The Last Airbender

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The Last Airbender

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2010

1h 43m

Fantasy

Adventure

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The four nations of Air, Water, Earth and Fire lived in harmony until the Fire Nation declared war. A century later, there is still no end in sight to the destruction, then, an Avatar named Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers that he has the power to control the four elements. He joins forces with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka, to restore balance and harmony to their world.

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Critics Consensus

The Last Airbender squanders its popular source material with incomprehensible plotting, horrible acting, and detached joyless direction.

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

07/18/2014

1/5

A quite breathtakingly inept hodge-podge of vapid spirituality, playground chopsocky and visual effects that take 3D to an entirely new level: Zero-D.

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

09/16/2010

1/5

This empty, misfired epic from M. Night Shyamalan is boring and strengthens the claim that he is the worst director working in mainstream cinema today.

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David Sexton

London Evening Standard

08/19/2010

1/5

How did Shyamalan get it so wrong?

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James Profetto

Reel James (YouTube)

Jul 4

1/10

This did provide something for me: the worst experience I might have ever had watching a movie in my life.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jul 20

1/5

The action scenes, even with the somewhat dazzling effects, are badly staged and feel like that they have no purpose.

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Joseph Tomastik

Loud and Clear Reviews

11/20/2024

The Last Airbender is a bad film ... But I don’t think this is an absolutely terrible catastrophe of a film or even a disrespectful adaptation.

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Alex G

@RT15582241 7h

It's a meme how bad this is.

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Lincoln L

@Linkolnbio2 6d

This movie just sucks

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Anirudh I

@RT28978009 Jun 30

If the Hollywood's standards were not too high for VFX, scriptwriting or acting, this can rather be considered a decent first attempt to bring Avatar: The Last Airbender of Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko to life. The highlights of this adaptation are the performances of Noah Ringer, Dev Patel and Seychelle Gabriel in their respective roles. Even though the unfair critical and commercial failure of this film resulted in the termination of Manoj Shyamalan's visionary dream to bring the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender to life, this dream is only recently being realized true by the ongoing Netflix series which made many major improvements in the live action depiction of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Every fan of the Netflix live- action must watch this film at least once to learn how creativity is a process and how many baby steps it takes to grant a noble vision a giant leap.

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Simon C

@simonc959 Jun 29

Not really much needed to be said. If you watch this film you’ll understand the terrible writing of this film.

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EnvyTheNinjagoFan N

@RT01980682 Jun 28

Well This Was Nickelodeon Worst Movie At All

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Hunter S

@RT14189150 Jun 22

As a lifelong fan of the original animated series, I found that live-action adaptation incredibly disappointing. The film fails to capture the spirit of the source material, and the depiction of the bending styles is particularly lackluster and poorly executed. Overall, it feels like a disservice to the world of Avatar.

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Synopsis

The four nations of Air, Water, Earth and Fire lived in harmony until the Fire Nation declared war. A century later, there is still no end in sight to the destruction, then, an Avatar named Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers that he has the power to control the four elements. He joins forces with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka, to restore balance and harmony to their world.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, Frank Marshall
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Blinding Edge Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Kennedy/Marshall, Industrial Light & Magic
Rating: PG (Fantasy Action Violence)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 1, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 9, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $131.6M
Runtime: 1h 43m