James Cameron Breaks Down How ‘Avatar’ Sequel Stacks Up To Superhero Movies

Filmmaker James Cameron has defined how relatability fueled his 2009 movie “Avatar” and the way its sequel, “Avatar: The Manner of Water,” tackled issues not like these seen in superhero films.

Cameron, whose latest epic has earned an estimated $700 million around the globe, informed TheWrap Journal that the issues his characters face in his unique hit films are “not extraordinary” and tied the success of his first movie to its relatability throughout cultures.

“So it was essential to me that we inform some form of story that was common, so all people offers with fathers and sons, moms and daughters, brothers and sisters, all of that kind of factor,” Cameron mentioned.

“It doesn’t matter what tradition, what language group you’re in, what faith you’re. It’s a common concept.”

Cameron, later within the interview, revealed some matters addressed within the plot of “The Manner of Water” together with teenagers trying to suit into their neighborhood and oldsters seeing their kids “of their other ways” as they navigate life.

He added that the issues seen within the film don’t embody “going up in opposition to some man that’s making an attempt to beat the galaxy.”

“They’ve actual issues. And I’m not dissing superhero films,” Cameron mentioned.

“I really like ’em, they’re our fashionable myths and legends, they’re the Greek gods combating. We love all of that stuff, however that’s not the film I wished to make.”

The feedback aren’t the primary time that Cameron, whose 2009 movie “Avatar” is the highest-grossing movie of all-time forward of “Avengers: Endgame,” has lately weighed in on superhero films.

The filmmaker, throughout an October profile in The New York Instances, informed the newspaper that he wished to “do the factor that different individuals aren’t doing” of their movies earlier than referring to DC and Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

“After I have a look at these massive, spectacular movies — I’m taking a look at you, Marvel and DC — it doesn’t matter how previous the characters are, all of them act like they’re in school,” he mentioned.

“They’ve relationships, however they actually don’t. They by no means cling up their spurs due to their children. The issues that actually floor us and provides us energy, love, and a objective? These characters don’t expertise it, and I feel that’s not the best way to make films.”