The series, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, takes place in a world torn by war, in which gifted people can control each of the four elements: Air, Water, Earth, and Fire.
The Fire Nation rules with an iron fist, using their powers and technological mastery to keep the others down. At the start of the series, two siblings from the Northern Water Tribe, Katara and Sokka, discover a boy encased beneath their icy homeland.
This is Aang, the reincarnated Avatar who can control all four elements and usually keeps the order. But the century since he shrugged off the responsibilities of his role has allowed the Fire Nation to take a foothold and the three youngsters must travel the world so that the Avatar may master the other elements, in addition to his native airbending, in order to bring peace. Shyamalan discovered the show when his daughter dressed up as Katara for Halloween and was also attracted to the spiritual and martial arts influences in the story.
Ad — content continues below. Of course the obvious challenge in translating the story for film is condensing 20 episodes of a series into a feature length version of the same beats, but the film ran into many more difficulties along the way.
Aside from adding to the budget, this reportedly led to half an hour being cut from the movie so that they could convert it in time for its US release date, before the lucrative Independence Day weekend. There was also the controversial decision to cast white actors as Asian characters from the series, while casting Indian and Iranian actors as the antagonistic Fire Nation characters, which turned some fans against the film before it had even come out.
Sokka is supposed to be funny. This Twilight guy is not funny. Who are these people? And why is the acting so terrible? Counterpoint: Yeah, so, this is where M. Night really should have done a better job. As the director, he should have studied the source material a lot better and gotten this right.
Give me a break. It's been said before in other articles , but it's Sokka's voice. It just sounds wrong. What detractors will say - Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the only American cartoons on television that prominently features Asian characters. Night Shyamalan is Asian. Why did he decide to whitewash this movie?
Because it was a big deal at the time. Depending on the template being laid out, having her as a part of the Avatar reboot would bring in one of the most engaging and energetic characters of the franchise, provided she could be worked in organically rather than the shoehorning that the film relied upon.
Additionally, the relationship of Aang and Zuko was perhaps the most central aspect of the show, and another that the movie failed to deliver on.
Zuko's rejection by his father, Firelord Ozai, was the most heartbreaking aspect of Avatar. At the same time, his relationship with his wise Uncle Iroh along with his determination to capture the Avatar for his father and end his banishment from the Fire Nation made Zuko the rare antagonist that viewers could actually root for. It also made his and Aang's eventual friendship feel that much more profound when they finally joined forces, and Zuko's role in the defeat of the Fire Nation both heroic and redemptive.
For the Avatar reboot, making Zuko, and Uncle Iroh for that matter, as central to the story as Aang, Katara, and Sokka themselves is an absolute must. A decade hence from its disastrous theatrical release, there is no denying that The Last Airbender was an appallingly horrific first attempt to translate Avatar to live-action, and it remains among the most legendary failures of big-screen adaptations ever made.
It does, however, give Netflix's upcoming Avatar series a virtually perfect blueprint of what not to do. Combined with the direct involvement of Konietzko and DiMartino and a vast well of material to draw from, the second bid to bring Avatar: The Last Airbender to live-action life can hopefully finally do justice to one of the world's most popular and beloved animated adventures. Growing up, Brad developed an innate love of movies and storytelling, and was instantly enamored with the world of adventure while following the exploits of Indiana Jones, Japanese kaiju, and superheroes.
Today, Brad channels his thoughts on all manner of movies, from comic book films, sci-fi thrillers, comedies, and everything in between through his writings on Screen Rant. Brad also offers philosophical musings on martial arts and the filmographies of everyone from Jackie Chan to Donnie Yen on Kung Fu Kingdom, where he's also had the privilege of interviewing many of the world's great stunt professionals, and hearing plenty of gripping stories on injuries incurred in their line of work and the intricacies of designing the acts of death defiance he first thrilled to as a youngster.
When he's not writing, Brad enjoys going on a ride with the latest action hit or Netflix original, though he's also known to just pop in "The Room" from time to time. Follow Brad on Twitter BradCurran. By Brad Curran Published Apr 23, After making The Sixth Sense, an excellent thriller , Unbreakable, a middle of the line suspense device , and Signs a good thriller , his career just took a downward spiral with the excuse of a film The Village then The Lady in the Water and The Happening which I did not see, but heard were horrible.
Finally, he makes this, his first and hopefully his last non-suspense film. The actors are flat and laughable, the dialouge is mundane, and the direction is non-existant. Horrible is sugarcoating it. Note to parents: The film contains stylized action and a moody kiss appropriate for most kids.
This title contains: Positive Messages. Teen, 14 years old Written by DarkMidnight December 1, Horrible in Comparrison I was saddened. No offence M. The acting was horrible and it sounded like they were reading streight off of the script without stop.
Noah Ringer showed a tad of potental I admit, his acting was good in some places, but the results still were a downer, the boy hardly smiled and his air bending looked like he was pretending to be an octopus. Katara was always so emotional, and she seemed more like a little girl than the 'motherly' figure. And for Zuko, they must realize he growl in EVERY sentence he said in the cartoon, in the movie he sounded like he yelled everything.
Although they need a chubbier actor, excuse me saying so, but Iroh was short and fat, not tall and skinny. None of the characters looked themselves, Aang sort of did, but not really, it looked like they obviously shaved his head. Katara and Sokka were Innuit, not pure as snow white, they could have hired African American's even for that role. Especially Zuko in the show, he looked more Asian than most of them.
They made Haru a little boy, and at the end, the girl that plays Azula is in her twenties, when Azula was only 14 years old, like Katara. If they could find someone around Katara's age to play the role, they can find a young girl that looks like Azula 'I' even look like Azula! The affects were decent, but they were moving far too slow, they could have just rolled out of the way!
The thing with the Fire benders needing a 'source of fire' is silly, if that was true, I don't think they would have gone as far as they did in the war. The people that were 'bending' looked more like they were just moving their arms all over, it hardly matched.
You just couldn't relate to any of the characters, you could hardly grow on them. The set just seemed Little fun. Ozai didn't look scary, the characters look nothing like they should have, the names were said wrong, Appa looked like he was from "Where the Wild things Are" while Momo his name was never said looked like he came out of a video game. If they mess up Azula and Toph, I'm dropping it completely. Teen, 14 years old Written by Totally August 14, Parents Listen Up!!!
Parents: If you want to see this film, Please don't waste you time and money to see a film that is based on the tv series. Its boring and slow. Please don't see it. Teen, 14 years old Written by pen July 3, I almost ran out of the movie theater! This movie was horrible!!! My friend and I love The Last Airbender series but this movie was not worth the time or money to see.
They changed the names, more than half of the plot line, and in general the entire story! If you want to see this movie just watch the series instead because this movie butchered the entire show! I hated it! Teen, 13 years old Written by Disney- October 13, This movie is so traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaash!!!!!! Read my mind. Teen, 14 years old Written by Ethan W. September 11, Everything good about the show is erased. The characters are erased. The plot is erased. The talented actors are erased.
One of the worst creations mankind has made. Thank you, M. Night Shaymalan. Content: Some spiritual themes, but regular watchers of the show will be able to handle it.
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