View Full Version : The Last Airbender movie
lildudefromacrossdastreet
11-20-2009, 07:26 PM
It's out in 2010 and is based on the famous franchise known as Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W1dhqc-JBs
Cowabunga Carl
11-20-2009, 11:42 PM
I am actually really looking forward to this movie. I hope they didn't change the heart of the story but didn't just make it a carbon copy but live action.
The character I am most interested in hearing and seeing is Uncle Irra.
Raph's Girl
11-20-2009, 11:56 PM
I am actually really looking forward to this movie. I hope they didn't change the heart of the story but didn't just make it a carbon copy but live action.
The character I am most interested in hearing and seeing is Uncle Irra.
Problem with the movie is that it's written, directed, and produce by M. Night Shyamalan.....and we all know how well his movies end up. :ohwell:
And apperantly it's the first film in a trillogy....
Brodie
11-21-2009, 12:06 AM
Thats a fairly brash generalization, Raph's Girl. Not all of SHamalan's movies "end up" any particular way. His recent films have been ****, for sure. But his earlier stuff was good, and maybe he'll show more restraint with this rather than going batsh*t crazy again.
saiyan_monkey
11-21-2009, 03:04 PM
Im looking forward to it as well. I hope it dont suck cause Avatar is one of my favourites.
ZariusTwo
11-21-2009, 03:28 PM
I don't know why anyone would want to see this. The series told a complete story, it's not like this s*it is essential viewing.
saiyan_monkey
11-21-2009, 04:21 PM
Its not essential viewing I agree. Im guessing you dont like the idea of a movie?
ZariusTwo
11-21-2009, 04:22 PM
What's the point? The series told it's story.
Barkworm
11-21-2009, 05:54 PM
It's called adaptation.
Cowabunga Carl
11-21-2009, 06:28 PM
Because the general public views animation as a childes medium sadly. This story appeals to more then that. I have introduced it to many people who flat out said they would never have watched it if I hadn't told them to because it was animated.
A live action movie will reach more people. You could argue the point of why is there animated series and movies for TMNT when they tell the story.
ZariusTwo
11-21-2009, 06:48 PM
It's called adaptation.
It's called "wasting your f*cking money"
saiyan_monkey
11-21-2009, 09:34 PM
As long as its better then Dragon Ball I'll be happy. As for the toon I so plan on buying all 3 complete books as soon as I can afford it.
It's not a goddamned anime, Jesus.
saiyan_monkey
11-22-2009, 01:31 AM
Sorry to get you over excited. How about toon then.
I'm... not looking forward to this. To put it mildly. The fact that they cast Jesse McCartney as the role for Zuko originally? Yeah. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KQVQliIgyw)
More than likely going to boycott it and happily curl up with the cartoon. Partly since I'm an animation admirer, and partly because I can't really see it working for me as a viewer in any other way. I'm sure there'll be pleanty of people out there more than happy to buy a ticket and see the whole thing unfold.
Me?
I'm just going to wait for the other Avatar movie. Ya know, the one with the flying space ships and weird blue people.
Brodie
11-22-2009, 12:32 PM
Oh, yeah...the other Avatar movie. Cause that looks to be superb.
Oh, wait...No, I meant ****. It looks like ****.
That's what I meant. ****.
saiyan_monkey
11-22-2009, 01:35 PM
Is Avatar originally Japanese or American?
GK Punk
11-22-2009, 01:48 PM
American. My friend met the creators at comic con a few years back actually.
plastroncafe
11-30-2009, 05:41 PM
I'm... not looking forward to this. To put it mildly. The fact that they cast Jesse McCartney as the role for Zuko originally? Yeah. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KQVQliIgyw)
More than likely going to boycott it and happily curl up with the cartoon. Partly since I'm an animation admirer, and partly because I can't really see it working for me as a viewer in any other way. I'm sure there'll be pleanty of people out there more than happy to buy a ticket and see the whole thing unfold.
Yeah...pretty much this.
I was really excited to hear that M. Night was going to handle the movie, mostly because his non-original stuff tends to be less hit or miss, then I saw the casting.
Ye gawds.
I mean, don't get me wrong the teaser does look neat, especially the Fire Nation navy off in the distance, but the only way I'm seeing this in the theater is if someone else buys my ticket.
