couples who became separated forever that night, and they encourage the audience to feel that level of tragedy on a more personal level. Anyway, this film was released in theaters when I was 10 years old and was the main driving force behind my life-long passion for history, so I feel pretty strongly about it, haha. IMHO, Titanic is Cameron’s magnum opus.

[@621tan]

That's why it's a four quadrant movie

[@simonlouw7361]

As someone whose 2 favourite movies are Avatar 1 and 2, I hugely appreciate that you actually give well thought out criticisms and explain in depth why you aren’t a huge fan of them, instead of just devolving into ‘Its just Pocahontas/Dancing with wolves in space!’

[@MRNEEDLEMOUSE-l3h]

Exactly I don’t like these movies but I think it’s super lazy when people just say oh it’s just Pocahontas but blue

[@osmanyousif7849]

Don't forget Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Ferngully....

[@MRNEEDLEMOUSE-l3h]

@ there’s a huge difference tho Atlantis is actually good

[@heehoopeanut420]

This. You can not like the movie but if you say "ooga booga space natuve americans" "wah he betrayed humanity for alien snatch" then I'm just assuming you didn't watch the movie😂 I disagree with the video, but his REASONING was understandable and he explained them well. We all have different tastes but its not just "this bad, I no like"😂

[@MRNEEDLEMOUSE-l3h]

@@heehoopeanut420 honestly if I had to pick the world or Zoe Saldana Cheeks… I’m sorry world

[@GUNUFofficial]

Fun fact: in the motorcycle chase, robert patrick trained ro run so fast that they had to reshoot multiple times bcause he outran the motorcycle.

[@jaketaller8567]

I think South Park said it best, James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron.

[@RettMikhal]

His name is Jaaaaaames Cameron!

[@kdusel1991]

​@@RettMikhal *flute noises intensify*

[@BobBurgers1234]

That’s hard to say

[@Kristyle187]

@@RettMikhal 🎶The bravest pioneer No budget too steep, no sea too deep Who's that? It's him, James Cameron! 🎶

[@RileyShaw-ry7xz]

You should do Guillermo Del Torro next

[@kdusel1991]

Agreed!

[@onepresence9460]

Definitely! I love his films and i really admire him as a filmmaker :)

[@maxmantell5009]

pinocchio would be #1

[@kdusel1991]

​@@maxmantell5009 what would be his worst?

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

@maxmantell5009 I doubt it, it wasn’t in his top movies list when it came out (that being said I did love that movie)

[@matheusmariani3108]

Imagine if, instead of the Titanic, Cameron made a film about Lusitania, which sank in less than 20 minutes.

[@amarabertelson9106]

I want that movie

[@BEANZ926]

There’s this one ad for t2 where Robert Patrick says, “Terminator 2, Judgment Day, the most spectacular film ever created” and it seems kinda really pretentious, but then you watch the movie and realize he was telling the truth man I love t2 so much

[@BingoBento]

The Nukie segment of this video is a true cinematic achievement

[@DarwinskiYT]

I kept seeing James' Letterboxd account full of James Cameron movies so I knew this one was coming

[@alivebacontgm2]

Same

[@RileyShaw-ry7xz]

@@alivebacontgm2 Same as well

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

I called it myself as well

[@Maretoast]

he likes the avatar movie as he stats is as corny as star wars films

[@etienneleroi9515]

What is it full of now?

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

Okay maybe I'm just sleep deprived but the random Nukie rant event at the end of the video is the hardest I have laughed all year, God help me

[@Netheraptr]

The fact that it comes out of nowhere and the fact that it was apparently so bad that Schaff cried

[@Space_Prince]

@@NetheraptrNo but he cant just drop that and NOT make a video on it

[@dionysustheaceson3457]

I think an M Night Shyamalan film ranking would be really interesting to see. His polarizing filmography would be very interesting to view, and see placed outside of The Last Airbender in last place.

[@UltimateDespairado]

The Last Airbender may be one of (if not the) worst adaptations to ever exist They made Katara and Sokka white and Zuko Indian for some reason

[@lucasrangel9150]

The Last Airbender is the only movie I’ve ever seen that was so bad that I have to watch it in multiple sittings

[@Luke_SkywaIker]

⁠​⁠@@UltimateDespairado This might be an unpopular opinion, but I’ve never understood the criticism for “whitewashing” the Avatar cast, when a majority of the original VAs are white themselves. Either both instances are bad, or none of them are bad. Besides, the live action “film” had a LOT worse going for it than the ethnicity of the cast - even if the cast was predominantly Asian, it wouldn’t have mattered.

