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...story goes. Cameron cheerfully discards that theory in the main body of his work. Women, in Cameron's world, are just as innately tough--and violent, if needs...
Unforgettable villains. Um, well, they're not really unforgettable. Fanatic, but far from unforgettable. Which brings up another point, that of the movie's supposed anti-Arab bias. On the one hand, Cameron is not as sensitive as he could be with matters of Islam and Arabic culture. The terrorists are fairly one-dimensional. On the other hand, they don't seem that far removed in spirit from the group that bombed the World Trade Center. They're terrorists. It's not an easy call, but I don't think the movie comes across as specifically anti-Islamic...
...guts to steal a key and go out onto a dangerous ledge to escape terrorists, but she still screams for her daddy to save her. It's one of the most hair-raising, but one of the most memorable scenes. She's tough girl. Which leads into yet another Cameron trademark...
Juno (Tia Carrera), the female villain, doesn't do much to advance the feminist cause. But she punches people too. It's Cameron. Violence as the equalizer...
Diversity in minor roles: This is a minor disappointment, and one that many people may not notice. But Cameron's films are usually fairly good with having a diverse cast of characters in "minor" roles--i.e. making up the pastiche that forms that background and backbone of the picture. You know, the other spies, the fighter pilots, the hotel executives, etc, All too often, these roles are relegated automatically to white male actors, when they do not have...