Bending should best be left to Bender on Futurama...
Heyo.
I wanted to talk to you about a serious issue. And that issue is this: www.noob.us/humor/south-park-lucas-and-spielberg-rape-indiana-jones/ Except in this case, Aang and Co. are Indiana Jones and Shyamalan is...yah, you get it.
I saw Avatar: The Last Airbender. I need to warn you: DO NOT GO SEE IT.
Last summer I fell in love with the Nickelodeon cartoon. It was light, fun, well designed, and FUCKING AWESOME. It's the first time I've fallen in love with a children's show since...lizzie mcguire when i was 12....shut up (DID YOU SEE THE EPISODE WHEN SHE WANTED TO BUY A BRA? SOOOO MY LIFE!!!!)
But I just saw The Last Airbender and let me tell you it is utter shit. It's the first movie I actually wanted to walk out of (besides Lady in the Water but uh.....)
1) Every single character's name is mispronounced and the actor's look like the mispronounced names taste bad or feel fuzzy in their mouth. It's not Aang, it's Uhhhng. And it's not Avatar, it's "Ahhhvatar" and it's not Sokka, it's "SOkka" (as in leviooooooosa, not leviosaaaa). It's just so weird to see character's who's names were very specific in a cartoon and recited in all three seasons, suddenly REINVISIONED. It would be like if I started calling Deskin "Deeeeskeeeeen." Yeah, that's right, fucking stupid.
2) The acting is horrible. Not like, "I'm just lost and need some direction" bad or over the top bad or GI JOE acting, but just...Britol Palin bad: www.collegehumor.com/video:1937901
I mean, I was a little suspicious when the main character didn't even fucking speak in the trailer, but JESUS CHRIST. WHEN THE BEST ACTOR IN YOUR MOVIE IS AASIF MANDVI, YOU KNOW THERE"S A PROBLEM.
How could a man who got such wonderful acting from a young Haley Joel Osment FUCK UP SO BAD with these young actors???
3) There is no movie, it's all just a montage. ***(there was a 20 minute break here where I tried to find the "Gonna Need A Montage!" song from South Park/Team America, but I only found the song, not the scene w/ montages. Good movie.)*** Srsly, the only thing that connects each scene to the next is the UBER BAD voice over by Katara.
4) When do we get to know our characters? How about never. They pop up now and then, but most of the acting and forward "plot" movement is left to the bad guys. UGH.
Good things: Aasif Mandvi and the lame vampire from Twilight Casper the Ghost or summat are the best actors in this thing. Yes, it's THAT SAD. The scenery is breathtaking and the special effects are pretty cool, but that doesn't make up for the lack of EVERYTHINGAKDKAKAKKKASKAKSKDASKASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!! <==sorry my typing rage quit on me.
EDIT***: I knew I had a 5th complaint, kk, here goes:
5) THE CASTING. Now, I didn't want to cover this bc I thought everyone has already made a huge stink about it, but one thing needs to be said. It's okay to cast white actors in roles meant for other ethnicities. Really. It is. It's no biggie. As long as it's not overly offensive. Like Mickey Rooney racist: www.youtube.com/watch But it's REALLY distracting to have white characters SURROUNDED by asian character and extra actors. All of Katara and Sokka's village were Inuit or Mongoloid looking!!!! And then there's two little white kids! WTF? I cried to Deskin about it and he was all, "yeah, somebody's Daddy is the milkman." lol. If you're going to have white actors, okay, but try to make it seem like they're white bc they come from a tribe that's white....i mean, jesus christ....It's like saying, "now, kids, you can have darker skin, but you won't be going on any adventures with the avatar" =_=+ It's really frustrating. Prince of Persia kinda did the same white washing, but the thing about that is that Persians were actually more light skinned back then....so...meh.
Scenario: You get a group picture together of a bunch of children together with whites in the minority, and then ask a tiny kid, "which one of these kids is the [princess/hero]??" Which one do you think they're going to pick? What has society told them? >.< GRAH.
