Cameron’s style changed in the early nineties. Gone with the gritty realism, the naturalistic performances, the claustrophobic corridors and gut-wrenching suspense. The instant you hear "Bad to the Bone" played in the soundtrack to TERMINATOR 2 (1991), a sci-fi action adventure epic, you know Cameron had redefined his style into a more audience-pleasing and entertaining realm. Not that this is bad, mind you. He broadened his audience without compromising any of his artistic integrity. T2 impacted theatres with unique character twists, non-stop action, state-of-the-art effects and an anti-technology message. The style of the film could best be described as hyper-realism. Cameron would thereafter take a break from science-fiction with the international espionage action thriller meets buddy film meets marriage counseling epic TRUE LIES (1994), boasting a new kind of visual effect — the "invisible" effect, the kind you don’t even know is there — as well as creative chase sequences and a different kind of love story, marred only by the occassional Airplane! moment. It is incredible to believe that this same director then went on to create one of the greatest films of all times, a powerful love story taking place on the most notorious ocean-liner disaster in history, the 1912 catastrophic sinking of the R.M.S. TITANIC (1997) on its maiden voyage. With elegant performances by its two leads, and a visceral moment-by-moment recreation of the disaster, directed in such a style as to make you feel that you’re on that ship as it’s going down, Cameron proved without a doubt that he was one of the greatest directors of all time. Cameron went home Oscar night with three statuettes: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing.