The last airbender movie review
Sunday, August 8, 2010
I feel tired... like I'm going to fall sick. Well... anyway.... Yesterday, I went out to watch The Last Airbender... yes, the one based on the cartoon, Avatar the legend of Aang.First off... I'd like to point out that the movie was somewhat not what i expected... but this is coming from a person who re-watched avatar the legend of aang 2 times... There were nice scenes though. The main downsides, for me, to the movie was Sokka and the plot were a bit different than the animation. In the movie, Sokka was portrayed as a stern, protective and very serious person... Okay.. he is actually serious in the animation, but in the movie he was too serious... he did not even tell one joke. (I think, might have missed it considering it would have been only 1 or 2.) For the plot I can understand that its hard to squeeze 20 episodes into one movie, selecting only the parts that contribute to the movie plot. However, doing so obviously left out major parts such as compressing all earth kingdom stories into one, and even leaving out some, such as Aang meeting Bumi. Another major part that was heavily altered was at the final part of the movie, which is Aang stay at the northern water kingdom.1) Aang did not see the face changing spirit when he meditated in the chamber with the moon and water spirits.2) As a result, Aang hardly benefited from the spirit walk at all.3) Zuko did not hide in a cave after capturing Aang. He ended up hiding in store instead.4)Aang did not escape from being captured on his own but instead Katara froze Zuko.5)Aang did not fuse with the ocean spirit as it is highly hinted that he did not know about the death of the moon spirit.There are other alterations as well.Mainly:Aang's name is being pronounced as Ang...The whole concept of firebending was altered from the animated version. Fire benders now bend fire like how the other n=benders do it. By moving and manipulating it from a source. Although.... Zuko is shown to melt ice, this might be through the use of body heat though.Iroh does show firebending the animation way as fire comes out from his fists when he firebends.Although not stated, I suspect he is able to do it that way as ....Learning from the dragons
At the end of the movie, the firelord mentions that sozen's comet would grant them ability to generate fire from themselves... making no mention of whether it would actually make them stronger.The group's encounter with jet was also left out which would pose problem for the upcoming sequels i guess.. Or they could just leave him out all together.For everything else, it was very accurate. Even the starting animation, where they show silhouettes of the four bending skills, was carried over. I have to say though.. i really like the main cast.. their voices were nearly identical to the animation voices and their actions were good too...Another good point would be the animated characters Appa and Momo... yes they are still animated... very well done infact. My friend even comented that he came with the mindset of seeing appa. lolOverall, i would give this movie a 7/10. Reason? Despite my large chunk of bad comments, i enjoyed the movie overall and i suggest all avatar the legend of aang fans to watch the movie.. but don't get your hopes up too high.I do not intend to offend anyone.And please pardon my language... i'm very tired as i mentionedThe end of light...
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