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| James Cameron: The Anti-Beck |
| 2010-03-24 |
| After all the flack James Cameron's caught for various political and religious interpretations of "Avatar," the Oscar-winning director has a bone of his own to pick – and it's not about the hidden meanings of his new blockbuster's plot. When questions at a junket on Tuesday turned to FOX News personality Glenn Beck, Cameron unleashed his characteristic bluntness, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "Glenn Beck is a f------ a--hole," Cameron told reporters. "I've met him. He called me the anti-Christ and not about 'Avatar.' He hadn't even seen 'Avatar' yet. I don't know if he has seen it." What Beck probably has seen is Cameron's 2007 documentary "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," a perfect target for the religious right in its suggestion that Jesus may not have been resurrected after his death. Cameron went on to say that regardless of his personal opinion about Beck, "... he certainly is dangerous … because his ideas are poisonous." respect for the constitution, personal responsibility, don't buy the b.s. the MSM tells you, yep all danger and arsenic there James... "I couldn't believe when he was on CNN. I thought, what happened to CNN? Who is this guy? Who is this madman? And then, of course, he wound up on FOX News, which is where he belongs, I guess." with all the far-right whack jobs...who, I guess after reading your comments will probably not be renting your dvd's anytime soon. Cameron added that he'd "love to have a dialog with" Beck. with or without four letter expletives tough guy? He then explained why, despite his ongoing and often public disputes with other right-wingers, he believes society needs to have frank and open discussion about lightning rods for conflict like religion and the environment. "They're just people ranting away, lost in their little bubbles of reality, steeped in their own hatred, their own fear and hatred," he said, when asked he responds to "attacks" from the right. "Let's just call it out. Let's have a public discussion. That's what movies are supposed to do, you know, you can have a mindless entertainment film that doesn't affect anybody. I wasn't interested in that." The Hollywood Reporter also notes that Cameron made it very clear he intended people to come away from "Avatar" with more respect for the environment and how our actions are affecting it. "Anybody that is a global-warming denier at this point in time has got their head so deeply up their a-- I'm not sure they could hear me," he said. but let's have a frank, respectful and open civil discussion about things. "I'm less interested in making money for the movie and more interested in saving the world that my children are going to inhabit. How about that? I mean look, I didn't make this movie with these strong environmental anti-war themes in it to make friends on the right, you know.' "Avatar" will be available on DVD and home video on April 22, which also happens to be Earth Day. -yeah, I'll be first in line to rent a movie where evil Marines kill peaceable blue tribesmen...on second thought... |
| Posted by:Broadhead6 |
| #7 Let's advance the discussion with fairytales about smurfs in space. Right. |
| Posted by: lex 2010-03-24 22:33 |
| #6 oops, my bad, I'm a Marine and my buddy told me it was about evil Marines and the hero was a disabled Marine. I don't usually see movies involving smurfs and all the typical far-left shadow corporations running the evil Govt meme. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-03-24 22:19 |
| #5 Avatar works as a sort of sequel to Aliens. Evil corporations, clueless high tech Earth soldiers vs primitives. Only differences are Aliens had Cocky Marines and Avatar had well financed mercs, that and Pandora and her inhabitants were made to be appealing while the Aliens are not. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2010-03-24 21:18 |
| #4 Anybody that is a global-warming denier at this point in time has got their head so deeply up their a-- I'm not sure they could hear me," With a statement like that how could anyone have any type of discussion other than name calling. And with this statement: lost in their little bubbles of reality its hard to believe he would even listen to the facts. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-03-24 18:15 |
| #3 Adding Cameron to my list right after Sean Penn. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2010-03-24 18:09 |
| #2 they weren't evil marines, they were mercenaries. the only Marine is the Hero. |
| Posted by: 746 2010-03-24 14:20 |
| #1 "a mindless entertainment film" Gee I'm not sure you can get any more mindless than Avatar. It conveys a kind of kindergarten view of the world. |
| Posted by: Fester Thaiger8930 2010-03-24 14:10 |