Quote Originally Posted by Shiny View Post
I heard him speak on a show already. That was enough for me. You may think it's hard to make a film like that because you don't know how to go about doing it or don't have the tools to do it to your advantage. But, like I said it's not when you do. Maya can make the CG you see in the film and there are plenty people I know who work in Maya -- it can be a fun program. It's weird how much you seem to obsess about this guy like he's some sort of God of filmmaking when he makes the most subpar scripts in the history of it. With that said, I did enjoy Avatar. But Best Director he is not. Not this year anyway.
Well first of all the interview I posted goes much more in-depth into how Avatar was made than other interviews with him. I strongly urge you to watch it before you go on like you know what your talking about.

And I do have a lot of respect for James Cameron and have no idea what peoples beef with him is. He is one of the few directors who isn't just going for a quick buck. He wants to push film making to the next level and for the most part succeeds every time. And as far as his scripts go, well you clearly didn't understand what his intentions were for Avatar. He wanted it to be a commercial film. Family entertainment if you will. I doubt he is looking back at some of the cheesy lines and thinking to himself "I'm so clever for putting that in there". I think it takes a certain degree of honesty to not try and be overly clever with your script. To prove James Cameron can make a decent script, go watch Aliens, arguably the most quotable movie of all time.