James Cameron’s hypocrite behavior is making the Avatar sequels look painfully petty

James Cameron is about as big as a director as he is at trash talking, but no matter how many times he complains about other franchises, he continues making his own.

In the recent wave of Avatar news and updates on Terminator 6, James Cameron has found himself back in the spotlight after living under the radar for years. As he comes back in our focus, so does his bitter criticisms.

Cameron is famous for his passive-aggressive behavior and perfectionism. It’s his thing. While working on The Abyss, the cast and crew would walk around wearing T-shirts that said, “You can’t scare me-I work for James Cameron.”

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His demands are large and his films even larger. The man has given us some of the most unforgettable cinematic masterpieces of all time that have set the stage for new advancements in the film industry, from visual effects to action sequences.

But in addition to great films, Cameron has another skill that includes nit-picking what he finds overrated. Granted, we all do this, but Cameron is definitely a pot calling the kettle black. There’s no argument that he’s an incredible filmmaker but we can also argue that he’s a big fat hypocrite and his attitude will definitely affect the public reception of his next film.

Last year he angered feminists everywhere by saying Wonder Woman is the opposite of groundbreaking because lead actress Gal Gadot is too attractive. Claiming her outfit was too form fitting and even brought up how Gadot was named Miss Israel in 2004. Guess he forgot to mention that the beautiful Miss Gadot was also in the army as part of Israel’s Defense Forces and how her knowledge of weapons is what inspired Fast & Furious director Justin Lin to cast her as drug trafficker Gisele Yashar.

Cameron just has a thing for rough ladies but saying a female protagonist can’t be groundbreaking because she’s beautiful is silly. We can’t all run around showing off our big guns like Sarah Connor.

Then he went to Marvel and picked on them, citing his superhero fatigue and hoped audiences would stop paying to see comic book movies. This isn’t the first time he’s brought this up, but the most recent comment was on the dawn of Infinity Wars release date back in April. In an interview Cameron said,

"“I’m hoping we’ll start getting ‘Avenger’ fatigue here pretty soon,” he said. “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. It’s like, oy!”"

Now, I’m not in any way hating on his comments alone. Lots of people are getting superhero fatigue and dislike repetitive sequels. Cameron is entitled to say what he thinks and, as a filmmaker, he probably shares some resentment towards movies that make loads of money while running on the simple “good guy beats bad guy” formula.

It’s fine for Cameron to hate franchises, but if he’s going to say all this it shouldn’t be while he’s making four sequels to a franchise that is more or less identical to Marvel’s. It’s as if someone took a Cowboys vs. Indians plot and adapted it for Marvel. Ordinary guy with emotional baggage (typical white savior) who is actually something special, fights a forgettable villain and falls in love with the first tough girl he meets. Yep sounds original to me.