[@UltimateDespairado]

@@Luke_SkywaIker I’m just pointing out how terrible of an adaptation of a film the Last Airbender was. Do you want me to say that Aang became whiny and annoying and that they pronounce a lot of things wrong? Yeah they’re more “culturally correct” but the pronunciation is still a part of the adaptation process.

[@whatthehellisthis]

@@UltimateDespairado at least dev patel was able to regain his honor

[@RexyElite1510]

Schaffriallas be like: Starts talking about how Great Terminator 2 is... 5 minutes later: NUKKKKIIIIEEEEE 2!!!!!

[@MainlineThruTheRockies]

The work and dedication that went into Titanic is genuinely insane, seriously if you haven’t seen it, go look up some behind the scenes stuff from the film, because it’s impressive as all hell. It shows that Cameron really knew what he was doing, and he understood every little detail about the Titanic’s story.

[@CubedWatermelon-uy6ok]

I've been watching you log these all on letterboxd and eagerly awaiting this ranking. Excited to see what is number one!

[@kdusel1991]

As am I!!

[@journeyburney]

I watched #1 the other day, I can say Schaf’s ranking is VERY accurate

[@jethromcgl3697]

I like how the first film he watched after this video uploaded was Terminator 3

[@typhoonthunder]

Nice list! I'd be totally down to see you do an Edgar Wright ranking next year, with films like Scott Pilgrim and the Cornetto Trilogy. Someone make it happen 👏

[@thechompymage6432]

Yes Please

[@THEMAXIMUM7816]

I would also like to see his take on Tim Burton. But I can imagine him putting Hot Fuzz at number 1

[@andrewheaney4874]

@@typhoonthunder I definitely agree that he should talk about Edgar Wright’s movies, I actually think that would be a great video. But he’s only made six films, and that might not be enough for a full ranking. Maybe wait until he makes one or two more movies?

[@AlexLeidy]

Edgar Wright be great because he has his Running Man remake coming out next year

[@andrewheaney4874]

@@THEMAXIMUM7816 Tim Burton ranking is definitely a great choice. Hopefully he’ll eventually do some other acclaimed directors like Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Denis Villenueve, and Peter Jackson, as well as lesser acclaimed directors that still have good films under their belt, like Robert Zemeckis, Joe Dante, and M. Night Shyamalan.

[@BearofLightness]

Really having a lot of fun with these director rankings! I have a ton of gaps in my cultural knowledge when it comes to some of these big name directors/movies (for Cameron, the only movie I've seen in full is the first Avatar), and it's really cool to get your take on 'em so I have a better lens into stuff I hear discussed a bunch but haven't yet given its due. The Mystery Science Theater 3000/Rifftrax fan in me really appreciated that round o' bad movie suggestions at the end there. Haven't seen any of 'em, but a decent chunk of those are names I've seen in bad movie afficionado circles. I have heard that Nukie is a particularly abhorrent experience; fun to hear you lose your mind a li'l recounting it.

[@toonzach2870]

The way you described The Abyss kinda made it sound like a parody/amalgamation of James Cameron films. A sci-fi romance plot set under the sea with aliens? That's like his entire filmography.

[@ElliYeetYT]

Schaff just naming all the funny bad movies he’s seen better than Piranha 2 in the ending of this video was way funnier than it had any right to be with not only the movies listed getting more ridiculous, but with Schaff getting progressively more unhinged. Funniest ending in a long time.

[@JAProductions494]

Me: “Hmm, Schaff has covered all of the movies yet there’s still 5 minutes of the video left. I wonder what the remaining content is?” Schaff: “NUKIE!!!”

[@Luigislotsaspaghetti]

I misread the title as “Every James Cordon Movie Ranked”…

[@tahjkuemmerle]

Same dude I was worried for his mental health.

[@manuelinacio4038]

I think James has his limits.

