Director James Cameron is convinced that the visual effects in Avatar: The Way of the Water are going to blow away the fans.
James Cameron does not want any comparisons concerning the visual effects of his new film Avatar 2: The Way of Water with Marvel, proclaiming that the motion capture and building of emotive faces from VFX are “not even close”. Both Avatar and Marvel films use comprehensive motion capture technology so that actual actors can play supernatural creatures.
“Apparently, the big comic book films have been driving the sheer volume of the industry,” James replied when asked about the superabundance of recent Marvel movies and whether they have enabled him in any way to expand the bar of Visual Effects. “The rising surge of technique lifts everyone together. It provides you with higher quality artists, more tools and plug-ins, and code [to use]. You’ve got more skillful people writing code out there.”
Replying to the question posed by ComicBook.com, the Titanic (1997) director said, “Our crew at WETA Digital [the New Zealand effects company cofounded by Peter Jackson] is always having fresh talented hires, and it’s coming out of that pool, so it enhances and improves everything. That said, WETA FX, as it’s known as of now, is the most unmoving. Correct? Industrial Light & Magic does wonderful work, but when it comes to the type of expressive emotive facial stuff that we’re doing… Thanos? Come on. Give me a break. You saw [Avatar: The Way of Water]. It’s not even the nearest. It’s what WETA did.”
The filmmaker has been critical of the characters in Marvel and DC films before too, having said how the characters in those movies mainly act like they are in college and that he aims to bring maturity in terms of depiction in his Avatar movies which are lacking in those films. Avatar: The Way of Water got ecstatic reviews from an earlier press screening, and is all ready and set for a release in cinemas – in 3D and IMAX – on December 16.
