He's said it in a few interviews so maybe it's his actual view instead. No reason for cynicism

Haha, he is actually dissing James Cameron. In every interview of those two together Cameron is always poking and dissing Tarantino so he probably doesn't like him so much. Tarantino basicly responded to the question with : "Change my movies to be more like his? Fuck no. It's a big CGI fest and it's one of those hollywood themeparkrides." And he is kind of quoting Scorsese the great artist and director when he talked about big corporate hollywood movies like Marvel.

@@paperstormz2232 exactly.

@@paperstormz2232Quentin can’t do what James Cameron does and vice versa

@@paperstormz2232The panel is from 2010. He's not quoting Martin Scorsese at all, who didn't make his comments about superhero movies being "theme park rides" until a decade later.

A real dumb ass you mean?

You completely misinterpreted this short video. Avatar was Tarantino's favorite movie of 2009. He LOVED it. The "Just because he did it in 3D" comment was like a fun jab between friends. Just to lighten the mood. Now if I didn't know any better, I would also have assumed that Tarantino hated it, because of the story and it's so family friendly compared to Cameron's other films. But he didn't.

I think Tarantino is a massive fan of Camerons. He said one of his most memorable film going experiences was seeing Aliens in the cinema for the first time and being completely blown away.

yeah, shame Titanic was the result.

tarantino is right here, cuz he did it in 3d? lol avatar sucked

@@alanmacdonald1457 Saying Avatar sucked just makes you look like a thoughtless contrarian. You can say that it's overrated, and at the very *least*, it's better than average.

@@Taegreth it had nice visual effects literally everything else about it was subpar

Maybe the world is original, but Cameron writes pretty one dimensional characters and let's face it, Avatar is Dances with Wolves reimagined.

Well he did do Aquaman….iykyk

Original?!?!?! Um.....have you seen anything Cameron has done? Nothing he does is original.

@@brandonsmith9098 Nothing anybody does is original, idiot. Everybody is subconsciously driven by their influences. Back on the baby formula for you.

@@joydivsion77 "Idiot" oh wow. Did I insult you by pointing out that Cameron's works aren't "original". Oh dear. I'd work on that temper if I were you. That's not how you engage with people in civil society. Secondly, there's a difference between originality and influence. Cameron lacks both as large portions of his filmography are basically repackaged versions of other films Titanic (Romeo and Juliet), Avatar (Dance with Wolves), Aliens (sequel to Alien), Terminator (stolen from Harlan Ellison). No baby formula for me, but you seem to need some.

lol avatar was awful

@@alanmacdonald1457 : Storywise Avatar was.... let's say rather unimaginative. But that doesn't change the fact that the CGI was very very impressive and it unlike other CGI it has aged rather well and looks good, even by today's standards.

Yeah.. you can tell he thinks _Avatar_ is a piece of shit movie, but just admires the heck out of James Cameron.

@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Tarantino listed Avatar as his favorite movie of 2009

@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns if you think Avatar is bad you don't understand movies

@@patrickthompson6885 midwit cynics hating on Avatar just go against the grain and think they’re geniuses. (I concede, though, that the second Avatar is shit)

@@LarryHazard It's not shit, but it's bland and just visuals. I can't remember a minute of it for my life... meanwhile, I can quote dozens of lines from QT's movies

The hate CG gets is a little overblown. Of course practical is better (except for larger scale things, look at the effects at the beginning of the blob 1988 and then the ones at the climax of the film) but it’s really all about how you mesh them together and Cameron clearly understands that. He could’ve done something easier like filming with wires and having the actors pretending it’s water but that’s not good enough for Cameron. Same thing with mo-cap. Cameron is dedicated enough to revolutionize mo-cap tech not just so it looks pretty but so the actors can actually have range in their performance. Avatar is a movie that you really can’t make in live action so he goes all out and tries to make the best of what he has in a digital realm. I think of all the work his team does to progress the technology all goes to the quality of the film, the mo-cap is a huge step forward for capturing real emotions and instead of doing it with a computer Cameron decides to go with something that will help the actors. The famous George Lucas quote about effects being a tool for storytelling applies more to Cameron than to George since George spent a lot of time re-editing his films to add more unecessary stuff but Cameron’s vfx are all done to service a story.

There is no problem w CG when it's done right. There are movie like last Ant Man which has awful CG and on the other hand you have Dune which has CG done really good.

Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg raising their glasses like Leonardo dicapio and holding poster of Lord of the rings and Jurassic world on the other hand ?