[@calebchristiansen3065]

Peter Rabbit 🔛🔝 (I have never seen this movie)

[@aidanredding8058]

That's a fate worse than death

[@Animestar21]

Last Place: That Amazon Cinderella movie (unless there's something worse than that)

[@themoviecritic1092]

Newt calling Ripley "Mommy" was so fitting for me, man. It might be on the nose, but it was naturally great.

[@Arcsin27]

I simply must respect avatar for having such fascinating creature designs. I love designing creatures and seeing other designs as well. I sometimes get self conscious about my creatures, thinking I’ll get judged or seen as a weirdo, so it’s comforting to see such crazy creatures get mainstream with tons of respect!

[@4546Bean]

Fun Fact: James Cameron is one of only 3 people who have been to the deepest place on Earth, the Mariana Trench.

[@staringcorgi6475]

He did it to raise the bar of society as for why he went to the Mariana Trench

[@username.exenotfound2943]

don walsh and jaque picard DID go deeper though

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

Who are the other 2?

[@joshsobchak9902]

And also Critikal

[@liammarney8154]

As of November 13, 2024, at least 27 people have made the descent to challenger deep, the deepest point in the Mariana Trench. Most of these were aboard the Limiting Factor, a submersible which has made 19 separate descents.

[@turbobist2889]

If you do a Sam Raimi ranking, please us the keith david "welcome to hell" for the transition of drag me to hell. It's literally perfect for that.

[@ItsJustTrevor]

33:26 At least Judgment Day is actually good. Everything after that gets progressively worse Speaking of which; Congrats to T2 for being #1 in this list

[@wpk914]

I don’t know why but it’s always so satisfying to hear someone realize that Terminator 2 IS that actually good

[@nasnadine3131]

YESSS this series is backkk, schaff i want you to know that these director ranking videos are just as engaging and entertaining as your rankings of animated movies. i've checked out so many new stories by being introduced to them in these videos, so tq! (guillermo del toro next pls)

[@emperortimeo6467]

I still find it pretty funny that it took 13 years for Avatar 2 to get released but its ratings that year were overshadowed by an animated film about a cat with a sword

[@kdusel1991]

People wanted to watch the better animated kitty movie I guess 😂😂

[@UltimateDespairado]

This says a lot about our society

[@joey7184]

@@UltimateDespairado yeah, that a great story beats great visuals every time

[@MRNEEDLEMOUSE-l3h]

And which one was better? I mean come on it’s obvious

[@aaronbaker5406]

@@joey7184 But Puss in Boots: The Last Wish also has great visuals.

[@OmegaSpark01]

His name is James Cameron! The bravest Pioneer! No budget too steep no sea too deep! Who’s that? It’s him! James Cameron! James Cameron, explorer of the sea! With a dying thirst to be the first! Could it be? Yeah it’s him! James Cameron.

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

Although It technically wouldn’t count for the ranking, probably one of my favorite films that Cameron was heavily involved with despite not directing is definitely Alita: battle angel,which I consider up there with speed racer as the best live action adaptation to manga/anime, and I really hope the sequel gets to see the light of day (I know Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron certainly feel the same way)

[@kdusel1991]

I actually really liked Alita Battle Angel!

[@SecretMagician]

He should rank Robert Rodriguez movies next. The juxtaposition of Machete, Alita: Battle Angel and From Dusk till Dawn to Spy Kids, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, and Shorts will be insane.

[@Playmaker6174]

It's kinda sad to me how Alita still hasn't gotten a sequel yet, the first movie still holds a special place in my heart there, but when the time comes I shall hope for the best x)

[@niccolorichter1488]

he wrote the sctipt for Alita , but wasnt a director

[@YAH93]

@@Playmaker6174 You can thank Disney for that. Besides, the movie had a 270 mil dollar budget and grossed 410 million, which is considered a flop. The greatest mistake was to release it that close to Captain Marvel.

[@nezaniatoimya]

When The Way of The Water came out, me and my family just moved to a different country. We really connected with Jake's family struggling to adapt in this new environment with new people. It was great. But i forgot practically everything else about the movie. Another example of the fact that you don't have to like the movie even if you relate to it immensely.

[@olizalzeortolan8322]

34:00 You forgot The lord of the rings The return of the king which got 11 oscars as well.

