The Last Airbender
This newly released movie took me out of blogging hibernation and compels me to write more than 140 characters. Dear, M. Night Shyamalan, thanks to you I have seen in theaters a movie that greatly disappointed me as a fan of the original material. Avatar: The Last Airbender, was a gripping cartoon, it brought me joy as action scenes were exciting and characters had a depth I enjoyed. Obviously it’s only a cartoon, but I had always felt it could be taken seriously at times, and every episode was a joy ride.
The Last Airbender movie was none of that. At times I felt the characters were dangled by strings, instead of actual bending (using their abilities to manipulate: fire, water, air or earth), they were actually doing a bunch of yoga poses. If you’re looking of a bad cinematographic adaptation this movie is all you need. The current Tomatometer keeps it below 10%. I yawned, I turned left and right not believe how everything felt stitched together and rushed. It was an accurate re-telling of the events of the first season, but I no way did I feel attached to ANYONE, and understood how any of the characters had any emotions towards each other. The special effects might of been cool, I’ve my theater had the options to see it in 2D, how the movie was originally developed. I curse, figuratively, studios that spin a movie in 3D just to jump on the bandwagon, if it’s not made for 3D don’t bother showing it in 3D.
I’m getting ahead of myself, my point is that you should avoid this movie for as long as possible. You may allow yourself to catch of glimpse of it if it ever airs of TV. The value of the production seriously felt like a direct to TV movie.