AvatarTheWayOfWater's James Cameron explains why so many of his movies, regardless of genre, include love stories. 'As I try to figure out how to create real emotional stakes for the characters, my stories somehow always become love stories.'
James Cameron, the director of Avatar: The Way of Water, opens up about the reasons he often features love stories in his films. Cameron is behind some of the biggest blockbusters ever made, launching his career with The Terminator, which kicked off a franchise. After that, he directed Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens, and True Lies before making Titanic, which went on to be the highest-grossing movie ever at the time.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY While speaking with Empire magazine, Cameron opened up about why love stories are so prominent in his films. While Titanic is the most obvious of his movies to highlight romance, Cameron elaborates on his other works, speaking on how they begin as genre projects, like Terminator or The Abyss. However, the director then works on "how to create real emotional stakes for the characters," which ultimately leads to him including love stories.
"I've always said "all of my movies are love stories," but I wouldn't say my creative process necessarily starts there, except for the obvious one: Titanic. I pitched it as "Romeo and Juliet on a sinking ship," so it was a love story from the jump.
Trailers for Avatar: The Way of Water have shown that Jake and Neytiri have started a family since the first film. With the movie seemingly featuring their family dynamic so prominently, Cameron has already set the emotional stakes in place. While the action is bound to be a spectacle to behold, the core of the story will see their family struggling to deal with both new and familiar threats to their home world of Pandora, which will likely put them all in danger.
Many details surrounding Avatar: The Way of Water are still under wraps. However, with Cameron's past films and his reliance on love stories to grip the audience, the sequel is set to deliver the same in new and exciting ways. So while audiences know James Cameron can deliver on the action in Avatar: The Way of Water, the film is sure to also highlight another love story, keeping audiences holding their breath through each tense moment.
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