My theory is that it's actually a live action adaptation of the Ember Island play. That's why all the characters seem pretty irredeemable and not true to the characters they're based on. It's Fire Nation propaganda. The bending seems so comical because the actors are nonbenders.
The portrayal of Iroh is garbage too. He doesn’t even look like Iroh and the actor playing Iroh sounds like he’s mocking how the original actor portrays Iroh.
Problems with the characters: Aang isn't cocky-ish and playful. Sokka is super serious and isn't goofy and funny. Katara isn't independent and always needs to be saved. And Zuko is always yelling at Iroh and doesn't show any sort of love or respect to him AT ALL. He was a bit disrespectful in the cartoon but he at least showed some respect and love to Iroh in the cartoon, and tried to reason with Iroh.
nice comment 👍 but with all due respect no hard feelings on this it's iroh with an H it might sound like Iro when said cuz the H sound is nearly unnoticeable
“Aang had trouble water bending” it’s like they saw the characters and made their own story arc. There’s that whole episode where katara gets mad cuz he water bended so well, but I guess they never watched it.
don't also forget there is literally an explanation of which bending is hardest for each avatar... its their natural opposite lol. Air benders have a hard time with earth , fire with water so on and so forth.
That's sadly not even in the top 20 crimes they committed. I personally think that the worst thing was the bending in general, it was simply a disgrace, they ruined the main thing of the series smh
They have bows in the show. So one good archer can defeat any bender within a seconds. Not to mention Mai's trowing knives or even Sokka's bumerang :') Aaa it is so stupid 😩
xVibez all the characters are too serious, the show is light hearted many of the characters in the show are goofy and have fun. This shit sucked they were all just so serious
@@lol-mm3pg yeah and they couldn't try to make a better sequel because of very little support and money to work with. They tried to make it a little less childish for it to hit all age ranges. No one supported the movie and that's really sad to me if I were a true fan of something I would support it through and through. But people these days are as loyal as they are clean to me. Sorry. No offense.
In conclusion: They messed up each character, ignored every detail, ruined multiple scenes, got multiple races messed up, and destroyed lots of fighting scenes.
Aang: "I don't even smile in that movie!" Sokka and Katara: "Smile? They got our race wrong! Zuko:" They got my race wrong too and I don't even have a scar!" Toph:" You guys are in the movie?"
Hey… so I have some bad news for you… aang’s name is pronounced right…. Technically his name is from Chinese and well that is how you pronounce it so….. BUT THE MOVIE STILL SUCKS SO
*“Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when M. Night Shyamalan attacked.”*
Yeah, did you see how they said it? "Water, Earth, Fire, Air Nomads." REEEEEEEEEEEE SAY THE ENTIRE THING FOR ALL OR JUST DO WATER EARTH FIRE AIR IF YOU"RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT "Water. Earth. Fire. Air." "Water Tribes. Earth Kingdom. Fire Nation. Air Nomads."
ElectricityShock Y’know, This is a quote from the actual show, so I thought it would be fun to do this. And I don’t actually care if you think it’s too long. You can hush and keep scrolling if you’d like. It’s only a youtube comment.
In regards to race, this is how I see it- Water tribe: Inuit, Siberian, Native American, Polynesian (overall Inuit) Air nomads: Tibetan, Indian, Chinese (overall Tibetan) Earth kingdom: Manchu, Korean, Chinese, middle eastern bc of sandbenders, and Japanese bc of kyoshi (overall Chinese) Fire nation: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, meso American bc of the sun warriors and I believe there was in more tribe but I forgot (overall Japanese) None of these are white or European!
YES!!! The thing that upset me the most about this film was the white washing. All the villains were people of color while the heroes were white. The water tribes should definitely be indigenous, the fact that Katara and Sokka were white bothered me to no end. And what was up with movie Sokka’s hair??! 🤦🏼♀️
The Ember Island Players did a much better job than the movie, don't do them dirty like this. A good parody is always better than failing to capture the essence of the characters at all.
Katara in the movie: “Aang was having trouble mastering water” Aang in the series literally made Katara so jealous of how quickly he got the hang of water bending in the water bending scroll episode like LMAO!
Yeah I was gonna say water was literally the one element besides air that aang was a natural at. He had trouble learning both earth and fire but he picked up water bending so fast that it pissed katara off lmao
Even Sokka points it out that it was one of her defining characteristics XDD. Remember he said "Me having no boomerang is like Aang without his arrows on his head, and like Momo without his ears and like katara without her....hair loopies!"
@@carolinedisalvatore9768 If we let this stain go unnoticed, then history will repeat itself my friend. Would you like for another movie like this to be created?
It’s annoying how katara narrates that Aang was struggling to bend water when it was an important scene to see Aang be more advanced than her in water bending and to see her jealous😠
I think a lot of that narrating what because they tried to put an entire season into an 1hr and 43 mins. had they broken the season into 2 or better yet 3 films, they wouldnt have needed so much narrating. I think that was the movies #1 problem. it was too compacted.
@@wolf9walker I also think that it would have been better if they split the 1st season into more than one film. That way they would have had more time to do more stuff from the show, right after they get the characters and their name pronunciations right.
I don't like how aang was so serious in the movie, his character loves games and is humorous in the show. That humor gives his character the air bender mindset of being able to see a different way to approach a situation, something that is built upon in his duel with the firelord
"Something was wrong, Aang found it difficult to waterbend" Meanwhile in the cartoon, Aang be like: "Look Katara, I can create an entire tidal wave. Want me to show you how to do it too??" When did Aang actually have trouble Waterbending? Katara was jealous that he was better at it than she was at the time
One concept totally disregarded in the film was that, the Avatar would have trouble mastering the element opposite to their native element. In Aang's case it was Earth. In Roku's case it was Water. Such a crucial detail, disregarded like it was nothing.
@@NobleGamer0117 actually, it's not always their foreign element, as Korra from LOK was a waterbender, struggled severely with master airbending, despite being a native waterbender. It's purely based on specifically personality, so since Korra had a hot headed personality almost like a native firebender, the element she struggled with was air. Aang has a more positive out look on life, and overall is a more pacifist guy for the most part, unless the situation calls for otherwise of course, and thus firebending was a struggle for him.
@@francinelipschutz6139 I agree with your rhetoric regarding bending difficulties with your personality's polar opposite, but you're wrong regarding Aang's personal bending opposite. It's explicitly stated in the series that Aang's struggle was with Earthbending. When initially learning Earthbending, Aang literally couldn't move earth... AT ALL. His nature as an air nomad meant he was constantly fleeting, both physically and mentally. This went directly against the nature of earth as grounded and headstrong (Aang - pacifist/lightfooted, vs. Toph - confrontational/headstrong). Regarding fire - Aang didn't struggle to bend fire. He actually picked it up rather easily when handed a smoldering leaf. What Aang struggled with was the fact that, moments later, he hurt a friend by being careless instead of following the disciplined approach that Jeong Jeong was attempting to teach. Later, Aang's timidity with the Eternal Flame of the Sun Warriors was a direct result of the internal conflict brewing as a result of hurting Katara... not because he struggled to bend fire. He was afraid of losing control again, and thus refused to feed his flame as he had earlier in the series. Once he learned the true nature of Firebending from the masters, his internal conflict resolved, and he spouted flames like a pro with relative ease.
Francine Sketch Yeah I wouldn’t use LOK as an example. That series disregarded several lore elements for the story of the show. I mean Korra is show bending THREE ELEMENTS with ease when she was a CHILD. Really the ONLY reason she wasn’t able to master Air was to make her an ironic new protagonist. See in the original Aang was an Airbender and knew that first and in this one she knows every element EXCEPT Airbending, see the writers are VERY clever, plus it justifies them calling the season “Air” which beings the Elemental naming of the three seasons “Water”, “Earth” and “Fire” full circle. Especially since Aand needed to master those elements in those specific seasons and Korra needed to do the same here. Also logically speaking if she had more efficiency with Firebending than logically she should have more problems with WATER BENDING and not Air Bending since that is what Fire contrasts most with.
I just realized that! God damn it! They make it seem like creating fire is something special in this movie, and it's just so stupid. Firebenders don't even make fire from their chi, they use the heat around them mixed with proper breath control to generate flames. There's a philosophy to it that isn't even inferred in the movie.
You should be proud to call yourself a film student. You did an amazing job diving deep into the characters and using movie knowledge for the series and the movie that disrespected the amazing series. You should be very proud.
the worst part of this whole movie was SOKKA WAS SERIOUS the entire movie. he wasnt cracking bad jokes and making stupid decisions!!! sokka was my favorite character in the show and they couldn't even get him right!!!
OMG YESSS!!! Sokka was my absolute favorite character, not just because he was unbelievably cute, but because he has dimension, a personality, his character changed over time, and they made him cocky, yet somehow in a good way, and he changed and he showed his inner feelings. Not to mention how he barely ever used the exuse, my mom died, or my fathers missing, he would just go out and find his father. The way his character was built is so unbelievably diverse and amazing. I also love azula and her gang and suki, they are such queens, toph is a baddie, anng is babyyy, Momo and appa are adorable, zukos character has so many dimensions and amazing traits that I can’t explain, and even tho we didn’t see yue for that long, she was such a lighthearted and amazing character, she was brave and she was a perfect match for sokka, (I like sokka and suki together also) they way all these characters are built are just so amazing. And katara..... I guess her mom died idk it’s all she talks about (joking)
His body was *supposed* to add to his character (not that the film cares lol). He looks like a big, jolly old man so people (the audience and characters) underestimate him and his abilities, when really he is an extremely powerful bender with unrivaled wisdom.
Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, The comics, The fandom. Long ago the four media and series lives in harmony, but that all changed when the live action remake attacked
My biggest complain about the movie is Uncle Iroh doesn’t look like a short fat calm wise tea loving old man but like a angry grumpy dude they did my uncle too dirty
The fact that the Sokka in the movie does not use his Boomerang as much is insulting. Sokkas boomerang is a third of his personality, the other 2 thirds being sarcasm and his love of meat.
Sokka NEEDS his boomerang! THERE IS LITERALY A EPISODE WHERE HE'S CRYING WHEN THEY LEFT HIS BOOMERANG BEHIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Random guy: "Have a nice day ponytail guy." Sokka: "I used to be boomerang guy. . . "
when this movie came out my family and I planned a movie day. my parents got us our favorite snacks and we all sat down in the living room to watch it, we were so excited because we all watched the show together multiple times and it was a huge bonding moment for us. Almost as soon as the movie started, we turned it off. As soon as they said aang wrong my dad said “no” and turned it off.
