14 DAY TRIAL // Fans must know by now that, when James Cameron has something to say, good or bad, he’s going to say it no matter what. In a recent interview, the director blasts the upcoming “Battleship” film, calling it a disgrace to cinema.
After going after “Piranha 3D” in the summer of 2010, saying it was the most useless use of 3D he had ever seen, Cameron is now out to get Universal for making a film based on the game “Battleship,” MovieLine reports.
Hollywood is running dry on inspiration and it’s turning to the most ridiculous things to make movies from, the famous director says.
This is creative bankruptcy, the director went on, and perhaps the best example of how bad things are is “Battleship,” a movie that should have never been made because it’s degrading to cinema.
“We have a story crisis. Now they want to make the Battleship game into a film. This is pure desperation,” Cameron said in the interview cited by MovieLine.
“Battleship” stars Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Taylor Kitsch, Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn, and marks the big screen debut of pop star Rihanna
MovieLine suggests that Cameron would have been much harsher in his criticism of the upcoming production had he known it featured an underwear model and a pop star among its main cast.
“Everyone in Hollywood knows how important it is that a film is a brand before it hit theaters. If a brand has been around, Harry Potter for example, or Spider-Man, you are light years ahead,” Cameron also said.
“And there lies the problem. Because unfortunately these franchises are become more ridiculous. Battleship. This degrades the cinema,” he added.
On a more or less serious note, MovieLine points out that, when a director who made a film about giant blue aliens making love and connecting with nature by means of their fuzzy long Tails says a movie is “ridiculous,” it most likely is.