James Cameron

With the immense success of his latest masterpiece, Avatar, James Cameron more than pegs his legendary reputation of being the “Billion Dollar Director” to the long and vibrant history of filmmaking. For starters, Cameron also spearheaded the creation of the most successful films to date, including the highly acclaimed, True Lies, which sported the Austrian muscleman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and of course, the heart wrenching tale of Jack and Rose from the supposedly unsinkable Titanic- both films broke box office records by a skyrocketing margin!
After everything that he has accomplished, it’s beyond anyone’s musing how the living legend pulls off his prevalent silver screen skirmishes. It could be sheer skill honed through years and years of experience, the kind that hyper-flexes over even to the fringes of early childhood. Then again it could be the unyielding will to give nothing but the highest caliber of entertainment, or, for the radically coherent, it could simply be that he was born to do it (Yes, that which is written on one’s destiny slate).
With all these it has been inexorable for someone so accomplished to be pummeled with queries comparing his works. With Avatar scaling the tapering heights, a comparison with his grandest creation, Titanic, becomes almost the humdrum soup served. The latter has been crowned as the highest grossing film ever, sacking over 1.8 billion dollars, the first surges with much promise, breathing at its predecessor’s neck with a whopping 1.3 billion and rising.
While the two part ways early with their genres, the meager yet striking link between the two more than kindles the clash of two of the most unforgettable big screen tales- enter the romantic team-ups. Titanic has been endowed with the Jack Dawson and Rose Dewitt Bukater, two souls from different worlds, entwined by an ephemeral romance aboard the tragic vessel. Avatar on the other hand has been garnered with its Jake Sully, a retired Marine and the Alien love interest, Neytiri. The similarity being that both couple is wedged by caste and stature- and as usual- fate.
When inquired about the two films, Mr. Cameron pinpoints with much efficiency the traits akin to the other, of the star-crossed lovers that has been seeded into the screenplay to add the spark of magic that would literally propel; revolve the engrossing storyline with. He also noted that despite the likeness, the pairs are uniquely created to fit the genre’s hinge, with Avatar’s pair granted with much allowance for their romance to bloom and Titanic’s own forced into a hastened connection by the early demise of their love-boat (Discounting of course fact that Rose swore that her heart will go on).
With Cameron’s magical touch even a rough trinket shines with superseding glamour, and if there was ever a god of filmmaking, he would surely claim a seat as rightful bearer of such prestige- or battle it out with the other most brilliant, if not genius visionaries of the cinematic realm. Whatever the case, or variations inflicted by the ever conflicting interests and perception of an individual, it is incontrovertible that the 55 year-old director from Ontario, Canada has already established himself a most adamant footing on probably the most solid turf in all the career chart.
With such deftness and transitioned charisma, it is understandable how the world all over is already anxious to see the realization of his next creation, entitled Sanctum, the film is due for release sometime within this year. Other films that have gained more than its fervor share of audience include the first and second tier of the famed Terminator franchise: Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, as well as the 1986 sci-fi flick of otherworldly extent, Aliens.