i just have to start off by saying don’t waste your money on this piece of crap they call 3D for this movie. i tend to give every film a chance and watch movies for what they are but i have never felt so ripped off in my life walking out of a movie theater. not because the movie sucked, but why the hell did i pay the extra money for that real d 3d bullshit? if the director had no intention of filming a 3d movie don’t go and spend millions of dollars marketing and editing the movie into a 3d movie. it just does not work that way unfortunately. i am currently not impressed much with 3d technology and for certain movies lately it works great such as avatar, how to train your dragon, and maybe even alice in wonderland. they all have bright colors and are filmed in such a way that objects are isolated in the center of the screen so it actually pops out at you like 3d should be like. the last airbender had sort of a gloomy saturated look most of the time and the only time i actually noticed the 3d effect was the first 2 minutes or so where i feel like they just added in to get you all excited; that and the meditation sequences which have bright flashy lights and effects to make the avatar glow (which case in point is very helpful to make it work). i honestly could have watched most of the movie without my uncomfortable 3d glasses and i wouldn’t have noticed a difference.
the last airbender is about four nations divided into four elements which consist of water, air, fire, and earth. there is an avatar that is the link between the nations and the spirit world who can control all 4 elements. the current avatar disappears and the fire nation wages war on the others starting with the air nation. they plan to conquer the world and that’s when the avatar returns to stop them with the help of a few friends. 3d obviously does not help them succeed in any way though nor does it make them look any flashier.
now that i’m done bitching about being ripped off by the 3d, the movie itself wasn’t a bad watch. i agree it was entertaining to watch but originating from a tv show on nickelodeon, thats exactly what it felt like, one of those mid episodes that summarize the first half of the series. the acting was ehhh and a few characters in particular bothered me in my opinion. the whole movie felt rushed to explain what was going on jumping from scene to scene trying to reach the climax.
i have personally never watched the tv series myself besides a few clips of toph whooping ass recommended by my brother. i could say that i get a basic understanding of what avatar: the last airbender is about but i’m sure that plenty of facts are different and i cannot say how close the movie follows the tv show. i am certain that much of the introduction to the characters and depth of the movie is rushed through and skipped as well. for an adaptation and watching as a separate movie though, the story was great, but like i mentioned earlier, just rushed. i noticed that most of the fire nation consisted of indians, the earth nation was all asian, and the water nation was all caucasian. *shrugs*
i don’t see what all the fuss is about wasting money on cg. i thought the effects looked pretty high standard as far as cg goes and some pretty awesome fight scenes. i could just be blind to these flaws since i was too busy putting my glasses on and off trying to see what the hell the difference was on the screen. there was nothing too crazy being a pg-13 movie and the main character being more of a “monk” type figure (meaning he won’t be fucking shit up for 2 hours, but he definitely could). keeping the rating at a teen level i felt it did a much better job than prince of persia in terms of action and all that fun stuff. i am curious to see how the next movie will turn out and feel as if there could be something epic coming our way, just fix the 3d or don’t even bother.
