First of all, I'd like to state that I do not in any way suggest that anyone should go out and watch either of the films discussed below. This article regards these films solely as the representatives of different standings in the filmmaking industry, and does not endorse either of them. I also do not suggest that anyone watch the Academy Awards (I received all of my knowledge of them via live blogging.). This year's Academy Awards were frontlined by James Cameron's Avatar and Katherine Bigelow's The Hurt Locker . They were complete opposites in more ways than one. First of all, a few facts regarding each film. Avatar is James Cameron's first blockbuster film since Titanic . Titanic held the world record for the highest gross revenue of a film in history, until James Cameron broke his own record with Avatar grossing (at the time of this writing) $2.6 billion. He spent $237 million to make it. The Hurt Locker is Katherine Bigelow's eighth feature film. It was independently...