I would like to add to your claim with this, I have a theory that James Cameron suffers from the same problem George Lucas does in that when he's not reigned in by other people it turns what could be a fantastic work into something that's great visually but lacking in terms of story.
You can see the difference between the original trilogy to the prequels to see the difference and same when you compare Cameron's earlier work to now. They got a visual upgrade but the story is shallow. At least with Lucas, people are now signing apology letters for dissing the prequels that much ever since Disney took over, so who knows, let Disney take over Avatar and we'll probably go "they were soy but not THIS bad!"
I would like to add to your claim with this, I have a theory that James Cameron suffers from the same problem George Lucas does in that when he's not reigned in by other people it turns what could be a fantastic work into something that's great visually but lacking in terms of story.
You can see the difference between the original trilogy to the prequels to see the difference and same when you compare Cameron's earlier work to now. They got a visual upgrade but the story is shallow. At least with Lucas, people are now signing apology letters for dissing the prequels that much ever since Disney took over, so who knows, let Disney take over Avatar and we'll probably go "they were soy but not THIS bad!"
That's fair and more in reference to Avatar which is essentially 'cowboys and Indians IN SPACE'