James Cameron is not done with Marvel and DC! Less than a month from the release of Avatar 2, the director reiterates his criticisms, considering The Way of the Water as his response to superhero films.
In less than a month, the public will finally be able to discover Avatar 2, 13 years after the release of the first opus in 2009! On December 14, James Cameron’s film risks taking everything in its path! Will he do better than the Marvel superheroes?
Asked by GQ, James Cameron approached the subject frankly, explaining that The Way of the Water will be for him a way of criticizing the fashion for superhero films.
“In conscience, I was like, ‘All these superheroes never have kids. They never really have to deal with the real things that anchor you in the real world, that make you feel like a colossus with feet of clay”he points out.
The creator of Pandora then confides that the characters of The Way of the Water will have to fight for their people, but above all, for their children. In this sense, “their instinct pushes them not to be afraid and to do crazy things”says James Cameron.
“But they have to think of their children before risking their own lives, which raises the stakes for the film”analyzes the director, who sees Avatar 2 as his response to Marvel / DC hegemony and the fashion for superheroes.
Last October, the Canadian was already attacking Marvel and DC at the microphone of the New York Times, words that echo those of today. The director first recounted how Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) matured in Avatar 2, whose action takes place fifteen years after that of the first film.
“Zoe and Sam, 15 years later, are now playing parents. I, a father of five, wonder, ‘What happens when these characters mature and realize they have a responsibility that goes beyond their own survival?’”.
When I watch these really big, really spectacular films – I’m aiming at you, Marvel and DC – it doesn’t matter how old the characters are, they all act like they’re in middle school.
Cameron then makes a comparison with the Marvel and DC films. “When I watch these really big, really spectacular movies – I’m aiming at you, Marvel and DC – it doesn’t matter how old the characters are, they all act like they’re in middle school”insists the filmmaker, particularly frank.
“They have relationships, but not really”he continues. “They never hang up the gloves because of their kids, those things that really ground us and give us power, love, purpose. These characters don’t live that and I think that’s not the way to make films”, concluded the father of Terminator and Titanic.
James Cameron is definitely not going to make friends with superhero studios and their fans. Lately, Tarantino had also strongly criticized Marvel.
“A consequence of the Marvel-ization of Hollywood is that you have all these actors who rose to fame playing these characters. But they’re not movie stars, are they?”he asked in the podcast 2 Bears, 1 Cave.
“The star is Captain America. Or Thor. I’m not the first to say this. I think it’s been said a billion times…but franchise characters become stars. My only criticism against them is that they seem to be the only films to be made”he lamented.
“And the only thing that seems to generate even a little bit of excitement with the public and the studio that makes them. There’s not really a lot of space for anything else. That’s my concern”reproached the director of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs.
Avatar 2 will land in France on December 14.