@@saifalam2030 Did you mean to write world instead of park or was that a mistake

All of my film friends hate 3D and CGI in general but there was never a question we were watching Avatar in 3D. James Cameron just has that affect on people.

Only if it's done correctly and doesn't just check off a list

What do you think Marvel has been doing for nearly 15 years lol

not what he said at all

Nintendo is for gaming dummy..........not cinema. A film like Avatar is the height of cinema.

CGI is just the technology to do on screen what they've been doing to the sound for your entire life.

@@michaelmorningstar8645 There's far more to Avatar than just CGI.

@@michalsavatar7 CGI is the only thing about Avatar that's not rote and hack.

you never complain about the often missed moments of cgi even during heavy practical effects movie. CGI isn't the problem it's how its used. Just like Apocalypse in X-Men being practical was a negative.

That's total BS.

LOL you're a fool

Avatar's CGI is amazing though. It's not lazy, it's impossible to make it the spectacle it is without CGI

@@benjaminlundback8394 It's boring.

@@michaelmorningstar8645 subjective. The CGI is objectively amazing though

JFC. As if Quentin Tarantino is known for not sharing his opinions, or criticizing movies that are popular or beloved. Please. Tarantino is always very vocal about what his favorite movies of the year are. He talked Avatar up repeatedly as one of his favorites of 2009. No equivocation, ifs, ands, or buts about it. He loved it.

And then he got BETTER in the 21st century, but some of the audience were still stuck in the 1990s and couldn't appreciate his later movies.

@@jackanaples yeah, Grindhouse set the world alight i guess...

@@meisterlymanu5214Grindhouse was made to be just that, a sort of "grindhouse" exploitation movie double feature. Not sure what you were expecting with it. I was thinking more of Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. All of these are more personal movies for Tarantino and require the viewer to bring more to the experience of watching them than either Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction did.

he also complimented it by naming it his favorite film of 2009. Tarantino is not a moron, hence he's understood avatar and loved it.

@@Czeckie crazy. First 2/3 was pretty good. Last 1/3 was lowest common denominator dross

Talent is money... oookay 😂

Box Office doesn't equate to quality..... Only stupid people that pay to watch it.

Kim kardasian, Kanye West have more money than Albert Einstein. So when kim and Kanye is going to get their Nobel prize

@@saifalam2030 great 👍 answer

​@@satyamkumar4981It's not about the money man, Quentin is way ahead in terms of quality

well he's not cause this interview is kinda old. Looks like 2009

Tarantino is on the record stating Avatar was a masterpiece and his top film of the year.

Well the people who lined up to watch Avatar 2 definitely did. And the people who watched the 2022 rerelease definitely did. You don't make the number 1 highest grossing movie of all time with no one liking it. It happens because people went to the theatre and watched it multiple times. Also to note, all this happened without any dumb fanboys to target to. It was a real crowd puller worldwide.

Awesome! Yeah I remember people really being hyped for it and Im glad u enjoyed the movie. It had fantastic visuals, but I found the story and the characters extremely boring. Anyway, Have a nice day :)@@m3mario

​@@m3marioI defy you to find any line for Avatar 2. Also, I know guys that didn't like the first one but wre impressed with the effects and saw the second one.

@@michaelmorningstar8645 Avatar 2 was sold out in IMAX for weeks after release. Don't speak unless you know facts.

​@@michaelmorningstar8645 Lol yeah, movies usually make $2.5 billion because nobody likes them

Avatar does not suck asshole. It made nearly $3 billion at the box office worldwide. It has an amazing cast. Story was amazing, maybe you may have seen it in regular non-science-fiction films but it does better with this particular genre

avatar does not suck. Your attitude sucks.

Ok kid

Avatar looks nice but it’s boring as shit. The story is lame as hell. It’s Dances with Wolves and Fern Gully in space lol. Avatar has only succeeded due to visual spectacle, not the strength of its dogshit storytelling. It’s really sad too, because James Cameron has made some of the greatest sci fi movies of all time, but he’s really lost his edge recently.

@@bucknasty69 Wrong on all accounts.

You sound like you've watched like 4 movies...especially if you think Avatar's a "masterpiece."

@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 Both Avatar films are a masterpiece and the height of cinema escapism. They are two of the three highest grossing films in history for a reason.

@@michalsavatar7 You probably think McDonald's is the best restaurant because it has the most sales...You are a shallow person.