THE LAST AIRBENDER
2 out of 5 stars

m. night shamaylan, you DISAPPOINT me once more… when will you bring out the awesomeness that you did with your movie magic in sixth sense and unbreakable? sure, the trailer looked AWESOME, but this one gets filed along with dragon ball: evolution. ANIMEMOVIEADAPATION FAIL… :/


as you can probably guess from the title, this movie was the hollywood (or more like bollywood since it featured a ton of indian actors) adaption of the anime series, avatar: the last airbender. but, james cameron already took the rights to a little film called avatar, so they had to change the name for this guy... basically, the story is about a little boy who is an avatar, which is sort of like a dalai lama/buddha being who gets reincarnated every 100 years or so, and can bring “balance” to the world by his ability to manipulate all the natural elements. (i.e. air, water, earth, fire) he’s sort of like a god, i guess? but he can’t really hurt people, so he’s got a jesus side to him too! anyway, he’s being hunted by the fire tribe because the fire lord wants total domination of the world, and thinks that the avatar will prevent him from his conquests. his son is prince zuko (played by jamal from slumdog millionaire!), and he can’t return home until he finds this avatar… too bad two kids from the water tribe find him first, and watch for his eyes all glowing in that frozen sphere! (freaky…)

was the script written by a bunch of 2nd graders? because it’s incredibly choppy, awful dialogue, and seriously… was this script written by a bunch of 2nd graders? special effects get an A+ for obvious reasons, and it’s actually done quite well. it’s a very fantastical story yet there’s a lot of martial arts too. although i think my favorite scene is when the princess from the northern water kingdom has to make the ultimate sacrifice… (it’s done very beautifully a la style of lady in the water) LOL the guy who plays the older brother/hero is one awful actor, and when i looked up his creds on IMDB, i found out he was the same dude who played jasper in twilight. someone please tell him this isn’t a vampire movie? :P