The Gate Guard guess not cause I don’t realy see how this is a joke is it because the show the say in the episode was realy realy off and dumb if so then yeah I understand
@Paulo Lopes are you out of your mind? We really don't need to have created even a decent movie to see how much of a joke this movie is... The producers messed up HARD. I could create a slide show better that this crap😂😂😂
@Paulo Lopes no no and no some of us are unable to make a movie due to money problems or such but we sure as hell are still able to provide hate towards this movie for being such a crapfest
@@kazuya5788 Top in the show depending on her hearing to be so powerful. And I think it's her unique feature. It would be awfully awful if they made her deaf instead of blind.
I saw on an Avatar fan page that he was planning to make it so Toph had the ability to see. And they were gonna name her "Tooph". 😑 Right there. 2 sentences of his plan for her and he already destroyed the character. Let's be glad he didn't get close to the sequels.
Another mistake: the narration when katara says that aang was having trouble with his water bending was wrong because he actually mastered the forms better than katara
Well you see if they did show that they would also have to show katara getting jealous. That would've given her character and they can't have that in this movie
Another weird thing is that Aang struggled with Water-bending at first which is weird because that element’s personality resembles Air’s personality the closest. In the series Aang struggled with Earth the most because it was opposite to his personality.
Why are all the skin tones off? Literally a majority of the fire nation is white while the water tribes have brown skin. ALSO Iroh is a fat, chubby, cute, old man, not a middle aged buff man.
lily's film reel and the whole show has Asian cultures mixed in so everyone should be East Asian except for the watertribe which could be Native American.
Last time I babysat my nine year old Potterhead cousin, I decided to introduce him to ATLA and he became a fan after just the first two episodes and I told him not to watch the live action movie explaining that it was “The Cursed Child of ATLA” and he understood immediately. 😂😂😂 EDIT: Wow! Thanks for all the likes! 😂
another important part of the first scene talked about (in my opinion) is that Zuko not only agrees to Aangs terms, but actually follows through. something fairly uncommon for the fire nation, ESPECIALLY Zuko's own family. its immediately foreshadowing that he never really lost his honor, and that he's more honorable than most of the fire nation, making him the perfect choice for next fire lord. also sets the tone that Zukos character really does only care about getting his honor back, not feeding into the war or abusing power. the live adaptation twists that into a person who has no issue threatening to hurt innocent people in a very Azula fashion, and also doesnt care to enforce his end of the deal by not reprimanding the soldier that attacked. both characters suffered for it.
This is more retarded than korra struggling with air bending While Korra struggling with air bending is dumb because she's a water bender and the opposite of water is fire, it was in the show and never changed Aang never struggled with water bending since the opposite of air is earth also in the original show he made katara jealous I
Giorno Giovanna in the legend of korra they said that the element that‘s opposite to your PERSONALITY is hardest to learn for them. which is why for aang it was earth and for korra it was air
Auditi saleh No it can be both. Think about it, aang couldnt earthbend because it doesnt aline with his own personality. Earthbending has to do with roughness and brute strength while air is calm and evasive. Korra was very aggressive, excited and always ready which definitely alines with fire but not air as she isn’t the calm and avoiding type.
Akhil Singh Khyalia the avatar movie on Pandora (NOT this ATROCITY) was great and the original show was also great, but the dump NEEDS TO DIE IN A HOLE (says someone who’s GLAD she never saw the whole thing 🤮)
And the ozai reveal.i.literaly miss it every time cause they revealed ozai too early and he just looks like a chump not the intimidating man that haunted Zukos childhood and wrecks havic on the four nations.
They disrespected Sokka, no one disrespects Sokka. My boy was lifeless, no sarcasm,too serious, They had no mood maker. I get it was supposed to be an action based film, but to make it accurate to the show and enjoyable they shouldn’t have added so many high tensions scenes. It made me cringe at them because some were completely unnecessary and uncomfortable. I would love to have written the plot line
Sokka getting stripped of his personality was the last (and first) straw. He actually being like Sokka was the only thing that could've mildly saved the movie.
Shyamalaian toph: serious oldest in the cast wears fucking big thick velma glasses can see better than the rest of the cast even without said glasses needs a 4 hour dance sequence to lift 1/4th of a half-inch pebble wears anything but her original color scheme has shoes all the time (with soles) is weak and fragile likely is dumb and has comic relief idiot humor in place of her wit, nicknames, and blind girl jokes
Original cartoon: *Each bending arts are based on different martial* *arts to make it look more sacred* This movie:Haaha wind boy wavy arm make wind go woosh
@@ProcrastinatingPanda Water bending: Tai Chi Fire bending: Northern Shaolin Kung Fu Earth bending: Hung gar Kung Fu Air bending: Bagua ( Circle walking ) Answer me if you want
i actually feel very sorry for the actors, i mean imagine being them and thinking you'll make so many people happy with your represantation of their favourite characters and become a succesful actor but instead your movie receives so much hate and gets heavily criticised even 10 years later. that must suck :(
Noah Ringer must have felt this way when the movie came out. He's an experienced martial artist, and was a huge fan of the show. He had a very strong relationship with his sensei, as he recommended the show to Ringer and convinced him to audition for the movie. Strangely, he was able to get the role when he sent in a video of him dressed as Aang doing martial arts instead of property auditioning. He was very inexperienced with acting, as he was told to attend acting classes a month before filming, but he was passionate about the movie and wanted to bring Aang to life on the big screen. It must've been hard for him when audiences and critics said that he was a terrible actor and was culturally appropriating the world of Avatar by playing an asain character (supposedly) when he was white. He wasn't as abused as Jake Lloyd was back when the phantom menace came out, but I have no doubt that his dreams were shattered and he was forced to avoid the public eye for the rest of his life.
If I was aang, I would literally quit the second I heard that name! Of course, I don’t know what an actor gets paid but, movie flame is right! The series is one of my most watched shows, and the movie in comparison looks like something a kindly one would throw up!
Yeh, like why are all the fire benders not how they were in the show? The water benders are somewhat accurate, air was pretty ok but what was earth and fire about?? I won't assume ethnicities but seriously? They strayed so far from the source material I've given up on any live action anime movies or shows
The waterbenders are Inuit (brown), the earthbenders are (mostly) Chinese, the fire nation is Japanese, and the air nomads are Tibetan (light skin), They fucked everything up
The crazy thing is that if they'd showed us Zuko's desperation when Aang escapes the ship, him saying "for a moment..." and letting it trail off could have been really powerful. Dev Patel actually delivered that line pretty well.
ATLA series: Has characters from a range of backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities, with inspiration from China, Japan, Tibet, Inuit, and many more. TLA movie: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that. They are white, white, white, and Indian.
Can we also talk about how they comepletley DESTROYED Ozais Threatlevel? in the Show they made the Firelord sound like this unstopabale allknowing Monster, never seen but always a threat. in the Movie, he is just casually walking around and is just a normal dude
I was insulted by the names "Ung", "earoh", "soaka", "we changed them to make them sound more authentic", authentic to what??? Its a fictional universe with asian influences so what the creators said was the right pronounciation is the CORRECT pronounciation.
@@JaneDoe-mr6ju Well Katara and Sokka shouldn't be anyway because they're from the south pole, so that would be an Innuit kind of ethnicity, not Asian because its not even the same continent.
@@charlottemunday7311 I thought your point was there are no continents similar to earth's, so Inuit isnt even a thing in that universe, I'm just tired of asians saying they dont have any representation in this film, sokka and katara were clearly meant to have darker skin, and zuko was meant to have lighter skin, in the movie this is flipped around and messed up.
@@JaneDoe-mr6ju while the pronounciation part is bs the actor part not so much the water tribes look like inuit the earth kingdom inhabitants are mostly chinese looking and the fire nations inhabitants remind of korea japan and mongolia
@@JaneDoe-mr6ju they are supposed to look like inuit if anyone didn't get that from the southern water tribes clothing villages and weapons (except the boomerang)
I feel sorry for noah, the kid who played aang, kid was a big fan of the show, a martial artist and even got the nickname aang because of their similarities, but this movie killed his career before it even started
Yeah, i mean his acting wasn't that good but man people should give him a break. He was about 10 years old when he was cast as Aang, he was still under parents supervision, he's not ready to face the criticism he got on the internet whether it's hate or a normal dislike. It's the main reason why i can't even criticize his performance simply because he was way too young to handle such film criticisms like this
@@800Ms-k6n Not wanting to disrespect actors from any movie is why I never criticize performances, and when i do I often make it extremely clear I don’t have anything against the actors (Unless they’re a bad person)
@@TooningIn2008 the thing is I can criticize a performance but in the case of a child performance, it's hard to do it knowing that the actor is a kid and is not old enough to handle such criticism like this. Reminded me of what happened to Jake Lloyd for Star Wars, he got so much hate by fans to the point that it affected his mental health so badly and Lloyd was a kid when he got so much hate for Star Wars. I don't want that to happen with the kid who played Aang too because for the most part, this movie is not his fault
I remember watching this in theaters at age 9, and then when the credits came , as everyone was leaving the theatre I hear a guy shout out loud, "THIS MOVIE SUUUUUUUUUUCKS!"
Also worth noting: Aang never had trouble with Waterbending. In fact, he excelled at it from the moment he first tried it. Did Shyamalan even WATCH the original show?
Don't watch it trust me you won't like, I couldn't make it to 15 minutes of the movie so believe me it is extremely terrible like I mean very very very horrible
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" is more than a series-it's a journey I've taken multiple times, discovering the enchantment of bending and the essence of friendship in each episode. With every rewatch, I uncover new layers in characters, relationships, and their intricate world. From Aang's self-discovery to Zuko's redemption, I've shared their laughter, tears, and victories. Sokka's wit is a constant joy, and the reunion of Appa and Momo with Aang is a heartwarming moment. The show's perfect blend of humor, action, and heartfelt scenes is truly remarkable. "Avatar" isn't just a show; it's woven into my story, a reminder of balance, resilience, and the power of change. It's not a mere three-time watch; it's an adventure I'll eagerly embark on again and again.
