This movie was simply awful. At first, I thought I was watching a genre parody of "epic" movies. I soon realized that this movie should be included in a study in "what not to do" in film making. From start to finish, the story and dialog were so cliché and unbelievable. The acting was simply terrible. I laughed through most of the film. I thought, "This had to be written by some 19 year old who grew up sitting in front of the VCR without literature or education." Even the music was amateurish. Wow, was I ever shocked at the ending credits to see it was written by M. Night Shyamalan, the music composed by James Newton Howard, and the movie produced by Kennedy and Marshall. How could this happen? Such an embarrassment to a great writer, great composer, and great producers.
The Last Airbender
2010
Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
Plot summary
The world is divided into four kingdoms, each represented by the element they harness, and peace has lasted throughout the realms of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire under the supervision of the Avatar, a link to the spirit world and the only being capable of mastering the use of all four elements. When young Avatar Aang disappears, the Fire Nation launches an attack to eradicate all members of the Air Nomads to prevent interference in their future plans for world domination. 100 years pass and current Fire Lord Ozai continues to conquer and imprison anyone with elemental "bending" abilities in the Earth and Water Kingdoms, while siblings Katara and Sokka from a Southern Water Tribe find a mysterious boy trapped beneath the ice outside their village. Upon rescuing him, he reveals himself to be Aang, Avatar and last of the Air Nomads. Swearing to protect the Avatar, Katara and Sokka journey with him to the Northern Water Kingdom in his quest to master "Waterbending" and eventually fulfill his destiny of once again restoring peace to the world. But as they inch nearer to their goal, the group must evade Prince Zuko, the exiled son of Lord Ozai, Commander Zhao, the Fire Nation's military leader, and the tyrannical onslaught of the evil Fire Lord himself.
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Shocked!
M. Night Shameonyouman.....
Wow.
In the years of movie-going i have endured, every year there is one film that gets damned by the critics and film goers alike (Battlefield Earth, The Avengers),ans i have always found them rather endearing.
The dreadful scripts, the hammy acting and the non-existent narrative all make a bad movie....somewhat appealing.
So I was sadistically looking forward to this movie. And despite the fact I found the movie the funniest i've seen in a while (the word bender is slang for homosexual where I am from),it's truly a monstrosity of a turkey.
Because i've never seen the animated series it's based on, I thought it was because of this, but as an hour felt like a week, it was the dire pacing and story Shyalaman has chucked at the screen.
I have never seen a director fall from such spectacular grace, like this man has.
Ten years ago, his films were sometihng that would awe-inspire the masses, now, he has made himself a laughing stock.
The film makes no sense at all, and we are forced to watch some of the worst acting and badly choreographed fight scenes ever to grace such a high budgeted event movie.
The effects are okay, but effects do not make a movie, and going from one set piece to another, watching fire fight ice and wind, isn't entertaining.
glad i didn't pay
To say this film is a mess is an understatement but watch the original series then this and you'll understand why every fan hates this movie.
important plot sequences are left out and one of the most important characters avatar Roku isn't even there, not that it had to be a scene by scene remake of the cartoon to be good, but i don't see how they expect to do another movie with so Many gaps in the story, in this movie Aang or unng as he's miscalled should have the power to defeat the fire nation by himself now after the north pole victory, in the cartoon he merged with the ocean spirit something he couldn't repeat.
and thats just the tip of the iceberg, apart from plot holes there's bad acting terrible special fx and it's in 3D which i hate in Any movie don't waste your time it sucks.
blame the director M Night Shyamalan i do, anyone els could have done better.
If you are a big fan of Avatar the last air bender series, then don't watch this You will be annoyed from the beginning.