James Cameron on Avatar Sequel

James Cameron on Avatar Sequel

James Cameron talks about Avatar and says he would be happy to do a follow-up.

By Ozymandias - Dec 09, 2009 10:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: scifiwire.com

You've heard some of the buzz surrounding filmmaker James Cameron's upcoming 3-D sci-fi epic movie Avatar? Well, Cameron has a message for the haters: You ain't seen nothing yet.

Coming up for air after "four and a half years of intense work," Cameron insists in an exclusive interview that he "consciously made a decision not to read any article or news breaks about Oscar buzz" while he labored to finish the film and also admits that he's been "well aware" of some of the negative fan buzz surrounding the project, based on screenings of early footage and trailers.

I know there's been a lot of talk and speculation about it, but it's kind of like the generic Oscar buzz out there—it's pretty ridiculous when people haven't even see the movie," he says, addressing the issue. "All anyone has seen is the 25 minutes of various scenes we showed at Comic-Con—and that's not the movie! How can fans judge it by that?"

"I set out to make a film that's like the stuff that played on the projection screen of my mind when I was a teenager, informed by science fiction," Cameron says. "And I wanted to do original stuff, all those creatures and landscapes and plants and animals that I'd been drawing and noodling out over some 20 years. And fans really love this kind of depth and detail, so when I began Avatar I really put a lot of energy and focus into a sense of completeness in detail of the world, for that very reason."

If fans are "disappointed" with the film's blue alien race, Cameron stresses that "I wasn't going for the alien. I wasn't going for the ugly and strange. I was going for something that's an expression of beautiful human movement in the film. They symbolize the best of us in the way the film works subconsciously, which I feel is aspirational. What they really are is a heightened sense of ourselves and what we could and should be."

Cameron promises more from the universe of Avatar. It "is not true science fiction in the sense of saying, 'This is what contact with an alien species would be like.' It's not about that at all. It's about how we've lost contact with ourselves in a natural state. So if we fail, it all ends there, but if we are successful then we'll make more films, and that world will continue to flesh itself out and be a place that fans can go to."

"No, it's good, as we had to sell a movie that wasn't a sequel or remake or part of a franchise or based on a best-seller," he says. "It had no brand awareness, and I was more worried about people not even knowing about the film than them kind of arguing about it or having high expectations or having those dashed."

As you might expect, the director who once called himself "the king of the world" says he's "very confident" that once "even hard-core sci-fi fans see the whole movie, they'll get it, because the film will speak for itself. If I can just get 'em in the damn theater, the film will act on them in the way it's supposed to, in terms of taking them on an amazing journey and giving them this rich emotional experience. And it's not really like any other film, and I think that's its greatest asset—and its greatest deficit. You can't compare it to something else."


Avatar opens December 18, 2009.

Thanks to Scifiwire for the info and interview.

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ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 12/10/2009, 6:20 AM
This film must have something up it's sleeve for him to think sequel. I respect his passion and intensity for this project, but still can't see how this is going to make profit. I need to see it before I say something stupid like I did with Star Trek. Turned out I loved the new Trek, hopefully this movie is half as good.
Shaman
Shaman - 12/10/2009, 9:29 AM
I hope this movie is everything they've hyped it up to be. But the only reason that there is so much negativity going around it is because it has been over-hyped. If everyone would just have shut up about it before it came out, we would be all extatic to see the trailers and buy our tickets in advance. Now, the movie is force fed to us as the most revolutionairy film ever made that will change our way of watching movies. That's retarded concidering all the trailers and teasers we've seen that show nothing but average effects and a bland plot. I really hope they're not just riding this shit on the CGI. I really hope that they have a monumentally original film that will live up to it's hype. Otherwise, i won't be happy to have paid 5$ at Wal-Mart to get my copy from the bargin bin in 2 years.
TheGrinch
TheGrinch - 12/10/2009, 11:23 AM
I know i'm probably gonna get slayed for this but.. I just don't think it looks all that epic!.. Stuff like this happens all the time where the creator says "it will change the way you view/hear ____".. like for instance (music example) Matt Delonge (blink-182) on his band Angels & Airwaves, "it will change the way music is heard for future generations, it will be epic!" once released....blah
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 12/10/2009, 12:07 PM
I've been really negative towards the movie in the past but the recent stuff I've read and seen about the film has actually got me looking forward to it!

The effect however dont look that great, Sam Worthington's accent is really awful (not his fault I know, he cant help having an Australian accent) and the plot looks incredibly predictable!

I'll still go and see it and hopefully it will look amazing in 3D - I'm not entirely convinced whether its going to be as good as the hype makes out but we'll wait and see I guess! :)
Macksimus
Macksimus - 12/10/2009, 12:19 PM
There's a big difference between watching the trailers on tv and your computer and actually going to see the movie in theaters. For instance, T4's trailers looked amazing, but the actual movie was less than spectacular.

...I'll wait and see it before I judge it.
Shaman
Shaman - 12/10/2009, 12:26 PM
Macksimus- That's a good point, and there's also the fact that the effects should look better in theaters with the 3D and all. But the plot is still very "meh". I'll wait for reviews. Especially Ror's.
Macksimus
Macksimus - 12/10/2009, 12:52 PM
@Shaman

Yeah bud, the plot is probably what I'm more worried about than anything else. It seems like I already know whats going to happen based on all the info they've been spewing off about it.

...what else is there to know about the plot? It seems so predictable and straight forward.

I might actually decide not to wait for Ror's review and go see this bad boy the day it comes out.
Shaman
Shaman - 12/10/2009, 1:05 PM
Then you should put up a review of your own! The more the merrier :))
Macksimus
Macksimus - 12/10/2009, 1:18 PM
...if I see it, you'll read it.
superdog
superdog - 12/10/2009, 1:21 PM
ill put up a review. going to the imax 3d showing so i will get the full experience. but like everyone else i can pretty much tell you the plot and the ending right now. and im always weary when something is going to change the way we do things. i remember segways were supposed to do that too. aannntttt.....wrongo.
Shaman
Shaman - 12/10/2009, 1:26 PM
KEWL!!! Actually, Avatar is one movie i wouldn't mind reading multiple reviews so i hope plenty of CBMers write one :))
flames809
flames809 - 12/10/2009, 3:42 PM
wow a seguel i hate when they do this plan a sequel and the first one didnt come out yet and cbm user what would be a good movie to do in school?
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