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Title: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: jtay on July 01, 2010, 01:02:10 PM

I went to the midnight showing last night.  I want to hear what other people think of it.  I'm going to be biased, because I've watched the show a lot.  I'm especially interested in what people who haven't seen the show thought of the movie.  Here's my thoughts:

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I don't think we need to worry about any sequels being made.

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I think the best part was when Aang discovered Monk Gyatso's skeleton.  They really hit the emotional nail on the head there.  I actually think they did it better than it was done in the show.

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When the movie was over some people the theater booed.

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The effects really had potential, but I think that the CGI people either got lazy or didn't have enough time to do what they needed to do.  There were a lot of places where I saw benders doing stuff, but nothing/very little was happening.

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: Alpho on July 01, 2010, 08:21:13 PM

4th Spoiler: I totally agree.

Over all I thought the movie was ok. Which is disappointing because the tv show is great. While they totally set it up for there to be another one, sadly I doubt there will be..........................

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: Lawfuldog on July 02, 2010, 12:11:52 AM

I work at a movie theater and people have been leaving halfway during the movie consistently. People at the midnight even left halfway and complained about how terrible it was.

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on July 02, 2010, 01:21:54 PM

Quote from: Lawfuldog on July 02, 2010, 12:11:52 AM

I work at a movie theater and people have been leaving halfway during the movie consistently. People at the midnight even left halfway and complained about how terrible it was.

Isn't M. Night Shyamalan the director? If so, I'd be entering halfway through the movie complaining how terrible he is but mentioning I want to see the ending.

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: JSB23 on July 02, 2010, 01:32:58 PM

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It su cked

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: Warrior_Monk on July 05, 2010, 10:31:09 PM

horrid acting, decent effects (the few times they came in), the story jumped around a ton...I'll keep watching the show, thank you.

oh, yeah, and the fire benders couldn't make fire. what? what?

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: Alpho on July 05, 2010, 11:26:59 PM

I agree! Whats with the fire benders not being able to make fire!?

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on July 08, 2010, 02:59:32 AM

Quote from: Alpho on July 05, 2010, 11:26:59 PM

I agree! Whats with the fire benders not being able to make fire!?

Best part of the movie.

Remember kids, Air/Water/Earth benders can't make their elements but FIRE can! Wait...What?

Okay so I went and saw it and (I am so DEAD for this) I ENJOYED IT. For one reason, I realized two things, I knew many things were going to be cut and it was going to be cramped. Its 10+ hours of material for goodness sake! Secondly, I knew it would differ a bit from the show so I treated it as its own entity

For a FULL opinion.

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Dislikes:
1: You MUST view this as different from the show. If you expect EXACT following of a 10+ hour show in 3 hours you're going to be sorely disappointed and I think that was everyones issue. This isn't the show its a 3 hour long movie.
2: The mispronunciation of names is just wrong. How can you mispronounce a word you know how to say more than once?
3: Because of the time constraints many subplots that give the characters depth were removed, as was quite a bit of the humor. It is sad but its forgivable when you realize if you wanted the show you could just WATCH the show.

Likes:
1: The Firebender's lack of being able to make fire. This sounds odd but it made NO SENSE in the show. Earthbenders used REAL earth, their body did NOT become it. Waterbenders used REAL water, Airbenders used AIR, yes I know air is nigh everywhere but it also is the least substantial element. At higher levels Earthbenders can bend metal and sand, Waterbenders can bend water from people, plants, animals, etc., Airbenders can bend the air into almost any shape (see Zuko Vs Aang in Book 2 the final fight), And firebenders can shoot lightning via extreme heat, so why if they can make extreme heat, can they not create fire at a high level? Makes sense to me that they should need a source to fire bend in the first place.
2: The little things they added in for us show watchers. The grandma referencing a water bender from book 3, the "seal" on the armor (the insignias on) of Uncle Iroh is the white lotus symbol, a secret group from book 3 that Iroh talks quite a bit about.
3: The bending itself, barring Aang's over dramatic build up of airbending it was done very very very well. You could see the martial art in it, and could really feel it.
4: Iroh, period. They NAILED him. He was a GIANT worry for me because I am an Uncle Iroh fan. He acted as he should have, and that is the spirit of Iroh, the looks can change but his attitude stayed the same and it worked WELL. Yay Iroh!

