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SPOILERS!!!!!
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Last night, or more accurately, this morning, at 12AM I, along with around 15 of my friends, piled into a movie theater, dished out an additional $3 for 3D effects that no one cares about, and sat back to watch the film adaptation of one of our most beloved anime/cartoons (I understand there is contention on this particular issue). Avatar: The Last Airbender was sure to be wrought with epic psuedo-mystical martial arts madness and insanity, and we had been eagerly anticipating this night for nearly a year since word got round that Aang and the crew were making the jump to the big screen. When we heard that the director was to be none other than M. "What a twist" Night Shyamalan, we grew fearful after having such epic failures as "The Happening" and "The Village" to his name. But, how could he mess up? With such an enormous and unique setting, maybe this tale had a Shyamalan Proof Vest? And then it happened. As we watched, eyes glistening with anticipation, my group of friends and myself finally figured it out; just exactly what WAS the big twist. Simply put, the movie SUCKED.
Then, today, I got to thinking, "Maybe I missed something...was all my hyping just too much for the real thing to live up to?" and so, I come to you TL, I humbly seek your opinion on the matter.
Did Avatar: The Last Airbender, suck?
Also, just to get a better idea of things, a simple poll:
+ Show Spoiler +Poll: What was the bigget let down of the film?HORRENDOUS ACTING. (18) 64% Lack of Kyoshi Warriors and Suki. (2) 7% Bad Casting. (2) 7% No Koe The Face Stealer. (2) 7% The Fire Nation coming....WITH THEIR MACHINES! (1) 4% No Jet. (1) 4% The lack of a giant waterfish manifestation crushing the fire navy/Jhao...(4 random dudes, wtf?) (1) 4% They explained everything so well and with such dedication to the source material ^_^ (1) 4% No Admiral Jhao vs Zuko/Iroh fight at the end (0) 0% Firebenders needing fire to already be present in order to bend. (0) 0% Awful fight scenes. (0) 0% They ignored Appa. (0) 0% 28 total votes Your vote: What was the bigget let down of the film? (Vote): HORRENDOUS ACTING.
(Vote): Lack of Kyoshi Warriors and Suki.
(Vote): No Admiral Jhao vs Zuko/Iroh fight at the end
(Vote): Firebenders needing fire to already be present in order to bend.
(Vote): The Fire Nation coming....WITH THEIR MACHINES!
(Vote): No Jet.
(Vote): The lack of a giant waterfish manifestation crushing the fire navy/Jhao...(4 random dudes, wtf?)
(Vote): Bad Casting.
(Vote): Awful fight scenes.
(Vote): They ignored Appa.
(Vote): They explained everything so well and with such dedication to the source material ^_^
(Vote): No Koe The Face Stealer.
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You are not going to achieve anything with that poll.
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On July 02 2010 05:38 OpRaider wrote:
You are not going to achieve anything with that poll.
That's sorta part of the joke...pretty much the whole thing just plain sucked.
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I haven't seen the movie yet, but I absolutely loved the series. Naturally, I was pretty disappointed after seeing the previews.
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It has a 6% on rotten tomatoes. I'm not even going to bother with it now.
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All I have to say is:
IT CANNOT BE UNSEEN.
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On July 02 2010 05:43 darkmetal505 wrote:
It has a 6% on rotten tomatoes. I'm not even going to bother with it now.
just to give a better picture of how bad that is.
There have been 77 reviews. 6% means that only five reviewers have a positive review of the movie. Only five out of 77.
M. Night Shylalamnalanlaman what have you done.
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I just want to say a big FU M.Knight Shyamalalasshole for ruining such a great series.
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I dont know the series at all, so I wasnt really looking forward to this piece of his. After the awesome Unbreakable, and the decent Sixth Sense and Signs I was always thinking movies like The Village, Lady In The Water and The Happening were flukes, not the real faces of Shyamalan, but its starting to look like those first two weren't...
