The Last Airbender (2010)
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Critic Consensus: The Last Airbender squanders its popular source material with incomprehensible plotting, horrible acting, and detached joyless direction.
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Cast
as Aang
as Prince Zuko
as Katara
as Sokka
as Suki
as Uncle Iroh
as Commander Zhao
as Fire Lord Ozai
as Princess Yue
as Katara's Grandma
as Master Pakku
as Monk Gyatso
as Azula
as Old Man in Temple
as Zhao's Assistant
as Earthbending Father
as Earthbending Boy
as Old Man of Kyoshi Town
as The Dragon Spirit
as Lead Fire Nation Soldier
as Fire Nation Prison Guard
as Fire Nation Head Prison Guard
as Earth Kingdom Prisoner
as Kyoshi Villager
as Fire Nation Soldier
as Teahouse Child
as Nervous Prison Guard
as Kicking Firebender
as Lead Archer
as Water Tribe Soldier
as Water Tribe Soldier
as Fire Lord Attendant
as Earth Kingdom Prisoner
as Lead Archer
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Critic Reviews for The Last Airbender
All Critics (183) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (172) | DVD (3)
[A] breathtakingly clueless, misconceived, stupid, humourless, unexciting, dim, dumb farrago, the worst film I've seen in years.
A quite breathtakingly inept hodge-podge of vapid spirituality, playground chopsocky and visual effects that take 3D to an entirely new level: Zero-D.
$150,000,000 well wasted. The Last Airbender is an insult to those wanting sophisticated, entertaining or even competent cinema.
How did Shyamalan get it so wrong?
The dialogue is tin-eared in the extreme, the 3D is used in a strictly tokenistic fashion and the absolute lack of a sense of irony or humour makes the more solemn scenes all the more laughable.
After the first five seconds, it seems as if you have been watching it for around two-and-a-half hours, and that this time has passed in four-and-a-half days.
Audience Reviews for The Last Airbender
It is no surprise that after two atrocities Shyamalan couldn't make something superior, and so, by trying to comprise an entire season of the Nickelodeon animated series into one single movie, he creates an incomprehensible narrative with pedestrian dialogue and awful acting.
Super Reviewer
Decent visuals do little to save this heavily butchered live-action rendition of the first season of Nickelodeon's "Avatar: The Last Airbender". Failing to capture the delightful humor and lovely character interactions of the show, M. Night Shyamalan's first tackle at a fantasy epic is hilariously amateurish at best (If you thought he was bad trying to be Rod Serling, then watch him attempt to be George Lucas). Not only is the plot incomprehensible to anybody who hasn't watched the show, but this piece of cinematic trash is filled to the brim with wooden acting (Dev Patel, Shaun Toub, and Aasif Mandvi are the only actors that emerge with any credibility), awkwardly stilted exposition-filled dialogue, thin characterization, and ineptly choreographed action sequences. The plot will have newcomers confused and the strange alterations from it's wonderful source material will anger established fans. My advice: stick to the TV show and forget about this heap of uninspired tripe.
Super Reviewer
Even as someone who is not familiar with the anime of the same name, you can tell that this has probably little to do with it. The set-up, world-building and idea behind this mythology is great and interesting. There are also a couple of genuinely fun action scenes, especially when the bender work with their elements. The main problem are the characters. Why do the main characters from the ice look Caucasian but everyone around them Inuit? Those two aren't much of actors anyway. Then there is this somewhat flat but often bratty main character. All that makes it hard to care for everything that's going on. The film is still entertaining and offers some nice special effects, gorgeous landscapes and cities. So the result is not as catastrophic as fans of the original may want to make you believe. It's not that great a movie on its own either, though. And the sequel the ending dares to hint at very strongly will probably never happen.
Super Reviewer
The Last Airbender Quotes
| Aang: | There is earth right beneath your feet! The ground is an extension of who you are! |
| Aang: | We were forced under the water of the ocean. |
| Uncle Iroh: | Be careful what you wish for, Admiral. History is not always kind to its subjects. |
| Azula: | TRUST IS FOR FOOLS! fear is the only reliable way. |
| Azula: | Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way. |
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