I wanted to talk to you about a serious issue. And that issue is this: www.noob.us/humor/south-park-lucas-and-spielberg-rape-indiana-jones/ Except in this case, Aang and Co. are Indiana Jones and Shyamalan is...yah, you get it.
I saw Avatar: The Last Airbender. I need to warn you: DO NOT GO SEE IT.
Last summer I fell in love with the Nickelodeon cartoon. It was light, fun, well designed, and FUCKING AWESOME. It's the first time I've fallen in love with a children's show since...lizzie mcguire when i was 12....shut up (DID YOU SEE THE EPISODE WHEN SHE WANTED TO BUY A BRA? SOOOO MY LIFE!!!!)
But I just saw The Last Airbender and let me tell you it is utter shit. It's the first movie I actually wanted to walk out of (besides Lady in the Water but uh.....)
1) Every single character's name is mispronounced and the actor's look like the mispronounced names taste bad or feel fuzzy in their mouth. It's not Aang, it's Uhhhng. And it's not Avatar, it's "Ahhhvatar" and it's not Sokka, it's "SOkka" (as in leviooooooosa, not leviosaaaa). It's just so weird to see character's who's names were very specific in a cartoon and recited in all three seasons, suddenly REINVISIONED. It would be like if I started calling Deskin "Deeeeskeeeeen." Yeah, that's right, fucking stupid.
2) The acting is horrible. Not like, "I'm just lost and need some direction" bad or over the top bad or GI JOE acting, but just...Britol Palin bad: www.collegehumor.com/video:1937901
I mean, I was a little suspicious when the main character didn't even fucking speak in the trailer, but JESUS CHRIST. WHEN THE BEST ACTOR IN YOUR MOVIE IS AASIF MANDVI, YOU KNOW THERE"S A PROBLEM.
How could a man who got such wonderful acting from a young Haley Joel Osment FUCK UP SO BAD with these young actors???
3) There is no movie, it's all just a montage. ***(there was a 20 minute break here where I tried to find the "Gonna Need A Montage!" song from South Park/Team America, but I only found the song, not the scene w/ montages. Good movie.)*** Srsly, the only thing that connects each scene to the next is the UBER BAD voice over by Katara.
4) When do we get to know our characters? How about never. They pop up now and then, but most of the acting and forward "plot" movement is left to the bad guys. UGH.
Good things: Aasif Mandvi and the lame vampire from Twilight Casper the Ghost or summat are the best actors in this thing. Yes, it's THAT SAD. The scenery is breathtaking and the special effects are pretty cool, but that doesn't make up for the lack of EVERYTHINGAKDKAKAKKKASKAKSKDASKASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!! <==sorry my typing rage quit on me.
EDIT***: I knew I had a 5th complaint, kk, here goes:
5) THE CASTING. Now, I didn't want to cover this bc I thought everyone has already made a huge stink about it, but one thing needs to be said. It's okay to cast white actors in roles meant for other ethnicities. Really. It is. It's no biggie. As long as it's not overly offensive. Like Mickey Rooney racist: www.youtube.com/watch But it's REALLY distracting to have white characters SURROUNDED by asian character and extra actors. All of Katara and Sokka's village were Inuit or Mongoloid looking!!!! And then there's two little white kids! WTF? I cried to Deskin about it and he was all, "yeah, somebody's Daddy is the milkman." lol. If you're going to have white actors, okay, but try to make it seem like they're white bc they come from a tribe that's white....i mean, jesus christ....It's like saying, "now, kids, you can have darker skin, but you won't be going on any adventures with the avatar" =_=+ It's really frustrating. Prince of Persia kinda did the same white washing, but the thing about that is that Persians were actually more light skinned back then....so...meh.
Scenario: You get a group picture together of a bunch of children together with whites in the minority, and then ask a tiny kid, "which one of these kids is the [princess/hero]??" Which one do you think they're going to pick? What has society told them? >.< GRAH.