Wait, Aang in the movie is having trouble with water? (Sorry, never watch that monstrosity) How? A part of his character is gentleness and as smooth as water. Out of the four elements aside for Air, water is the easiest one he could learn. This is one of the thing that fascinates me as a child. Air is free and flexible, just like Aang, he's the personified of Air. Water is gentle and smooth, another of Aang's trait, this is why he could learn water-bending so easily that he made Katara jealous. Meanwhile, Earth is hard and stubborn, not Aang's personality which is why only when he was forced he could bend it. Fire is hot and ever-changing, the easiest way to tame it is with your emotion, burning and fiery, Zuko even asked Aang to roar like a beast in one scene when trying to teach him fire-bending. As much as I dislike Korra, they still kept this essence. The only reason Korra could bend three elements in her toddler age is because her personality allows her to make a connection with Fire and Earth. Stubborn, hot, hard, and fiery. She was lucky she was born a water-bender or else she would have a very hard time to learn it, the same way she needed a long time to get the essence of Air (And even then, it was gained through force means, just like how Aang was pressed to be able to bend Earth).
Also, I like the fact that while Aang is "having trouble" waterbending while making arm motions over normal flowing water, it pans over to Katara, *making arm motions over normal flowing water*
Also, in the "test" that Zuko and Iroh gave him when they captured him, he moved the rock just by looking at it. In the series, made apparent in season 2, Earth was the element that Aang had the most trouble controlling.
THEY DIDNT HAVE MOMO (well they did but he was barely mentioned), THE KYOSHI WARIORS, NOT EVEN BUMIIIIIII, not even cabbage man 😢, they didn't have that epic scene where admiral choi threw the guy overboard, they didn't have roku well the had a DRAGON that was supposed to be roku but tf?
@Weeaboo Trash no they aren't Airbenders are cambodian. His name is Aang a nod to Angkor in Cambodia which also was the inspiration to the air temples.
That was like my brother's favorite scene in the whole series. I was very disappointed with the whole movie but especially that "MY CABBAGES" was not included
Not even just "not as funny." He's not funny AT ALL, even though it was literally his defining trait in the first book. Sokka in book one (or at least the beginning of book one) is a sarcastic, quick-witted, comic relief-ish character that never stays down for long, and that was what made him likable. Movie Sokka had absolutely none of those traits at any point in the movie, and it pissed me off so bad! I saw this movie in theaters and it was so disappointing, I have never been so bored in a theater in my life, and I've loved the show since it was airing on TV.
My baby sister saw the last air bender on Nickelodeon once and she said “that movie was cool I liked it!” My brother and I froze then looked at her. My brother: “are you kidding? It’s trash!” My sister: “no it’s not!” Me: “hold up! This horrendous travesty must be fixed! We do NOT speak of that movie in this house!” So I went upstairs and brought down the Avatar series and made her watch it. Now all is right with the world and she hates the Last Airbender movie too.
*How I'd Fix The Last Airbender:* *Things I'd Keep:* 1. *The set and costume design:* The set and costumes are actually very nicely recreated from the show, with quite a bit of attention to detail. And I like how the tattoos on Aang are more detailed, and look like actual tattoos. 2. *Seychelle Gabriel and Noah Ringer as Yue and Aang:* Hear me out. I'm not saying Ringer gave a great performance as Aang. He didn't. But, to be fair, not that many people in The Last Airbender movie gave a great performance, and so it's hard to blame him for his performace. I mostly blame M Night Shyamalan for it, and, probably with a better director, which I'll get to later, he might actually give off a better performace. As for Seychelle Gabriel as Yue, she's honeslty the only one who was perfectly cast, and she gave a decent performace as the character (Just don't make her hair look like someone's dingaling.) 3. *ILM doing the special effects:* While the special effects can be pretty hit or miss at times, they have done some effects for great movies like Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, and they even fully animated another movie for Nickelodeon, known as Rango, so they can stay around, if they actually manage the budget better than they did. 4. *The start of the movie:* The way they did the elements' introduction was actually a spot-on recreation from the show. Nothing else to say here. 5. *The music:* James Newton Howard's original score for the movie is amazing, and it actually shows a lot of personality and emotion missing from the entire movie, and they do different themes for each of the four nations. A trumphant and uplifting theme for the Earth Kingdom, an emotional and whimsical theme for the Water Tribe, a terrifying military march for the Fire Nation, and a calm theme for the Air Nomads, shame it had to be in a terrible movie. *Things I Would Change:* 1. *The rest of the casting:* Aside from Aang and Yue, almost none of the movie characters even remotely look like their TV show counterparts. This isn't like a book where you can at least argue it's up to your interpretation. There is a canon character design in the show, and these actors don't even come close to matching them. Even Dev Patel and Shaun Toub as Zuko and Iroh respectively, while they are genuinely the best actors in the movie, and show some genuine emotion in some scenes, even they don't even resemble their TV show counterparts in appearance. This revolves around all of the characters in the Water Tribe, say for a few extras, being played by white actors, for non-white characters. And they also made the villains darkskinned, which BTW, is extremely problematic because it implies that white people are inheriantly good, and non-white people aren't, which many times throughout history, has been proven to not be true. If I were to fix this, because I don't think the studio would have time for recasting, I would just simply make the main Fire Nation actors play the role of Water Tribe characters, meaning that Dev Patel and Summer Bashil, instead of being Zuko and Azula, are now Sokka and Katara, and Jackson Rathbone and Nicola Peltz are now Zuko and Azula. While it isn't perfect, it's still nowhere near as bad as how it was done in reality, and I do think Dev Patel would be great as Sokka, since he is great at doing comedy, and knows when to get serious in some situations, as shown in Slumdog Millionaire. 2. *Don't make M Night Shyamalan the director:* While he has directed some critically acclaimed movies, he just isn't the guy for directing a big budget fantasy movie like this one, he's better for more realistic movies, and horror movies. Instead, it should be more similar to Stuart Little, where he's just a screenwriter and nothing but that. And he should also have someone editting it so it doesn't have as much exposition, someone like, Steve Kloves or someone. As for the Director and Executive Producer, that one's actually pretty easy. Peter Jackson and Steven Spielburg respectively. Not only have they worked with Nickelodeon on their Tintin movie, but they worked on several movies that are pretty similar to Avatar, such as Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, Hook, etc. And they can also do action much better than Shyamalan can, as shown in those movies. Even their bad movies had something entertaining about some of them, unlike The Last Airbender movie. 3. *Cut out Katara's narrations outside of the prologue:* Katara's narrations don't add anything to the movie, they just distract from the characters and the story, as little as there is. And it's clear that it's because many scenes were cut from the movie, because it was intended to be three hours long, but, similar to Thomas and the Magic Railroad, it was cut down to one and a half hours, and it really shows with some of the scenes being rushed with exposition. So instead, outside of the prologue, the narration is completely removed, with no traces whatsoever. 4. *Make the movie three hours long:* The main problem with the movie is it tries to condence 400 hours of television into a 90 minute movie, which is only about 23% of the story that can be told effectively in a different medium. Now, while making it three hours would still leave out 55% of the series, there is a way to do it, while cutting out some of the less important episodes, and trying to cram in as much story as possible. For instance, The King of Omashu, The Great Divide, The Fortuneteller, Bato of the Water Tribe, and The Deserter should be cut, as, even though there are important characters introduced, a lot of them don't affect the story that much, and you can just have Aang mention to Zuko that he's had friends like Bumi and Jeong Jeong as well as Kuzon (Who I theorize to be Azulon's younger brother.) from before he hid in the iceburg, and two of them were from the Fire Nation. While also making the Jet episode and The Blue Spirit intertwined in order to make the pacing work better for a movie, also, make sure the episodes at ARE adapted well made, and not make some questionable changes, like a Concentration Camp for Earthbenders covered in stones and dirt, which Aang rightfully pointed out to them, and have it instead be made of metal which they're unable to bend, and they have to use coal fueling the camp to start a prisonbreak, more like the show it was based on. 5. *Pronounce the names like they did in the show:* Changing them was so stupid, and they honestly should've kept them as they were, instead of pronouncing Aang as Ong, Sokka as Soaka, Agni Kai as Agni Kee, Iroh as Eroh, and Avatar as Ovatar, and also be consistant about it. Because the movie is very inconsitant about how Avatar is pronounced. If there are different pronunciations, it should just be explained by a difference in accents or something.
> The way they did the elements' introduction was actually a spot-on recreation from the show. No. In the show the elements are showed off over actual Chinese, the consistent in universe language, instead of literally meaningless scribbles.
For condensing the story. The best idea could’ve been rewriting the sub plots to be connected to the story. Avatar was not a show that relied on big story arc like most anime do. The shows format was seriously unadaptable for a movie because it’s usually a new journey each episode till they reach where they need to be. However, if Nick wanted to make a movie out of Avatar, then they should tried to make it more like Lord of the Rings and it could have made a better movie version of Avatar. However, Nickelodeon Movies wanting something 3 hours is not realistic, but it could be somewhere like 2 hours and 30 minutes like Harry Potter 1, however it could’ve been filmed with 3 hours worth of footage.
Bruh, the scene where there’s like 6 guys “Earth Bending” and all they did was throw a little ass rock flying at like 2 miles per hour 😂😂😂 Hilariously stupid.
If you watch that scene a little bit more carefully, you'll realize the 6 dudes waving their hands around didn't actually bend anything, the one who actually threw that rock was the guy shown after who actually shot the rock at the fire nation soldier
@Ovidiu-Darius Voita well....in the movie firebenders need a source, and it's really special for him to be able to ..do that.........the fact they need a source is quite interesting but...eh....
@@abbysoto7643 You know one of the things I'm most ashamed of? The fact that our teacher had us watch a Percy Jackson movie and that was before I read the books. When I read the books I was like, "Well this is SO much better!" Always read the book before you watch the movie kids
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My theory is that it's actually a live action adaptation of the Ember Island play. That's why all the characters seem pretty irredeemable and not true to the characters they're based on. It's Fire Nation propaganda. The bending seems so comical because the actors are nonbenders.
A big disrespect to the Ember Island play actors. Lol they're better portraying their characters.
Well, Shyamalan did play a fire nation soldier...
That's exactly what I think too
I love how this has bo dislikes
Headshot Marksman
dislikes dont show up on comments, they work more like reddit downvotes
dont forget they forgot Zuko's ponytail and Iroh's belly
TRUE!!
Myca Lucindo AND Chaning the fire people bending😡
That belly was of a high significance to us especially in book 3
And Ozai long pony beard
What about Zuko's barely visible scar.
The portrayal of Iroh is garbage too. He doesn’t even look like Iroh and the actor playing Iroh sounds like he’s mocking how the original actor portrays Iroh.
x3_Nuzzles Never agreed more.
Maybe you should express yourself more respectful
They are disrespecting Mako.
