THE LAST AIRBENDER Wins Five Awards

[filkertom]

Unfortunately for M. Night, they're Razzies.

(If you haven't seen TLA, by the way, be sure to get the RiffTrax for it. It may be your only hope of survival.)

Comments

[filkertom]

Well, duh. Although their ballots usually are filled with true losers. As a dedicated fan of the animated series upon which it is based, I solemnly swear that I tried to watch the live-action movie, I really tried. It was wretched.

[pandoradeloeste]

I gave up about ten minutes in. Sokka's antics and slapsticky bad luck just do not translate to the big screen. Apparently neither did Katara's agency or Aang's personality, from the little I saw.

[filkertom]

Certainly not with M. Night writing them. The one thing the guy does not translate to the screen is anything resembling a sense of humor. Heath Ledger's Joker was matched against Batman, but "Why so serious?" was coined for M. Night.

[misterseth]

Had me worried there for a minute...

[tcgtrf]

I just finished watching the animated series on Netflix streaming with Lily, and I have to say that *that* was thrilling.

All through the last season, I kept thinking to myself what a wonderful PG-rated video game the series would make.

Lily loved it, btw. I've started her on the first season of Xena now and she's devouring everything she can find on Greek mythology.

Tom T.

[biomekanic]

As an FYI, there's a short sequel series in the works that follows up with the next Avatar in what appears to be a steampunkish world.