1.   It is directed by James Cameron, though, and so primarily a first-rate action picture.

2.   There will be fewer big action pictures and more romantic comedies.

3.   ...a director of epic action pictures.

4.   And the foreign and ancillary markets favor big action picture.

5.   Autumn is traditionally a time for moviegoers to catch their collective breath after the slam-bang action pictures and raucous comedies of summer.

6.   But like so many summer action pictures, the emphasis on such wizardry crowds out the story and the amusement soon reaches diminishing returns.

7.   Category by category, from big action pictures to broad comedies, the films are just not as strong.

8.   Considering their tawdry reputation for porn movies and low-budget action pictures, who could blame him?

9.   In a summer of great thrillers and action pictures, the comedies have been few and feeble.

10.   Instead, we are treated to cheap thrills and the sort of vehicular mayhem which has become all too common in unambitious action pictures.