Y’all complaining about the actor... WHERE IS IROHS TEAA??? 😖😭😭
Ryan you can’t defend anything about the shittiest movie of all time
Problems with the characters:
Aang isn't cocky-ish and playful. Sokka is super serious and isn't goofy and funny. Katara isn't independent and always needs to be saved. And Zuko is always yelling at Iroh and doesn't show any sort of love or respect to him AT ALL. He was a bit disrespectful in the cartoon but he at least showed some respect and love to Iroh in the cartoon, and tried to reason with Iroh.
nice comment 👍 but with all due respect no hard feelings on this it's iroh with an H it might sound like Iro when said cuz the H sound is nearly unnoticeable
He always felt like he was arguing like a family in the show and tried his best to keep his cool.
@@magicallittlemaria3599 I find it funny that that's what noticed out of what I typed. Thanks, I'll fix it.
@@dregamingz no problem 😊👍
They always say Aang name wrong too!!!
“Aang had trouble water bending” it’s like they saw the characters and made their own story arc. There’s that whole episode where katara gets mad cuz he water bended so well, but I guess they never watched it.
This is what pissed me off so much while watching movie, it's so untrue that Aang had problems with waterbending as you said
When movies like this are made bad it's because the director doesn't know shit about tga show and maybe watched like the first five episodes
don't also forget there is literally an explanation of which bending is hardest for each avatar... its their natural opposite lol. Air benders have a hard time with earth , fire with water so on and so forth.
I KNOW RIGHT
Kushiro+ What episode did they explain it?
The biggest crime is they didn’t even attemp zuko‘s hair transformation and just gave him book 2 hair.
i know right? i love seeing the characters develop and change their ways- but in the movie they just yeeted that out of the window
yea he doesnt have his classical hair in MOST OF THE BEGING EPISODES
like up to either season 2-3
just hhHHHhHhhHh
That's sadly not even in the top 20 crimes they committed. I personally think that the worst thing was the bending in general, it was simply a disgrace, they ruined the main thing of the series smh
Literally it’s supposed to symbolise his growth mentally and spiritually
ikr
this movie is literally an example of failing a test with the answer key right in front of you
YOUR God Damn Right
True
TO TRUE FUCK THIS MOIVE
Preach
They are making a new Avatar: The Last Airbender movie with Jackie Chan in it
I bet a non-bender could kill a bender with the amount of time it takes just to move a rock
earth bender: *throwing rock*
non-bender: *sips tea, has a nap, steps out of the way and stabs them*
@@xero.93. SO TRUE LOL
They have bows in the show. So one good archer can defeat any bender within a seconds. Not to mention Mai's trowing knives or even Sokka's bumerang :') Aaa it is so stupid 😩
Master Piandao would have cut down the entire earthbending dance group before they even got the rock to levitate a little. 🤨
@@AnarchHive I CAN'T "DANCE GROUP" LMAO
The most disappointing thing is that Iroh ain’t even his cute chubby self.
Fr they messed him up so badly, he was also too serious
And he had little to no wisdom in the film, as I recall
That he shared anyway
xVibez all the characters are too serious, the show is light hearted many of the characters in the show are goofy and have fun. This shit sucked they were all just so serious
Iroh was a funny and a wise man but they ruined that
@@lol-mm3pg yeah and they couldn't try to make a better sequel because of very little support and money to work with. They tried to make it a little less childish for it to hit all age ranges. No one supported the movie and that's really sad to me if I were a true fan of something I would support it through and through. But people these days are as loyal as they are clean to me. Sorry. No offense.
In conclusion: They messed up each character, ignored every detail, ruined multiple scenes, got multiple races messed up, and destroyed lots of fighting scenes.
The Fire Nation attacked...and they succeeded.
The characters and there mannerisms makes up 90% of why I watched the show, take the name off this movie
In this movie avatar couldnt marry someone. So they destroyed Zuko’s backstory.
In conclusion, the movie sucked
Vesran the movie in a nutshell
Aang: "I don't even smile in that movie!"
Sokka and Katara: "Smile? They got our race wrong!
Zuko:" They got my race wrong too and I don't even have a scar!"
Toph:" You guys are in the movie?"
lol
Fr
Toph: "The fucks a movie?!"
Yeah but toph doesnt come in till book 2, but then again I wouldn't have been surprised if she was in it, considering how much else they got wrong
they got zuko fucked up
“My name is Ong. I am the Ovatar”
“I ran away, but I’m back now”
“It’s time for you to stop doing this 😠”
10/10 writing
like these writers are purposely wanted to piss the fans off.
@@Muna-Jlore0997Actually, the writer is M. Night Shyamalan.
Hey… so I have some bad news for you… aang’s name is pronounced right…. Technically his name is from Chinese and well that is how you pronounce it so….. BUT THE MOVIE STILL SUCKS SO
@master_guy8520that’s how it’s pronounced in the show so why is it changed
@@goreyboyz8564
because its a movie, not cartoon
I honestly thought the ember island play was better then this movie.
Mayonnaise Intrument I would give that a 5 star if it was against the movie
XD LOL YEAH
Oh, fa sure, by FAR
It was
Omg yessssssss!!!!
Ah the movie where like 20 earthbenders move a single stone 🤦🏻♂️
Chen Dror lol
@@MystixGaming03 it's painful to watch
Thats ALWAYS bothered me so much. Goes against bending as we know it on so many levels
Hahaha. That’s what I said when I first watched it.
@@matthewinterlantejr.9297 Yea I mean really? A stone? A single earth bender can do way more with way less effort
*“Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when M. Night Shyamalan attacked.”*
Yes
And Only Netflix master of all movies, could stop him XD XD
Lolllllll u dummy funny for this
Yeah, did you see how they said it? "Water, Earth, Fire, Air Nomads." REEEEEEEEEEEE
SAY THE ENTIRE THING FOR ALL OR JUST DO WATER EARTH FIRE AIR IF YOU"RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT
"Water. Earth. Fire. Air."
"Water Tribes. Earth Kingdom. Fire Nation. Air Nomads."
ElectricityShock
Y’know, This is a quote from the actual show, so I thought it would be fun to do this. And I don’t actually care if you think it’s too long. You can hush and keep scrolling if you’d like. It’s only a youtube comment.
I feel like even Santa Clause would have been a better fit for live action Iroh
*Claus.
Yeah just hire you’re local mall Santa and let him go ham
Trueee they literally made the actor for iroh way to hot (imo)
The most important thing: Iroh doesn't drink a single sip of tea how's he supposed to be Iroh without his calming tea
word
That's cause it's not Iroh according to them, it's "ear-row" XD
sadly even if he did it was going to be warm leaf juice not his precious tea.
@@WorriedtheCircusDemon Its funny that indian movie makers change it to german pronounciation. Its literally how the german tv show sounds 😂
tea basically defines iroh.
In regards to race, this is how I see it-
Water tribe: Inuit, Siberian, Native American, Polynesian (overall Inuit)
Air nomads: Tibetan, Indian, Chinese (overall Tibetan)
Earth kingdom: Manchu, Korean, Chinese, middle eastern bc of sandbenders, and Japanese bc of kyoshi (overall Chinese)
Fire nation: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, meso American bc of the sun warriors and I believe there was in more tribe but I forgot (overall Japanese)
None of these are white or European!
YES!!! The thing that upset me the most about this film was the white washing. All the villains were people of color while the heroes were white. The water tribes should definitely be indigenous, the fact that Katara and Sokka were white bothered me to no end. And what was up with movie Sokka’s hair??! 🤦🏼♀️
@@urlocalsapphicjew3049 lol ik😂😂 and I asked myself the same question abt Sokka's hair😂😂😂
Ugh same! The first time I saw the casting, I was like, "Why is Katara white?"
@@littlebluehannah same😂
What’s meso American?
This movie was like a budget version of the play from ember island 😂
Lunar Love Lmao yesss
YEESSSSSSS OML YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT
It would have been perfect if they put Zukos scar on the wrong side
this needs so many more likes
The Ember Island Players did a much better job than the movie, don't do them dirty like this. A good parody is always better than failing to capture the essence of the characters at all.
Lunar Love 🤣🤣🤣 Facts
I think it's so funny that you had Voldemort laughing at the exact same time the earthbenders start doing their comical bending dance. 😂😂
20:31
I saw that too and I laughed. 🤣😂
it was an average bollywood kung fu movie scene in ohio
@@DanZeMan probably would still work better since it'd be _"Sand in the eyes!"_ or smh instead of this embarassment
All that to throw one rock😂
Katara in the movie: “Aang was having trouble mastering water”
Aang in the series literally made Katara so jealous of how quickly he got the hang of water bending in the water bending scroll episode like LMAO!
I noticed that too
Yeah I was gonna say water was literally the one element besides air that aang was a natural at. He had trouble learning both earth and fire but he picked up water bending so fast that it pissed katara off lmao
@@tradeka4206 exactly!!
I bet in movie 2 Anng is gunna learn earthbending quickly😑
@Mustafa Azam uhgg that pronunciation of his name is awful!
I know this may sound stupid but......
*I was upset that Katara had no hair loopies*
Imagine if you lost your Arrow or your hair loopies.
Even Sokka points it out that it was one of her defining characteristics XDD. Remember he said "Me having no boomerang is like Aang without his arrows on his head, and like Momo without his ears and like katara without her....hair loopies!"
You are not alone
Same like its her main trait
@@nicolefrancom4351 Momo without he s ears
Everything changed when Hollywood attacked
😂
underrated
Nice one
The guy with the mustache is funnier.
Just Some Guy without a Mustache gj
The name differences is what bothers me.
Series: Movie
Aang: Ong
Sokka: Sohkah
Iroh: Eeroh
Avatar: Ahhvataaar
LOL FR
As a spanish speaker, even this annoyed me lmao
@@pimpkins0831 who wouldn’t it annoy?
Just american~izing stuff
@@gw2156 Shyamalan apparently
This movie is sadder than Sokka losing his space sword, and that's saying something
Leave from the vines falling so sl😭
Ikr
@Mustafa Azam сука*
THERE IS NO MOVIE IN BA SING SE
@@nightingale-d3e bit*h
Buddy. It's been 9 years. And NOBODY is over this movie. IT'S THAT BAD.
I watched just to see if I was right all those years ago, and some how the movie became far worse than I remembered.
TheOGKing Yes, it was that bad but can we please just let it go already and talking about it so much?!
@@carolinedisalvatore9768 If we let this stain go unnoticed, then history will repeat itself my friend. Would you like for another movie like this to be created?
Andyblarg damn I knew the movie was bad but this is just... wow and what’s so surprising is that the studio is proud of this movie 🤦♂️
Andyblarg it’s just as bad as dB evolution if not worse
They didn’t even give Zuko or iroh their iconic hair or anything similar
right??? they are almost unrecognizable
Also iroh is taller than zhao and he never drinks tea in the movie
Where is Zuko's scar???
