Distributed by Paramount Pictures
A film by M. Night Shyamalan
Release date 30 June 2010
Running time 103 minutes
Language English
Starring Noah Ringer
Nicola Peltz
Jackson Rathbone
Dev Patel
Quick Synopsis
Four nations "Air, Water, Fire and Earth" is living in peace until Fire nation started the war. It is the job of Avatar to keep the nations in balance and peace, however, when the Avatar is needed, he disappeared. 100 years later the Avatar "Aang" is found by Katara and his brother. Aang soon discovers that he has been trapped under water for a century. Realizing that it is he is responsible in keeping the world balance again, Aang has to learn how to bend the three other elements "Water, Fire and Earth".
Review
It is sad just looking at the cast but it get even sadder watching the whole movie ruined by incompetent blunt action sequences with a big failure character execution and bad casting. For anime fans, this is the biggest disappointment of anime adaptation this year. Mr Night just getting worse since the master piece of Sixth Sense. Unbelievably, the cast just can't even pronounce the main character right. It should be "Aang" not "Oong".
The special effects is okay but the action shooting technic is a big throw down for the movie. Moreover, the storyline is rushed thus neglecting the most important part of the anime which is the character building of Aang that is developing it from ordinary child to an avatar. Well, come on Mr. Night. This is what the fans is looking for, the great story of the Aang adventure, not the special effects.
On the other side, the casting seems like a eeny, mini, miney, moo picking. From the picture at the left side, you can see what's wrong with it. Personally, I quite agree with the Aang casting but the rest of the character is just super dumb. Especially the fire bender cast, Prince Zuko should be tough with a deep voice character but turns out in the movie, Zuko just another teen with soft voice which like to nag around. Well, I guess its the story line fault "lacks of character building" which makes Zuko looks like a pampered prince.
Here is the video of fans voicing their disappointment :
On the bright side, you have to give a praise for this Noah Ringer acting as Aang. Noah did a good job for his first acting career rather than the other casts. If I may say, its the lack of character building which makes Noah executed the Aang character badly. If Mr. Night just put a bit more attention on Aang character development, the movie might turns out to be a bit better.
Overall, there is a little chance for the sequel of this movie.
Trailer
i dont even want to watch the film again, but i cant remember if noah portrayed aang as a humorous joyful person like aang in the cartoon
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