So today, I randomly decided to watch M. Night Shamadadlasdnfdsaasdfdsomething's "The Last Airbender". Why? I dunno.
I've also decided to just jot down my thoughts as I watch it, and so, that's what this is. Just a collection of bullet points, detailing the things I thought as I was watching the movie. Here goes. (Yes, I am a fan of the TV shows)
-7 minutes in. I like the costumes. The actors, not so much.
-They TRY to add humor (Sokka getting smacked down by Appa's tail) but it just doesn't really work.
-13:50 The name mispronunciations are kinda bugging me.
-I don't like how Iroh looks like a bad guy... and how he's not a short, fat, old man.
-so far the only one i like is Zuko but even he needs work appearance wise. ie, more detailed scar, less hair, etc.
-well that's the first I've heard of Fire Nation not digging spirit world.
-18:25... im sorry "ONG"? D-did she just say "ONG"?
-shortly after "is ok if you tell me your name. Girl, you literally JUST called him Ong a few seconds ago. Sure that's probably narration, but STILL, that's pretty sloppy.
-... uh Aang... I know it's hard to believe and all... what with you standing atop skeletal corpses of your fellow monks... but I'm pretty sure Katara's not lying about the war.
-20 or so minutes. Ok the scene transitions are all rather rushed and kinda sloppy.
-22:47 IS THAT AASIF FREAKIN' MANDVI?! OK... Daily Show has prevented me from taking this movie seriously. From how little i took it seriously before, well...
-I like how the drawing/painting Zuko has of his family is actually more show accurate than anything else I've seen so far in this movie.
-oh and now we're suddenly in earth kingdom. great. why? no really, why? If I hadn't seen the show, what would this movie have me assume about why they're in the earth kingdom now? It didn't tell me anything.
-Ok,Sokka getting frozen is KINDA funny. I softly chuckled
-is that little kid supposed to be Haru? He looks WAY too young.
-what is with this scene? the best actor in this scene is hamming it up at best. everything else feels like a typical middleschool/highschool video project.
-I'm sorry did I miss something? Why are the fire benders suddenly in need of a flame source? Wouldn't that kinda make them... the worst in terms of practicality? Each of the other 3 elements can be found readily almost anywhere...
-29 minutes... took like 5 or 6 guys doing a choreographed dance number to move a single piece of rock... slowly... towards... its intended target. I take back the previous bullet. In this movie, apparently earth is the worst, since at the very least, 1 person can bend a substantial amount of fire.
-31 minutes. YOU'D THINK I would be annoyed that THAT's how they get the water bending scroll... but I'm ok with this, since the pirate episode was kinda filler imo.
-it's bugging me whenever they keep saying "Ah-vah-tar"
-wait so Aasif Mandvi is ZHAO? FRIKKEN ZHAO?!
-k', HATE what they did with Ozai.
-ok... jot that down on the mispronunciation chart, "Agni key"
-Katara keeps asking Aang "what's wrong". GEE, I DUNO. MAYBE THAT'S CUZ WE'RE NEVER AROUND THIS KID WHEN NOTHING'S WRONG. I couldn't tell if he's troubled, he's fine, or is he has to pee.
-OH HEY THE... blue spirit?
-OH HEY SPINNING DOOR TRAINING. Im actually surprised they kept that in
-YOU KNOW WHAT? YUE? ACTUALLY LOOKS DECENT
-Ya know... the coooolest thing in this movie are the fire nation ships. I love the way they're designed.
-1 hour 3 minutes. *stance training* Wow, it's like they actually got a good shot in.
-is that a war cry? is tht SUPPOSED TO BE a war cry? "hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~"
-wait... since when did fire benders have lizards? IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE THE...ok, so I guess no sexy bounty hunter in this
-why is Roku a dragon?
-I think the best bet in the fight would be to douse the fire guy's fire... LIKE YOUR PLAN THAT YOU FOR SOME REASON ARE NOT FOLLOWING
-whut.... WHAT?! He made a big wave. THAT'S IT. FIRE GUYS RETREAT. HE DIDNT EVEN SEND THE WAVE AT THEM. HE JUST MADE A BIG WAVE AND PUT IT BACK.
-aaaaaaaaaaaand it ends on Aang's constipation face.
-oh hey Azula... looking crazy and kinda cute.
So overall... NOT AS BAD as Dragonball Evolution. I would recommend this movie only if you're very very very very young with low standards, and have not seen the show.










