James Cameron vs John Carpenter

[futurefields]

Cameron: The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar

Carpenter: Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Escape From New York, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live


Cameron is a much more ambitious and probably has more "raw talent" (whatever that means when it comes to film making) but I like watching Carpenters movies more lol

 

[MajinCry]

For a moment there, I thought you typed "David Cameron".

John Carpenter sounds like a name used in a Nigerian email scam, so he loses by default.

 

[Crono]

 

[MongGrel]

Why do you keep posting the same threads just changing one director out or another out ?

What is the point ?

 

[futurefields]

Where do you get that I'm just changing one director out?

 

[Ichinisan]

Why do you keep posting the same threads just changing one director out or another out ?

What is the point ?

The 2 usually share something in common that makes them comparable. In this case, just the initials "J.C." -– which isn't much.

 

[futurefields]

Lol they have more in common than that...

 

[poofyhairguy]

This one isn't close.

 

[Paratus]

This one isn't close.

 

[Ichinisan]

This one isn't close.

This.

 

[Muse]

Let's put it this way. I have seen every single one of those Cameron movies and not a single one of those Carpenter movies (that I can recall, i.e. if I've seen them, they were not memorable... probably none!). Who's better?

 

[futurefields]

Let's put it this way. I have seen every single one of those Cameron movies and not a single one of those Carpenter movies (that I can recall, i.e. if I've seen them, they were not memorable... probably none!). Who's better?

What a joke. Never seen The Thing? Opinion disqualified.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

What a joke. Never seen The Thing? Opinion disqualified.

or Halloween? jesus, that's just sad.

 

[DarkZeratul]

I've seen all those movies, except 'Halloween' which, incidentally, I haven't the least intention to see... So I like both, they're great directing and producing films!

 

[dr150]

Carpenter regressed.....just like Lucas.

 

[MongGrel]

Carpenter regressed.....just like Lucas.

This more or less.

 

[futurefields]

So you like Cameron better?

 

[MrRamon]

Cameron by far. The Abyss, Aliens, and Terminator......... trifecta of goodness.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

This.

I wholeheartedly agree! John Carpenter by miles.

 

[MongGrel]

So you like Cameron better?

They both are about the same.

One just has a lot more current movies.

So unless Carpenter pulls a new movie out of his butt, it really isn't a thing.

I think he has pretty much retired.

 

[blankslate]

James Cameron made some Sci-Fi classics

John Carpenter made horror and sci-fi tinged horror some of which are cult classics. I would argue that The Thing is actually a classic not just a cult classic and it is the film adaptation closest to the short story / Novella "Who goes there?" that the movie versions were based on.

I like them both for different reasons and they both have more film making talent than anyone posting in this thread unless one of you is secretly Steven Spielberg or something.

*e2a*

found a page where you can get the pdf format of the magazine that published the John W. Campbell story the Thing is based on.

http://www.pulpmags.org/astounding_stories_page.html

it's the august 1938 issue.


....

 

[ImpulsE69]

Yea, I like some of both their movies a lot, and not so much others. Just like any director. Although when I think about it, there's a lot more Cameron films that I like, but I think his catalog overall is fewer, but newer, while Carpenter kind of peaked back in the 80's. The Thing is one of my favorite films, as is Big Trouble in Little China. But most of his films are more B fare.



I was keeping this a secret but I'm Micheal Bay bitches!

 

[zinfamous]

Carpenter regressed.....just like Lucas.

Carpenter knew what he was doing in that flick. If you didn't get it, that's your problem.

I wholeheartedly agree! John Carpenter by miles.

exactly. fuck Cameron...but he gave us some great shit. ...well, T1 and the Abyss, really. that's it.

Alien was shit tons better than Aliens, and T2 was weaksauce compared to T1.

Carpenter was the man. He made Kurt Russell. fuck all you haters.

 

[MongGrel]

 

[smitbret]

Carpenter knew what he was doing in that flick. If you didn't get it, that's your problem.



exactly. fuck Cameron...but he gave us some great shit. ...well, T1 and the Abyss, really. that's it.

Alien was shit tons better than Aliens, and T2 was weaksauce compared to T1.

Carpenter was the man. He made Kurt Russell. fuck all you haters.

If we could wash away the mess that was Avatar, there's not really a James Cameron directed movie that wasn't at least 'Good bordering Great'.

John Carpenter has some that are borderline 'B' movie mixed in with his greats.

A better comparison might be Ridley Scott vs. James Cameron. A lot of that is going to depend on how Prometheus fleshes out. Unless he bombs on the sequel(s), I think the future will be a lot kinder to Prometheus than the present.