I'll probably end up NetFlixing the thing and making a drinking game out of it much the same way I did TMNT 2007, Twilight, and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.
Brodie
11-30-2009, 06:07 PM
I'll probably end up NetFlixing the thing and making a drinking game out of it much the same way I did TMNT 2007, Twilight, and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.
So...TMNT 2007 is the same caliber of film as Twilight and a Uwe Boll movie? Are you mental?
Barkworm
11-30-2009, 11:18 PM
Well, Twilight is worse than the last TMNT but not much worse.
plastroncafe
02-04-2010, 02:22 PM
UGO Leaked "Airbender" trailer (http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid429035470?bctid=64733944001).
Supposedly it's going to also air during the Superbowl.
I've got to say, the bending effects really do look amazing.
Still have my reservations about the casting, but that might not be enough to keep me from the theater.
Thoughts?
Fledermaus
02-04-2010, 04:57 PM
Meh. First they blew it by bringing on Shyamalan as a director. Then, the film the got whitewashed. Then, they couldn't even come up with a decent exploration of world culture. And now... this. I know I might be alone in my opinion, but this trailer looks awfully stupid to me. :ohwell: They could have done better. Well... actually, I'm not sure if they could have, considering all the brilliant decisions that have accompanied the production of this movie so far.
plastroncafe
02-04-2010, 05:17 PM
Meh. First they blew it by bringing on Shyamalan as a director. Then, the film the got whitewashed. Then, they couldn't even come up with a decent exploration of world culture. And now... this. I know I might be alone in my opinion, but this trailer looks awfully stupid to me. :ohwell: They could have done better. Well... actually, I'm not sure if they could have, considering all the brilliant decisions that have accompanied the production of this movie so far.
I don't get the M. Night hate. His original stories might be hit or miss, but I've never had a problem with his directing.
As for the rest, if the internet is any indication, you're seriously not alone. Hell, I agree with a good chunk of your screed here. My prediction is that it's going to be the Constantine of 2010. Not comparable to the awesome of the source material, but not a bad movie either.
There's an Appa in the upper left corner around second ten, on the off chance anyone's interested.
It looks way too serious and not lighthearted enough.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
I'm a big fan of the series and am anticipating the movie...even though I don't think it will beat the original. It actually looks pretty good. Here's the link where you get to hear Katara and Sokka talk a little...but strangely enough, not Aang.
http://www.thelastairbendermovie.com/#home/video
Mandi-chan
03-17-2010, 10:57 AM
I'm a huge fan of the show, and despite the negativity on the net regarding how the casting was done...I still think the movie looks fantastic and will be seeing it opening night!
Luzmagica
03-17-2010, 11:06 AM
Wow!! Nice trailer! Its a very promising movie!!!
Ninjinister
03-17-2010, 11:07 AM
Although I'm very much not a fan of the series, I've got to say, just from the trailers, the film is looking very nice. Plus I'm a fan of Shyamalan's work and would like to see how he directs a martial arts film.
plastroncafe
03-17-2010, 12:09 PM
I'm a Racebending traitor, I admit it.
So while I won't be seeing it opening night, I will probably catch this movie in the theater.
Though...if my brother-in-law pays for my ticket, I could be convinced to go opening night.
Egads...I totally missed this thread and posted another with the new(ish)trailer...(thanks thread merging mod).
Anyway, I'm looking forward to it, no matter how much cynicism there is towards it. The bending does look great, and I am definitely seeing it at the cinema, I think it will lend itself well to the big screen.
No matter how it pans out, there is always the source material :D
Mecha Cow
03-18-2010, 09:18 AM
It's might just be the trailer, but that looked incredibly stupid and generic and completely turned me off the movie. Just awful. I like the cartoon (though I wouldn't call myself a fan) but I'll be avoiding this.
Samhain
03-18-2010, 03:56 PM
Love the show so I will def be seeing this.
It's might just be the trailer, but that looked incredibly stupid and generic and completely turned me off the movie. Just awful. I like the cartoon (though I wouldn't call myself a fan) but I'll be avoiding this.