[@SrCipotebatea]

Shame on him for forgetting it 😭

[@Emperor_Hirohito_]

Babe wake up, new Schafrillas dropped

[@Dopey_Dragon_Draws]

and hes talking about titanic

[@kdusel1991]

Among other James Cameron films!​@@Dopey_Dragon_Draws

[@copfrown2397]

Yes

[@cbmatty9262]

I died 3 years ago, you need to let me go…

[@yololthepikminenjoyer]

the fuck are you doing here, emperor hirohito?!?!?

[@franklinlamar5584]

SCHAFFRILLAS! Drop a David Lynch ranked video and my life is yours!

[@mack4-_.]

Hey James if it makes you feel better, Cameron has said that he would be interested in making an adaption of the book Last Train From Hiroshima AKA a film that isn't Avatar again.

[@dunsparce4prez560]

Awesome, I’m in the hospital and there’s a new Schaff video. I needed this

[@jalapenoofjustice4682]

I think Robert Zemeckis would be an interesting director to rank in one of these because his movies range so wildly in quality

[@sophiebubbles07]

Roland emmerich maybe ?

[@liamphibia]

4:06 Schaffrillas finding "scuba sex" interesting in this boring piranha film had me howling with laughter! 🤣

[@oakleyves]

i kinda feel like i have to watch it now as a diver

[@patricklauer4452]

Same

[@spacellama7851]

“Deep sea explorer James Cameron makes movies?”

[@manuelinacio4038]

I'm gonna be the one to say it. I don't like James Cameron as a person(even before the whole AI situation). However, to deny that he is a great filmmaker is to deny reality.

[@leithaziz2716]

I figured you were gonna bring up his relation with the crew during the making of Aliens and him not understanding why Unions exist. Of course, a competent filmmaker undeniably, but yikes.

[@liamnicol9390]

The guy who made this video literally said that in the first three minutes

[@thekiss2083]

Those are both extremely commonly-held opinions

[@maxmeidl4909]

Cyborg: “We’re going back in time to 1984 to get Sarah Connor off the menu.”

[@mattiismouse1086]

Honestly i think your director rankings are my favorite! Sure, animated films are cool, and games have good rankings, but i love hearing you talk about a wide variety of movies, and to learn about movies i may not have heard about before

[@BrightlyBurn]

"Terminator 2 is the best sequel of all time" But, Shrek 2-

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

@@BrightlyBurn T2 is just more goated (I’ve thought that since I saw both in 2020 when I was 11)

[@onepresence9460]

But, Spider-Man 2-

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

@@onepresence9460 that is for certain in the top tier of sequels. Too bad MJ sucks

[@kdusel1991]

​@@ChrisThomson-y7l Terminator 2 is so good that it made the other Terminator movies not canon in my eyes

[@kdusel1991]

​@@ChrisThomson-y7l but Godfather part 2...

[@dustdust67]

WE NEED RIDLEY SCOTT NEXT

[@kdusel1991]

YES!!!

[@etienneleroi9515]

Ridley Scott and John Carpenter

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

@@dustdust67 that would probably take awhile. Ridley has almost as many as Spielberg

[@kdusel1991]

​@@ChrisThomson-y7l John Carpenter would be great too!!

[@eliasmg9144]

YES PLEASE

[@redmii69]

"Name one scene you remember from Avatar" I can name two: the close up of the Na'vi face and the Na'vi falling

[@EthanHafernik]

40:50 FROM THE SCREEN TO THE RING TO THE PEN TO THE KING🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@zernek9199]

My ONLY critique with Teminator 2 is that it dropped the horror. It's still amazing, and I love it, but I felt just a little bit disappointed when the movie ended and I realized I didn't feel the same sense of horror the first movie gave me. Don't get me wrong, the villain is horrifying in 2, but the movie itself definitely isn't a horror movie anymore. With that said, it's clearly not trying to be, and I think 2 is great because it does EVERYTHING it sets out to do.

[@RTB-x2f]

Take a shot every time he says "water"

[@noahzinar1178]

34:00 You left out The Return of the King which is ALSO won 11 oscars!

[@EdwardHall-ng8lb]

Avatar?

[@jdogge1967]

Thank you I was about to say

[@EdwardHall-ng8lb]

@@jdogge1967 You’re welcome (HEY MOANA REFERENCE)

[@maliser8]

Yes! I just got to this part and noticed the omission, glad someone else caught it.