Amy it’s very minimal. Like a very very subtle burn scar. You can almost just barely see it
Shane they dare disgrace Iroh’s love of tea. Even worse.
Imagine If the firebenders from the movie saw the show's firebenders. 😂😂
they'd run away screaming as the camera followed them at a painfully slow pace in a single shot before a terrible transition
@@xero.93. then 30 earth benders would save them by moving a Little Rock to block the path
If you’re referring to the Netflix show Firebenders, they would’ve killed a whole lot of them.
It’s annoying how katara narrates that Aang was struggling to bend water when it was an important scene to see Aang be more advanced than her in water bending and to see her jealous😠
Yeah. They should've shown him struggle with earthbending.
@@australiankappa8123 thankfully the movie ends before it gets to earthbending
@@awesomegaymer5786 Yeah, thank fucking god.
I think a lot of that narrating what because they tried to put an entire season into an 1hr and 43 mins. had they broken the season into 2 or better yet 3 films, they wouldnt have needed so much narrating. I think that was the movies #1 problem. it was too compacted.
@@wolf9walker I also think that it would have been better if they split the 1st season into more than one film. That way they would have had more time to do more stuff from the show, right after they get the characters and their name pronunciations right.
I don't like how aang was so serious in the movie, his character loves games and is humorous in the show. That humor gives his character the air bender mindset of being able to see a different way to approach a situation, something that is built upon in his duel with the firelord
Live action aang has no soul
Yeah that actor was rough to watch him do that to aangs character, I'm just sorry for those who got that as the first impression of the last airbender
plus the first thing he says is “wanna go penguin sledding with me”
Bryson Humphries Yup XD
"Something was wrong, Aang found it difficult to waterbend" Meanwhile in the cartoon, Aang be like: "Look Katara, I can create an entire tidal wave. Want me to show you how to do it too??" When did Aang actually have trouble Waterbending? Katara was jealous that he was better at it than she was at the time
Exactly! I made that point too in my comment!
One concept totally disregarded in the film was that, the Avatar would have trouble mastering the element opposite to their native element. In Aang's case it was Earth. In Roku's case it was Water. Such a crucial detail, disregarded like it was nothing.
@@NobleGamer0117 actually, it's not always their foreign element, as Korra from LOK was a waterbender, struggled severely with master airbending, despite being a native waterbender. It's purely based on specifically personality, so since Korra had a hot headed personality almost like a native firebender, the element she struggled with was air. Aang has a more positive out look on life, and overall is a more pacifist guy for the most part, unless the situation calls for otherwise of course, and thus firebending was a struggle for him.
@@francinelipschutz6139 I agree with your rhetoric regarding bending difficulties with your personality's polar opposite, but you're wrong regarding Aang's personal bending opposite. It's explicitly stated in the series that Aang's struggle was with Earthbending. When initially learning Earthbending, Aang literally couldn't move earth... AT ALL. His nature as an air nomad meant he was constantly fleeting, both physically and mentally. This went directly against the nature of earth as grounded and headstrong (Aang - pacifist/lightfooted, vs. Toph - confrontational/headstrong).
Regarding fire - Aang didn't struggle to bend fire. He actually picked it up rather easily when handed a smoldering leaf. What Aang struggled with was the fact that, moments later, he hurt a friend by being careless instead of following the disciplined approach that Jeong Jeong was attempting to teach. Later, Aang's timidity with the Eternal Flame of the Sun Warriors was a direct result of the internal conflict brewing as a result of hurting Katara... not because he struggled to bend fire. He was afraid of losing control again, and thus refused to feed his flame as he had earlier in the series. Once he learned the true nature of Firebending from the masters, his internal conflict resolved, and he spouted flames like a pro with relative ease.
Francine Sketch Yeah I wouldn’t use LOK as an example. That series disregarded several lore elements for the story of the show. I mean Korra is show bending THREE ELEMENTS with ease when she was a CHILD. Really the ONLY reason she wasn’t able to master Air was to make her an ironic new protagonist. See in the original Aang was an Airbender and knew that first and in this one she knows every element EXCEPT Airbending, see the writers are VERY clever, plus it justifies them calling the season “Air” which beings the Elemental naming of the three seasons “Water”, “Earth” and “Fire” full circle. Especially since Aand needed to master those elements in those specific seasons and Korra needed to do the same here. Also logically speaking if she had more efficiency with Firebending than logically she should have more problems with WATER BENDING and not Air Bending since that is what Fire contrasts most with.
Funny that the firebenders can only use existing fire, but Iroh tells Zuko to use his chi, and the latter suddenly melts the ice with his hands 😂
I just realized that! God damn it!
They make it seem like creating fire is something special in this movie, and it's just so stupid. Firebenders don't even make fire from their chi, they use the heat around them mixed with proper breath control to generate flames. There's a philosophy to it that isn't even inferred in the movie.
The worst part about this was that I never saw the cabbage guy :(
Yep
theres no cabbage guy in the movie?😭
Moment of silence for those cabbages 😢
“My cabbages”!! Will forever be in our hearts
RXVAS that is very accurate
Aang looked as if he was about to cry every second
Lmao and the moment he was about to cry (when he tells katara about how he left the nomads)he was smiling
It's the makeup 😠
Qayshaeryna Tan well then it’s bad makeup
I guess he's crying about how much of an iconic disaster the movie is going to be
That was just half of the time. The other half he was smiling for no reason.
Aang in the show: I ran away from home😢🙍🏼♂️
Aang in the film: I ran away from home😁💁🏼♂️
Lmao
I read both names the way they're pronounced in their respective (not for the movie) source material and this makes sense xD
Ang in film: I ran away and got everyone killed lol oh well I guess XD
Correction Ung in the film: I ran away from home 🤗😀😉💁♂️ 😂
You should be proud to call yourself a film student. You did an amazing job diving deep into the characters and using movie knowledge for the series and the movie that disrespected the amazing series. You should be very proud.
the worst part of this whole movie was SOKKA WAS SERIOUS the entire movie. he wasnt cracking bad jokes and making stupid decisions!!! sokka was my favorite character in the show and they couldn't even get him right!!!
OMG YESSS!!! Sokka was my absolute favorite character, not just because he was unbelievably cute, but because he has dimension, a personality, his character changed over time, and they made him cocky, yet somehow in a good way, and he changed and he showed his inner feelings. Not to mention how he barely ever used the exuse, my mom died, or my fathers missing, he would just go out and find his father. The way his character was built is so unbelievably diverse and amazing. I also love azula and her gang and suki, they are such queens, toph is a baddie, anng is babyyy, Momo and appa are adorable, zukos character has so many dimensions and amazing traits that I can’t explain, and even tho we didn’t see yue for that long, she was such a lighthearted and amazing character, she was brave and she was a perfect match for sokka, (I like sokka and suki together also) they way all these characters are built are just so amazing. And katara..... I guess her mom died idk it’s all she talks about (joking)
Agreed! Was so disappointed that Sokka became another moody vampire with no emotions.
They didn't even get Aang right 😭😭😭
Ikrrr!!!
Then it’s not sokka
The film made Iroh look like a Pirates of the Carribean character instead of the friendly, big, jolly old man he is.
Don't forget wise
@@Abby-cl3wg wise for iroh is a extreme understatement lol
@@kylejohnson3889 100% agree rofl
He looked like the pirate that had the water bending scroll.
His body was *supposed* to add to his character (not that the film cares lol). He looks like a big, jolly old man so people (the audience and characters) underestimate him and his abilities, when really he is an extremely powerful bender with unrivaled wisdom.
And isn’t Zuko supposed to be a teenager, he looks like a 30 year old man
Zuko AND Sokka. Sokka looks 36-40 tho
I KNOW THEY SHOULD BE 16 and ”uuang” litterly looks 8 ahhh this makes me so mad
AND WHY WOULD THEY MANE ZUKOS SCAR SO SMALL OML I HATE THIS CASTING
Ikr
Laltluangliana Sailop
Indians are Asian dude....
20:52 My reaction watching the duell between Voldemort and Dumbeldore:😱
My reaction watching the fight between the earthbenders and the firebenders:😴
Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, The comics, The fandom.
Long ago the four media and series lives in harmony, but that all changed when the live action remake attacked
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 XD
XD
BAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAA
LOL 😂 😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂
Now this. This is logical.
My biggest complain about the movie is Uncle Iroh doesn’t look like a short fat calm wise tea loving old man but like a angry grumpy dude they did my uncle too dirty
If anything he should be Ozai. He already looks more menacing than the actual person playing Ozai.
yeah?? i mean HOW COULD SOMEONE RUIN IROH OUT OF ALL CHARACTERS??????
@@justyouraveragemartian783 I’m not angry. Just disappointed that they have lost the way
@@CoOoOookie-xh3mu yeah same
I literally didn't recognize him in this movie lol 🤣
The fact that the Sokka in the movie does not use his Boomerang as much is insulting. Sokkas boomerang is a third of his personality, the other 2 thirds being sarcasm and his love of meat.
Don't forget humour
I made 69 likes NICE
Sokka NEEDS his boomerang! THERE IS LITERALY A EPISODE WHERE HE'S CRYING WHEN THEY LEFT HIS BOOMERANG BEHIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Random guy: "Have a nice day ponytail guy."
Sokka: "I used to be boomerang guy. . . "
I’m your 500th like!
Sokka, the boomerang and meat guy
when this movie came out my family and I planned a movie day. my parents got us our favorite snacks and we all sat down in the living room to watch it, we were so excited because we all watched the show together multiple times and it was a huge bonding moment for us.
Almost as soon as the movie started, we turned it off. As soon as they said aang wrong my dad said “no” and turned it off.
Your dad made the right decision
Guys the movie isn’t based of the show it’s obviously based of the play that they saw in the show (Book 3 Episode 17)
The Gate Guard that play was still better than the movie
Who cares still litterly almost everyone hates it
Solar_Sunset💫 have you heard of a joke
The Gate Guard guess not cause I don’t realy see how this is a joke is it because the show the say in the episode was realy realy off and dumb if so then yeah I understand
Breanna Clement yup u right right there the movie is ...ugh not good..
