It’s pretty damn tough to find decent child actors that could pull it off at all. Getting them all to be groups of a certain race and comparable age would be a real pain. I think he should have made all the tribes mixed, and add makeup to even out the skin tones within the tribes. For instance, Katara looks crappy, but Sokka seems perfect. And Zuko doesn’t look white enough if you ask me.
Wow I hate my life. There’s no midnight show where I live because they’re having one for Twilight.
http://images.t-nation.com/forum_images/f/d/fdb01_ORIG-300px_Combustion_Man.jpg
I cant wait till book 3 to see who they get to play “Sparky Sparky Boom Man” and if instead of writing his name if Sakka covers it in ink and facerolls it across the paper
I really not up at arms about the race issues or non issues. I’m worried that the movie will suck (1). And what the F*ck is up with that bobo scratch on Zucko’s face where is the scar and the narlled up ear.
[quote]WhiteTiger711 wrote:
Wow I hate my life. There’s no midnight show where I live because they’re having one for Twilight. [/quote]
I’m seeing a lawsuit.
^He did it. He apparently managed to fuck it up.
The reviews are straight up terrible, 6% positive at rotten tomatoes. I am still going to see it of course, this is just bringing up my fears that he had to take a great thing and fuck with it instead of just bringing it to the big screen.
Just saw it. The movie was horrible. It just seemed…“awkward” for a lack of a better word. No character development, AT ALL! Katara looked like she was trying not to throw up the entire movie, Sokka had maybe one actually funny scene, Uncle Iroh was stone faced, skinny, and had I think two scenes where he’s either drinking tea and talking about it. Too much martial art as well. It seemed that the benders, including Zuko and Aang, used punches and kicks more than their elements. Firelord Ozai wasn’t very intimidating, as neither was Zuko’s scar. The ending was on point though, but that’s about it.
“SPOILER” sort of:
The Movie was not Great and I still want to punch M.Night in the face. The girl was either not a very good actress or was not given enough direction. Also Ballin is right not much of any thought went into character development. It was as if Night had no idea about the story and was paid a shit load of money to spit this out Fast.
If and that is a Big if they continue with the trilogy he should be taken off being director.
FUCK YOU M. NIGHT!! FUCK YOU!! This movie is getting killed in the reviews. I hope this kills his career the way he killed this franchise. FUCK YOU!!
Let me help yall out…
http://www.theavatarportal.org/Watch-Episodes.php
every season. every episode. Screw shamalaneys travesty, watch the real deal.
[quote]Majin wrote:
[quote]WhiteTiger711 wrote:
Wow I hate my life. There’s no midnight show where I live because they’re having one for Twilight. [/quote]
I’m seeing a lawsuit.[/quote]
Only against M Night for butchering this movie so badly.
Posted it this in other thread might as well share here.
This was the worst movie I’ve ever seen and was so disappointed on so many levels.
SPOILER ALERT>
Well beside the TERRIBLE acting from pretty much everybody, poor casting and race decision (i didn’t think i’de hate it that but much but it was terrible). The story line was terribly rushed and painful to watch. There was practically no bending (firebenders couldn’t even create fire only control it) and the bending they actually did was from like a full minute of dancing around. Not to mention there was nobody actually killed, which is like it is in the show to a degree but when you have the entire fire nation infiltrate the water tribe and there’s an epic battle for like 20 minutes where nobody is injured it just seems weird. Not to mention when Aang went into the avatar state instead of turning into a giant sick water monster and wtf pwning everybody in sight he just creates a giant water wall… Then the fire nation retreats and he drops the wall (not even on the ships). Needless to say it was absolutly terrible and M Night should be shot
And they kept pronouncing Aang Ohng…
</SPOILER ALERT>
[quote]WhiteTiger711 wrote:
Posted it this in other thread might as well share here.
This was the worst movie I’ve ever seen and was so disappointed on so many levels.