Overall Score: 7.7 out of 10. If you want the show, watch the show. If you want to see bending in real life style, go see the movie.

RIP Uncle Iroh (End of book 2) (Makoto Iwamatsu)

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Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: COUNTER_SNIPER on July 08, 2010, 03:59:44 AM

Ok,

1. Obvious sequels.  Hence, Book 1: Water.  I'm unsure of my opinion of that.

2. Aang and Sokka's mispronounced names annoyed me a lot.  Not hard to pronounce correctly, but reminds me of the pronunciation differences of Yoshie between the US and Japan.  Forgivable.

3. Higher level Firebenders CAN bend fire from their OWN Chi in the movie.  However, I believe in the T.V. series, firebenders received their power from the sun and thus, did NOT need a proximity fire source.  Kinda Lame.

4. Effects were pretty good, but the 3D aspects were lacking.  I like the martial arts, but I think that the bending should have been a bit more rapid in order to have more intense action sequences like the T.V. series.  Needed improvement.

5. Relatively family friendly, besides all of the spirits and chi.

Overall, 3/5 stars.

-C_S

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on July 08, 2010, 04:17:19 AM

2 The way they pronounced them is completely correct Asian....but Avatar was a purely american show, so I don't see why'd you switch styles.

4 I agree completely, I understand why Zuko/Aang didn't use as many bending techniques (Close combat isn't a great place to shoot fire) but the bending needed to speed up a bit like when Aang laid very much smack down at the end of the movie on the fire benders. Hopefully we'll see more fast paced battles in Book 2.

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: Alpho on July 08, 2010, 10:38:56 AM

 +1 LOL! It was funny when Aang would do a move that took 30 seconds to pull off and when he finished barely anything happened! Why did they change that?  In the show the benders element would move with them not after they already did the move.

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: COUNTER_SNIPER on July 08, 2010, 10:48:43 AM

Quote from: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on July 08, 2010, 04:17:19 AM

2 The way they pronounced them is completely correct Asian....but Avatar was a purely american show, so I don't see why'd you switch styles.

That is true, but it reminds me of other movies and such where the same deal happens.  It almost ruins the movies... almost.

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4 I agree completely, I understand why Zuko/Aang didn't use as many bending techniques (Close combat isn't a great place to shoot fire) but the bending needed to speed up a bit like when Aang laid very much smack down at the end of the movie on the fire benders. Hopefully we'll see more fast paced battles in Book 2.

Hopefully.

Btw, is that Toff (However you spell it) as your profile picture?

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: Alpho on July 08, 2010, 10:53:13 AM

Yeah I am pretty sure that is Toph.

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on July 08, 2010, 02:11:06 PM

Quote from: COUNTER_SNIPER on July 08, 2010, 10:48:43 AM

Quote from: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on July 08, 2010, 04:17:19 AM

2 The way they pronounced them is completely correct Asian....but Avatar was a purely american show, so I don't see why'd you switch styles.

That is true, but it reminds me of other movies and such where the same deal happens.  It almost ruins the movies... almost.

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4 I agree completely, I understand why Zuko/Aang didn't use as many bending techniques (Close combat isn't a great place to shoot fire) but the bending needed to speed up a bit like when Aang laid very much smack down at the end of the movie on the fire benders. Hopefully we'll see more fast paced battles in Book 2.

Hopefully.

Btw, is that Toff (However you spell it) as your profile picture?

Toph, CUZ IT SOUNDS LIKE TOUGH! and thats what I am!

Title: Re: The Last Airbender *spoilers*
Post by: Warrior_Monk on July 08, 2010, 11:21:50 PM

I always viewed it as the firebenders using heat as their bending source, which is why they can make lightening, fire, heat a cup of tea...etc.

I really hope they make a second one just for Toph. Iroh was pretty good, I must say. but I really wanted more effects, better pronunciation, and not bouncing all over the place. there were several things they could have linked together into one scene.