>Hollywood heavyweight director James Cameron didn't

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>Hollywood heavyweight director James Cameron didn't hold back on expressing his dissatisfaction with how the DC heroine was adapted, to the point that he considers the movie a "step backwards." In his words:

>All of the self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood's been doing over Wonder Woman has been so misguided. She's an objectified icon, and 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. 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. And to me, [the benefit of characters like Sarah] is so obvious. I mean, half the audience is female!

>But Jenkins has since responded, and addressed Cameron's criticism with a lengthy post on her social media. She said,

>James Cameron's inability to understand what Wonder Woman is, or stands for, to women all over the world is unsurprising as, though he is a great film maker he is not a woman. Strong women are great. His praise for my film Monster, and our portrayal of a strong yet damaged woman was so appreciated. But if women always have to be hard, tough and troubled to be strong, and we aren't free to be multidimensional or celebrate an icon of women everywhere because she is attractive and loving, then we haven't come very far have we.

>I believe women can and should be EVERYTHING just like male characters should be. There is no right and wrong kind of powerful woman. And the massive female audience who made the film a hit it is, can surely choose and judge their own icons of progress.

JAMES CAMERON AND /tv/ BTFO