was mind blowing. everything felt real. everything feld tangible. it felt like this world existed. >> "avatar" came out and became the highest grossing movie of all time for the second time in james cameron's career. and it's interesting that at the same time, james cameron's ex-wife kathryn bigelow directed a movie that couldn't have been more different. >> if everything looks okay when i get down there i'm just going to set it up. give these people something to think about. want them to know if they're going to leave a bomb on the side of the road, we're just going to blow up their [ bleep ] road. >> sounds good. >> in making "the hurt locker" what kathryn bigelow did was essentially make a war film as a suspense thriller. you sort of shifted the parameters of the war film. so you don't get these big battle sequences and it's just this one person going into the realm of danger. >> oh, my --