If you didn’t catch the three-hour-long Golden Globes telecast last night, you missed out on Ricky Gervais awesomely getting drunk while executing his hosting duties with acerbic aplomb.
Also worth watching was James Cameron and his giant ego (with forehead to match) decimating the competition — most notably his ex-wife — in both the directorial and best dramatic picture categories for Avatar. Against all odds, the film has grossed $1.6 billion worldwide already, making it the second-highest earner in cinematic history (behind only Titanic, also directed by Cameron).
Cameron has made damn sure we all understand the green allegory that Avatar represents, but in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, he takes it one step beyond the pale:
EW asked Cameron to respond to some of the criticisms aimed at “Avatar.” Check out how he responded to this one:
EW: “Avatar” is the perfect eco-terrorism recruiting tool.”
JC: Good, good. I like that one. I consider that a positive review. I believe in ecoterrorism.
Do you think he has any grasp of the type of people ecoterrorists target? Face it: Typically it’s the billionaires who are sullying the earth by building mansions precariously perched on the pristine cliffside terrain of places like Malibu.
Not to mention, James Cameron isn’t exactly known for spending his $500 million filmmaking budgets on solar-powered computers and recyclable sets. And anyone else remember the 17 million gallon water tank he had built for Titanic in the Baja California desert?
It seems like a supremely bad idea for Cameron to applaud the same ecoterrorists who have pledged to destroy “rich capitalists” and “greedy scum” — the likes of which Cameron perfectly personifies. They are not his friends.
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Just as a point, Titanic is not the number one grossing film of all time. The list that everyone insists on quoting doesn’t take inflation or dollar value into account. Gone with the Wind is the highest grossing followed by Star Wars and The Sound of Music.
And, god, I hope he was being sarcastic, or he’s an even bigger douche than I’d originally thought! (I think I’m giving him too much credit)
I wonder how much he’d like it if the eco-terrorists he “believes” in decided to target him and his neighborhood.
I absolutely wouldn’t want that to happen, no matter how much of a “f***ing ***hole” (HIS words, mind you) the man may be.
I…seriously, James Cameron? Really?
I think he might’ve lost it. Seriously, can we commit him until he proves he’s all there up in the ol’ noggin?
Oh where is a good ELF member when we need them?
Isn’t it ALF?
I thought it was Environmental Liberation Front….I could be wrong.
Oh, please, please, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF BLUE ALIENS would someone blow up James Cameron’s house for the sake of Gaia? Or Pandora? Or Minerva, for all I care.
Avatar totally didn’t bomb. I was wrong.
ALF is a puppet from another world and I’m not refering to that daytime Soup Opera.
Craps! Forgot an R! SRY!
I thought it was the Animal Liberation Front….which I thought was like PETA with bombs.
D– and Pearce
You are both right, it’s two different groups but their agendas are sorta similar. ELF burns down construction projects and luxury car dealerships. ALF destroys medical research labs.
Avatar didn’t bomb because it’s pretty and it’s not terrible. You don’t even feel the 3 hours you’re sitting. I saw this because I was starting to come around on Avatar due to friends and such but Cameron sent me right back to bashing the film.
Did he buy any carbon credits to offset the production?
Never mind carbon credits–did he buy any oats for Phar Lap up there?
How many trees died in the making of Avatar? Running all the computers to put together all those effects sucks up a lot of electricity….
Forget the carbon credits necessary to offset the movie production, what about the credits necessary to offset the Golden Globes? And all the other movie award that are televised?
It keeps getting better and better. All Cameron needs to do is start bleaching his skin and wearing a sequined glove and he will be as big a loon as MJ was.
Who’s the skeletor he’s standing with in the photo?
Talk about useless wastes of humongous amounts of energy – hollywood films. I mean, of what practical use are they? Filming wastes such a huge amount of our natural resources. And to compound this, Hollywood has to have awards shows every week and the stars jet in for those. And then they have to jet here and there to publicize their work of “art”.
Of course, these folks aren’t really environmentalists, they merely play the part in public.
He shouldn’t have won. The screenplay for the movie was horrible. I couldn’t get through the first twenty minutes without losing my concentration. I don’t see the point in trying to see the hypocrisy in his ways. Movies make money. That’s all there is to it.
The chic next to him is his current wife. The one who was in Titanic. The one he cheated with when he was married to his other wife. He is the number one creep and even though my friends are telling me to go see this money, I will not give this windbag one more dollar of my hard earned money.
Hi.
Avatar is just a big piece of…
If you can read French, go to my text on Stalker.
Regards.
Avatar is making people suicidal.
http://www.wwtdd.com/2010/01/avatar-is-making-people-suicidal/
you’d think with all that freeking money he’s got, he would get his teeth fixed.
All the Cameron controversy is just so much yada yada yada. Proves nothing, but it helps sell tickets, so really Deceiver is doing him a favor each time it returns to this subject.
The best take on Avatar was from the Italian newspaper that serves the Holy See. (Apparently the Pope watches movies, too. Or at least he cares about what they say.) The paper said, in essence, that while they might take issue with some of the concepts offered up in the plot, the plot was merely a device to give Cameron something to hang all the lush, expensive special effects on, and should not be taken too seriously.
That’s the most extraordinary, dead-accurate insight on the film that I’ve seen anywhere. Want a movie with a message? Go watch Citizen Kane (again, I’d hope). Want a fun but meaningless time in the theater? Slap on your 3D goggles and see Avatar. Simple as that.