Post by miyuku258 on Jul 2, 2010 22:37:50 GMT -5
Alright Alright Alright... so Mr. M. Night Shalalamadama got my hopes up high and then CRUSHED THEM INTO LITTLE TINY BITE SIZED PIECES!!! AUGH.
Yes, I went and watched The Last Airbender tonight, since I'm a huge fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender. I was so excited to see all of my favorite characters in action, and the use of all four elements and how magical the experience would be~!
Then...I actually SAW the movie.
It was the worst train wreck my eyes ever witnessed.
First off, the names Avatar, Sokka, Aang, Iroh, and some others are all pronounced with a long vowel sound. Now, when I first heard Avatar sounding like Aavataar, I thought it was okay because of the copyright laws by the release of the new movie, Avatar, the one about the blue people on Pandora. I could accept that. But when they started pronouncing all of the other names that way, I could feel my ears bleeding.
Secondly, the actors REALLY needed more training. They were all cardboard-cutout actors, stiff and unconvincing. Sure most of them are first-time actors, but they REALLY REALLY sucked. It made the whole story unconvincing for me since they didn't seem to be "into it".
In the actual show, Aang visited the Southern Air Temple, where he saw the statues of his previous lives and made them glow, informing the world of the avatar's return.
In the MOVIE, he went to the NORTHERN Air Temple, where he was greeted by an Earth Nation monk, who tried to KILL HIM. THAT'S NOT RIGHT AT ALL.
Next, where were the Kyoshi warriors??? Where was Ba Sing Se?? Where was King Boomie? Not in the movie~~~ UGH. *gag me with a spoon and die*
You remember the episode where earthbenders in a small village were held captive in a metal workfort/ship in the middle of the ocean, then Katara gave them the spirit to fight back using coal since they couldn't metalbend? Well, in the MOVIE, the earthbenders were imprisoned in a DIRT PIT and still said that they "couldn't excape". Okay, there were like 2 fire nation guards and 50 earth benders. And they were SURROUNDED by dirt. TELL ME THAT MAKES NO SENSE. Oh, and Haru wasn't there, and Katara's speech was stolen by Aang. Yeah that was smooth...
The fire lord is supposed to be the scariest man in the show, a faceless shadow being who rules over the fire nation, to where you don't see his face or learn his name until halfway through the second season of the show. This is symbolism that the kid's rebellion in the Earth kingdom is working, and that he is slowly losing power.
Well in the MOVIE, the firelord is shown from the very beginning and he's the one coming up with all of the ingenious plans to destroy the northern water tribe. Which was ZHAO'S idea in the first place.
Speaking of Zhao, he's a midget who grovels at the fire lord's feet. Yeah, that's attractive. Also, you know how he's supposed to die at the hands of Aang when he went berserk at the battle in the northern water tribe, when he was in his avatar state? No, in the MOVIE, Zhao died at the hands of 4 waterbenders, drowned. Okay, I don't like Zhao, but he could easily wallow his way through the powers of 4 waterbenders, even at the peek of the full moon. ARGH!
And Zhao stabbed the moon spirit instead of burning it! WTF???
And in the end, when it shows Azula, she looks like a cutsie little girl, not serious about stopping Zuko or Iroh at all.
Oh did I mention that Iroh has black dred locks? And Zuko's hair is short and his scar is barely noticable? Yeah, that's KIND of important.
Okay, I'm done. I'm tired. I'm going to bed. Tomorrow's my birthday, and I turn 18. I hope that tomorrow I feel better than I do now -_-|||
SHAME TO THE DIRECTOR!
Yes, I went and watched The Last Airbender tonight, since I'm a huge fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender. I was so excited to see all of my favorite characters in action, and the use of all four elements and how magical the experience would be~!
Then...I actually SAW the movie.
It was the worst train wreck my eyes ever witnessed.
First off, the names Avatar, Sokka, Aang, Iroh, and some others are all pronounced with a long vowel sound. Now, when I first heard Avatar sounding like Aavataar, I thought it was okay because of the copyright laws by the release of the new movie, Avatar, the one about the blue people on Pandora. I could accept that. But when they started pronouncing all of the other names that way, I could feel my ears bleeding.
Secondly, the actors REALLY needed more training. They were all cardboard-cutout actors, stiff and unconvincing. Sure most of them are first-time actors, but they REALLY REALLY sucked. It made the whole story unconvincing for me since they didn't seem to be "into it".
In the actual show, Aang visited the Southern Air Temple, where he saw the statues of his previous lives and made them glow, informing the world of the avatar's return.
In the MOVIE, he went to the NORTHERN Air Temple, where he was greeted by an Earth Nation monk, who tried to KILL HIM. THAT'S NOT RIGHT AT ALL.
Next, where were the Kyoshi warriors??? Where was Ba Sing Se?? Where was King Boomie? Not in the movie~~~ UGH. *gag me with a spoon and die*
You remember the episode where earthbenders in a small village were held captive in a metal workfort/ship in the middle of the ocean, then Katara gave them the spirit to fight back using coal since they couldn't metalbend? Well, in the MOVIE, the earthbenders were imprisoned in a DIRT PIT and still said that they "couldn't excape". Okay, there were like 2 fire nation guards and 50 earth benders. And they were SURROUNDED by dirt. TELL ME THAT MAKES NO SENSE. Oh, and Haru wasn't there, and Katara's speech was stolen by Aang. Yeah that was smooth...
The fire lord is supposed to be the scariest man in the show, a faceless shadow being who rules over the fire nation, to where you don't see his face or learn his name until halfway through the second season of the show. This is symbolism that the kid's rebellion in the Earth kingdom is working, and that he is slowly losing power.
Well in the MOVIE, the firelord is shown from the very beginning and he's the one coming up with all of the ingenious plans to destroy the northern water tribe. Which was ZHAO'S idea in the first place.
Speaking of Zhao, he's a midget who grovels at the fire lord's feet. Yeah, that's attractive. Also, you know how he's supposed to die at the hands of Aang when he went berserk at the battle in the northern water tribe, when he was in his avatar state? No, in the MOVIE, Zhao died at the hands of 4 waterbenders, drowned. Okay, I don't like Zhao, but he could easily wallow his way through the powers of 4 waterbenders, even at the peek of the full moon. ARGH!
And Zhao stabbed the moon spirit instead of burning it! WTF???
And in the end, when it shows Azula, she looks like a cutsie little girl, not serious about stopping Zuko or Iroh at all.
Oh did I mention that Iroh has black dred locks? And Zuko's hair is short and his scar is barely noticable? Yeah, that's KIND of important.
Okay, I'm done. I'm tired. I'm going to bed. Tomorrow's my birthday, and I turn 18. I hope that tomorrow I feel better than I do now -_-|||
SHAME TO THE DIRECTOR!
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