It really makes one wonder how can a director go down such a path. Is it just money, that makes him not put in real artistic creative effort? Or is he pressured by trying to appeal to the masses(/studios)? Being afraid to leave his "signature" twists and buildups, and surrendering the rest of his movies to that, which loses the element of surprise and originality because he is infamous for them by now already? Or maybe he just got lucky a few times and he's lost the magic touch, and that was it?
Actually, thinking about his worse movies now, its really not the effort thats missing. I think by now he has a basically flawed approach on what would people enjoy in a movie, and he wont stop until studios stop giving him films to write/direct.
I won't spend any money on Avatar, but now I actually wonder if its even worth my time if someone brings it along on dvd, or should i just spare myself an other disappointment...
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He ruined one of my favorite series ever. I'm pissed.
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On July 02 2010 06:11 538 wrote:
I dont know the series at all, so I wasnt really looking forward to this piece of his. After the awesome Unbreakable, and the decent Sixth Sense and Signs I was always thinking movies like The Village, Lady In The Water and The Happening were flukes, not the real faces of Shyamalan, but its starting to look like those first two weren't...
It really makes one wonder how can a director go down such a path. Is it just money, that makes him not put in real artistic creative effort? Or is he pressured by trying to appeal to the masses(/studios)? Being afraid to leave his "signature" twists and buildups, and surrendering the rest of his movies to that, which loses the element of surprise and originality because he is infamous for them by now already? Or maybe he just got lucky a few times and he's lost the magic touch, and that was it?
I won't spend any money on Avatar, but now I actually wonder if its even worth my time if someone brings it along on dvd, or should i just spare myself an other disappointment...
I'd pass. I absolutely love the series itself, and would HIGHLY recommend it anyone with a mild interest in good animated shows, but even on DVD the film is just....not worth the 2 hours and some minutes of your life it would eat up. Go stab yourself in the face instead. It feels about the same, and it's faster.
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Why is Lady in the Water and The Village such bad movies? I always enjoyed those movies!
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On July 02 2010 06:24 AoN.DimSum wrote:
Why is Lady in the Water and The Village such bad movies? I always enjoyed those movies!
Yeah...
...so, what did you think of the new SW Trilogy? xD
Seriously though, they just didn't do it for me, at all.
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I don't get how this ruins the whole series for you guys. Just act like you didn't see the damn movie, and even if you did its probably nothing even similar to the series, like most movies about popular tv series that are made to movies.
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Maybe if the Movie could have been more intense it would've been better, but they had to keep the rating at PG
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On July 02 2010 06:31 Diuqil wrote:
I don't get how this ruins the whole series for you guys. Just act like you didn't see the damn movie, and even if you did its probably nothing even similar to the series, like most movies about popular tv series that are made to movies.
It's not that it ruined the series for us, it's that we love this series so very much, and the epicness that should have been the first movie....well let me put it like this:
Imagine you're reading Harry Potter, and the Seventh Book rolls around, the anticipation in the air is palpable as you slowly leaf through the opening pages and get read to feast on the "IT" of what you've been waiting for for nearly a decade; the culmination, the climax, the coup de grace. However, instead of words, there's just a massive shit. Hot, slightly moist, and steaming, sitting smack dab in the middle of where the first chapter should be. That's how we feel.
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Dammit, I was hoping it would be good.
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first
Dragonball z
Now this.
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You guys know why M Night Shyamalan decided to do the movie? He said he saw his daughter dressed up as one of the characters from Avatar during Halloween, and he learned that it was a popular series, so he decided to make a movie on it. WTF? He was not a fan from the beginning, and decided to make the movie because realized kids liked it? I saw him say this in a interview on TV long time ago, so I have no actual source to give you. But when I first heard this, and realized this is the same guy that made those horrible movies that people spent good money to watch, I went ballistic. I am thinking to myself how the fuck is some dude that made strange ass movies going to make a full featured live action film of the Avatar? With a empty mind and money obviously.
Sorry I am a fan of the animated series.
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