The worst part is that the most loved factor in the real show is absent in the movie: THE HUMOR
I miss cabbage man
Exactly. It was so serious!! Ugh
@Paulo Lopes you dont need to be able to make a movie yourself to know how bad this movie is
@Paulo Lopes are you out of your mind? We really don't need to have created even a decent movie to see how much of a joke this movie is... The producers messed up HARD. I could create a slide show better that this crap😂😂😂
@Paulo Lopes no no and no some of us are unable to make a movie due to money problems or such but we sure as hell are still able to provide hate towards this movie for being such a crapfest
I'm so glad Shayamalan didn't get his hands on Toph. 😂😂😂
Knowing shayamalan I wouldn't even be surprised if toph had eyesight
a culture of man wouldn’t be surprised if she actually had superhuman eyesight and could fly by farting.
Ikr he would have ruined her
@@timothywoods4329 Lmao jokes on you......... She was an AIRBENDER the whole time
He would cast it as a big dude that uses echo location to see your face.
3:16 Buddy that ain’t Zuko’s scar, that’s just a sunburn. Also, didn’t he just have like a square patch of hair that led into a ponytail?
Aang in the cartoon: I never wanted to be the avatar. I ran away and I’m so ashamed.
“Aang” in the movie: oh i ran away haha im quirky
Ninjinistarsong :3 literally-
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Yes
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I’m glad they didn’t make more. Imagine how much they would mess up Toph... 🤦
Edit: that’s a lot of likes thanks!
I saw one comment and it said “They would probably make Toph deaf instead of blind” 😭😭😭
The Demon King oh lord
@@kazuya5788 Top in the show depending on her hearing to be so powerful. And I think it's her unique feature. It would be awfully awful if they made her deaf instead of blind.
I saw on an Avatar fan page that he was planning to make it so Toph had the ability to see. And they were gonna name her "Tooph". 😑 Right there. 2 sentences of his plan for her and he already destroyed the character. Let's be glad he didn't get close to the sequels.
They probably wouldn't even make her blind
Another mistake: the narration when katara says that aang was having trouble with his water bending was wrong because he actually mastered the forms better than katara
Well you see if they did show that they would also have to show katara getting jealous. That would've given her character and they can't have that in this movie
ah true and then Aang would comfort her and we certainly can't have that in the
You expected them to have a scene that contributed to character arcs for 2 of the leads that was actually really original and interesting LOL
@@matthodgkinson2003 thank god they didnt
And they would have show how Aang was goofing around with water instead of seriously learning and we can't have something fun in the movie.
Another weird thing is that Aang struggled with Water-bending at first which is weird because that element’s personality resembles Air’s personality the closest. In the series Aang struggled with Earth the most because it was opposite to his personality.
Why are all the skin tones off? Literally a majority of the fire nation is white while the water tribes have brown skin. ALSO Iroh is a fat, chubby, cute, old man, not a middle aged buff man.
I know! The water tribe looks more native american based!
lily's film reel and the whole show has Asian cultures mixed in so everyone should be East Asian except for the watertribe which could be Native American.
@@ms66777 Yes
Ikr it's even one of the most important parts of Zuko's insults in the series. You can't suddenly make him look like a scary, fit lad
They made Zuko Indian and didn't give him a scar 0/10
Is nobody gonna talk about how they didn’t include Aang’s affection for katara?
Exactly! It added more character dimension and struggle for Aang! But, apparently that's not important
Omg that’s the otp ship!!! How dare they!!! >:(
Bruh this show just adds 0% of the real personalities
Right?!
YES
Last time I babysat my nine year old Potterhead cousin, I decided to introduce him to ATLA and he became a fan after just the first two episodes and I told him not to watch the live action movie explaining that it was “The Cursed Child of ATLA” and he understood immediately. 😂😂😂
EDIT: Wow! Thanks for all the likes! 😂
Michaela Bauer this was the most truest fact. Great comparison
No...the cursed child didnt make me want to literally commit sepuku without a spotter.
This child seems to be in good hands.... Carry on
YES🤣
I've just seen 'the cursed child' and it was actually really good! Besides the sorting hat lol
another important part of the first scene talked about (in my opinion) is that Zuko not only agrees to Aangs terms, but actually follows through. something fairly uncommon for the fire nation, ESPECIALLY Zuko's own family.
its immediately foreshadowing that he never really lost his honor, and that he's more honorable than most of the fire nation, making him the perfect choice for next fire lord. also sets the tone that Zukos character really does only care about getting his honor back, not feeding into the war or abusing power.
the live adaptation twists that into a person who has no issue threatening to hurt innocent people in a very Azula fashion, and also doesnt care to enforce his end of the deal by not reprimanding the soldier that attacked. both characters suffered for it.
For real! The live action version really messed Zuko up
Zuko doesn’t even have his pony tail
His WOLF tail (No harm intended, just a reference to avatar)
True...
But it’s pretty obvious why they Cut the haircut:
finding someone to play as Zuko has to at least possible. 😉
He has his book 2 haircut
Book 3 shaggy style
And he is black
The biggest thing is, Aang *DIDN’T* have trouble with waterbending. It was earthbending that was hard for him!
They needed excuse to safe cgi cgi was terrible but still
This is more retarded than korra struggling with air bending
While Korra struggling with air bending is dumb because she's a water bender and the opposite of water is fire, it was in the show and never changed
Aang never struggled with water bending since the opposite of air is earth also in the original show he made katara jealous
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Giorno Giovanna in the legend of korra they said that the element that‘s opposite to your PERSONALITY is hardest to learn for them. which is why for aang it was earth and for korra it was air
lemon but in ATLA Katara said it was his NATURAL OPPOSITE. Like how Fire is the natural opposite of water, the opposite of air is earth.
Auditi saleh No it can be both. Think about it, aang couldnt earthbend because it doesnt aline with his own personality. Earthbending has to do with roughness and brute strength while air is calm and evasive. Korra was very aggressive, excited and always ready which definitely alines with fire but not air as she isn’t the calm and avoiding type.
There is no avatar movie. We are all safe behind the wall.
There is no movie in Ba Sing Se
I am Ju Dee
It's like a space, a space where we're all safe if you will
Wrong anime dude 😂
Akhil Singh Khyalia the avatar movie on Pandora (NOT this ATROCITY) was great and the original show was also great, but the dump NEEDS TO DIE IN A HOLE (says someone who’s GLAD she never saw the whole thing 🤮)
And the ozai reveal.i.literaly miss it every time cause they revealed ozai too early and he just looks like a chump not the intimidating man that haunted Zukos childhood and wrecks havic on the four nations.
They disrespected Sokka, no one disrespects Sokka. My boy was lifeless, no sarcasm,too serious, They had no mood maker. I get it was supposed to be an action based film, but to make it accurate to the show and enjoyable they shouldn’t have added so many high tensions scenes. It made me cringe at them because some were completely unnecessary and uncomfortable. I would love to have written the plot line
Yea exactly! It’s after he told the baby moose thing that he would be a vegetarian smooth talker this movie shows Sokka after
Right!?! He’s supposed to be comedy relief
Sokka is always the butt of the joke but he hinself wasn't a joke.
Sokka getting stripped of his personality was the last (and first) straw. He actually being like Sokka was the only thing that could've mildly saved the movie.
Squidsword I totally agree 😤
"Oh no! The Fire Nation is coming! What do we do?"
"Put out the torches!"
😂😂😂💀💀💀
Haha lmao
Bruh everything in this movie is stupid
LooooooL
How could they defeat the water tribe? They litterally bend water!!!!
I feel like this Movie was just made to get money. The Producer probably never watched the show
Nice name xD
here after watching the Netflix adaptation 🫡
Same
Movie creators: we changed the pronunciation of their names to be authentice.
Also movie creators: Katara and Sokka are white now tho
@Chiaki Nanami- SHSL Gamer i agree but only if the actor is actually talented but the actors they casted weren't which makes the movie double bad
Also cringey that that the villains are brown people. Bad color coding
😂😂😂😭
Nicole Chan yeah only the zuko guy is very good
When I saw Sokka and Katara, I was like “where’s the tan-?”
I’m SO glad they didn’t get to toph . I would have rioted.
Jasmine Carter that’s because they thought they would make 3 movies lol
imagine if they did, shayamalananalan whatsoever probably would change her best f*cking personality, i woud literally make a riot against him
Her name would have been pronounced incorrectly. _Towph_ or _Toff_
Shyamalaian toph: serious
oldest in the cast
wears fucking big thick velma glasses
can see better than the rest of the cast even without said glasses
needs a 4 hour dance sequence to lift 1/4th of a half-inch pebble
wears anything but her original color scheme
has shoes all the time (with soles)
is weak and fragile
likely is dumb and has comic relief idiot humor in place of her wit, nicknames, and blind girl jokes
Thank God they spared Momo
Original cartoon: *Each bending arts are based on different martial*
*arts to make it look more sacred*
This movie:Haaha wind boy wavy arm make wind go woosh
Aang in the show: *wind noises*
AnG: wosh
Which martial art styles is each bending style from? I don’t know them all super well and was curious. I know martial art names but not their styles.
@@ProcrastinatingPanda
Water: Tai Chi Chuan
Fire: Northern Shaolin Kung Fu
Earth: Hung Ga Kung Fu
Air: Bagua Zhang
AnimeObsessed234 waterbending is Tai Chi, Firebending is Karate based. I’m not entirely sure about the other two though.
@@ProcrastinatingPanda
Water bending: Tai Chi
Fire bending: Northern Shaolin Kung Fu
Earth bending: Hung gar Kung Fu
Air bending: Bagua ( Circle walking )
Answer me if you want
14 years later and NOBODY IS OVER IT!!
The Room(2003) has better dialogue, MoistCr1tikal was right saying the Movie just gets worse and worse every year
i actually feel very sorry for the actors, i mean imagine being them and thinking you'll make so many people happy with your represantation of their favourite characters and become a succesful actor but instead your movie receives so much hate and gets heavily criticised even 10 years later. that must suck :(
Ye we should stop with the hate
well it is a bad movie
Noah Ringer must have felt this way when the movie came out. He's an experienced martial artist, and was a huge fan of the show. He had a very strong relationship with his sensei, as he recommended the show to Ringer and convinced him to audition for the movie. Strangely, he was able to get the role when he sent in a video of him dressed as Aang doing martial arts instead of property auditioning. He was very inexperienced with acting, as he was told to attend acting classes a month before filming, but he was passionate about the movie and wanted to bring Aang to life on the big screen. It must've been hard for him when audiences and critics said that he was a terrible actor and was culturally appropriating the world of Avatar by playing an asain character (supposedly) when he was white. He wasn't as abused as Jake Lloyd was back when the phantom menace came out, but I have no doubt that his dreams were shattered and he was forced to avoid the public eye for the rest of his life.
