James Cameron on 'Battleship' Movie: "This Degrades the Cinema"

Cameron recently sat down for an interview with the German site Spiegel Online (though our report comes via Movieline), and decided that it was high time he let loose his opinion on Hasbro's ambitious adaptation. He began by pronouncing that "We have a story crisis," and then proceeded to make things a bit more personal: "They want to make the Battleship game into a film... This is pure desperation."

As Cameron's brief rant goes on, it seems that he regards 'Battleship' as a particularly sad case of marque taking precedence over merit. He expounded: "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 just watched Inception (still fun) but the most notable part for me was the trailer for an animated All-Star Superman. Which apparently comes out next month? I'm intrigued, but Quitely's art is such a huge part of that book, and the animation did not impress.

Pics of Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander.

I liked the original movie, but I'm also looking forward to Fincher's.

I liked her in The Social Network. Those pictures disturb me a little. Kinda dead-eyed in the second.

Is she related to Kate?

They're sisters.

Before and After - they kind of blunked out her eyebrows.

Cool. I love Kate, and love that she's a huge football fan (I mean it's clear why, it's just awesome to me).

I've liked her since Jack and Bobby.

That and Everwood. I somehow thought those were closer in time, but imdb tells me I'm wrong.

wow. well, that's how Lisbeth Salander is supposed to look, more or less.

Less well-endowed though.