Well...
Saw The Last Airbender this evening (yesterday really, considering it is two AM now) with a couple of friends. It was decent I think, though I'm not certain about that. I sort of flinched every time anybody said anyone's name. I missed the lack of the Kyoshi warriors, and the presence of Suki. As a stand-alone film I think it failed miserably. The pace was very fast and before I knew it two hours had come and gone. That's a good thing I suppose, I think the writing was terrible overall, there were many instances in which characters seemed to parrot things back to each other. I'm hoping for a second installment in the series, as I really want more of the nummy Jackson Rathbone as Sokka with hopefully a dash of terrible jokes and a cactus juice reference. I know this sounds all disjointed and confused, but that's exactly what this movie did to me. I don't know how well it could have come across to someone watching it who had not seen the tv show beforehand and that scares me. That and the whole changing of Aang's name from his real name to Ong. Seriously, is that one 'o' or two? I'm going to go see the film again on Sunday, and hopefully by then my otherwise blah mood will have improved. I went into the film not sure what to expect and so what I saw leaves me with questions which I'll analyze then.