James Cameron hates himself
From the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien to the outer-space epics of George Lucas, all myth-making ventures involve a degree of hubris on the part of their creator. But filmmaker James Cameron’s hubris, like his budgets, is bigger than most: The 68-year-old filmmaker takes it as a given that audiences, after all these years, will be as familiar with all this Avatar business as they are with some religions.