The Last Airbender (and other movies)

This is a thread about various recent movies, for discussion.

Has anyone seen The Last Airbender or The Dispicable Me?

And is TLA as bad as they say?

Haven't seen either, but regardless I am looking forward to DEspicable me.

Might be because I have a soft spot for those old school villains.

Well, let's all face it, there was no way in Heaven and Hell you could make a faithful adaptation of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" in only three or two hours, however long the film was. Should have followed the LotR formula and go for multiple movies.

Since its a M. Night Shyamalan, is there a twist in the movie?

Sean Okotami wrote:

Well, let's all face it, there was no way in Heaven and Hell you could make a faithful adaptation of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" in only three or two hours, however long the film was. Should have followed the LotR formula and go for multiple movies.

Agreed. It's a wonder they didn't.

You all forgot one movie: Predators. I have only one thing to say about it... watch it.

Sehoolighan wrote:

You all forgot one movie: Predators. I have only one thing to say about it... watch it.

Unless it has Ahnold scream "Get to da choppah!" I ain't watching it.

Sean Okotami wrote:

Sehoolighan wrote:

You all forgot one movie: Predators. I have only one thing to say about it... watch it.

Unless it has Ahnold scream "Get to da choppah!" I ain't watching it.

Slightly off topic but...

Despicable me is a Cute family show. there's not one second u won't get bored of it unless you don't have a sensitive caring side(also funny)

new twilight isn't bad. even to the point that most my guy friends actually said it was okay.

Predator is the movie if u want action. but a...ending that leaves u slightly hanging (least for me)

Inception is crazy (in a fascinating way)

As for avatar. the only good thing i can give it for is the fight-scenes. Other then that it should have gone with the lotr setup

I have a friend who's dad worked in the entertainment business. He organized interviews with fans coming out of the first screening of Avatar:TLA.

His boss apparently was irritated he only recorded the negative fan reviews.

However, my friend's dad had to explain that there were ONLY negative fan reviews.

'Nuff said.

Jætte_Troll wrote:

I have a friend who's dad worked in the entertainment business. He organized interviews with fans coming out of the first screening of Avatar:TLA.

His boss apparently was irritated he only recorded the negative fan reviews.

Not big surprise.

Jætte_Troll wrote:

However, my friend's dad had to explain that there were ONLY negative fan reviews.

Hah.
Last air bender on rottentomatos.com. There is only ONE review that didn't give it a rotten tomato.

Jætte_Troll wrote:

'Nuff said.

Indeed. The movie is disappointing. Especially coming from a director that has done some great stuff. (I love Unbreakable).

Pff. After Unbreakable M. Night Shamalamadingdong appears to have gone, to be blunt, fucking insane.

haven't seen the last airbender, or despicable me, but I DID see the karate kid.

THAT was an excellent movie. Loved the adaption from the old one.

I haven't seen it yet, personally, but I'd imagine those who see it without any knowledge of the series may seem, what's a good word.... oblivious to the inaccuracies and apparent flaws in this adaption of the story, as with all film adaptions of other media. Like I said, I didn't see it, so I can't be sure, exactly D:

You mean that the firebenders carried lamps?

That's terrible. I mean, it causes so many more problems than it solves, they should have just let that be.

Hey! knight of day is excellent (even if Tom Cruise is in it) just went and saw it. Highly recommended if u like action/drama genre.

TLA was awful. People who went with no prior knowlege of the show were confused, and fans of the show were upset with the stupid changes Shamalamadingdong put in. Aside from poor pacing (scenes suddenly leaping around, etc) the child actors were just horrible - I know they're just kids, but the performances were really wooden and awkward, to the point that I felt embarrassed for the kids as people in the cinema laughed at unintentionally hilarious lines. Here's an actual scene from the movie, if you don't take my word for it.



On the bright side though, Toy Story 3 is fucking awesome. Go watch it.

... I was... ALMOST considering going to see TLA... But... that is the MOST unprofessional acting I have EVER seen. EVER.

FalconJudge wrote:

... I was... ALMOST considering going to see TLA... But... that is the MOST unprofessional acting I have EVER seen. EVER.

Agreed. Except I wasn't going to see it anyway.