Unmistakable Mistake?
It is a usual impression among the common people that sci-fi movies are replete with exaggerated objects like giant robots that could talk and transform into cars, laser guns that could reduce anyone into ash, and even normal antagonists that then become the SuperBug when agitated.
Avatar has made debut when it was released last December. Movie-goers and non-movie-goers alike came flocking theatre houses, like locusts swarming a corn field, during its first weeks, even up until now. There is no end to people who say that this is the best they have seen for years, as much as there is no end to columnists, writers and bloggers who have asserted that James Cameron may have produced the movie that trampled the most renowned movies of all time, including James Bond, Superman, and DC’s XMen and Spiderman.
Also, according to Time, polls have seen that recently, among the movies released on the same time frame, it has the highest earnings. Considering all the movies since time immemorial, it lands second as what earned the highest during its first release. Interestingly, for a straight decade, the title still goes to Titanic, another of, still, James Cameron’s very own creations.
There is no single reason anyone should not admire the over-all aesthetics of the movie, but not until you hear speculations that Cameron might have plagiarised the storyline from Disney’s Pocahontas. Just knowing this, anyone would hardly miss that the clashing of the two giants in the movie industry, like the classic clashing of the ginormous Titanic and the colossal iceberg, would wreak a considerable unidirectional havoc to the party of Cameron. If Cameron did actually bootleg the plot from the other party, then we must say he has not done well enough. If, for any case, it only turned out an utter coincidence and that there had not been any breaching of the intellectual rights and dirty play that happened, then perhaps, considering the law doesn’t take ignorance and thoughtless actions as sound excuses, it’s still an unfortunate twist of fate for him.
Of course I am not in the proper position to judge whether Cameron is guiltless or actually violated the law. But if the rumours were true, I reckon it is reasonable enough to say that Avatar should definitely sink together with the Titanic and his apparent wretched thirst for recognition, which may be the only obvious reason why he might do that. And if they were not, then perhaps it is already implicit that he should be more cautious and watchful of his steps next time he makes a movie again.
