[The Vagrance]

Just....don't, unless you enjoy really bad versions of things that are awesome.

[Red Omen]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_airbender/

You knew in your heart M. Night would screw it up.

[Benjamin Briggs]

man even after hearing the first few bad reviews from friends I held out hope

but I suppose that was all just denial

[IrateResearchers]

Originally Posted by Red Omen

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_airbender/

You knew in your heart M. Night would screw it up.

what a twist!

[Thylacine]

I was almost expecting the Avatar thread to be resurrected for this.

It's getting harder and harder to defend M. Night Shyamalan on these movies. Lady in the Water was okay for me because I went into it expecting something other than horror, and I have yet to see The Happening (probably won't). I knew he was more comfortable writing for kids, too, since he was one of the writers for Stuart Little and his most successful films have a child/children playing central characters.

But enough is enough. I always thought that it was M. Night's writing that was his strong point - I thought some of the writing in Stuart Little was quite good, and when compared to his movies, it was obvious what scenes he had a hand in.

It's sounding like it's the other way around here. It sounds like his writing is the problem and his direction (which should have been strong in a film that practically makes itself with the source material) got shot in the foot thanks to 3D "innovation" getting shoe-horned in. Not to mention that it's condensing a 4-season series into a 2-hour movie.

I have to ask those who have seen it: where does M. Night appear in the movie? Is he a random Fire Nation soldier like I suspected, or does he play some other role?

[Ronyn]

You know trouble was brewing when you started seeing Nickelodeon selling this movie out all over the place. That was mistake number one; what were they thinking? "Hmm, who should we get to help us produce a major live action anime crossover epic?" "How 'bout the guys that made Good Burger!?" "Brilliant!"

For the record, I haven't seen it, and wasn't planning to.

[SoloGamer]

Originally Posted by Ronyn

You know trouble was brewing when you started seeing Nickelodeon selling this movie out all over the place. That was mistake number one; what were they thinking? "Hmm, who should we get to help us produce a major live action anime crossover epic?" "How 'bout the guys that made Good Burger!?" "Brilliant!"

But it's a Nickelodeon property. Of course they're going to have a hand in it.

[Zergonaleash]

Never heard of this until today... doubt I'll waste any time on it.

[Kureejii Lea]

Originally Posted by chthonic

man even after hearing the first few bad reviews from friends I held out hope

but I suppose that was all just denial

This. Now I'm all sad.

[The Damned]

Meh. Might download it after it comes out on DVD... or not.

Meanwhile, I have the series to watch. Series > Movie, always.