[@witoldkopaczewski3954]

He should make a Peter Jackson movie video

[@josephtafur]

I'm a Celine Dion fan Thank you for pointing out her preformance of My Heart Will Go On was the Demo Recording

[@CrashDunning]

Reminder that Quaritch and avatar Quaritch are two completely different beings. The latter just has the memories of the former. They're not the same stream of consciousness and I'm kind of looking forward to the two further splitting apart in personality, beliefs, goals, etc as the series progresses.

[@prime7213]

Watching Terminator 2 as a teenager with no prior knowledge of who was good and who was bad is probably my favorite film watching experience ever. I have done my absolute best to show that movie to friends with zero spoilers because I want every film lover to experience that feeling.

[@thesdfrommw9311]

Directors you should consider covering next: 1. Noah Baumbach 2. Stanley Kubrick 3. Martin Scorsese 4. M Night Shyamalan 5. Don Bligh 6. Ralph Bakshi

[@goatcheesee]

This is honestly a great list. Hope he does all of them especially Scorsese.

[@2maka5u]

Scorsese? You mean the Shark Tale guy?

[@goatcheesee]

@ yes the shark tale guy

[@etienneleroi9515]

Consider John Carpenter and Ridley Scott

[@kdusel1991]

​@@etienneleroi9515 Scott and Carpenter would be great picks too.

[@JacKAB0Y]

2:05 YOU’RE GONNA LOOK AT ME AND TELL ME THAT I’M WRONG?! AM I WRONG?!”

[@1234JohnstoneStudios]

James Cameron Movies: are sci fi adventures or have sci fi elements Titanic: Hold my ice water.

[@kdusel1991]

True Lies wasn't sci fi though...

[@pablocasas5906]

More like, most James Cameron movies have a lot of water

[@UltimateDespairado]

There is that one fan theory that Jack is a time traveler But that’s just a theory A bad theory

[@1234JohnstoneStudios]

@@UltimateDespairado Matpat would be ashamed

[@pablocasas5906]

@@UltimateDespairado the theory that Jack survived and became the Great Gatsby? 😆 There's also the movie Revolutionary Road where DiCaprio and Winslet reunite as a couple again, I never saw it but people jokingly called it the true sequel to Titanic

[@JennyGeistVids]

I think a Peter Jackson ranking would be a cool next step, as he only has 14 narrative features that are balanced between all-time great blockbusters (LotR trilogy), infamous blockbusters (Hobbit trilogy), and a bunch of more niche stuff. Do it for Gollum.

[@wakawakatakeover]

Okay but like... There's context and historical reasons for why "I'll be back." is such an iconic line! First of all, think about it. How much does the Terminator speak in the entire first movie? "Give me your clothes" and like... Maybe he asks for Sarah Conner at some point...? The Terminator barely speaks at all in the entire film. But you don't notice it at all. And yet he is SO terrifying! He is an absolute force of nature and SUCH a great character! He has this surprising level of charisma- so much so that you don't notice that he barely talks at all. But he doesn't need to speak for you to know what he's about. He shows up on the scene and you KNOW what's going to happen next! But also like... People did NOT want Arnold to speak in movies at all back then. They didn't like the fact that he has an accent (even though he's perfectly intelligible and entirely fluent in English, obviously) and in previous movies that he did, they actually dubbed over his voice. Apparently one of the reasons that the Terminator talks so little in his own titular film is because they thought that Arnold's accent was too goofy and would detract from the character. But no! It doesn't detract! Arnold perfectly sells it even though he has an accent! And the line and scene is iconic because of it! And because of that line and movie, Arnold got to be in A LOT more movies and they actually let him speak, dammit! Turns out that Arnold is just a good actor and no one cares about the accent, and the accent is, in fact, part of his charm!

[@DavidW.WardJR]

18:30 That caught me off-guard (SpongeBob House Party)

[@uhok2584]

Your director ranking notifications are a real test of my reaction time

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

true

[@UndeadNerdT800]

49:23 welcome to the club

[@myeyesarespiders]

Props to avatar for having a main character in a sci fi film in a wheelchair, that's actually pretty cool

[@JWe472]

Nobody's mentioning it, so here I am: The use of the Donkey Kong Country underwater music during the Avatar scenes is SICK! Haven't heard it in so long and got really nostalgic. Thank you editors

[@jayemar527]

WOOOH YEAH was waiting for this. I LOVE James Cameron movies (as much as I hate James Cameron) and I'm so excited you got around to talking about them. If you wouldn't mind a suggestion, could we see Tim Burton movies down the line? They range from so bad they're good to actually really great and I would love to see that ranking.

