The Last Airbender Review
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Okay I just got back from seeing The Last Airbender. And although there are some hardcore Avatar fans out there that are disappointed in the movie, I honestly didn’t have that big of a problem with it. Although the funny pronunciations of the names will annoy you along with the altering of some of the scenes, but still it got the same point across and the fight sequences were awesome. But the characters, the plot, and the action are all worth looking at when looking at this movie.
The television show contains certain character traits, especially personalities that a lot of the fans have come to love. This movie, does not give the full effect of the characters’ personalities, it only gives it to you in small spurts. Aang is a very happy easily excitable child that is constantly laughing, but in the movie he is basically an adult trapped in a child’s body. And yes according to the show Aang is very serious at times as it shows in the movie, but he also likes to have fun, something the movie seems to have overlooked. Some characters that had the correct personalities but not quite the right looks were Prince Zuko and Iroh.
The plot was not perfectly in sync with the show, but it was pretty close. The beginning and the end of the movie did line up with the movie rather closely, but the parts in between those had changed. Like the speech that Aang gives inside the earthbending camp, was originally done by Katara in the show. Small changes like that may be miniscule but they do exist. For me, the weird way they said the names actually bothered me more.
The action scenes are definitely the best aspect of this film. Like the Nickelodeon show, the movie seems like it took time to learn martial arts rather than simply copying something from a movie. The fight scene, the 3D effects, and the bending were really good. If you are familiar with the show, some of the character and plot changes may upset you, but the fighting is worth seeing.
For this movie it definitely has its highs and lows. Still don’t miss this one. All of the bad press comes from the changing of races in the movie; it didn’t bother me I cared more about the right personalities over which race played what character. It’s still a 4 out of 5 for the changes that were made. Go see it! Also you can get the series from Amazon below.
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