The Bending Review
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 Nickelodeon show has characters that have personalities that people begin to associate with the show. This movie does fail to show the richness and versatility of each of the characters’ personalities; it only seems to show it in spurts. Such as Aang being an overly excited child that makes mistakes and enjoys laughing, but in the movie he is portrayed as a child with an adult personality. And even in the show Aang does become very serious at times, but he also enjoys laughter, a part of Aang that the movie failed to show. The characters that did not have the right looks but matched the personalities really well were, Price Zuko and his uncle, Iroh.
The plot is pretty close to the original show. They do reach the same goal and start off pretty close to the same spot, but the way they arrive to that point is changed. Such as the invigorating speech given by Aang in the movie to rally the earthbenders, was originally given by Katara. Small little insignificant aspects like that won’t really bother you, but they are different. Strange pronunciation of the names actually bothered me more.
The action scenes in this movie are nicely intense. The movie like the television show, both appear like they took time to learn martial arts and do them properly rather than just faking it. The fight scenes, the bending, and the 3D effects were all really nicely done. Even if some aspects of the plot and characters anger you, 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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