[@Kath_Leen]

25:24 The updates, they’re not always bad. Sometimes they’re just odd. It’ll be like, “The horse used the elevator?” I didn’t know he knew how to do that...

[@PatrickPerkins-r9i]

I'd love to see you do a Chris Columbus ranking sometime. He directed a lot of well-known movies(Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire, the first two Harry Potter movies, that gods-forsaken Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief movie), yet I don't think he's quite as celebrated as a classic director as Spielberg and Zemeckis are.

[@rrrrichh]

terminator 2 was so good it convinced my chinese immigrant dad about western superiority

[@lillianaoneal9231]

This reminds me of the time I put on Tropic thunder for my Vietnamese friend and he LOVED it

[@ThenewTchannel]

Hey Schaff, how about a Tim Burton ranking next? If you like campy movies with dated but still entertaining CGI, you've got Mars Attacks. If you like absolutely insane movies with off the wall action, Sleepy Hollow is right there. You've got some good Batman movies, the horror-comedy icon Beetlejuice, and the absolute classic that is Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Oh, and some remakes of both Disney and non Disney movies to balance out the good stuff

[@jasminealce834]

I JUST WATCHED TITANIC HOW SCARY. This just abruptly came out. 😭

[@christianciv1998]

You should do the Martin Scorsese films next! Puff daddy is a legend lol

[@ChrisThomson-y7l]

@@christianciv1998 preach!

[@onepresence9460]

Heck yeah! That would be great!

[@KomodoKrap420]