If I was aang, I would literally quit the second I heard that name! Of course, I don’t know what an actor gets paid but, movie flame is right! The series is one of my most watched shows, and the movie in comparison looks like something a kindly one would throw up!
2:03 My people are dying Cyuka🤣🤣
There are times I envy toph for not being able to see this garbage.
Honestly glad Toph wasn't in it because she'd either be deaf or use echo location
XD yeah she lucky,but she still can hear it T^T
Lol great one.
Oh to see without my eyes >👄
Toph just covers her ears and laughs...
Also doesn’t help that every race in the movie is blatantly wrong.
Yeh, like why are all the fire benders not how they were in the show? The water benders are somewhat accurate, air was pretty ok but what was earth and fire about?? I won't assume ethnicities but seriously? They strayed so far from the source material I've given up on any live action anime movies or shows
@@MaskTheDwarf are u kidding me? The movie portrayed the FIRST two POC as white people. You call that accurate representation of the characters?
Whyte Tyger bruh the water benders were obviously brown in the anime, how were they somewhat accurate?
The waterbenders are Inuit (brown), the earthbenders are (mostly) Chinese, the fire nation is Japanese, and the air nomads are Tibetan (light skin),
They fucked everything up
Johny Johny the fire nation is not japan mate. It’s still China, just a different era.
Original: Aang
Live action: O H N G
Original: Iroh
Live action: E E R O H
At least they weren’t given the chance to ruin Toph. Or as they would’ve called her, Tuff
Except that wouldn't be tuff
Or toufzgfdg
If they massacre my girl Toph, I’m gonna send the fire nation after the director.
@@P.H691 they would probably make her a boring trainer who is op but doesn’t talk much.
Toth
We’re lucky they didn’t do a second movie. Imagine how bad they would’ve ruined Toph!
Dont make me think about that please
They probably would’ve named her top, had her be saved by aang and be a sweetheart
Yea that would have pissed me off lol
@@swriley444 it would have pissee everyone off
They would probably make her not blind
That awkward moment when Dumbledore is a better waterbender than the Avatar
And those durmstrang guys from goblet of fire are better fire benders.
@@cadethumann8605 lol yes
agree
And don't forget when Dumbledore can produce his own fire and bends it inside the cave in Half-Blood Prince.
@@cadethumann8605 “ I A M C A L M ! ! ! ” -Katara said calmly.
The crazy thing is that if they'd showed us Zuko's desperation when Aang escapes the ship, him saying "for a moment..." and letting it trail off could have been really powerful. Dev Patel actually delivered that line pretty well.
Agreed
He's a good actor, so he tried his best with the crappy material he was given.
True.
ATLA series: Has characters from a range of backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities, with inspiration from China, Japan, Tibet, Inuit, and many more.
TLA movie: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that. They are white, white, white, and Indian.
Ozai is played by a maori
Who cares
Why tf is katara and sokka played by white people
@@Jam-man he shouldn't have even been in this movie...He was just in some flashbacks with his face hidden until 3th season started.
@@nekoristim7800 I know
Can we also talk about how they comepletley DESTROYED Ozais Threatlevel? in the Show they made the Firelord sound like this unstopabale allknowing Monster, never seen but always a threat. in the Movie, he is just casually walking around and is just a normal dude
Bela Feldbusch indian fire king i died
Ah-ng: who's that?
Sakkah: some weak bitch
Ozai:quiet cowering
Yep you don't even see him before the third season.
I was insulted by the names "Ung", "earoh", "soaka", "we changed them to make them sound more authentic", authentic to what??? Its a fictional universe with asian influences so what the creators said was the right pronounciation is the CORRECT pronounciation.
That's what I KEEP SAYING, and people keep saying that the actors should be Asian, but asians dont even EXIST in this world
@@JaneDoe-mr6ju Well Katara and Sokka shouldn't be anyway because they're from the south pole, so that would be an Innuit kind of ethnicity, not Asian because its not even the same continent.
@@charlottemunday7311 I thought your point was there are no continents similar to earth's, so Inuit isnt even a thing in that universe, I'm just tired of asians saying they dont have any representation in this film, sokka and katara were clearly meant to have darker skin, and zuko was meant to have lighter skin, in the movie this is flipped around and messed up.
@@JaneDoe-mr6ju while the pronounciation part is bs the actor part not so much the water tribes look like inuit the earth kingdom inhabitants are mostly chinese looking and the fire nations inhabitants remind of korea japan and mongolia
@@JaneDoe-mr6ju they are supposed to look like inuit if anyone didn't get that from the southern water tribes clothing villages and weapons (except the boomerang)
I feel sorry for noah, the kid who played aang, kid was a big fan of the show, a martial artist and even got the nickname aang because of their similarities, but this movie killed his career before it even started
Yeah, i mean his acting wasn't that good but man people should give him a break. He was about 10 years old when he was cast as Aang, he was still under parents supervision, he's not ready to face the criticism he got on the internet whether it's hate or a normal dislike. It's the main reason why i can't even criticize his performance simply because he was way too young to handle such film criticisms like this
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@@800Ms-k6n Not wanting to disrespect actors from any movie is why I never criticize performances, and when i do I often make it extremely clear I don’t have anything against the actors (Unless they’re a bad person)
@@TooningIn2008 the thing is I can criticize a performance but in the case of a child performance, it's hard to do it knowing that the actor is a kid and is not old enough to handle such criticism like this. Reminded me of what happened to Jake Lloyd for Star Wars, he got so much hate by fans to the point that it affected his mental health so badly and Lloyd was a kid when he got so much hate for Star Wars. I don't want that to happen with the kid who played Aang too because for the most part, this movie is not his fault
@@800Ms-k6n Yeah I agree
The worst insult is that they cut momo my man
And suki ;(
SUKII
sharerofcontents 2.0 it was made on my birth
sharerofcontents 2.0 ik I counted
It released 2010
I remember watching this in theaters at age 9, and then when the credits came , as everyone was leaving the theatre I hear a guy shout out loud, "THIS MOVIE SUUUUUUUUUUCKS!"
i imagined this so well that i laughed so hard lmao
Wow he waited the whole movie? Apparently it didn't to him
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
😂
*everyone clapped*
Zuko's scar in the show: An un-mistakable pink then red scar that makes his eye swollen-
Zuko's scar in the movie: A sunburn
Zuko had a scar in the movie??
Zuko had a scar in the movie??????????
Sammi weeb Yea, but you can barely see it
@@mcdonalds437 I legit can't see it.
Sammi weeb Same, the only reason I knew is because my friend pointed it out when we watched it
it is your duty to never let the hate for this movie to end.
It annoyed me so much that Zuko didn’t have a scar! Like it’s kinda his most defining feature!!
there was a scar but it was the complete opposite of conspicuous.
His hair also bugged me. It was such a huge deal in the show when he cut his pony tail
Oh he did, you just didn't see it. And I don't blame you...
@@zachp8163 Yeah you can barely see scar
@@reb4517 yep. Damnit Shamalan you can't even make the scar noticeable.
Also worth noting: Aang never had trouble with Waterbending. In fact, he excelled at it from the moment he first tried it. Did Shyamalan even WATCH the original show?
Right?? Actually the moment that i know the name of the movie Aang is ONG, I'm sure he doesnt watch it 😑
I feel like he and his kid would watch it together, and that he would be on his phone for half of it and never rewatched it.
exactly, aang was soo good at it to a point where katara got jealous of how fast Aang mastered some tricks that katara had a hard time learning.
Yes he excelled at water bending and fire bending but struggled with earth bending
@@paulgesler3919 he did have a bit of trouble with fire bending when he first tried doing it he accidentally burned katara
Can’t even bring myself to watch this movie. Not even gonna try. Netflix keeps recommending it to me, but I’d rather just watch Avatar series.
Same, I tried to watch the movie, just to see it, but after the first minute I shut it off because I just couldn’t sit through it
@@nicoleciampa8804 same
😡
Nicole Ciampa i just couldnt “ONG”
Do NOT watch it, a part of you will die.
Don't watch it trust me you won't like, I couldn't make it to 15 minutes of the movie so believe me it is extremely terrible like I mean very very very horrible
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" is more than a series-it's a journey I've taken multiple times, discovering the enchantment of bending and the essence of friendship in each episode. With every rewatch, I uncover new layers in characters, relationships, and their intricate world. From Aang's self-discovery to Zuko's redemption, I've shared their laughter, tears, and victories.
Sokka's wit is a constant joy, and the reunion of Appa and Momo with Aang is a heartwarming moment. The show's perfect blend of humor, action, and heartfelt scenes is truly remarkable.
"Avatar" isn't just a show; it's woven into my story, a reminder of balance, resilience, and the power of change. It's not a mere three-time watch; it's an adventure I'll eagerly embark on again and again.
Wait, Aang in the movie is having trouble with water? (Sorry, never watch that monstrosity) How? A part of his character is gentleness and as smooth as water. Out of the four elements aside for Air, water is the easiest one he could learn. This is one of the thing that fascinates me as a child.
Air is free and flexible, just like Aang, he's the personified of Air.
Water is gentle and smooth, another of Aang's trait, this is why he could learn water-bending so easily that he made Katara jealous.
Meanwhile, Earth is hard and stubborn, not Aang's personality which is why only when he was forced he could bend it.
Fire is hot and ever-changing, the easiest way to tame it is with your emotion, burning and fiery, Zuko even asked Aang to roar like a beast in one scene when trying to teach him fire-bending.
As much as I dislike Korra, they still kept this essence. The only reason Korra could bend three elements in her toddler age is because her personality allows her to make a connection with Fire and Earth. Stubborn, hot, hard, and fiery. She was lucky she was born a water-bender or else she would have a very hard time to learn it, the same way she needed a long time to get the essence of Air (And even then, it was gained through force means, just like how Aang was pressed to be able to bend Earth).
Also, I like the fact that while Aang is "having trouble" waterbending while making arm motions over normal flowing water, it pans over to Katara, *making arm motions over normal flowing water*
@@zaynab-to-a exactlyyy like wtf was that
Rachel Dewinata Very good explanation.
Also, in the "test" that Zuko and Iroh gave him when they captured him, he moved the rock just by looking at it. In the series, made apparent in season 2, Earth was the element that Aang had the most trouble controlling.
@@silvercube7780 F. Really??? Woaaahhh, they really changed Aang's root. Or was it Uungh?
THEY DIDNT HAVE MOMO (well they did but he was barely mentioned), THE KYOSHI WARIORS, NOT EVEN BUMIIIIIII, not even cabbage man 😢, they didn't have that epic scene where admiral choi threw the guy overboard, they didn't have roku well the had a DRAGON that was supposed to be roku but tf?
