Learning Humanity

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2020)

T2, for close friends, is a far-reaching cinematographic and social phenomenon.
James Cameron, who is well known for his legendary perfectionism, finally had the budget and artistic control to bring his titanic visions to life in his first movie of monumental proportions, which acknowledged him as an Author, before his final cut of Abyss in 1992, his Titanic in 1997, his Avatar in 2009, and before the next chapters of this extremely rich universe, which in turn will revolutionize the world of cinema during this decade.
Perfection; that is the right word! Because, James Cameron invests with head, heart, body and soul for decades in his pharaonic projects. And his magic achieves such top performance in all areas pertaining to his monuments, which are also laboratories of technical innovation, that they instantly become classic, cult and pivotal works that change the face of cinematic art.
There is a "before and after" T2 for the whole team who contributed to the creation of that "Judgment Day", as well as for any discerning moviegoer and simple average spectator. No superlative words were good enough to describe Terminator 2 when it was released in 1991, from the biggest budget in the history of filmmaking, to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton then at the peak of their glory in the role of their lives, to revolutionary special effects, especially those regarding the liquid metal T-1000, also embodied with icy perfection by Robert Patrick. James the Magician thus began his journey to becoming crowned "King of the World" at the North American and worldwide box office, as well as at the Academy Awards.
As far as I'm concerned, it's also the film of superlatives that broke all records, since I saw this movie ten times in theaters, between its world premiere at Cineplex Odeon Century Plaza Cinemas in Century City, Los Angeles, and different cinemas in various places both in California and in Europe, between July and December 1991. Overall, I have seen this film eighteen times to date, in five languages, and on three continents.
His Teaching: "Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too."