Synopsis
Four nations, one destiny
The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.
2010 Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.
Noah Ringer Dev Patel Nicola Peltz Jackson Rathbone Shaun Toub Aasif Mandvi Cliff Curtis Seychelle Gabriel Katharine Houghton Francis Guinan Damon Gupton Summer Bishil Randall Duk Kim John D'Alonzo Keong Sim Dee Bradley Baker John Noble Ben Cooke Roberto Lombardi Ritesh Rajan Jessica Jade Andres M. Night Shyamalan
Sam Mercer Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall M. Night Shyamalan Scott Aversano Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko Gerald Scaife
Richard Hymns Randy Thom Rick Kline Colette D. Dahanne Will Files Josh Gold Scott Guitteau Pete Horner
Paramount The Kennedy/Marshall Company Nickelodeon Movies Industrial Light & Magic Blinding Edge Pictures
Avatar Son Hava Bükücü, Poslední vládce větru, Avatar: Son Hava Bükücü, Son Hava Bükücü, Ostatni Władca Wiatru, Posledný vládca vetra, O Último Mestre do Ar, L ULTIMO DOMINATORE DELL ARIA, 라스트 에어벤더, Luftens sidste mester, El último maestro del aire, O teleftaios mahitis tou anemou, Le dernier maître de l'air, Последният повелител на въздуха, O Último Airbender, Airbender, el último guerrero, El Ultimo Maestro del Aire
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Listen, I get it. This is probably (most definitely) atrocious as adaptation. Even as someone who hasn't seen the original show, its plotting is frequently rushed and the representation issues of the main players is tough to stomach. There's no getting around its stilted mannerisms or over-reliance of digitality, but it's also a Shyamalan movie, so exactly none of that matters to me. What is so satisfying is, instead, The Last Airbender's preoccupation with nature, in addition to the graceful form of its inspirations, including Tsui Hark and Zhang Yimou, that rise above its clunky details. Shyamalan's surroundings in literal elements provides a basis in carefully-designed frames, action/dance sequences, and delicate blocking. Many of the sets are rooted in…
About halfway through the movie, my friend commented “I feel like things are just happening on a screen in front of me” and that was probably the best diagnosis of the disaster.
People often mock the acting and voiceover and cringeworthy action in this movie - and yes, it’s horrific. Not only that, but it’s straight-up uncomfortable. I feel so bad for Noah Ringer, but man...watching this dude on a big screen is like watching the awkward kid in your middle school class give a presentation on his favorite Pokémon. It makes you want to bite your lip and curl into a ball. Also: why are all the action scenes so entirely devoid of tension? In the show, bending is like…
One of the greatest cinematic achievements ever conceived, The Last Airbender is an outstanding adaptation of the original show thanks to M. Night Shyamalan’s brilliant direction. Along with stunning performances, a deep and powerful emotional story, spectacular action scenes and some of the most breathtaking visuals I’ve ever seen put to film. This movie does such perfect justice to its source material while still managing to break new ground in so many ways that it's all just astounding to behold. A masterpiece in every sense of the word. How can anyone not praise this sensational work of art?
imagine carrying a baby 9 whole months, dealing with sickness, pain and childbirth, and then it grows up to be the person who made this movie
2010 Ranked 👎🏼
I just finished the greatest animated show of all time for the first time! After I finished the show, I thought to myself, "how bad could the movie actually be?". I regret saying those words and turning on the movie. I couldn't even finish the movie. It fails on every level, and it is perhaps THE worst movie I've ever seen. Steer clear of this one guys; it's just so SO bad. They get EVERYTHING WRONG.
my reaction to this movie is the same reaction that the gaang had when they watched the play that was made about them
not good but nowhere near as bad as i'd been led to believe. if this found a way to get more information across in its surprisingly solid action sequences vs. the never-ending exposition dumps it might've even been good. can't really speak from a place of knowledge with regard to this as an adaptation so i realize that's probably easier said than done.
My partner is a big fan of the source material, and so I gather from her lengthy complaints that (in addition to some unpleasant race-bending) this forgoes an awful lot of personality and world-building in favor of standard-issue FX spectacle. I know nothing about it, so I'm not in a position to dispute this. The movie is indeed pretty generic, not too dissimilar from THE GOLDEN COMPASS or one of your lamer HARRY POTTERs, to the uninitiated like me a bunch of arbitrary gibberish. But Shyamalan executes it with at least some elegance. Snappy CG-assisted long takes, simple formal economy, and an emphasis on the performers' physicality, and not just when they're fighting (is this what people mean when they say something's gestural?). Anyway, like most of late M. Night maybe not great but also not the unspeakable garbage everyone claims.