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Me and my friends happened to be the ONLY PEOPLE in the theater when we were watching this, so we just spent the whole time cracking up and making snarky remarks about it. So it wasn't bad. Also, Dev Patel is pretty hot when he's evil.
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quote:I have to say it. I'll be disappointed if Shyamalan is removed from the project. But he needs to be willing to take criticism and hear another perspective. If this isn't possible for M. Night, then I get it. He should be removed.
Wow, you think the film was that good, FoolishTook? I can see someone thinking it was...well, enjoyable I suppose, but being disappointed if he were taken off it implies it's not likely someone else could do better, or am I misreading you?
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quote:Wow, you think the film was that good, FoolishTook? I can see someone thinking it was...well, enjoyable I suppose, but being disappointed if he were taken off it implies it's not likely someone else could do better, or am I misreading you?
No, I did not like the film. But I'm conflicted as well. I can't pinpoint it, but there were parts that stuck with me.
If anything, M. Night is willing to try things that haven't been tried before. He did not take a safe route with The Last Airbender. The safe route would have been to fill the film with movie-house-approved action sequences and minimal dialogue, to take all the burden of emotional depth off the child actors who were playing the leads.
He didn't do that, and it ultimately failed. But I appreciate the effort. I don't appreciate the bad dialogue, the needless exposition, and the lack of pacing. But that can be fixed with a new scriptwriter (M. Night should fire himself), a new editor, a longer cut of the film, some acting lessons for the kids, and cleaner fight sequences.
What I fear the most is that another director may take over only to churn out a generic, martial arts, action-heavy flick just to get it out of the way.
Edited to add: ROFLMAO at those links. The cabbage guy!
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I disliked the movie but didn't hate it like my friend. I suspect that's because my friend enjoyed the anime series while I knew nothing about it. I would rate the movie a 25% because while the execution was horrible, the underlying storyline isn't broken and the visuals were nice. I think that an 8% is too harsh because there are plenty of movies out there which are fundamentally unsalvageable because of their plot and this movie is at least above that category. That said, man, it's been awhile since I've seen a movie with such an awful script. If the script were fixed and the movie devoted more time to character development and explaining what the hell is going on then it could have been decent. As it was, I had a difficult time following the character's names and the story seemed to jump from one point to another without any transitions. I don't fault the actors too much because I don't expect child actors to be able to put on a decent performance with such an atrocious script.
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quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: You could have had Michael Bay direct the movie and it would have been better.
Yeah. I mean, the fire scenes would have been awesomely explosive!!!
I thought I would have to go to see this movie with my son. But to hear my son say "everybody says the movie sucks" was quite gratifying.
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Today I finished the original series and it was SO GOOD. So funny, so powerful, so just awesome. It was great! I wish it could have lasted longer. It was a great series.
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You got your wish, google "Avatar: Legend of Kora" Paramount just copywrited the name, so we might be getting a new series soon.
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it's 'korra' and it is happening. they are staffing up on it here and at nickelodeon's animation studios.
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