The Last Airbender

[Alchemyst]

Has M. Night responded to the negative reaction yet?
Didn't he get mad at the critics about The Happening? i thought i red that somewhere/ Anyone know where i can find that article.

The best thing for MNS to do at this point is to chalk TLA as yet another loss. He should take a little hiatus from filmaking because if you have consecutive films that have not gotten positive reviews from critics, it would obivously be due to his way of filmaking. If this film does warrant a sequel, it should be done by someone else, and they may want to start working on that soon, that kid who portrayed Aang isn't gonna retain that look in the next couple of years, puberty will strike

 

[roach]

I went to see this movie with four other film students....of us all the only one who didnt like it had seen the cartoon. In my opinion its not a bad film. I dont know why its getting bad reviews. The audience I went with seemed to like it.

 

[FaT_tONle]

So M. Night is officially done? Or did we know that for a couple of years? I was praying a fellow Indian brother could come through in Hollywood. O well... there is always Bollywood... and Dev Patel if he didn't already butcher his name in this.

 

[Spade]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/02/bradley-cooper-out-of-m-night-shyamalans-supernatural-thriller/

Could just be a scheduling conflict. But it's an odd coincidence that Cooper isn't available the day after The Last Airbender makes its domestic release.

 

[Octoberist]

Dev didn't butcher his name like how Zooey Deschanel got away clean with 500 Days after Happening.

 

[Octoberist]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/02/bradley-cooper-out-of-m-night-shyamalans-supernatural-thriller/

Could just be a scheduling conflict. But it's an odd coincidence that Cooper isn't available the day after The Last Airbender makes its domestic release.

"M, baby. Listen..I've got the Hangover 2 that I'm filming for like, the next 9 years. Can't do it! Choi."

 

[FaT_tONle]

At this point, only a decent Unbreakable sequel will save him, assuming Airbender flops. Nothing against the movie or Night, but you have to take drastic measures. Time for a superhero movie. Not sure Sam Jackson would do it though.

 

[Alchemyst]

At this point, only a decent Unbreakable sequel will save him, assuming Airbender flops. Nothing against the movie or Night, but you have to take drastic measures. Time for a superhero movie. Not sure Sam Jackson would do it though.

Don't joke like that....the last thing I would want is for Sam Jackson to announce that he will be doing a film based on Nick Fury directed by MNS. M. Night Shyamalan's Nick Fury: Agent of Shield *shudders*

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Well TLA made a decent 16 million and will probably have a decent weekend. What I believe will happen is the bad word of mouth will eventually cripple the movie in its second weekend and there will be a huge dropoff in grossing.

It could happen this weekend though too.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Don't joke like that....the last thing I would want is for Sam Jackson to announce that he will be doing a film based on Nick Fury directed by MNS. M. Night Shyamalan's Nick Fury: Agent of Shield *shudders*

I don't get your comment .... Mr. Glass blows Fury out of the water. Fury is basically SLJ playing himself, which is the point I guess.

 

[wattabrownsound]

What was the spirit world like? Did that suck too?

 

[Alchemyst]

I don't get your comment .... Mr. Glass blows Fury out of the water. Fury is basically SLJ playing himself, which is the point I guess.

When you made the statement about SLJ being in a superhero film, my bad bro, I completely forgot about his ass in Unbreakable, miscommunication...it happens

 

[DarthSkywalker]

This man really shouldn't be allowed to touch other people's material again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9cPqVFA_s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5iwrY4xps4

 

[darkslayer101]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfDk...&p=17C4AD4C4556CCBB&playnext_from=PL&index=72
have any seen this vid before?
looks very similar to the reviews...

 

[X Knight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfDk...&p=17C4AD4C4556CCBB&playnext_from=PL&index=72
have any seen this vid before?
looks very similar to the reviews...

I did see that!! And I rewatched the episode last night.

It's so "prophetic," it's downright scary.....and sad......and funny......

The character's reaction to the play butchering their story seems to be pretty much the same reaction fans are having based on all the reviews....

 

[SpideyVille]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfDk...&p=17C4AD4C4556CCBB&playnext_from=PL&index=72
have any seen this vid before?
looks very similar to the reviews...

LMAOOOOO

I remember watching that episode last week and thinking the same thing might happen with the movie

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfDk...&p=17C4AD4C4556CCBB&playnext_from=PL&index=72
have any seen this vid before?
looks very similar to the reviews...

When he said the effects were decent I lost it

The Hitler reviews clip was funny too. I can't post it due it having cursing on it but just put search for it on youtube.

But yeah Shamalayn's career is probably dead after this film.

 

[bullets]

I went to see this movie with four other film students....of us all the only one who didnt like it had seen the cartoon. In my opinion its not a bad film. I dont know why its getting bad reviews. The audience I went with seemed to like it.

I didn't think it was that bad either. They had good use of cgi , the cinematography was good , and also the action scenes. There could of been better dialogue but I wasn't rolling my eyes at the screen.
The 3-d conversion was pointless though but I had to see that showing because the 2-d was sold out.
Some guys did grown at the last scene but for most of the film everyone seemed with it .

