WONDER WOMAN WAS pretty well received.
For one, it’s the highest grossing live-action film directed by a woman. It was the first time that the most famous female superhero had her own movie and it has inspired lots of young girls all over the world.
However, James Cameron (writer and director of Alien, Titanic and Avatar to name a few) was not really impressed by the movie.
In an interview with The Guardian that introduces Cameron as a director who used to nail-gun mobile phones that rang on set to walls, Cameron gave his two cents on Wonder Woman.
Hilariously, the interviewer Hadley Freeman (despite building up a solid foundation of evidence that Cameron is a terrifying person to work with) shared that she previously interviewed James Cameron and couldn’t resist asking the question we’ve all had on our minds.
“Why couldn’t Rose just share her giant board with Jack instead of leaving him to freeze in the ocean?” His face pinked with fury: “Wait a minute, I’m going to call up William Shakespeare and ask why Romeo and Juliet had to die!”
Ridiculous response. We all know Romeo and Juliet died because they didn’t have mobile phones. We’re never going to clear this Jack and Rose shit up by the looks of things.
Anyway, here’s what Cameron has to say about Wonder Woman:
All of this self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood’s been doing over Wonder Woman has been so misguided. She’s an objectified icon, and it’s just male Hollywood doing the same old thing! I’m not saying I didn’t like the movie but, to me, it’s a step backwards.
Referring to the Terminator character he wrote, the director added:
Sarah Connor was not a beauty icon. She was strong, she was troubled, she aws a terrible mother, and she earned the respect of the audience through pure grit. And to me, [the benefit of characters like Sarah] is so obvious. I mean, half the audience is female!
People immediately shot down his comments.
In fairness, you don’t see many little girls begging their parents for Sarah Connor costumes.
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