Same here. I wanna see Aang actually smile in a trailer, cuz I'm still pretty positive this is gonna be super serious and joyless.
plastroncafe
06-30-2010, 03:14 PM
Wow, so Airbender is currently rocking a 0% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
Movie's not even out yet and it's already taking a beating.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_airbender/
Fledermaus
07-02-2010, 01:02 PM
A steaming pile of crap. Don't bother seeing this trash. I was at least hoping that, like TMNT though it might be a "bad" movie, it would at least be enjoyable. This movie was painful to watch. I saw it opening night. The audience was booing and some people wouldn't even stay to watch. F*ck you M. Night.
Everything but the architecture in this movie was horrid. The ****ing dialog, the exposition, the narration, the lack of character, the ****** acting, the pacing. It looked like they took exactly one take of every scene and decided to just go with that.
Good GOD, who edited that film? A 5-year-old? Nothing transitioned - this is something I could show in a class as an example of painfully poor editing. (it's where you cut all the different footage together, it involves a keen sense of timing and emotional/dramatic awareness - it's a very important job. Clearly it was given to the first bum they picked up off the street. What was the last thing they worked on? Power Rangers the Movie?) I have seen better editing from middle school film projects. It looks as though the cast (flabby, pink-faced chicken-leg-white people) and crew came from Texas and therefore didn't know how to act or put together a film worthy of a summer blockbuster title.
How much money went into this project? Yet with all that financial support and hours, literally hours, of source material (story, to fight scenes, dialogue), the special effects department and choreographers couldn't even get the bending looking not ridiculous - honestly, how hard is it to synchronize the movement of a clump of earth or blob of water with the movements of a person's limbs? It's not like animating lipsync or even a f*cking floursack. There is no excuse for this. You (animators and animation directors) had reference. Your failure is either the result of laziness or incompetence. I'll be kind and assume it was the former. The majority of the time the actors look as though they are just flailing their arms about. Did Shyamalan not catch this? Was he out of time? Did he just not care?
I know Mr. Shyamalan has been going through a low peak in his career - but this is by far the worst film he has ever made. This film looks like it was put together by amateurs who neither understood nor appreciated the source material, and didn't really care about their jobs.
Rant over. I hope to God this movie fails hard so we never have to see a sequel. This film was such an embarrassment. Maybe in a few decades or fewer us young film makers who witnessed this train wreck can pick up the pieces and do it right - hopefully Bryan and Mike will still be around to play an active role in the development of a decent (i.e. not sucking epically) live-action adaptation of the series.
Brodie
07-02-2010, 01:08 PM
street. What was the last thing they worked on? Power Rangers the Movie?)
How much money went into this project?
Whoa, thats a little harsh...to the MMPR.. The Power Rangers movie was atleast ENJOYABLE.
As far as money spent? 280 million. 130 of which went to marketing.
Ask yourself...how much legit marketing have you seen for this film? Now compare that to Twilight Eclipse...A film that spent far less than 130 million on marketing.
Slap-Happy
07-02-2010, 01:24 PM
I'm just dying to know how bad Ringer's performance is!
hadoolket
07-04-2010, 06:13 AM
off-topic, i'm actually more curious about the sonichu avatars i'm seeing on a couple of people in this thread than i am about this movie, which seemed to blare shamalamadingdong's name a lot for no reason in advertising
Master Splinter
07-04-2010, 11:45 AM
Why isn't this movie referred to as Avatar: The Last Airbender? Did James Cameron pay off producers and M. Night to not use the word Avatar?
I don't get it... lol...
-ms
GK Punk
07-04-2010, 03:18 PM
Have I mentioned just how much I hate this movie? Because I really hate this movie.
Krutch
07-04-2010, 10:38 PM
Man, now I just GOTTA see it. :D
VaughnMichael
07-04-2010, 11:54 PM
I'll be seeing this tommrow and letting you know what I think.
Shame to see everyone saying its so bad though.:ohwell:
Is it so bad that it would take MST3K to do it justice?
GK Punk
07-05-2010, 04:26 AM
I'll be seeing this tommrow and letting you know what I think.
Shame to see everyone saying its so bad though.:ohwell:
That's how I felt about it. It really looked like it was going to be cool going off of the trailers. I avoided seeing the cartoon so I wouldn't have any attachments to bias my judgment of the film. But the lack of any character depth (Or development) and the worst acting I've ever seen in a big budget movie just made it to be hard to sit through. Especially that me and 2 of my friends were being very positive about the movie. We thought there was no way it could be as bad as people were claiming it was.
