Comments on: James Cameron Sinks ‘Battleship,’ Says It “Degrades” Cinema

By: respighifan

respighifan — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

Being a fan of the old naval battlewagons, I think this could turn out to be one awesome film

By: John B

John B — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

Peter Berg should stay away from this kind of film. He may have turned Hancock into a watchable film but I\’d rather see him make more films like The Kingdom. What a sell out. This film sounds so stupid. Save your money! And Liam Neeson is turning into the biggest acting whore on the planet! From Schindler\’s List to the A Team — gag!

By: Brian Satchfield

Brian Satchfield — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

The only storyline Battleship will be taking from the board game is the fact that there are battleships to be sunk. The filmmakers will have to develop the rest of the story unless the entire film is really about two guys taking turns calling out…

\”B6.\”
\”Miss.\”
\”D4.\”\”
\”Miss.\”

On the other hand, AVATAR is essentially a character-for-character copy of Dances with Wolves. Cameron just set it in space so he could show off his prowess with visual effects.

Cameron has gotten to the point where he criticizes anyone or anything that was not developed by him or his comrades. He\’s a joke. A rich, successful joke, but a joke indeed.

I\’m not saying that Battleship will be good; just that Cameron should find better things to do than pan other filmmakers efforts.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

While watching Avatar, did anyone else notice the obvious resemblence, (re-telling…re-branding) of the disney script of Pochihonas?

By: David

David — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

AVATAR was an original storyline. It will become a franchise when the sequels come out, but that doesn\’t change the fact that it was Cameron\’s original story. Cameron is, like all of us, just sick of all the rehashing of existing brands in Hollywood. I\’m sick of it. Any movie which presents a new and original story is already ahead of most of the remakes and sequels out there.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

Yeah but Avatar is his own original creation. He\’s talking about brands that are familiar to audiences before the first movie is even made.

By: Papushi

Papushi — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

Jesse Avatar is a franchise. Cameron\’s already spoken of two more sequels.

By: Jesse Kellestine

Jesse Kellestine — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

I more think he\’s talking about Hollywood not branching out of \”Franchise\” hits. For example Harry Potter, Superheroes etc are existing franchises and are likely to at least make their money back.

Avatar, and most recently, Inception, aren\’t existing franchises and did very well, I\’m thinking Cameron was just sick (as are a lot of people) of companies just looking to make a movie based on an existing franchise.

By: Sid

Sid — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

I\’m not a fan of everything Cameron does or says, but I see where he\’s coming from.
I don\’t have a problem with books or films becoming brands, franchises, games, or sequels as long as the book/film is the first in the sequence.
Of course, it\’s classic big business doing what it always does – trying a shortcut to prevent risk by saving money, time, effort, etc..and fucking it all up in the process.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

I don\’t know about \”camp classic\”, perhaps if Berg was a less serious-minded director…my gut says this may just be an awkward failure, but if he managed to show a campy side or (even better) deliver something as occasionally transcendent as FNL, I\’d be happily surprised.

By: gedn

gedn — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:19:39 +0000

Well, Avatar had a story crisis too!