14 DAY TRIAL // James Cameron’s “Avatar” has proved to be the biggest movie of all times, both in terms of performance at the box office and in those of critics’ reception. Hailed as the most groundbreaking production of all times, the film is also up for nine Oscar nominations at this year’s awards ceremony, including one for Best Motion Picture. However, Cameron is positive “Avatar” will not win, as a WENN report says for IMDB.
According to the director, who is also in the run for an award for Best Director, “Avatar” doesn’t really stand a chance at the Oscars. Of course, as we were also telling you on a previous occasion, this is exactly the contrary of what industry insiders are saying, who believe that the film is actually the strongest contender to the title. Even if that turns out to be the case, Cameron is hoping at least his former wife, Kathryn Bigelow, wins, as she’s up for “The Hurt Locker.”
“James Cameron is convinced his sci-fi epic Avatar will lose out at the upcoming Academy Awards, but hopes his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow takes home the Best Picture Oscar instead. Cameron’s blockbuster will go up against Bigelow’s gritty war drama The Hurt Locker for the coveted prize at the upcoming ceremony in March, along with eight other films including Up In The Air, The Blind Side and Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire,” the report says.
It’s not modesty that got him thinking that, though. “Cameron is adamant Oscar bosses weren’t impressed with his speech when he picked up the Best Director trophy for Titanic in 1998, in which he quoted one of the film’s famous lines, telling the crowd, ‘I’m king of the world!’ [He says] ‘I always believe it’s very unlikely that lightening will strike twice. I believe it’s very unlikely that we will win because I made such a jack[expletive] out of myself last time. Although there might be some curiosity about what I might do.’ But Cameron hopes Bigelow’s movie goes on to rule the ceremony instead,” the report further details.
According to Cameron, “The Hurt Locker” should be the film that wins the big prize. Personally, he’d love to win it himself but, since he already has one such statue and granted he’s to lose to anyone, he’d rather that person be Kathryn.