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The Last Airbender (2010)
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Why would M. Night Shyamalan make a shitty movie based off of a shitty Nickelodeon anime show? Is there no sense left in this world?
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It doesn't look that bad, unless you don't like Shyamalan.
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The film was originally titled "Avatar: the Last Airbender", after the TV show it was based on. However, James Cameron owned the rights to the name "Avatar", and threatened legal action if the title wasn't changed
lol wut. Cameron owns "Avatar"?
lol wut. Cameron owns "Avatar"?
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Avatar isn't even true anime. It's an American attempt at the anime style, Amerime. That's even worse, imo.
I respect the popularity that Avatar: The Last Airbender has, but I'm not a fan of it, myself.
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After a quick wiki of the show, I can possibly see why. It has won several Annie awards (Oscar equivalents for animation), an Emmy, a Peabody, and more. All of those awards are very prestigious for a television show of its genre.
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The show wasn't bad. If It was written in the 90s and was aimed for 12 year olds instead of 8 year olds it would be better. Oh and they should have dropped any lovey dovey shit. Needs to be violent and not romantic and morally supportive.
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All of your opinions are wrong, Avatar was a great show. I can't wait for this.
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Really? :CAbove:
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Keep in mind it doesn't come out until next July, so they probably haven't even finished filming. You can't expect a full length trailer until everything, filming and effects, has been completed. There is a reason why they are called teaser trailers.
When I went to the Transformers 2 movie, I saw the trailer for the "Airbender" movie too. From the looks of it, the movie might actually be more than decent. In my opinion, the effects look good and the martial arts look great. I wouldn't be embarrassed going to a film of this caliber. Even the people around me thought it looked good.
Teaser Trailer
I'll let you guys decide though.
Dude. Really, M. Night Shamwowalanimal?
Everything he has made after The Sixth Sense has been bullshit, and terribly cast people.
Samuel L Jackson as the breakable man. Really?
Marky Mark as the Teacher that saves the humans. From trees. Really?
Huaquim Pheonix as some weird Mennonite that gets pranked by some kids. Jesus Titty-****ing Christ...
BUT: A water Nymph come to the real world via some dudes pool, so she could give creative inspiration to a film critic ALL THE WHILE GETTING CHASED BY A MYTHICAL WOLF THING. So help me god...this man is ****ing bat-shit insane.
M. Night Shamyalmegalonagus needs to:
(A) Change his name to something pronounceable and spellable.
(B) Stop making unnecessary thrillers with terrible plot twists.
(C) Stay out of kids movies. Especially the kids part.
(D) All of the above.
What sucks the most is that I'll probably end up seeing it. But I won't pay for it. Hell no, I will never pay for this movie.
Everything he has made after The Sixth Sense has been bullshit, and terribly cast people.
Samuel L Jackson as the breakable man. Really?
Marky Mark as the Teacher that saves the humans. From trees. Really?
Huaquim Pheonix as some weird Mennonite that gets pranked by some kids. Jesus Titty-****ing Christ...
BUT: A water Nymph come to the real world via some dudes pool, so she could give creative inspiration to a film critic ALL THE WHILE GETTING CHASED BY A MYTHICAL WOLF THING. So help me god...this man is ****ing bat-shit insane.
M. Night Shamyalmegalonagus needs to:
(A) Change his name to something pronounceable and spellable.
(B) Stop making unnecessary thrillers with terrible plot twists.
(C) Stay out of kids movies. Especially the kids part.
(D) All of the above.
What sucks the most is that I'll probably end up seeing it. But I won't pay for it. Hell no, I will never pay for this movie.
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A) Perhaps your name is considered unpronounceable in his home country. I guess if you ever need to go to India, you'll need to change your name to something "unpronounceable."
B) Considering the fact that this movie is based off of a television series, which has no crazy plot twists, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
C) This movie is his first "kids" movie, and so far there has been very little that shows him incapable of making a great movie out of it.
Honestly, I've never had a problem with his casting or his directing. I'll admit that many of his stories came out too odd for me. It is fair to say that he just likes the supernatural, and so he extends his stories into it. It's called magic realism, and people aren't supposed to understand it the first time.
As for The Last Airbender, the casting looks fine (though most are unknown), and the story won't be his usual craziness. After all, Shyamalan wrote the script along with the award winning writers of the show.
I don't know, but I guess I'm more willing to ignore past failures than you all. Of course, I did love Signs and the Sixth Sense...