The Vagrance Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Just....don't, unless you enjoy really bad versions of things that are awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Omen Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_airbender/ You knew in your heart M. Night would screw it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Briggs Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 man even after hearing the first few bad reviews from friends I held out hope but I suppose that was all just denial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrateResearchers Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_airbender/You knew in your heart M. Night would screw it up. what a twist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thylacine Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronyn Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloGamer Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zergonaleash Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Never heard of this until today... doubt I'll waste any time on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kureejii Lea Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 man even after hearing the first few bad reviews from friends I held out hopebut I suppose that was all just denial This. Now I'm all sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Meh. Might download it after it comes out on DVD... or not. Meanwhile, I have the series to watch. Series > Movie, always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 I had refused to watch it already because I cannot in good conscience support racism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcana Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Is this about how the main character is supposed to be Asian but was played by a white kid? Even my mom heard about that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizyr Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Is this about how the main character is supposed to be Asian but was played by a white kid? Even my mom heard about that one. It might be more defensible if they got bigger-name actors to play the main characters. But, well, the fact that a lot of the no-name extras are Asian, yet the no-name actors who play the main characters are not, make it a bit more difficult to defend it as artistic license or a matter of availability. I really want to see it because I absolutely love the series. So even if it's horrible, I figured I'd still moderately enjoy it. But it's increasingly looking like I should wait for it to air on TV and not do anything to encourage them making the other two books into movies as well. So, like, making sure the live-action foray ends here. KF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 the producers actually called for 'Caucasian actors' when looking for the leads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halt Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 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. Fuck you man. Good Burger was AWESOME. WELCOME TO GOOD BURGER HOME OF THE GOOD BURGER MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambinate Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 i kinda wanted to see this just out of self-destructive intrigue but maybe i'll skip it now (i will probably see this movie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tables Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Ah shit I'm going to see this today with friends I loved the cartoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drop Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Well... This is certainly depressing news. I still kind of want to see it and cast my own judgment, though. I mean... I really enjoyed the series... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flik Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 I'll likely end up seeing this in the theater, but I likely won't pay for it since I have a friend who works there. I loved the hell out of the cartoon series, so at least to show my support for it I may as well watch the movie regardless of expectations and reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 I like how it's the colored people in the movie who are oppressing the defenseless white people. Take that, monsters. M Night pulled off the greatest twist of all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyote-Trickster Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 I like how it's the colored people in the movie who are oppressing the defenseless white people.Take that, monsters. M Night pulled off the greatest twist of all. lol mister, you should win a prize for that post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SynthesizedStampede Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Makes me sad hearing all this from people who have already watched it. I was trying so hard to stay interested in this movie, but bleh, looks like it's a massive failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vagrance Posted July 1, 2010 Author Share Posted July 1, 2010 I like how it's the colored people in the movie who are oppressing the defenseless white people. First off, [spoilerS] for anyone who hasn't seen the series, specifically the first book. Also there are a few spoilers to the movie but I'm only spoiling the really dumb stuff that happens. Also, I've seen the series twice and adored it, but I also wasn't expecting it to be a word-for-word adaptation, my beef isn't really with the storyline changes that were made because a fair number of them were kid of neat. The race thing really isn't that much of an issue, I mean it was a pretty diverse cast overall I felt like. The issues are in order: the writing, the editing, the acting, and the directing. The writing is simply godawful. From such gems as "Airbenders should be killed. KILL HIM!" to "I'm Commander Zhao, you fell into my trap" (Said after the person was clearly trapped). Then there was the problem of M. Night saying what was happening on screen instead of assuming that people would get it, and the problem of shit being in the movie for little to no reason (Aang's talk about meditation being the most obvious and laughable one). The editing isn't much better, either. Given that there's about 7 hours to condense he had to be strategic in what to include, but instead of doing that he just threw in a bunch of plotlines. The plotlines that I can remember are: 1. The budding friendship between the three main characters 2. Aang realizing all of his friends are dead 3. The romance subplot between Aang and Katara 4. Learning about becoming the Avatar 5. Visiting the Earth kingdom to see the current state of things 6. Zuko being banished 7. The Zuko/Zhao rivalry 8. Aang being captured and rescued 9. Aang's reasoning for being gone for 100 years 10. Sokka and the Princess's relationship 11. The moon spirits I'm just going to stop now, but you get the point that for an hour and forty minute long movie this is a lot to fit in. Honestly he should've either lengthened the running time and cut more from the main storyline because as is things just kind of happen on screen with no real explanation. I feel bad for anyone watching this movie that HASN'T seen the series. The acting ranges from passable to awful (Sokka and Zhao occupying the latter) but honestly I'm not sure how much of it was the writing and how much of it was the acting. I feel like the main ensemble (aside from Sokka) could work with better writing and had the series started off on a good foot it would've been interesting to see their progression as the movies came out but at the moment it was painful to watch. Lastly, the directing, which was probably just mediocre overall. For some reason M. Night zooms way in on the actors for the dialog sequences (poor choice) and there were a couple of shots that were so bad to the point that you weren't even sure they were real (Like when the moon spirit dies the camera zooms into Iroh's eyeball and then zooms back out). That said, the fight scenes were well directed and had some neat ideas (specifically the long take action sequences) but even then they didn't really flow naturally. [END SPOILERS] If you have to see it, find a way to see it without paying for it. I kind of feel bad I put money towards this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tables Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Oh my god this was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. But oh my god, it was so much fun to make fun of with my friends who had seen the show DON'T TOUCH THAT SPHERE! I feel bad for anyone watching this movie that HASN'T seen the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ichitootah Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Having read this thread, I reverse my pseudo-half-formed notion to see this movie and decide instead to not-see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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