Face/Off

I'm quoting Dark Horizons who quoted someone who heard Cameron say this on BBC, so this being the internet, who knows if it's real. But here's what was reported:

James Cameron recently talked with BBC1 and revealed he's very happy with how Terminator 3 ended up: "In one word : Great. There was a small part of me that hoped it wasn't good - but another part of me hope'd it succeeded. And it did. And I'm so glad it did. Jonathon's made a great movie. Arnold's in great form. I really like what he's done with it". If he had done it, would he have handled it differently: "Yes. That's only natural. I mightn't have structrued it the same, nor may I have ended it the same way - but coming in where he has, such a hard thing to do, and I give Jonathan points for it".

This isn't a man whose going to whitewash his opinion either, take for example his reaction to "Alien 3" - "Hated it. Simple as that. I hated what they did.... I couldn't stand Alien 3 - how they could just go in there and kill off all these great characters we introduced in aliens, and the correlation between mother and daughter. It stunk, but hopefully I'll get a chance to rectify all that". You mean the talk about him being tied to "Alien 5" is true? "To an extent. yes. We're looking at doing another one. Something similiar to what we did with Aliens. A bunch of great characters, and of course Sigourney. I've even discussed the possibility of putting him [Arnold Schwarzenegger] into the Alien movie".

Spooky

Why wouldn't he like it? It's a good movie starring one of his good pals.

Draven

Because there are people out there claiming that T3 sucks simply because it wasn't done by King of the World Cameron.

If he DOES like it, maybe some people will reevaluate their opinions on the film, since they seem to think that JC is the end all be all of Terminator quality.

Pants

Of course he likes it I'm sure he's recieving a royalty or some kind of compensation. He's not going to talk s*** on it for at least ten years.

sherm42

I doubt he is receiving anything. He didn't own any rights to the film at all, hence his complete lack of involvement.

chanster

No he is not receiving any money..he sold all the rights a few years ago.

moocher

If true, I think we have to give JC a little credit for being honest instead of self-serving. It would be very easy for him to bash the film. For him to say that even though part of him wanted the film to fail (which I think is natural and only human) yet he still liked it says a lot for the character of the man.

to Cameron for being a man about T3 instead of the mouse he could have been.

jasonbird

Started another thread to talk about the Alien 5 part of the story

Jason

audrey

Exactly. Cameron's comments may or may not reflect his true thoughts; at best they’re suspect.

Yikes--can't believe I'm agreeing w/ Pants on something. :-)

Face/Off

You're agreeing with him on something that is false. Cameron doesn't own the rights anymore. Mario Kassar and his partner does.

Jason1973

The movie is quite good, so even if Cameron said he didn't like it, he may be lying.

audrey

Hmmm…in their review, United Press International mentioned in passing that Cameron is receiving royalties. So who knows….

sherm42

I can't imagine what for. I believe the rights were owned equally by Mario Kassar and Gail Ann-Hurd. After he passed on directing, Cameron had no real say in the franchise and no money either. Not that he really needed it.

GmoneyOwnsYou

I think people need to wake up and realize that Cameron isnt the only great director out there.

nice_skis

Man! Talk about a no win scenario.

If the man would have hated the movie, he would have been called an old bastard for being jealous of his successor. Now that he admits to liking it, people call him a sell-out for profits he wont make.

Come on, I don't like Cameron's movies but the man has a right to his own opinions.

Next time, I hope for his sake that he'll just say : "I don't want to give no f***ing comments. Thank you!"

bhk

The best part of that interview is he says he hated Alien 3.

chanster

The deal with the Terminator rights was that it was half/owned by Gail Anne Hurd and Carolco. Carolco went bankrupt in the mid 90's because they financed some bombs, and Kassar/Vanja bought the rights from the bankruptcy court. The other half belonged to Hurd and she was bought out.

jarofclay73

I don't think people are calling him a sell-out. Some people here suppose he may have an ulterior motive for which I think others have proven wrong (or maybe exaggerated).

Although Cameron isn't one of the most prudent directors out there, he knows he can't just bash T3 just to make his movies look better. It sounds like Cameron had a great time watching the film as I did.

I don't feel that T3 is superior to T2 or T1. But it's good.

btw...I think Cameron IS an old bastard and perhaps a little-bitty jealous of what Mostow has done...but he's no sell-out....yet, anyway.

DonnachaOne

Cameron likes it? Let him. I sure don't, and that's the opinion that matters to me.

If no-one likes my comment, well, then they can TALK TO THE HAND.

(Wow, a lot of T3 fans must be cracking up right now, since they LOVE films with that kind of dialogue!)