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I love this movie

posted 10 years ago by Wilber2
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I have never watched the Avatar series so I have no idea how close this is to that. I do know that the first time I watched this movie in the theater I love it. It was action-packed and kept me interested the whole time.

I think it's a shame that so many die-hard fans had to nitpick at it. Any movie based on a TV series is not going to be complete. There are time constraints to consider.

I think if this movie were made before the series and it was allowed to stand on its own, then it would certainly have done far better than it did. I just watched it for the third time tonight and it still keeps going till the end. Such a shame that I will probably never know how the story concludes since a sequel is unlikely. :(

[–] natashaandersen33 9 years ago

agree with you!

But my question is.
I understand what you say but why dont think like " We have made one movie and it ends with water, so lets make earth and fire to ore the fans will get angry!"

[–] mazardeus 9 years ago

Indeed! Not only is the film a great expansion & a spiritually valid adaption to the show, it is also perfectly capable of standing on its own. It is indeed the nitpicking of the fanbase that is the vital problem. They look at the little things, because it is done differently than the show. Really, that is stupid. A creative adaption inherently has an artistic license that allows Night to do whatever he likes. He not only placed all the important parts of season 1, he also retold the story in his own creative style. Making a literal adaption is counterproductive to push the art of cinema. When fans of the show nitpick those tiny things, they think they are major flaws of the film. Ha ha ha! When I challenge them on one aspect of the film they think is problematic, they fail at proving their point.

[–] PreachCaleb 9 years ago

The films biggest flaws have nothing to do with the adaptation. It's just a bad film.

Can't stop the signal.

[–] Cypher_Angel 9 years ago

Still fanboying on a worthless director like Shyamalan. Very sad.

When I challenge them on one aspect of the film they think is problematic, they fail at proving their point.

And that's a straight up lie. To take but one example - that has been brought to your attention quite frequently - the acting is some of the most wooden that has been inflicted upon a paying audience in decades.

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With trenches full of poets,
The ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line

[–] mazardeus 9 years ago

That is only a statement. Acting is wooden? That's all one's logical thinking can reach equivalent to a mindless critic? Come on! Anyone can think beyond the surface of conventional thinking than that!

[–] Cypher_Angel 9 years ago

Try actually saying something next time instead of stringing words together you cribbed from your smarter friends' Phi 101 notes.

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With trenches full of poets,
The ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line

[–] mazardeus 9 years ago

I observed variation with the acting rather than wooden. That's all can be said. Let us assume the voices sound monotone. I also do not see that in their voices. It is philosophical and beautiful to me. ^_^

[–] Cypher_Angel 9 years ago

A voice cannot "sound...philosophical". You don't know what words mean. You should probably work on that.

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With trenches full of poets,
The ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line

[–] mazardeus 9 years ago

Really? It sounds to me somebody only knows one of many definitions of philosophical. ;)

"rationally or sensibly calm, patient, or composed."

There's plenty of parts I found in the movie that matches a philosophical tonality. You have no say in what works or not. You do not own being right all the time. Cinematic pieces of art like Night's films are an opportunity for rationalists to deconstruct the mystique.

[–] Cypher_Angel 9 years ago

More of your pretentious blather. This film is not "art", it is garbage.

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With trenches full of poets,
The ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line

[–] mazardeus 9 years ago

It's funny how board users constantly use the word "pretentious". :p That's right! You can completely avoid me correcting you on philosophical. I definitely got you there! By all means, avoid responding to that part, because of your high ego to accept defeat in your logical fallacies. ^_^ There's no need for this to continue. You failed due to your limited knowledge of the term philosophical.

[–] Cypher_Angel 9 years ago

No, you misused an archaic and rarely-seen meaning of the term. Nor was there any indication that you meant it as such. As I said, pretentious.

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With trenches full of poets,
The ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line

[–] mazardeus 9 years ago

No, I had multi-purpose use of "philosophical", so it is what I meant. Plus, the word makes sense. It is not misused. Give it up. :)

[–] Cypher_Angel 9 years ago

No, you're just a wannabe film student. I thought you people were only supposed to like David Lynch or European movies, not (failed) summer blockbusters.

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With trenches full of poets,
The ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line

[–] mazardeus 9 years ago

I am a film student. See, you also have a misconception of what film students like. There are many kinds of us. And another thing, I would not be as far as to categorize Airbender as a Hollywood blockbuster. Night's brilliant fantasy actually breaks the mold of typical Hollywood adventure film formula. Like all artistic films, it is a class of its own. Airbender demonstrates universal values and an international theme rather an indoctrinated and patriotic American commercialism and anti-intellectualism found in such films like 300.

[–] Cypher_Angel 9 years ago

I would not be as far as to categorize Airbender as a Hollywood blockbuster

Because you're a mouthbreathing fanboy who thinks Shyamalan can do no wrong.

breaks the mold of typical Hollywood adventure film formula

By being extremely bad. By violating the principal rule of film-making or media in general: show, don't tell.

universal values

Name one.

international theme rather an indoctrinated and patriotic American commercialism and anti-intellectualism found in such films like 300

No, that would be true of the show. Such subtlety is lost on Shyamalan's one dimensional botched adaption.

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With trenches full of poets,
The ragged army, fixing bayonets to fight the other line

[–] senerplat 9 years ago

you should be forbidden to watch movies. you can rewatch this though since this is a pile of crap not a movie

[–] TrentReznorandAtticusRoss 9 years ago

I have never watched the Avatar series so I have no idea

Problem #1

Any movie based on a TV series is not going to be complete. There are time constraints to consider.

Problem #2

"Dark and difficult times lie ahead, Harry" - Gandalf, 'The Chronicles Of Narnia'

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[–] jusjery 8 years ago

How dare you the last airbender was AWFUL, BORING and too rushed that is the 3th worst movie of all time

[–] SentientCrab 8 years ago

I thought the movie was fine, then I rewatched it and stopped after 4 mins and 42 secs.
Here's my critiques (setting the show aside):
0:10 Ice thing comes out of nowhere it's just floating in the sky. The size is all sorts of wrong.
0:12 Ice fall looks like crap
0:58 Okay I'm fine with this. It's not the best explanation of the element powers, but whatever at least it's not directly telling me these things.
1:16 Text starts in the bottom third of the screen. That really bothers me.
1:17 Now we have to be directly told the backstory in a really boring way. This movie had a budget. Show me some fighting. There could have been some really moving stuff here.
1:57 "he just disappeared" bad acting.
2:33 Water would have got on him when the bubble burst. It would have made more sense if he stood up because of the breaking of the bubble, making her lose her concentration, making the bubble fall on her.
2:35 "I'm sorry" bad acting
2:54 Is he even wet?
3:16 She says she helps with hunting for food, but how has she helped him. She looks more like a nuisance.
3:17 I'm going to ignore the fact that the guy is supposed to be an idiot, but all of his lines would have worked better if he read them like an idiot. And he only said 2 lines so far.
3:30 Third time looking at this scene and I only just realized there are two sets of tracks and there's supposed to be some tension of did he pick the right one. This wasn't shot well.
3:41 Wait where am I? This isn't where they were a second ago. That was way too abrupt.
4:27 "Move away from the cracks" why so specific? A simple "Run!" would've worked and has way more tension
4:31 Slowest running ever.
4:34 to 4:35 that's not the same, another time jump
4:37 Lol that slip. Are those boots even made for ice and snow?
4:38 Why did they stop? Keep running.