SPOILER ALERT>
Well beside the TERRIBLE acting from pretty much everybody, poor casting and race decision (i didn’t think i’de hate it that but much but it was terrible). The story line was terribly rushed and painful to watch. There was practically no bending (firebenders couldn’t even create fire only control it) and the bending they actually did was from like a full minute of dancing around. Not to mention there was nobody actually killed, which is like it is in the show to a degree but when you have the entire fire nation infiltrate the water tribe and there’s an epic battle for like 20 minutes where nobody is injured it just seems weird. Not to mention when Aang went into the avatar state instead of turning into a giant sick water monster and wtf pwning everybody in sight he just creates a giant water wall… Then the fire nation retreats and he drops the wall (not even on the ships). Needless to say it was absolutly terrible and M Night should be shot
And they kept pronouncing Aang Ohng…
</SPOILER ALERT> [/quote]
Its funny, in the show while no one was killed ON SCREEN, there is numerous implied deaths off screen. Referring to the Siege of the North where Aang merges to make the water monster, the ocean swallows up the armada, and Zhao is carried off by the creatures tentacles. Its pretty obvious Aang drowned everyone last one.
And seriously, wtf about not making fire?
this movie was horrible i went in expecting lord of the rings quality and got mortal kombat i walked out the theater before the ending since i knew what was gonna happen anyway.
Damn…should I not go see it? I haven’t heard one good review.
[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:
Damn…should I not go see it? I haven’t heard one good review.[/quote]
If you value your time, money or sanity no.
[quote]FrozenNinja wrote:
Damn…should I not go see it? I haven’t heard one good review.[/quote]
I just saw it. Honestly, the cartoon is simply better. It was not complete garbage in that I do think the main problem was a limited budget and poor acting.
First mistake:
They changed names. They kept the SPELLING and changed the pronunciation. “Ayng” becomes “Ohng”. I am not sure why they did this seeing as fans were used to the names being pronounced differently.
Second mistake:
Casting that guy as Sokka. Sokka, while a screw up, is really a fucking genius considering he is still basically a kid in that series but ends up being the mastermind behind major military decisions later on. This guy just didn’t capture it…and the one light hearted scene where Katara accidentally water bends water to Sokka and freezes him falls flat.
They tried to fit too much into one movie…which I know was difficult to begin with seeing as they tried to do the whole Northern battle in less than two hours as well as introduce characters…all of the way to Zuko’s sister. They didn’t even need to show her until the next movie.
I also noticed that the spiritual themes may cause a reaction because I don’t think most people paid attention to how strong those messages were in the cartoon…and being live action, all of those people who complain any time God is even uttered in a sentence may also have a problem with the spiritual outlook here.
I give him a “C” for effort as far as direction. I give the casting director a fucking “F” for casting those people as the water tribe.
I actually think they picked a good Uncle Iroh (even though he wasn’t fat) and a good Zuko. Aang wasn’t that bad for a kid either…but they need some REAL ACTORS to take up the slack elsewhere and they just didn’t have that.
I knew going in that Katara would come across as whiny if done live because she was that way drawn.
He actually did stay true to the basic story line down to a “T”…but the lack of humor and good acting killed it.
They needed a real comedian as Sokka and someone who can act much better as Katara.
Just to add, I am not sure you could even do a movie like this justice in under 3 hours. This needed Lord of The Rings money and it looked like he only had enough to make sure you couldn’t see the green screen in each shot.
Nearly every shot was done on a stage…and yes, that was very evident. I figured that post production would fix that but they obviously didn’t have the funds to make this look like a BIG movie.
This was made for tv…and even then, you would notice that the series was a work of art…and this was just a live action summery/review of that show.
Almost like when they re-enact crimes on COPS by using actors instead of the real people.
I actually hate that this didn’t do well. This was great subject material…and I really think that he might have been able to do better in a sequel (hell, if Twilight ca get a sequel…)…but I am not sure the fans will allow that.
I really wanted to see this done right.