James Cameron Throws Piranha Under The Bus
31 August 2010
James Cameron did not like Piranha 3-D very much AT ALL. Seeing as the director cut his teeth helming a sequel to the original way back when, the following may seem a little harsh (but not when you take into account that he was actually sacked after a couple of days). The director spoke to Vanity Fair and spewed this when quizzed on the enjoyable genre romp:
"I worked on Piranha 2 for a few days and got fired off of it; I don’t put it on my official filmography. So there’s no sort of fond connection for me whatsoever. In fact, I would go even farther and say that... I tend almost never to throw other films under the bus, but that is exactly an example of what we should not be doing in 3-D. Because it just cheapens the medium and reminds you of the bad 3-D horror films from the 70s and 80s, like Friday the 13th 3-D. When movies got to the bottom of the barrel of their creativity and at the last gasp of their financial lifespan, they did a 3-D version to get the last few drops of blood out of the turnip. And that’s not what’s happening now with 3-D. It is a renaissance - right now the biggest and the best films are being made in 3-D. Martin Scorsese is making a film in 3-D. Disney’s biggest film of the year - Tron: Legacy - is coming out in 3-D. So it’s a whole new ballgame." What, and Clash of the Titans was better, just because it isn't a horror? Pah!
Cameron also revealed we'll be seeing a new version of Titanic in 3-D, which I couldn't give less of a sh*t about if Amanda Brunker's mush was CGI'd onto the top of Winslet's neck. Make another film, Jim; one that hopefully doesn't take over a decade.
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Simon Connolly
Thinks he's king of 3D now. I think he's forgotten that he didn't invent 3D. He's such a pompous prat.
Posted 31/08/2010 18:51:28
Pandora
It amazes me that he hasn't disappeared up his a**e by now. Came across an article last night about on set clashes, seems time on The Abyss was horrendous and Ed Harris still will not talk about it, near dying can do that to you!
Posted 31/08/2010 19:01:33
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