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Film School Rejects: Get Excited: A Really Grainy Photo From ‘Avatar’

  • Aleric · 7 months ago
    I will go for D. All of the Above.

    I have always liked James Cameron, but when you thumb your nose at the fans that made you and run off to make a film like Titanic, a lot of people are going to be rooting for your next failure. So if this turns out to be a hugly funded disaster will this even ding the armor of JC?
  • shotgun ben · 7 months ago
    I like your blue-ball analogy. Very profound. Shit like that is why I read your site despite receiving a never-ending flood of Daily Variety in my mailbox.
  • Chille · 7 months ago
    He is throwing alot of money at this, but if anybody can handle a big budget, its James Cameron!
  • _Christopher_M · 7 months ago
    all I know is that I'm tired of Cameron releasing images of himself behind the camera...it's beyond annoying at this point and I think James is being quite the egomaniac...I really could careless seeing him holding a camera and looking all directorish....I mean it's been twelve years since he's worked with actors, maybe he forgot they even exist...he's pissing off anyone who is following this project as closely as we are...all he needs to do is release a few stills of the actors in actual sets, to shut people like me up....
  • Mladen · 7 months ago
    I'm trying so very hard to be positive about this movie...
  • Kevin · 7 months ago
    interesting...I seem to remember this exact discussion among critics BEFORE Titanic was released. "Can the director of 'Terminator pull off such a well known story, with such a well known ending and in a way that people will care about?" Last time I checked "Titanic" is still (and will probably remain for a long while) the highest grossing film of all time. From what I know, Cameron has not made a critically panned film nor a flop - even "The Abyss" got good reviews.

    There's a reason Cameron has taken so long to do this film, he was waiting for technology to catch up to his vision. And if it hasn't he'll invent it - like he did for "Terminator 2" and "Titanic". Why do people love to want to see successful people fail? Is it make yourself feel better? I don't get it. Just let the movie come out and judge for yourself. Knowing Cameron's attention to detail, unbelievably good story telling and perfectionism I'm sure he will never release a film that isn't 100% what he wanted.