Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 22, 2018 14:12:18 GMT -5
James Cameron recently commented on the superhero genre once more, saying that he hopes Avengers fatigue sets in soon.
According to IndieWire, Cameron openly critiqued the Avengers series when speaking to reporters this weekend, saying, "I’m hoping we’ll start getting Avenger fatigue here pretty soon. Not that I don’t love the movies. It’s just, come on guys, there are other stories to tell besides hyper-gonadal males without families doing death-defying things for two hours and wrecking cities in the process."
With a saga of his own coming to fruition in the next four instalments of the Avatar movies, Cameron has a different take on how stories of such a magnitude can be handled.
"I’ve found myself as a father of five starting to think about what would an Avatar story be like if it was a family drama. What if it was The Godfather? It’s a generational family saga. That’s very different than the first film. There’s still the same setting and the same respect for the shock of the new," he explained.
"We still want to show you things that you haven’t even seen or imagined, but the story is very different," Cameron added. "It’s a continuation of the same characters… but what happens when warriors who are willing to go on suicide charges and leap off cliffs, what happens when they grow up and have their own kids? It becomes a very different story."
This isn't the first time Cameron has taken a superhero film to task, critiquing Wonder Woman last year, calling it a "step backwards" for Hollywood. Despite receiving flak for his comments, with backlash from Lynda Carter who portrayed the character in the 1970s TV show, Cameron stood by his criticism of the film.
Because of his work on the Avatar series, Cameron says he doesn't have his "finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist today" and doesn't "know where tastes are going in respect to science fiction."
According to IndieWire, Cameron openly critiqued the Avengers series when speaking to reporters this weekend, saying, "I’m hoping we’ll start getting Avenger fatigue here pretty soon. Not that I don’t love the movies. It’s just, come on guys, there are other stories to tell besides hyper-gonadal males without families doing death-defying things for two hours and wrecking cities in the process."
With a saga of his own coming to fruition in the next four instalments of the Avatar movies, Cameron has a different take on how stories of such a magnitude can be handled.
"I’ve found myself as a father of five starting to think about what would an Avatar story be like if it was a family drama. What if it was The Godfather? It’s a generational family saga. That’s very different than the first film. There’s still the same setting and the same respect for the shock of the new," he explained.
"We still want to show you things that you haven’t even seen or imagined, but the story is very different," Cameron added. "It’s a continuation of the same characters… but what happens when warriors who are willing to go on suicide charges and leap off cliffs, what happens when they grow up and have their own kids? It becomes a very different story."
This isn't the first time Cameron has taken a superhero film to task, critiquing Wonder Woman last year, calling it a "step backwards" for Hollywood. Despite receiving flak for his comments, with backlash from Lynda Carter who portrayed the character in the 1970s TV show, Cameron stood by his criticism of the film.
Because of his work on the Avatar series, Cameron says he doesn't have his "finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist today" and doesn't "know where tastes are going in respect to science fiction."