 

[Timstuff]

Take a look at all the shots and scenes that were in the commercials and trailers that weren't in the actual film:

Spoiler

And that's not even counting all the dialogue bits that were in the trailers that were missing, including Sokka's sarcasm and sense of humor. If this is just the missing stuff that we've seen in the TRAILERS, who knows how much else got chopped out in the editing room to keep the running time from going past 100 minutes plus credits? We know for a fact that there was a huge section of the film about Aang's travels in the Earth Kingdom that was cut out with 3 different villages, one of which had the fortune teller from the show. If we believe the print-media adaptations, there were lots of parts in the script that established the friendship between our heroes which never made it into the film.

I don't care what Shyamalan's official excuses are for why the movie is the way it is-- the fact of the matter is that the version in theaters is the butcher's cut. Whether the butcher was Paramount or Shyamalan himself really doesn't matter. You don't take out 20% of an already abridged movie and replace most of it with a 1 minute montage with a crappy narration. That was downright amateur, and we as viewers deserve much better than the cut we were given.

 

[TNC9852002]

I just found out that my 63-year old father loves the show, so, even though I warned him that everyone seems to hate the movie, we've decided to go see it tomorrow.

I just hope everything turns out well..

I was shocked beyond belief when I found out that he was such a huge fan of the show. He's seen like all 60+ episodes...

 

[Lighthouse]

I don't see this being salvaged ala Kingdom of Heaven from cut material. What was shown in the Kingdom of Heaven theatrical cut was very good, it just didn't make much sense and jumped around a lot because of all the cuts.

But if what you've got is garbage, just making a bigger pile isn't going to change the fact that it is still garbage.

Problem is, the theatrical cut of Kingdom of Heaven was not Scott's cut. With The Last Airbender, it is the Director's cut.

http://io9.com/5578518/what-the-last-airbender-tv-series-has-that-the-movie-doesnt

"A character like Suki was one [at the] last second that I had to lose which was totally upsetting to me." When I asked if still had the footage he filmed of her, and if she would later appear on the DVD, perhaps the Director's Cut he replied. "Yeah I have all of it. No, this is my director's cut. Sometimes it not the bad things that are taken out of the movie, it's the things that are so good it's distracting. What happens is, you introduce these characters in the beginning of the middle of the movie, the Kyoshi Warriors, and you let them stay for the middle of the movie, then you pull them out of the movie. The audience is like, 'wait, wait, wait. We love them, where are they going? Bring them back somehow in the third act.' And that's not what the story is. They have nothing to do with the Northern Water Tribe, but they have everything to do with the next movie. So at the last second, I just decided that I'm going to bring them in and introduce them and make them a part of the Earth Kingdom in the second movie."

 

[SuperAl]

i kinda hope the movie makes enough money that paramount proceeds with a sequel but axes m night and brings on someone else to write and direct it. They need to just let the original writters script the movie and get someone whos made big blockbusters to make the next one. As for the actors, they werent bad, besides teh dude playing Zhao. Noah Ringer was decent but m night gave him crappy lines and made him look scared all the time. The only person i really hated was Nicola Peltz.

 

[Lighthouse]

I don't even think a successful box office will get this one a sequel. Batman & Robin did well at the box office. Superman Returns did too, and wasn't even that bad. I can't imagine Paramount making a sequel to this with the same actors, and Shymalan doing the writing/directing.

 

[Karelia]

Take a look at all the shots and scenes that were in the commercials and trailers that weren't in the actual film:



And that's not even counting all the dialogue bits that were in the trailers that were missing, including Sokka's sarcasm and sense of humor. If this is just the missing stuff that we've seen in the TRAILERS, who knows how much else got chopped out in the editing room to keep the running time from going past 100 minutes plus credits? We know for a fact that there was a huge section of the film about Aang's travels in the Earth Kingdom that was cut out with 3 different villages, one of which had the fortune teller from the show. If we believe the print-media adaptations, there were lots of parts in the script that established the friendship between our heroes which never made it into the film.

I don't care what Shyamalan's official excuses are for why the movie is the way it is-- the fact of the matter is that the version in theaters is the butcher's cut. Whether the butcher was Paramount or Shyamalan himself really doesn't matter. You don't take out 20% of an already abridged movie and replace most of it with a 1 minute montage with a crappy narration. That was downright amateur, and we as viewers deserve much better than the cut we were given.

I posted those pics earlier, totally agree with you. I'd like to see an extended version of the film with everything that was suppose to be in it. Sure couldn't make the film any worse.

 

[The Squirrel]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/02/bradley-cooper-out-of-m-night-shyamalans-supernatural-thriller/

Could just be a scheduling conflict. But it's an odd coincidence that Cooper isn't available the day after The Last Airbender makes its domestic release.

Is he really wearing an "I'll Fix It In Post" t-shirt?