OK, so you may or my not know that I've been eagerly awaiting to see this film for years, and I finally saw it today (well, yesterday, now.) I went into this movie expecting it to be great. It looked great from all of the trailers and TV spots, but that is where they get you. I was expecting it to be awesome.
The film was a complete trainwreck and m. knight shyamalan is now on my hitlist. Now let me explain to you exactly why I just said that, in no particular order.
Overall, it wasn't bad as a film, but it was bad as Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Final verdict: 2/5
The film was a complete trainwreck and m. knight shyamalan is now on my hitlist. Now let me explain to you exactly why I just said that, in no particular order.
- It was all over the place. Events happened in places that they should not have.
- The casting for all of the Fire Nation. Enough said.
- The changing of certain pronunciations.
- Making Pakku fat and jolly.
- Making Iroh thin and have dreadlocks.
- Zuko having a full set of hair IN BOOK ONE.
- Appa sounded like an elephant being molested.
- The captured Earthbenders were kept in an outside jail... room, with EARTH ALL AROUND THEM, and having Aang give them a pep talk instead of Katara.
- Boomerang did not look like Boomerang.
- The Blue Spirit's crazy hair.
- Zhau worked way too closely with the Fire Lord.
- COMPLETE AND TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE SIEGE OF THE NORTH PORTION! The whole reason it was so awesome was because Aang worked with the Water Spirit to make badassery happen.
- Firebenders can only bend fire if there is fire around, and they are absolutely helpless without it.
- There were no 3D effects IN THE 3D VERSION.
- Princess Yue's father is dead? Since when? SINCE WHEN SHYAMALON?!
- OMG HUGE WAVE KBAI NOW! ^^
- Aang couldn't get a grasp on Waterbending, whereas in the original, he picked it up with no problems at all.
- THE COMPLETE AND UTTER LACK OF AVATAR ROKU, AND PUTTING HIS DRAGON IN HIS PLACE!
- Aang ran away for the completely wrong reason.
- The complete lack of charm, and failure at attempting humor.
- Aang was way too serious and emo.
- Katara was a pushover.
- Sokka was dull and unfunny.
- Stab stab stab, stabby stabby fish fish.
Overall, it wasn't bad as a film, but it was bad as Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Final verdict: 2/5