Way back when I was just a little bitty boy Living in a box under the stairs In the corner of the basement of the house Half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop You know the place Well anyway, back then life was going swell and everything was just peachy Except, of course, for the undeniable fact that every single morning My mother would make me a big ol' bowl of sauerkraut for breakfast Aww, big bowl of sauerkraut Every single morning It was driving me crazy I said to my mom I said "Hey, mom, what's up with all the sauerkraut?" And my dear, sweet mother She just looked at my like a cow looks at an oncoming train And she leaned right down next to me And she said "It's good for you" And then she tied me to the wall and stuck a funnel in my mouth And force fed me nothing but sauerkraut Until I was twenty six and a half years old That's when I swore that someday Someday I would get outta that basement and travel to a magical, far away place Where the sun is always shining and the air smells like warm root beer And the towels are oh so fluffy Where the Shriners and the lepers play their ukuleles all day long And anyone on the street will gladly shave your back for a nickel Wacka wacka doo-doo yeah Well, let me tell you, people, it wasn't long at all before my dream came true Because the very next day, a local radio station had this contest To see who could correctly guess the number of molecules in Leonard Nimoy's butt I was off by three, but I still won the grand prize That's right, a first class one-way ticket to Albuquerque Albuquerque Oh yeah You know, I'd never been on a real airplane before And I gotta tell ya, it was really great Except that I had to sit between two large Albanian women With excruciatingly severe body odor And the little kid in back of me kept throwin' up the whole time The flight attendants ran out of Dr. Pepper and salted peanuts And the in-flight movie was Bio-Dome with Pauly Shore And, oh yeah, three of the airplane engines burned out And we went into a tailspin and crashed into a hillside And the plane exploded in a giant fireball and everybody died Except for me You know why? 'Cause I had my tray table up And my seat back in the full upright position Had my tray table up And my seat back in the full upright position Had my tray table up And my seat back in the full upright position Ah ha ha ha Ah ha ha Ah So I crawled from the twisted, burnin' wreckage I crawled on my hands and knees for three full days Draggin' along my big leather suitcase and my garment bag And my tenor saxophone and my twelve-pound bowling ball And my lucky, lucky autographed glow-in-the-dark snorkel But finally I arrived at the world famous Albuquerque Holiday Inn Where the towels are oh so fluffy And you can eat your soup right out of the ashtrays if you wanna It's OK, they're clean Well, I checked into my room and I turned down the A/C And I turned on the SpectraVision And I'm just about to eat that little chocolate mint on my pillow That I love so very, very much when suddenly, there's a knock on the door Well now, who could that be? I say "Who is it?" No answer "Who is it?" There's no answer "Who is it?" They're not sayin' anything So, finally I go over and I open the door and just as I suspected It's some big fat hermaphrodite with a Flock-Of-Seagulls haircut and only one nostril Oh man, I hate it when I'm right So anyway, he bursts into my room and he grabs my lucky snorkel And I'm like "Hey, you can't have that" "That snorkel's been just like a snorkel to me" And he's like "Tough" And I'm like "Give it" And he's like "Make me" And I'm like "'Kay" So I grabbed his leg and he grabbed my esophagus And I bit off his ear and he chewed off my eyebrows And I took out his appendix and he gave me a colonic irrigation Yes indeed, you better believe it And somehow in the middle of it all, the phone got knocked off the hook And twenty seconds later, I heard a familiar voice And you know what it said? I'll tell you what it said It said "If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again" "If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator" "If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again" "If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator" In Albuquerque Albuquerque Well, to cut a long story short, he got away with my snorkel But I made a solemn vow right then and there that I would not rest I would not sleep for an instant until the one-nostrilled man was brought to justice But first, I decided to buy some donuts So I got in my car and I drove over to the donuts shop And I walked on up to the guy behind the counter And he says "Yeah, what do ya want?" I said "You got any glazed donuts?" He said "No, we're outta glazed donuts" I said "Well, you got any jelly donuts?" He said "No, we're outta jelly donuts" I said "You got any Bavarian cream-filled donuts?" He said "No, we're outta Bavarian cream-filled donuts" I said "You got any cinnamon rolls?" He said "No, we're outta cinnamon rolls" I said "You got any apple fritters?" He said "No, we're outta apple fritters" I said "You got any bear claws?" He said "Wait a minute, I'll go check" "No, we're outta bear claws" I said "Well, in that case, in that case, what do you have?" He says "All I got right now is this box of one dozen starving, crazed weasels" I said "OK, I'll take that" So he hands me the box and I open up the lid and the weasels jump out And they immediately latch onto my face and start bitin' me all over Oh man, they were just going nuts They were tearin' me apart You know, I think it was just about that time That a little ditty started goin' through my head I believe it went a little something like this Doh Get 'em off me Get 'em off me Oh No, get 'em off, get 'em off Oh, oh God, oh God Oh, get 'em off me Oh, oh God Ah, aah, aah I ran out into the street with these flesh-eating weasels all over my face Wavin' my arms all around and just runnin', runnin', runnin' Like a constipated wiener dog And as luck would have it That's exactly when I ran into the girl of my dreams Her name was Zelda She was a calligraphy enthusiast With a slight overbite and hair the color of strained peaches I'll never forget the very first thing she said to me She said "Hey, you've got weasels on your face" That's when I knew it was true love We were inseparable after that Aw, we ate together, we bathed together We even shared the same piece of mint-flavored dental floss The world was our burrito So we got married and we bought us a house And had two beautiful children, Nathaniel and Superfly Oh, we were so very very very happy, aw yeah But then one fateful night, Zelda said to me She said "Sweetie pumpkin? Do you wanna join the Columbia Record Club?" I said "Whoa, hold on now, baby" "I'm just not ready for that kind of a commitment" So we broke up and I never saw her again But that's just the way things go In Albuquerque Albuquerque Anyway, things really started lookin' up for me Because about a week later, I finally achieved my lifelong dream That's right, I got me a part-time job at The Sizzler I even made employee of the month after I put out that grease fire out with my face Aw yeah, everybody was pretty jealous of me after that I was gettin' a lot of attitude Ok, like one time, I was out in the parking lot Tryin' to remove my excess earwax with a golf pencil When I see this guy Marty Tryin' to carry a big ol' sofa up the stairs all by himself So I, I say to him, I say "Hey, you want me to help you with that?" And Marty, he just rolls his eyes and goes "No, I want you to cut off my arms and legs with a chainsaw" So I did And then he gets all indignant on me He's like "Hey man, I was just being sarcastic" Well, that's just great How was I supposed to know that? I'm not a mind reader for cryin' out loud Besides, now he's got a really cute nickname, Torso-Boy So what's he complaining about? Say, that reminds me of another amusing anecdote This guy comes up to me on the street And he tells he hasn't had a bite in three days Well, I knew what he meant But just to be funny, I took a big bite out of his jugular vein And he's yellin' and screamin' and bleeding all over And I'm like "Hey, come on, don't you get it?" But he just keeps rolling around on the sidewalk, bleeding, and screaming You know, completely missing the irony of the whole situation Man, some people just can't take a joke, you know? Anyway, um, um, where was I? Kinda lost my train of thought Uh, well, uh, OK Anyway I, I know it's kinda been a roundabout way of saying it But I guess the whole point I'm tryin' to make here is I hate sauerkraut That's all I'm really tryin' to say And, by the way, if one day you happen to wake up And find yourself in an existential quandary Full of loathing and self-doubt And wracked with the pain and isolation of your pitiful meaningless existence At least you can take a small bit of comfort in knowing that Somewhere out there in this crazy ol' mixed-up universe of ours There's still a little place called Albuquerque Albuquerque Albuquerque, Albuquerque Albuquerque, Albuquerque Albuquerque, Albuquerque Albuquerque, Albuquerque I said "A" (A) "L" (L) "B" (B) "U" (U) "Querque" (querque) Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque

