+1
I certainly don't consider Cameron's epics on the same level as some of the most popular (and best in my opinion) films ever, such as Jaws and Star Wars, but apparently different people have different definitions of what constitutes dull. I also rue the fact that most modern blockbusters today don't have the depth of some older ones, but believe it or not, there are many people who find those Cameron films moving and I don't think anybody has the right to tell people that they're somehow wrong for having honest feelings. Call them dull in bold letters but they've still outdistanced the other dreaded blockbusters of the last decade and a half, and if that's because Cameron's a lousy writer who somehow still taps into people's hearts (usually through his visuals - I'm thinking of the actual ending of Titanic here), then you should at least give the guy some credit, even if you somehow find it personally offensive, predictable and dull.
I've badmouthed modern mainstream films around here a lot, yet I also defend some of the same depending on which ones we're talking about. I have no axe to grind one way or the other, so I would never say that "pretty much all blockbusters are dull" even if I wished they were more original and creatively made. I also would never say that all of certain foreign films are wonderful. It seems to imply a closed mind. Anyway, I'm shutting down because I've already spent way too much time on this for what I think it's worth since nothing I say matters to reality in general and Cameron specifically.