A.R.A IKRRRR
They had momo
Madeline Bahmer yeah but it wasn't like a main character. Momo wasn't an important part of the movie.
Why wasn’t lord momo of the momo dynasty his momoness as a main character? He is the most powerful earthbending lemur out there....smh
André Salgado yeah lol. Your momoness.
The show: the water tribe is based off of Inuit Alaskan people.
The movie: the water tribe is white people :)
And the fire nation is indian wtf
Will you please tell more about all tribes shown? Please
@Weeaboo Trash no they aren't Airbenders are cambodian. His name is Aang a nod to Angkor in Cambodia which also was the inspiration to the air temples.
@@Testikeles yeah, as far as the show showed the fire nation hairstyling showed Chinese style, neither that's present in hte movie
@@kenishinobi666 hes saying that the Airbenders in the movie are white too
It's almost 13 years old and I'm not over it.
Yeah all of this is true, but we gonna ignore the fact that not once in this movie we heard “MY CABBAGES”
I think we should be thankful they didn't get to ruin cabbage man
Mercury lmao on second thought they would have ruined him either way
They would have said "MY LETTUCES!!"
Mikey Espino or probably would have said “MY SALADS”
That was like my brother's favorite scene in the whole series. I was very disappointed with the whole movie but especially that "MY CABBAGES" was not included
Im disappointed that sokka is not as funny as in the original series-
Not even just "not as funny." He's not funny AT ALL, even though it was literally his defining trait in the first book. Sokka in book one (or at least the beginning of book one) is a sarcastic, quick-witted, comic relief-ish character that never stays down for long, and that was what made him likable. Movie Sokka had absolutely none of those traits at any point in the movie, and it pissed me off so bad! I saw this movie in theaters and it was so disappointing, I have never been so bored in a theater in my life, and I've loved the show since it was airing on TV.
Also paranoid in the beginning of the series
@@rougerain4055 must've been so painful having to sit in the theater for the whole time watching this monstrosity 😭😂
They even have a scene where they say they miss sokka’s humor when he goes to train with a sword master in the show not the movie
The movie itself isn't as funny as the series
My baby sister saw the last air bender on Nickelodeon once and she said “that movie was cool I liked it!” My brother and I froze then looked at her. My brother: “are you kidding? It’s trash!” My sister: “no it’s not!” Me: “hold up! This horrendous travesty must be fixed! We do NOT speak of that movie in this house!” So I went upstairs and brought down the Avatar series and made her watch it. Now all is right with the world and she hates the Last Airbender movie too.
You restored harmony and balanced the world 👌
Imagine all brainwashed kid that experienced this that will never see the series.
Good job👍 u just saved our future generation right there
r/thathappened
This sounds like what the Dai Lee agent would do. There's no movie in ba sing se.
*How I'd Fix The Last Airbender:*
*Things I'd Keep:*
1. *The set and costume design:* The set and costumes are actually very nicely recreated from the show, with quite a bit of attention to detail. And I like how the tattoos on Aang are more detailed, and look like actual tattoos.
2. *Seychelle Gabriel and Noah Ringer as Yue and Aang:* Hear me out. I'm not saying Ringer gave a great performance as Aang. He didn't. But, to be fair, not that many people in The Last Airbender movie gave a great performance, and so it's hard to blame him for his performace. I mostly blame M Night Shyamalan for it, and, probably with a better director, which I'll get to later, he might actually give off a better performace. As for Seychelle Gabriel as Yue, she's honeslty the only one who was perfectly cast, and she gave a decent performace as the character (Just don't make her hair look like someone's dingaling.)
3. *ILM doing the special effects:* While the special effects can be pretty hit or miss at times, they have done some effects for great movies like Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, and they even fully animated another movie for Nickelodeon, known as Rango, so they can stay around, if they actually manage the budget better than they did.
4. *The start of the movie:* The way they did the elements' introduction was actually a spot-on recreation from the show. Nothing else to say here.
5. *The music:* James Newton Howard's original score for the movie is amazing, and it actually shows a lot of personality and emotion missing from the entire movie, and they do different themes for each of the four nations. A trumphant and uplifting theme for the Earth Kingdom, an emotional and whimsical theme for the Water Tribe, a terrifying military march for the Fire Nation, and a calm theme for the Air Nomads, shame it had to be in a terrible movie.
*Things I Would Change:*
1. *The rest of the casting:* Aside from Aang and Yue, almost none of the movie characters even remotely look like their TV show counterparts. This isn't like a book where you can at least argue it's up to your interpretation. There is a canon character design in the show, and these actors don't even come close to matching them. Even Dev Patel and Shaun Toub as Zuko and Iroh respectively, while they are genuinely the best actors in the movie, and show some genuine emotion in some scenes, even they don't even resemble their TV show counterparts in appearance. This revolves around all of the characters in the Water Tribe, say for a few extras, being played by white actors, for non-white characters. And they also made the villains darkskinned, which BTW, is extremely problematic because it implies that white people are inheriantly good, and non-white people aren't, which many times throughout history, has been proven to not be true. If I were to fix this, because I don't think the studio would have time for recasting, I would just simply make the main Fire Nation actors play the role of Water Tribe characters, meaning that Dev Patel and Summer Bashil, instead of being Zuko and Azula, are now Sokka and Katara, and Jackson Rathbone and Nicola Peltz are now Zuko and Azula. While it isn't perfect, it's still nowhere near as bad as how it was done in reality, and I do think Dev Patel would be great as Sokka, since he is great at doing comedy, and knows when to get serious in some situations, as shown in Slumdog Millionaire.
2. *Don't make M Night Shyamalan the director:* While he has directed some critically acclaimed movies, he just isn't the guy for directing a big budget fantasy movie like this one, he's better for more realistic movies, and horror movies. Instead, it should be more similar to Stuart Little, where he's just a screenwriter and nothing but that. And he should also have someone editting it so it doesn't have as much exposition, someone like, Steve Kloves or someone. As for the Director and Executive Producer, that one's actually pretty easy. Peter Jackson and Steven Spielburg respectively. Not only have they worked with Nickelodeon on their Tintin movie, but they worked on several movies that are pretty similar to Avatar, such as Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, Hook, etc. And they can also do action much better than Shyamalan can, as shown in those movies. Even their bad movies had something entertaining about some of them, unlike The Last Airbender movie.
3. *Cut out Katara's narrations outside of the prologue:* Katara's narrations don't add anything to the movie, they just distract from the characters and the story, as little as there is. And it's clear that it's because many scenes were cut from the movie, because it was intended to be three hours long, but, similar to Thomas and the Magic Railroad, it was cut down to one and a half hours, and it really shows with some of the scenes being rushed with exposition. So instead, outside of the prologue, the narration is completely removed, with no traces whatsoever.
4. *Make the movie three hours long:* The main problem with the movie is it tries to condence 400 hours of television into a 90 minute movie, which is only about 23% of the story that can be told effectively in a different medium. Now, while making it three hours would still leave out 55% of the series, there is a way to do it, while cutting out some of the less important episodes, and trying to cram in as much story as possible. For instance, The King of Omashu, The Great Divide, The Fortuneteller, Bato of the Water Tribe, and The Deserter should be cut, as, even though there are important characters introduced, a lot of them don't affect the story that much, and you can just have Aang mention to Zuko that he's had friends like Bumi and Jeong Jeong as well as Kuzon (Who I theorize to be Azulon's younger brother.) from before he hid in the iceburg, and two of them were from the Fire Nation. While also making the Jet episode and The Blue Spirit intertwined in order to make the pacing work better for a movie, also, make sure the episodes at ARE adapted well made, and not make some questionable changes, like a Concentration Camp for Earthbenders covered in stones and dirt, which Aang rightfully pointed out to them, and have it instead be made of metal which they're unable to bend, and they have to use coal fueling the camp to start a prisonbreak, more like the show it was based on.
5. *Pronounce the names like they did in the show:* Changing them was so stupid, and they honestly should've kept them as they were, instead of pronouncing Aang as Ong, Sokka as Soaka, Agni Kai as Agni Kee, Iroh as Eroh, and Avatar as Ovatar, and also be consistant about it. Because the movie is very inconsitant about how Avatar is pronounced. If there are different pronunciations, it should just be explained by a difference in accents or something.
So much work in this comment but I disagree with everything you would keep. The only thing I would keep is probably the budget.
This all sounds so much better than what we got.
> The way they did the elements' introduction was actually a spot-on recreation from the show.
No. In the show the elements are showed off over actual Chinese, the consistent in universe language, instead of literally meaningless scribbles.
For condensing the story. The best idea could’ve been rewriting the sub plots to be connected to the story. Avatar was not a show that relied on big story arc like most anime do. The shows format was seriously unadaptable for a movie because it’s usually a new journey each episode till they reach where they need to be. However, if Nick wanted to make a movie out of Avatar, then they should tried to make it more like Lord of the Rings and it could have made a better movie version of Avatar. However, Nickelodeon Movies wanting something 3 hours is not realistic, but it could be somewhere like 2 hours and 30 minutes like Harry Potter 1, however it could’ve been filmed with 3 hours worth of footage.
Earth benders in movie: 1,000,000 men to move a rock
Toph: Moves a mountain
A f*cking mountain.
I love toph man
And she’s blind 😂
Kyoshi watching this: you’re kidding right
@Zephorah Stewart-Pelasio it's hard to see.
Bruh, the scene where there’s like 6 guys “Earth Bending” and all they did was throw a little ass rock flying at like 2 miles per hour 😂😂😂 Hilariously stupid.
If you watch that scene a little bit more carefully, you'll realize the 6 dudes waving their hands around didn't actually bend anything, the one who actually threw that rock was the guy shown after who actually shot the rock at the fire nation soldier
Bob Dole I hated this scene. Been saying Toph can do better than this
@Ovidiu-Darius Voita well....in the movie firebenders need a source, and it's really special for him to be able to ..do that.........the fact they need a source is quite interesting but...eh....
show's still better.
No wonder why they are afraid to fight back 🙄🙄
Percy Jackson fans:upset about the movies
Us Avatar fans: sobbing in a corner
no we also sobbed in a corner
@@natalyn1700 im a fan of both, and both of them is worthy of a bit corner sobbing
When you’re a fan of both and sob about both of them
@@abbysoto7643 You know one of the things I'm most ashamed of? The fact that our teacher had us watch a Percy Jackson movie and that was before I read the books. When I read the books I was like, "Well this is SO much better!" Always read the book before you watch the movie kids
Inheritance cycle fans; sad crying