Comments | karma_aster: Yay!

karma_aster

Yay!

Jul 01, 2010 00:23

So, I'm reading the reviews on The Last Airbender and being gleeful, particuarly as I recall some of the things I was called when I pointed out the racist nature of the casting.

This is the song for the evening now:

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But it's GOOD schadenfreude, really. And totally worth feeling with no guilt whatsoever ( Read more... )

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Comments 8

daystarsearcher July 1 2010, 04:49:37 UTC

Ha, I know. Every shitty review lights a warm little fire in my soul.

karma_aster July 3 2010, 21:25:16 UTC

Shitty reviews for a shitty movie. Maybe he'll stop being put on any films ever again? We can hope? How many flops does the dude have to make in a row before studios get the message?

alryssa July 1 2010, 05:46:50 UTC

Ebert's review was pretty scathing.

alpha_strike July 2 2010, 02:46:48 UTC

To put it mildly...

karma_aster July 3 2010, 21:23:21 UTC

I think I missed that one. Linkies?

alryssa July 4 2010, 00:13:42 UTC

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100630/REVIEWS/100639999

liminalliz July 1 2010, 12:02:35 UTC

What daystarsearcher said; every bad review is a joy to my eyes.

karma_aster July 3 2010, 21:22:10 UTC

Hell yes. Normally, I'd feel a little bad about it, but Shamylan is SUCH an arrogant prick and so utterly convinced of his own brillance and has spent so much time telling everyone that he knows best and he's making the source material "better" and it's just fantastic to see him taken down a peg.

Also, the racist casting is just appalling on so many levels. But maybe this'll shut the people up who keep insisting that the lily-white kids got the parts because they were the best actors.

From what I'm hearing, a stick of wood would've done a better job than these kids.