Tuesday, January 26 2010
Apologies to James Cameron: ‘Avatar’ a Sign of Changing Cinema
'Avatar' is pop culture at its most popular. It captured the world immediately, and I never saw it coming. I predicted all hype but didn't think Cameron could do it. Again.
Thursday, December 17 2009
Blue World: James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’
Cameron's evocations of everything from Blackwater's Iraq massacres to the Trail of Tears gives his story an uncommon resonance. This is a whole new kind of science fiction filmmaking, something particularly grandly spectacular, even if occasionally daft and overblown.
Friday, December 14 2007
Titanic: 10th Anniversary Edition
While it's understandable that after raising one of film history's most massive success stories from the depths of potential financial ruin, Cameron might rest on his laurels a bit, you sometimes get the feeling that he has spent a good chunk of his post-Titanic life still thinking about Titanic.
Thursday, April 24 2003
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
Bill Paxton's banal banter and overacting alienate us, as we try to ignore him and focus on the live-action images of Titanic.
