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[Bo Shrek]

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Yeah, it's true... For the record, I enjoy Cameron's films, they are very entertaining.

Even the other ones: True Lies, Abyss, Rambo 2 (writer)...there great

 

[abake]

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Abyss is good, a bit too preachy, and (as is usual with Cameron's films) the "message" is as subtle as a T-Rex charging after a Triceratops...
See, the thing with Cameron (IM ever so HO) is that he takes simple concepts and dumbs them down even further. I'm not saying the ideas are bad, it's just that Cameron feels he has to make everything painfully (almost comically) obvious.
Take Avatar, for example. It's a very entertaining movie, but can it be any more simple? It's almost childish. And not in a good way. I mean, even everybody's most vilified writer/director George Lucas writes characters with more depth than Cameron does. There is very little nuance or depth to a James Cameron movie, it's all pretty much in-your-face non-stop action or very basic emotionality.
Again, I'm not saying his movies are bad. They are very entertaining.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

Re: Hot Toys: Ellen Ripley - Alien (Updated with new prototype HS)

Abyss is good, a bit too preachy, and (as is usual with Cameron's films) the "message" is as subtle as a T-Rex charging after a Triceratops...
See, the thing with Cameron (IM ever so HO) is that he takes simple concepts and dumbs them down even further. I'm not saying the ideas are bad, it's just that Cameron feels he has to make everything painfully (almost comically) obvious.
Take Avatar, for example. It's a very entertaining movie, but can it be any more simple? It's almost childish. And not in a good way. I mean, even everybody's most vilified writer/director George Lucas writes characters with more depth than Cameron does. There is very little nuance or depth to a James Cameron movie, it's all pretty much in-your-face non-stop action or very basic emotionality.
Again, I'm not saying his movies are bad. They are very entertaining.

Cameron comes off as a bit of a patronizing prat (I'm feeling charitable today ), but the masses respond with cold, hard cash.

 

[DBoz]

Re: Hot Toys: Ellen Ripley - Alien (Updated with new prototype HS)

To me, Cameron's strength is in creating incredibly detailed worlds. I love his movies for the details, not the story and characters.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Re: Hot Toys: Ellen Ripley - Alien (Updated with new prototype HS)

Abyss is good, a bit too preachy, and (as is usual with Cameron's films) the "message" is as subtle as a T-Rex charging after a Triceratops...
See, the thing with Cameron (IM ever so HO) is that he takes simple concepts and dumbs them down even further. I'm not saying the ideas are bad, it's just that Cameron feels he has to make everything painfully (almost comically) obvious.
Take Avatar, for example. It's a very entertaining movie, but can it be any more simple? It's almost childish. And not in a good way. I mean, even everybody's most vilified writer/director George Lucas writes characters with more depth than Cameron does. There is very little nuance or depth to a James Cameron movie, it's all pretty much in-your-face non-stop action or very basic emotionality.
Again, I'm not saying his movies are bad. They are very entertaining.

I agree for the most part, although I love the Abyss and is my favorite movie by him. I think he was better about how to convey his heavy handed sermons in his earlier career and has gotten worse and worse. Noticing this decline is probably easier because he has made such few movies in the past couple of decades. I think he should do a quick, down and dirty, low budget-ish kind of adrenaline pumping movie that he can bang out within a year, just so he doesn't get so hung up on messages and metaphors.

 

[darthcaezar]

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any alien queen hottoys on production ? or any alien warrior hottoys remake ?

 

[The Giamontan]

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any alien queen hottoys on production ? or any alien warrior hottoys remake ?

That we've heard of? No. No plans for production on both.

 

[Wor-Gar]

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I love the Abyss and is my favorite movie by him.

I agree. Best performances he ever got from actors.

If the aliens were cut out of that film, it would be perfect. Just a great deep sea adventure.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

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Imagine if The Abyss were cast now. Not pretty enough! Not sexy enough! Not enough household names!

 

[Wor-Gar]

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Yeah, it would likely get glammed up.

I think Abyss was the last huge leap for Cameron. Aliens was a huge leap in skill for Cameron from Terminator. And Abyss was an even larger jump for his ability and talent. I remember being so impressed with his growth over three movies back then. T2 really felt like he had settled in or peaked as it were. And True Lies felt like a step back.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

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Perhaps this is the silly musing of a fanboy. But it felt like Cameron was one of us up until T2 and True Lies. Then we got Titanic and that was it.

Yeah, I've got abandonment issues.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

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Hated Titanic, and Avatar was pretty but a **** movie. Cameron hasn't made a good movie in a long time. At least I can go back and enjoy the good ones he did.

 

[darthcaezar]

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That we've heard of? No. No plans for production on both.

tnxs for the reply

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

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Never saw Titanic.

 

[The Giamontan]

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Never saw Titanic.

It's a great movie to see ONCE. It won all those academy awards for a reason, which is what makes it worth watching ONCE.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

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Yeah, I know I know.

I have actually watched it intermittently, not all the way through though.

 

[The Giamontan]

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I agree. Best performances he ever got from actors.

If the aliens were cut out of that film, it would be perfect. Just a great deep sea adventure.

Technically they're not aliens. They're NTIs.

 

[CollectorGuy]

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Technically they're not aliens. They're NTIs.

No their UFO's, underwater flying objects

 

[GeneralZodLives]

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Never saw Titanic.

In a nutshell: Wow! That's a big ship! -- Kate Winslet's bewbs -- (SPOILER ALERT) The ship sinks -- Kate Winslet kills Leonardo by refusing to share her floatie. Also, Celine Dion music.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

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I can't stand Donatello Capuccino most times, but yeah.. no interest.