I haven't seen it but am thoroughly disappointed that the general consensus is that it is a turd burger. I adored the series. But...I will still watch it, even if only for the bending effects.
Fledermaus
07-06-2010, 04:03 PM
Whoa, thats a little harsh...to the MMPR.. The Power Rangers movie was atleast ENJOYABLE.
Too true. I apologize. The Power Rangers movie was a golden globe compared to The Last Airbender. Though in that instance of comparison, I was talking about EFFECTS. For Power Rangers, it was at least totally appropriate given the nature of the story and source material. Not so with Airbender.
As far as money spent? 280 million. 130 of which went to marketing.
Ask yourself...how much legit marketing have you seen for this film? Now compare that to Twilight Eclipse...A film that spent far less than 130 million on marketing.
Oh yes, I am aware. But that still leaves $150 million. That is PLENTY of money. It shouldn't even take $20 million to have decent writing (from an experienced director) and at the very goddamned least, acceptable movie editing. Even for the sh*ttiest, most low budget piece of box office refuse, decent editing is a given. Considering the budget, I expected more at least in the way of choreography. And for the last time it does not cost ********s of money to simply synchronize a bodily movement with a bubble, or a pebble. The animation I saw in that film was amateur-level, and poorly applied at best. They had the money. Clearly, among many things, they were missing directors who knew what the f*ck they were doing. Oh yeah, and it might have helped if the main director wasn't such a disgrace.
EDIT: Yep, you can blame it on laughably poor choreography (which itself isn't terribly expensive) and lazy half-assed direction. ILM and Kerner Optical were doing the effects. There is no excuse for the crap we saw in Last Airbender.
Canadian Turtle
07-06-2010, 06:38 PM
I don't really plan on seeing this movie, and I don't really know the cartoon, but I have a question regarding its not so goodness.
Being as the two companies behind this movie, which is also based on an existing franchise are the same doing our new fave movie in two years, how did they do?
I understand that the acting and characters were crap, but that might just be M. night being a ****** director. As anyone who might be a fan of the original content, how did they do in terms of serving it justice?? Did they stray from the content and if so how?
The Stryker
07-06-2010, 07:56 PM
Being as the two companies behind this movie, which is also based on an existing franchise are the same doing our new fave movie in two years, how did they do?
Are you trying to say that Last Airbender's sh*tiness might rub off on the next ninja turtle movie? That's quite a stretch.
Katie
07-06-2010, 08:06 PM
http://forums.avatarspirit.net/index.php?topic=18501.0
......so you can answer your questions about hardcore fans and sticking to the story source material and whatnot.... ((damn if there isn't a forum for everything))
But I agree that just cause this movie is apparently very sh!tty it sdoesn't mean the next TMNT will be.
I liked the tv show.....I could tell from the trailers this was one that I wouldn't care to see
VaughnMichael
07-07-2010, 01:19 AM
I really didn't think it was as bad as everyone is saying, I thought the movie was quite beautiful.
The acting was pretty bad and the pace was slow at times but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would after reading everything I did about this movie.
I'd have to give it a c+
GK Punk
07-07-2010, 01:29 AM
I thought the movie was pretty, but it's biggest crime to me was character development. I went in not knowing the characters, left not knowing the characters, with few exceptions.
Canadian Turtle
07-07-2010, 08:58 AM
Are you trying to say that Last Airbender's sh*tiness might rub off on the next ninja turtle movie? That's quite a stretch.
I am not exactly saying that no, I'm just saying these are the same people who will be making the next Turtle movie. (NOT M Night, I mean Paramount and Nick) Just keep in mind that Paramount has a lot more pull than you can possibly imagine, so if their execs want to change everything about Turtles, they can do what ever they want... Just saying... But we cross our fingers and hope for the best Turtle movie ever!
I love Avatar and was excited for this movie, the teaser seemed great. I was not happy that the cast being different races (no brown Katara?!) but I liked Avatar enough to give it a chance. I saw reviews but didn't care and wanted to give it a chance since I thought it could still be good. Watched it, hated it. It's been 8 years and I felt like watching it again:
Cast: I'm so annoyed when they change the race of characters for no reason but they're horrible actors even with them being the wrong race. None of the characters are any good, none of them, seriously.
