James Wan Quotes
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We think craft is important, and the irony has always been that horror may be disregarded by critics, but often they are the best-made movies you're going to find in terms of craft. You can't scare people if they see the seams.
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I think, like most people, we are familiar with Aquaman. We grew up reading or watching this character on the peripheral. I was never so in depth with Aquaman as, let's say, I was with X-Men.
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I thought the marketing was really smart and really clever and unique at the time. It positioned 'Saw' as a horror film that was different from the other horror films that were in the crowded marketplace.
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I think before 'Saw' came along, there really wasn't a movie franchise that actually went out there and said, 'We're going to come out with one every year during Halloween and make that our trademark.'
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I always say it's very difficult when you're tackling something like 'Spider-Man' or 'Batman' that has been done so many times before.
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'Death Sentence' really is a throwback to the '70s style revenge drama with moments of action. It's like a contemporary 'Death Wish' with a much more thriller style storyline, but the action scenes I shot very much in the style of '70s films like 'The French Connection.'
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It's very difficult to get an audience to be terrified of what's going on. Think about it: You're in a room with so many other people, so for them to be terrified and to care about what's going on on-screen takes a lot of work.
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I'd love to be a filmmaker and look back and be like, 'Ah, man, we were part of that whole '80s video nasty thing!'
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If you care about the characters, then whatever scary thing happens to them, you feel it even more.
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People used to always complain that horror films have no stories, that it's all just about kills and stuff like that.
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'Insidious 2' is a direct continuation of the first movie. We literally pick up from where we left off at the end of the first film. And whereas the first movie is a twist on the haunted house genre, the second movie is a twist on the classic domestic thriller.
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There's two aspects of film crafting that I'm very strict about, and that's how I move my camera and where I cut the film.
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All my movies are about people with some ideology, but guess what? It never works out.
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We all agreed that violence begets violence, and you can't solve issues with more violence.
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I think Mel Gibson could make 'Passion of the Christ' because he really believed in it and gave it his all.
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Ask anyone, and they'll tell you that most of the good horror films made in the U.S. are indie films. You might get 'The Ring' or 'The Others,' but most are independently produced.
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What I realized is that it doesn't matter how big or small your film is. The actual filmmaking process, the actual storytelling, it's still the same thing. It's still all about creating characters that you like and creating moments that get you excited or get you tense.
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I try to keep the number of projects I'm involved in down to one per year.
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The great thing about the 'Fast and Furious' world is everything is up for speculation. Yes, anything is a possibility.
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The kind of filmmaker that I am, even my darker horror films generally are still very fun. And I think that's important for me and the kind of films I make.
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I don't think action alone is enough to sustain a film franchise. There are tons of action movies out there that come and go and people don't care about.
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As a director you're always so busy - you're go, go, go, you're always moving, moving, moving - so I'm not actually privy to all the weird stuff that's happening around me, but for a lot of the cast and crew, that's what I hear stories from them about weird stuff happening.
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I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.
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If you're great, I want to work with you.