- when I saw the trailer of this movie I knew that i wanted to watch this. Before it is shown on theater, I watched the whole cartoon series from Book 1 to 3 on netflix instant play. I loved the cartoon series so I was excited with this movie.
- I wanted to watch it on 3d coz I know that element bending would come to life. The first few minutes of the movie when my excitement was still high - i was loving it, specially the intro where they show the element benders and when katara does her water bending
- But as the movie goes on - i felt that there are many things that fell short with my expectations
- i wasnt feeling the cast and actors of this movie. in the series, katara looks older than soko. but in the movie she was way younger than her brother. soko was like the jokester in the series. he is clumsy and the life of the gang, but in the movie, he was so serious. i guess aang was ok but i miss the playfulness of this character. i like Dev Patel at slumdog millionaire, but for some reason, it was painful watching him on this movie. i wonder how it'll look like if Jesse McCartney accepted the role as the prince of Fire Nation. all the Fire Nation casts were Indians. I guess one or two Indian cast was ok - BUT THE ENTIRE FIRE NATION? - you might say, well the prince is indian and the fire lord is indian so it make sense that the entire nation are indians. well Uncle Iroh, the brother of the fire lord wasnt indian. i was thinking if Freida Pinto would portray Azula, but she didnt. why is Azula Chubby in this movie? Why is the FIRE LORD short haired on this movie? It wouldnt be a surprise Freida appears on the second or third input of this movie portraying tylee or mai. In the movie, fire nation looked more japanese or korean.
- of course a lot was cut off from the series. i did understand that they didnt have the luxury of time. book one has 20 episodes which is about 480 minutes and they have to compress everything to 90 minutes. the movie was kinda confusing because the jump of the story to another is really wide. it did not catch the heart of Book 1. watching the series made me feel good, fun and wanting for more; but this movie gave me a different mood. i mean yeah there are many movie excerpt from books, games and all but i still liked the movie version.
- i wish there were more appa and momo moments.
- they pronounced the characters name different from the series. in the series SOKA is pronounced as SAKA but in the movie is SOHKAH. Uncle Iroh was pronounced as AYROH in the series but EEHHHROOH on the movie.
- seriously, M. Night Shayamalan (director of this movie) did you even watch the series? overall if you are an avatar: the last airbender fan, the movie might be a disappointment. but for those people who havent watched the series, mmm maybe you will like the awesome graphics of this movie. i admit, i did love the rendering of the element bending.
- well see if the second installment would be better - IT BETTER BE!
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