My Review on The Last Airbender
Posted on August 08, 2010 by d3so
From an unbiased viewpoint, The Last Airbender by M. Night Shyamalan is a decent action movie worth seeing in 3D. The movie is an adaptation of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender on Nickelodeon. As the series was divided into three sections called “Books”, I assume the same will apply to the movie. The first book is the Book of Water. I must say that I am a fan of the series as it has entertained me throughout the four years I was in high school which is the same amount of time the series ran. I had high expectations for the movie.
The visual effects were stunning but were poorly integrated into 3D. The 3D effect had visuals look as if they were popping out of the screen but not upfront in your face, which was what I was expecting (the blue alien Avatar movie had amazing 3D). I hold my expectations high and will hope they fix this and probably end up showing the next movie on IMAX.
Are you a fan of Dragonball? Did you see the horrible adaptation they did? The movie was absolutely repulsive. A decent job was done with The Last Airbender. The movie followed the general storyline but it was the small changes that ticked me off. Incorrect name pronunciations anyone? Don’t get me started.
M. Night Shyamalan really messed up (WARNING: I will use vulgar language if he messes up the sequel). The racial display in the movie was surprising. If you don’t know, in the world of The Last Airbender there are four nations each of a different element, air, water, fire, and earth. In the movie, it was shocking to see that the Fire nation was composed of Indians (from India) when clearly in my opinion the Fire nation culture is similar to that of the Chinese. Earth nation people are Asian, well okay… Water nation, they got a 90 percent on this. Air nation, they seriously got this wrong.
SPOILER ALERT: Another thing that wasn’t on par was the climax of the movie. Aang, the Avatar, the Last Airbender, the main character, was supposed to create a wild water beast to send the Fire nation invaders into the next life. Instead we get a scene of Aang creating a huge wave a surfer would only dream of. Does he wash the Fire nation invaders into the next life? NO! The wave subsides back into the ocean and the bad guys retreat. What the fish was that? Enough said.
I said in the beginning, from an unbiased viewpoint the movie is decent. In the eyes of a fan, absolute disappointment. I felt compelled to write a post because I saw how big this movie was trending on twitter. Twilight: Eclipse was unheard of on twitter. There are some of you who will disagree with me; most likely you weren’t a fan of the series which means you don’t understand my rant. And if you are a fan and still disagree, you probably watched this movie while half asleep.
I pray that one of the producers has the opportunity to read this and will make a change for the better in the sequel. We need a new director. Leave Shyamalan to direct those movies that don’t make any sense.
On a side note, the million dollar question still remains. WHAT HAPPENED TO ZUKO’S MOM?
Weez
- 8th Aug, 10 06:08am
Haven't seen it yet but finally did see the Dragonball Z movie two days ago and felt there should have been more meat to it although the moves were cool and they had futuristic tech in it.
Note,
DBZ is based on bending air as well, but there just wasn't as much power in their version of airbending…I mean I could probably take one of those blows whereas the actual Airbender movie you saw looks like more powerful blows
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d3so
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August 11th, 2010 at 4:44 am
now that you mention it, dragonball movie was based on air lol.
Minh
- 11th Aug, 10 03:08am
I know what you mean. Even the critics didn't like it.
d3so
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August 12th, 2010 at 4:35 am
Some people liked it. It wasn't a total flop.
PPC Ian
- 12th Aug, 10 02:08pm
D3so,
I have not seen this movie yet, but may check it out. I like your new blog design, it seems like you keep experimenting with new themes. The current one is one of my favorites.
All the best,
Ian
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August 13th, 2010 at 5:28 am
Thanks Ian!
Yeah, I think I'm gonna keep this theme for awhile unless there's a theme out there that catches my eye. I spent hours fixing this theme up just to get it working adequately.
PPC Ian
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August 16th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
I hear 'ya! Blog design takes a huge amount of time. I think all of your hard work has really paid off, the design is awesome! I recently went thru a round of design updates and glad it's done so I can now focus on my posting/commenting a bit more.
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August 20th, 2010 at 3:36 am
Ditto on Ian's point. This is the best theme I have seen on this blog. The blue colors really changes the atmosphere
..and I can relate to the length of time it takes tweaking a theme once you have found one you actually like. But then again it sometimes seems like tweaking a theme design is a never ending process!
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August 20th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Yes, it is never ending.
But I've reached the point of contentment but there's definitely still more to do.
Addy@ Malaysia | Mak
- 13th Aug, 10 11:08pm
Haven't watch this movie. Will go with my wife to cinema soon
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WebpageLottery
- 16th Aug, 10 11:08pm
I like the movie may be because I never watch the anime so I don't have any comparison.
I like Aang. I like his gestures and his movement. He made the movie real. The effect is not bad. Ok, I have to admit that those Caucasians who have Asian names are a little weird. But over all, I like it and I am looking forward to the second part.
Someone
- 18th Aug, 10 08:08am
Awesome i never knew
Jennifer
- 18th Aug, 10 09:08am
Awesome!:)
doug
- 18th Aug, 10 09:08am
good blog:)
Someone
- 18th Aug, 10 11:08am
I never knew when u said the spoiler alert and i didnt really like the movie when i saw it after i read ur post i realized r an awesome i like ur blogs
Nigga boy
- 18th Aug, 10 11:08am
I like what u talk bout it really did interest me. I am now thinkin of seeing it!! Thanks for this blog it helped me out!! Thanks again!!
Paul/ Entertainment
- 8th Sep, 10 05:09pm
I haven't seen the movie yet.
btw, what theme are you using? Is this a premium theme?
It looks great!
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