[@sonicthelegend8741]

Dang it

[@KomodoKrap420]

​@@sonicthelegend8741 you know the place

[@bluekirbyrocks]

Make this the the top comment I'd be funny.

[@spacem80]

HOLD UP! HIS WRITING IS THIS FIRE?

[@WaterMeLoan64]

*HOLY PEAK.*

[@backinthepack4180]

I think mr. Plinkett said it best when he talked about how titanic just kinda has something for everybody: romance, history, action, special effects, etc. it’s just one of those nebulous films that appeals to a lot of people

[@captainstage2009]

Would love to see you rank Denis Vellinueve’s films. He’s a very good modern director.

[@giorgimamalashvili4220]

If there's one thing i can compliment about the Avatar movies is that they look stunning...and water in these movies make me so thirsty

[@voidastralbirth]

7:10 “Heh, that moron’s going to die.” -Tsu’tey (I think that was his name, he was actually kind of cool), Avatar

[@TheMaleAlicorn]

Yay, another Schaffrillas video! Thank you for gracing my Wendsday with this hour long ranking!

[@VeeFerns]

i personally don't like how the way of water will randomly cut between 24fps shots and 120fps shots in the middle of action scenes, it's just like fps whiplash

[@skeepodoop5197]

After watching Terminator, and Terminator 2, I have to say that the original was amazing, but the sequal went SO damn hard. Only thing I could think of that I felt was odd about Terminator 2, was how she wasn't sent to prison her whole life for terrorism. I guess the Psychiatrist could've vouched for her since he saw two Terminators clear as day in the hospital. So could the tech guy's wife. So uh? Maybe that's how she got away with terrorism?

[@You-Tube-n5k]

I actually can remember the name of a character from Avatar. His name is Norm. I only remember this because I watched a lot of Phineas and Ferb and his name reminded me of the giant robot man from the show.

[@potatoqueen5248]

My biggest memory of Avatar is staying hone to play Mario Kart Wii instead of going to see it.

[@patricklauer4452]

Lmao

[@CyanClefairy]

Honestly the whole 'no one can name a character/repeat a quote from avatar' has never sat right with me anyway, someone who has had 'JAKE. MY JAKEEEEEE' as an inside joke between me and my dad for fifteen years

[@TheArch1v1st]

Okay, the use of “Final Hours” for the Titanic segment is chilling. It works way better than I would have thought.

[@cloudshines812]

Fun fact, James Cameron NEARLY directed a Marvel movie as initially he was put on as director for the first Spider Man movie. Apparently, he wanted to make a movie that was dark and gritty for Spider Man but eventually he left the project and Sam Raimi was brought on to bring it to life. Ironically enough, both Cameron and Raimi were horror directors and the first Spider Man is abnormally dark for a Marvel superhero movie

[@MayberryEntertainment]

I think a Terry Gilliam ranking next would be pretty fun but that’s just me.