Sorry for not being more specific, but haven't nearly all latest films by James Cameron been at the time of their premieres "the most expensive movies ever made?" This needs to be checked, but anyway, isn't it interesting that Cameron seems to have specialized in making the highest-budget movies? Another thing is that the makers of "most expensive movies ever made" usually spend enormous amount of time, effort and money on jaw-dropping sets and special effects - only to destroy all those sets (think of Titanic, for example) in a spectacular way. So they want to have their toys and then they want to break them? So how come the images of destruction are so powerful that both the filmmakers and the audience feel drawn to them? What is it that fascinates us when we see a skyscraper/jet/ship/city being destroyed? Is it all just a need to be subconsciously punished for trying too much with technology? I know this goes a little bit aside from the original query, but I'd like to hear your thoughts. Antti Selkokari film critic for Aamulehti P.O. Box 327 33101 Tampere Finland [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]