If anyone has advice on how to escape/prevent thoughts, I'd greatly appreciate it. It's times like these that I wish I lived in the wizarding world (Harry Potter) and owned a pensieve like Dumbledore's; that way I'd be able to clear my mind. In any case, on to business...
The Last Airbender: After hearing mixed reviews about The Last Airbender, I finally decided to watch the movie. I had followed the television show Avatar: The Last Airbender from the beginning, and although I don't care for anime (yes, the show blended anime with American style cartoons) I really enjoyed this show. This movie however, severely disappointed me. In my previous post I talked about how a weak story line ruins a movie in my eyes. Well this movie had a storyline already written. I know M. Night Shyamalan couldn't incorporate the entire first book in his screenplay but he could/should have executed the parts that he did use well.
Let me start by saying that I couldn't take this movie seriously; the acting was horrible....HORRIBLE. I did not believe there was a shred of emotion (other than laughter) in what anyone said. I was also not pleased with the character development in the movie, this aspect I don't believe is dependent so much on acting, but on the script. I felt character personalities were changed. Uncle Iroh, for example, was such a good natured and jolly character in the animated series. But in the film he appeared cold and upset. I also did not feel that Aang felt any remorse or guilt that he had neglected his responsibilities, and allowed the fire nation to cause such devastation, which was a HUGE part of book one. This of course could have been due to the pathetic attempt at acting I mentioned earlier.
I also noticed the extra flamboyant movements the benders need to preform in order to use their element. On the topic of bending, this film exaggerated Katara's water bending ability, and Aangs difficulty in learning water bending. Not to mention it appeared that the fire bending soldiers could only manipulate fire, and not create it, which is why they were so surprised when Uncle Iroh was able to generate fire. Maybe, perhaps I over looked this, but it was my understanding that fire benders could generate their own flame. Overall I thought this movie was seriously lacking, I give it a score of 25/100; Rotten Tomatoes score of 6.
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