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soloproject) wrote2010-08-02 04:31 pm
soloproject) wrote2010-08-02 04:31 pm
airbender
Okay, yesterday my sister decided we were gonna watch The Last Airbender. I tried to talk her out of it because I wanted to watch Salt and she didn't want to watch Inception again...before you flip out, I was curious about the movie myself. Of course the racebending stuff bothers me but I'd hoped there would be some redeeming value in there for the sake of the people who threw time and effort into it, like that poor Noah Ringer kid.
I was thinking I should cut this in case but my flist shows zero interest in it anyway so I will just keep it short:
PROS:
- Bending effects not actually terrible. Not 100% impressive but
- Noah Ringer...this kid may not be the ideal Aang but he can MOVE. He's very talented. He's obviously kind of been Justin Bieber'd into this position but he wasn't completely without Aang spirit, especially in the few flashbacks. And his face is so earnest ;o;
- Shaun Toub! Holy shit even in this small role, this man can deliver. If you don't know who thsi man is, he was Yinsen in Iron Man, the doctor trapped with Tony in the beginning of the first movie but for more compelling roles, watch Crash and The Kite Runner.
- Dev Patel wasn't half bad. Anyway, Zuko is generally devoid of humor but Dev managed to be a little dorky too and I guess I liked that he acted out more of Zuko's badass-ness than what is usually played out.
- The girl who plays Azula is SO PROMISING. The 5 accumulated seconds she appeared, she was literally face-twitchy, crazy-eyed. And adorable!
- APPA AND MOMO♥
CONS:
- Everyone else is so devoid of charisma I was wondering what the hell was going on.
- SOKKA. WASN'T. FUNNY. Although, Rathbone was a lot easier to look at than whoever it is he plays in Twilight, though.
- MY MAIN MAN OZAI ALSO SO DEVOID OF CHARISMA. And while the sets and machinery was okay, I was a little confused by the costumes which were truer to the look of cartoon than the actors were, sadly.
- The pronunciations of.....certain.....words.
- The way characters announce what they're doing while doing it--no wait, the sudden transitions between scenes.
- The freaking annoying narrations.
- The forced epicness of scenes that are supposed to be quiet and expository.
I guess I could go on but that's enough. In short, it's a waste of time and if you want to watch it because you're curious, just download it or something. Can you believe two more of this?
TWO MORE! OF THIS!
I was thinking I should cut this in case but my flist shows zero interest in it anyway so I will just keep it short:
PROS:
- Bending effects not actually terrible. Not 100% impressive but
- Noah Ringer...this kid may not be the ideal Aang but he can MOVE. He's very talented. He's obviously kind of been Justin Bieber'd into this position but he wasn't completely without Aang spirit, especially in the few flashbacks. And his face is so earnest ;o;
- Shaun Toub! Holy shit even in this small role, this man can deliver. If you don't know who thsi man is, he was Yinsen in Iron Man, the doctor trapped with Tony in the beginning of the first movie but for more compelling roles, watch Crash and The Kite Runner.
- Dev Patel wasn't half bad. Anyway, Zuko is generally devoid of humor but Dev managed to be a little dorky too and I guess I liked that he acted out more of Zuko's badass-ness than what is usually played out.
- The girl who plays Azula is SO PROMISING. The 5 accumulated seconds she appeared, she was literally face-twitchy, crazy-eyed. And adorable!
- APPA AND MOMO♥
CONS:
- Everyone else is so devoid of charisma I was wondering what the hell was going on.
- SOKKA. WASN'T. FUNNY. Although, Rathbone was a lot easier to look at than whoever it is he plays in Twilight, though.
- MY MAIN MAN OZAI ALSO SO DEVOID OF CHARISMA. And while the sets and machinery was okay, I was a little confused by the costumes which were truer to the look of cartoon than the actors were, sadly.
- The pronunciations of.....certain.....words.
- The way characters announce what they're doing while doing it--no wait, the sudden transitions between scenes.
- The freaking annoying narrations.
- The forced epicness of scenes that are supposed to be quiet and expository.
I guess I could go on but that's enough. In short, it's a waste of time and if you want to watch it because you're curious, just download it or something. Can you believe two more of this?
TWO MORE! OF THIS!