Quote Originally Posted by ZEUS View Post
When I watch Avatar I admire Cameron's problem solving methods for the telling of the story; I just feel as if he told too small a story and used fantastical imagery as a replacement... yet in that department he did a fantastic job... or his team did, whatever.
This is precisely one of the things I love about Cameron's films. Like I said in my review, he is very good at walking the razor's edge of 'suspension of disbelief'. Unlike suck-ball directors like Michael Bay who would rather assume the audience is filled with idiots, Cameron puts the 'science' in sci-fi. I don't think he does anything in his films without thinking about it realistically. That is what makes him a great film maker.

And Justin, I know the feeling. I have had so many ideas over the years that I see fleshed out by someone else on the big screen. The bottom line is, that there is always someone out there thinking the same thing as you, or pretty damn close anyways.

Look at 'Book of Eli'. I saw so much in that film that I have already thought about, visually anyways.

Bart