Rushed: I know it's adapting a whole season in only one movie but I still feel like it could've been done much better, they set ups of important characters are so rushed and the random drops of important information in just some random dialog as if it weren't that important to give you more context just doesn't work at all. It doesn't feel like an adventure of getting to a goal, they just go from set piece to set piece every other scene and you're not sure of what's happening.
Boring: The music is boring, not enough comedy, the uniforms are all dull which doesn't help, the dialog is stiff and bad. I don't care for any of the characters, they never form a relationship, if I didn't know their history from the show I literally would care less about them, I can't imagine what people who didn't watch the show even think of the characters, they skip character defining/building moments so you don't understand how they got from point A to point B.
Dark: The movie is too dark, it needed more color, more light hearted moments. I like dark movies and Avatar being darker is fine even in a kids movie but it doesn't work here, it makes it boring: see above.
Some details are good: I liked Aangs tattoo for example, some of the visuals are great, specifically some moments did capture the essence of key moments of the show but so few and far and they don't emote the same feelings they did.
Man this feels like those 80s and 90s movies where they don't understand the source material and just make a movie. How did M Night Shyamalan... get it so bad? He seemed to be a fan of the show on the DVDs and understood it well. I know he has talked about returning for a sequel like 2 years ago but that's not going to happen. I think enough time has passed that people would be ok with a reboot that keeps it more faithful to the source material. Kids who grew up with the show are getting in the stage where this is nostalgic.
updated the review of Avatar The Last Airbender live action movie on MIscrave (https://miscrave.com/articles/last-airbender-movie/)
TurtleTitan97
06-21-2018, 11:00 AM
I like dissing on bad movies as much as the next guy, but did you really need to resurrect an 8-year old thread, though?
Splinter the boss
06-22-2018, 09:07 AM
I like dissing on bad movies as much as the next guy, but did you really need to resurrect an 8-year old thread, though?
I know right! I even thought that maybe there was another movie or something.
Redeemer
06-22-2018, 09:10 AM
I know right! I even thought that maybe there was another movie or something.
this was my first thought :lol: This movie was so bad it killed the franchise :lol: (In movie terms, hindered the rest of the franchise)
People think that Platinum Dunes TMNT are bad or killing TMNT remember it could be worse, ATLA worse haha :lol:
plastroncafe
06-22-2018, 09:10 AM
I don't know man, that movie was so terrible I think we do need a reminder 8 years out of the gate.
turtle1237
06-22-2018, 01:48 PM
this was my first thought :lol: This movie was so bad it killed the franchise :lol: (In movie terms, hindered the rest of the franchise)
People think that Platinum Dunes TMNT are bad or killing TMNT remember it could be worse, ATLA worse haha :lol:
Well the Platinum Dunes TMNT were a bit better. They at least got a sequel. The ATLA was so bad, that not only did they leave the movie on a cliff hanger, but the sequel got cancel shortly after the movie release. Perhaps had ATLA been Platinum Dunes TMNT bad, they could of at least got a sequel lol.
Redeemer
06-22-2018, 02:36 PM
Well the Platinum Dunes TMNT were a bit better. They at least got a sequel. The ATLA was so bad, that not only did they leave the movie on a cliff hanger, but the sequel got cancel shortly after the movie release. Perhaps had ATLA been Platinum Dunes TMNT bad, they could of at least got a sequel lol.
Yeah that what I meant. If I remember ATLA was suppose to be a trilogy and got cancelled bc of how bad it was.:lol:
turtle1237
06-22-2018, 04:41 PM
Yeah that what I meant. If I remember ATLA was suppose to be a trilogy and got cancelled bc of how bad it was.:lol:
It was suppose to follow the show with Water, Earth and Fire, but the problem was, you cant really put an ark has long as one chapter from the Tv show, and put it in a few hours. Your going to end up cutting a lot of content out. And who would set though a 5 or 7 hour movie with bad acting. :lol:
I love the Avatar series and Korra, both are great shows, and I think my lucky stars that the live action movie was so bad, they never got a sequel. Better to have 1 bad movie in stand of 2 or 3.
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