Cameron: "I wanted to avoid fetishism"

James Cameron's new hit, "Avatar: The Way of Water", is breaking viewership records, and the famous director has revealed what did he in the 10-minute clip decided to cut from the film. Cameron revealed to Esquire Middle East that he shortened the film to avoid the action-shooter fetishism. "I wanted to get rid of some of the ugliness, find a balance between light and dark. You have to have conflict, of course." Cameron concluded.

Weapon fetishization

Cameron spoke about action movies he made in the past and said that he didn't know if he wanted to "fetishize guns in our current world" as he did in the Terminator movies more than 30 years ago. The director also stated in a podcast that if he ever makes another Terminator movie, he will focus on the "artificial intelligence aspect" instead of "bad robots gone mad."

On his way to breaking the record

Recall, "Avatar: The Way of Water" exceeded one billion dollars in revenue on the global market in 14 days, and so became the fastest film to cross that amount at the box office this year. With more than $300 million domestically and roughly another $700 million in foreign markets, the long-awaited sequel became the third film of 2022 to earn more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office, placing it alongside the hits "Top Gun: Maverick"  (which took 31 days to surpass that amount) and "Jurassic World: Dominion" (which took more than four months to reach that mark).

By comparison, nine films released in 2019 exceeded $1 billion in worldwide revenue. "The Way of Water" achieved that goal the fastest after "Spider-Man: No Way Home" in 2021, which took 12 days. Interestingly, only six films in history have earned a billion dollars in their first two weeks of release. But also, that result is far from the result of the original film from 2009, which after repeated screenings came close to earning almost three billion dollars. Although the sequel does not seem to be harmed by the 13-year gap between the films, it will still be difficult to approach the amount of the original, considering that the market has not yet fully recovered from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Post By: Vanessa F.