James Cameron is the most financially successful director ever, yet his scripts remain his weakest link. Avatar earned $2.9 billion globally but rehashes Dances with Wolves with pedestrian dialogue. His reliance on technology over storytelling outperforms #2 Christopher Nolan in box office scale by over $1 billion, yet his average screenplay rating on ScriptHub is 62/100, 20 points lower than Nolan's typical score. Titanic, while emotionally effective, simplifies historical tragedy into a romance cliché. With three of the four highest-grossing films, Cameron's average screenplay rating of 62/100 proves spectacle alone carries his overrated reputation.
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