Agreed on Aliens, and don’t understand why everyone regards it as some sort of high art.
On that note here’s my unpopular opinion: James Cameron’s movies are amongst the most overrated movies of all time, T1 and T2 are his only worthwhile films. Titanic is a cheesy soap opera that has aged poorly, and I will forever remain baffled by the overwhelmingly positive reception Avatar got ten years ago, with people reacting as if they’d never seen a movie before in their lives, a movie that has pretty much been forgotten. The weirdest thing is that there are people who rank James Cameron amongst the greatest filmmakers of all time.
On the flip side I am a huge Michael Bay fan who has enjoyed each and every one of his movies, even the Transformers movies all the way to The Last Knight, and it’s not even as a guilty pleasure, I genuinely enjoy Michael Bay’s movies. What has always left me scratching my head is the near constant vitriol aimed at Bay from movie critics and fans alike.