Director of the Avatar franchise James Cameron he recently sat down with TIME for an interview and discussed a few things in relation to the superhero movie genre. He talked about how he can relate to Mad Titan, Thanos, and also the lack of female-directed superhero movies.
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First, let’s talk about Cameron’s affinity for Thanos. When he brings it up, he says he thinks Thanos had a “workable answer.” He said:
“I can relate to Thanos. I thought you had a pretty workable answer. The problem is, no one is going to raise their hand to volunteer to be the half that has to go.
I know a good number of people who feel the same way, many people think that Thanos was right! We now know that Cameron is one of them. The director has the magic touch when it comes to making movies, but if half the population had been wiped off the planet, his movies wouldn’t have made as much money as they did!
The director continued to discuss his previous criticisms Wonder Woman, when he stated that in the past the character’s clothing served “an objectified paradigm”. She clarified:
“I have no problem with Wonder Woman. I loved the movie. What escaped me at the time was that it’s okay if the woman wants to be beautiful and dress well not for the male gaze, but for her own gaze in the mirror, right? Maybe I had missed that part at the time. You know, life is tripping up and people push back and we talk about it and things get better.
Cameron then talked about the lack of female-directed superhero and action films these days. He has praised his ex-wife, director Kathryn Bigelow, and says he wants to see a Batman film directed by a woman.
“It needed a female director to own a big action movie, even if Kathryn Bigelow had been doing it for a while. She would have turned down any superhero movie she was offered if she was a female lead. And that’s the healthiest perspective, I think, personally. Why don’t women direct the male characters? Ask a woman to direct Batman. Now you’re talking.”
Cameron makes a good point there. What do you think of what the director said in this recent interview?
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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