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When "Wonder Woman" landed the number-one spot on its opening weekend with a haul of more than $100 million, fans cheered that the success of the film, which was directed by Patty Jenkins, was a victory for women everywhere.
Director James Cameron isn't so sure about that.
In a new interview with the Guardian newspaper Cameron said that the protagonist of the film, actress Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, was "an objectified icon."
Gal Gadot in a scene from "Wonder Woman."
“All of the self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood’s been doing over 'Wonder Woman' has been so misguided," he said. "It’s just male Hollywood doing the same old thing! I’m not saying I didn’t like the movie but, to me, it’s a step backwards."
"Wonder Woman," which set a new record for an opening weekend of a female-directed feature, has been lauded for inspiring young girls and dispelling the myth that female-driven movies won't attract as big of an audience as those with a male lead. Prior to the film's release, Jenkins told ABC News that getting the film made was a decade-long challenge.
"It got lost in this strange belief system that action movies were only for boys and that superheroes were only for boys," she explained. "[But] comics have always had a bunch of great female characters and a bunch of great female superheroes."
"I think [Wonder Woman] is the grand, classic superhero ... of which there are very few," Jenkins continued. "Many of the superheroes stand for different, smaller things. She is a hero: uncomplicated, loving, kind. Also sexy, cool, tough, badass."
Her tenacity paid off. Warner Bros. announced last month that a sequel to the movie will hit theaters on Dec. 13, 2019.
In his critique of the movie, Cameron pointed to the female lead in "The Terminator," which he directed, as a better heroine.
"Sarah Connor was not a beauty icon. She was strong, she was troubled, she was a terrible mother, and she earned the respect of the audience through pure grit," he said. "To me, [the benefit of characters like Sarah] is so obvious. I mean, half the audience is female!”
When pressed as to why so few movies have powerful female characters, Cameron admitted he didn't know.
"There are many women in power in Hollywood and they do get to guide and shape what films get made," he said. "I can’t account for it. Because how many times do I have to demonstrate the same thing over again? I feel like I’m shouting in a wind tunnel!”
(ABC)
