The Last Airbender
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A century has passed since the Fire Nation declared war on the other three nations of air, water, and earth in its attempt for global domination. Aang, the long-lost Avatar, is found by Water Tribe siblings Katara and Sokka and must learn to master water, earth, and fire bending to defeat the Fire Nation and restore balance to the world.
What critics thought
One of the most comprehensively panned blockbusters in recent memory, The Last Airbender drew near-universal contempt for its exposition-heavy script, poor child performances, misguided post-conversion 3D, and Shyamalan's inability to translate the warmth and invention of the source material to screen. A small handful of critics found enough spectacle in the action sequences to recommend it as passable children's entertainment, but they were drowned out almost entirely.
“The Last Airbender keeps throwing things at you, but its final effect is, in every way, flat.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“Burdened by [a] never-ending onslaught of expository dialogue awkwardly delivered by actors giving career-worst performances across the board, The Last Airbender is so outrageously bad it's a wonder it ever got before cameras.”
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“Shyamalan, who never has mounted an epic film before, gets only passing grades. Huge sets and unit work from Greenland to New Zealand all look strangely underlit. One wonders whether the projector blew a light bulb. The movie was foolishly converted to 3D after principal photography, but if anything, this conversion is worse than Clash of the Titans.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“the personality-free hero, the nonsensical plot twists, the CG clutter, the bland romance, the new-age pablum”
Charlie Jane Anders·io9
“its visuals and heart far outweighed the clunky plotting and "awful" dialogue.”
David Roark·Relevant Magazine
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
M. Night ShyamalanDirector
Noah RingerAang
Dev PatelPrince Zuko
Nicola PeltzKatara
Jackson RathboneSokka
Shaun ToubUncle Iroh
Aasif MandviCommander Zhao
Cliff CurtisFire Lord Ozai
Seychelle GabrielPrincess Yue
Katharine HoughtonKatara's Grandma
Francis GuinanMaster Pakku
Damon GuptonMonk Gyatso
Summer BishilAzula
James Newton HowardComposer
Andrew LesnieCinematographyThe Last Airbender
A century has passed since the Fire Nation declared war on the other three nations of air, water, and earth in its attempt for global domination. Aang, the long-lost Avatar, is found by Water Tribe siblings Katara and Sokka and must learn to master water, earth, and fire bending to defeat the Fire Nation and restore balance to the world.
What critics thought
One of the most comprehensively panned blockbusters in recent memory, The Last Airbender drew near-universal contempt for its exposition-heavy script, poor child performances, misguided post-conversion 3D, and Shyamalan's inability to translate the warmth and invention of the source material to screen. A small handful of critics found enough spectacle in the action sequences to recommend it as passable children's entertainment, but they were drowned out almost entirely.
“The Last Airbender keeps throwing things at you, but its final effect is, in every way, flat.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“Burdened by [a] never-ending onslaught of expository dialogue awkwardly delivered by actors giving career-worst performances across the board, The Last Airbender is so outrageously bad it's a wonder it ever got before cameras.”
Ain't It Cool News
“Shyamalan, who never has mounted an epic film before, gets only passing grades. Huge sets and unit work from Greenland to New Zealand all look strangely underlit. One wonders whether the projector blew a light bulb. The movie was foolishly converted to 3D after principal photography, but if anything, this conversion is worse than Clash of the Titans.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“the personality-free hero, the nonsensical plot twists, the CG clutter, the bland romance, the new-age pablum”
Charlie Jane Anders·io9
“its visuals and heart far outweighed the clunky plotting and "awful" dialogue.”
David Roark·Relevant Magazine
Genres
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
M. Night ShyamalanDirectorNoah RingerAangDev PatelPrince ZukoNicola PeltzKataraJackson RathboneSokkaShaun ToubUncle IrohAasif MandviCommander ZhaoCliff CurtisFire Lord OzaiSeychelle GabrielPrincess YueKatharine HoughtonKatara's GrandmaFrancis GuinanMaster PakkuDamon GuptonMonk GyatsoSummer BishilAzulaJames Newton HowardComposerAndrew LesnieCinematographyStream
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