James Cameron cut 10 minutes fromAvatar: The Way of Waterso as not to 'fetishize' gun violence

“What’s happening with guns in our society turns my stomach,” the acclaimed action filmmaker said.

“I actually cut about 10 minutes of the movie targeting gunplay action,” Cameron said.

You have to have conflict, of course.

Violence and action are the same thing, depending on how you look at it.

This is the dilemma of every action filmmaker, and I’m known as an action filmmaker."

Indeed, Cameron is one of the most decorated and successful action filmmakers we have.

Still, Cameron is wary of the kind of influence his films have had and will have.

What’s happening with guns in our society turns my stomach."

Of a potential sequel or reboot, the Na’vi whisperer said he would take a different approach.