James Cameron Says His AVATAR VFX Tech Beats Marvel's Thanos, Saying "Give Me a Break... It's Not Even Close"
Academy Award-winning director James Cameron has a lot of pride in the technology he has developed to make the make the big-budget box office-busting movies he creates. He did it for Titanic, and he has pushed the boundaries of visual effects to the limits in his Avatar movies. He is now even going to far as to brag about how much better his visuals are than those used by Marvel in their biggest films, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, when they created the villainous Thanos.
Cameron recently sat down with ComicBook, and discussed the MCU’s effects versus his own, saying:
“Obviously the big comic book films have been driving the sheer volume of the industry… the rising tide of technique raises everybody together. It gives you higher quality artists, more tools and plug-ins and code [to use]. You’ve got more talented people writing code out there.
“Our team at WETA Digital is constantly having new hires, and it’s coming out of that pool,” Cameron continued. “So it improves everything. That said, WETA Effects, as it’s called now, is the best. Right? Industrial Light & Magic does great work, but when it comes to the kind of emotive facial stuff that we’re doing… Thanos? Come on. Give me a break. You saw [‘Avatar: The Way of Water’]. It’s not even close. It’s what WETA did.”
He had started the interview saying he wasn’t going to diss Marvel or DC, but that frame of mind clearly didn’t last. Cameron has historically been tough on the comic book movie genre, and he obviously believes he’s doing superior work. But I think the numbers of the superhero movies speak for themselves, and though his tech is undeniably incredible, I am still skeptical that this sequel is going to bring in the numbers that will keep the franchise afloat.
What do you think? Will Avatar: The Way of Water hit it out of the box office ballpark? We will see when it is released on December 16th, 2022.
via: Variety