James Cameron gives his two cents on TERMINATOR SALVATION
It’s always interesting to hear what directors think of other directors’ work. Especially when one of those directors brought us the epic precursor to the other director’s work in question. It’s just too bad that this doesn’t actually happen, as Hollywood seems to be a town of closed lips for the most part. After all, I hear the loose ones sink ships.
That is, unless the director we are talking about is the very non-candid, non-bullshit Jim Cameron. Everyone had their opinions on TERMINATOR SALVATION. Some loved it, some hated it, some thought it was okay. And then there was Michael Bay, who was just plain childish with his thoughts on the film…before he even saw it no less. But what did JC think? What were the thoughts of the man who gave us both THE TERMINATOR and TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, two of the greatest sci-fi films ever made?
Check out what Mr. Cameron had to say about McG’s take on the future and the war against the machines after the jump!
When asked if he saw TERMINATOR SALVATION and, if so, what he thought:
“Yeah I did see it. It probably didn’t get a fair day in court because I had to watch it at night when I got home from work, over a period of two or three nights. I think Sam [Worthington] is remarkable in the film because, well, I think Sam is remarkable in anything he does. Interestingly, I think McG did a good job in the sense…I think he was almost too referential to the mythos of the first and second film. He over-quoted them in a way? It didn’t feel to me to be enough of a reinvention. I mean the thing we did with the second film is that we reinvented the first film completely; spun it on its ass and made the Terminator the good guy, and came up with a whole new concept for a villain, it felt fresh. I didn’t feel the fourth picture was fresh enough. It also lacked a certain stamp of authenticity because Arnold wasn’t in it. I mean, he was in it briefly, digitally, but that’s not the same thing.”
Cameron’s final thought on the film:
“I didn’t think it was bad. I didn’t think it was embarrassing. I don’t think he let the franchise down in some huge way, but I did feel some sort of unease that it didn’t go beyond.”
Ditto, Jim. Ditto.
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