It’s pretty hard to argue against James Cameron’s greatness in the world of film and with three of the highest grossing films of all time under his belt, he has every reason to stretch a little extra. Something he also in a recent interview took the opportunity to compare himself and Avatar to JRR Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Not just the movies, in other words, but also the books.
“I was trying to do a simulation of, OK, I’m Peter Jackson making Lord of the Rings except Lord of the Rings doesn’t exist yet, so I need to go be Tolkien and create Lord of the Rings, and then I can go be Peter Jackson.”
“A little bit cheeky and ambitious. But I wasn’t adapting some big pantheon of books that existed. I had to go do that.”
Now, Cameron is not a man who is immediately known for being shy, but it is clearly brave to compare himself to one of the most acclaimed writers in world history.
What do you think, is the man in the nightcap talking or does he have a point?
