James Cameron says watching films on an iPhone is "dumb"

Kind of a dumb article, but notice how revealing Cameron is-- "especially if they're paying for it" seems to belie his sense of artistic outrage. On the other side of the argument, how watching a film on a tiny screen 'supplements' the big screen version is beyond me… unless you're memorizing dialogue. I really want to go out to the great outdoors on a camping trip and …watch movies. Not. I guess the iPhone is just an interim measure until they perfect affordable projection glasses or a chip in your head, so you don't have to experience the real world at all once you've left the theater.

Maybe we just need a 3D iPhone?

Yea shell out the big bucks to view big boobs from Titanic and hot blue alien sex. I think not. Cameron, comments like these just make you want to make copies of their work and give away the free love.

Watching movies on iPhone is dumb. And this vinyl stuff I keep hearing about is stupid, too. And wax cylinders. If it ain't live, the way the musicians intended it, you're missing out. Worthless. Destroy all your CDs, mp3s, and records now. And those e-books. If it ain't on vellum bound in leather, it's not a real book!

Sorry James, not everybody flies private jet with big plasma TVs... Watching a movie on an iPhone is better than not watching a movie at all!

The only videos I have on my iPod touch are either music videos to listen to in the car or the occasional viral video that I want to quickly show somebody, which are usually low enough quality that viewing it on a computer screen would be even more painful. I've tried viewing movies on the iPod, but I found that because of the rounded edges it would slip when I would try to stand it up and holding it for 90 minutes gets a little tiring.

But then again, I'm not much of a moviephile. I definitely could not justify shelling out several thousand dollars for an HD Blu-Ray 3D experience set. I'm more than content with my four year old HDTV and its similarly aged Philips DVD player. HD is gorgeous, but its not my cup of tea.

I think it DUMB to watch any James Cameron flick

So I say everyone illegally downloads Avatar...cuz ya know, he "can't stop you" then.

What James Cameron's quote says is that watching HIS movies, specifcally Avatar, on a phone would be dumb [since it's mostly eye-candy not brain-candy]

People watch many different kinds of movies. They may be fewer and further between but there are still "brain-candy" movies that don't lose anything on a tiny screen.

What an odd remark for anyone to make. It's not like I sit at home and watch movies on my iPhone. It's more like I'm on an airplane on my way to Asia, it's a long flight and I've decided that I want to watch a movie I have stored on my iPhone to take away some of the boredom of the long flight. But I won't go out of my way to load Avatar on my iPhone just so I can watch it in all its 3D glory. I mean, really!