James Cameron Calls Movies Like BATTLESHIP "Desperate" and "Ridiculous"

As you know Peter Berg is currently directing a film for Universal Pictures based on the popular Milton Bradley game Battleship, only they've added an alien invasion to it with space ships that can jump on water. I've always hated the idea of this film, and it's good to know that director James Cameron feels the same way.

Here's is what Cameron had to say in a recent interview:

We have a story crisis. Now they want to make the Battleship game into a film. This is pure desperation. Everyone in Hollywood knows how important it is that a film is a brand before it hit theaters. If a brand has been around, Harry Potter for example, or Spider-Man, you are light years ahead. And there lies the problem. Because unfortunately these franchises are become more ridiculous. Battleship. This degrades the cinema.

I don't think there's a huge story crisis, there were a good amount of great films this year that shows Hollywood is still making good movies, but Hollywood is also riddled with a ton of crappy films that still continue to get made. I also think it's absolutley ridiculous that they are making movies out of classic board games and toys like Battleship, Monopoly, Candyland, Stretch Armstrong and others. Every time I see films like this going into production I can't help but role my eyes. 

Just because Liam Neeson is in the Battleship doesn't mean it's going to be good, remember he was in Clash of the Titans as well. 

Bleeding Cool then reports, "Cameron went on to say that the only reason Warner Bros split the last Harry Potter book into two films is because the studio knew it would be able to make more money. He called the move "excessive." Cameron, meanwhile, released Avatar in theaters twice, created two separate DVD/Blu-ray editions of the film and is now converting Titanic to 3D."

Yeah, even though I agree with everything Cameron said,  I think it's safe to say that even he's part of the problem, even though he doesn't think he is.