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#1

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 9:17am

What a Review!

"I'm going to speak plainly in a language everyone can understand. M. Night Shyamalan's THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against film lovers. No one should ever have to endure what I was unexpectedly put through yesterday afternoon watching this murky 3-D $hit$torm of a movie that appears to have been shot through unflushed toilet bowl water, which, upon reflection, seems 100 percent appropriate."

What a great opening to a nasty review. This film looks terrible. One of the biggest mysteries out there is how does M. Night Shyamalan find work? Why do people give this guy money to make movies?

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45640

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#3

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 10:03am

Just yours are airbenders, Reg! THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

While this film looks terrible, that review is just as poorly written.
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Updated On: 7/1/10 at 10:03 AM

#4

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 10:16am

Roger Ebert begins his review: ""The Last Airbender" is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented."

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100630/REVIEWS/100639999
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#5

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 11:00am

I saw it last night with friends (their choice, not mine) and it was truly terrible. Everyone around me, including my friends, seemed to think it was awful.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#6

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 11:03am

So many of my friends are just thrilled to the gills about this movie (or the new Twilight movie)... the trailers looked horrible, and the reviews are even worse, so I don't know WHY so many people went and saw it at midnight. But I am so glad that I spent my money on Toy Story 3 instead.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#10

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 12:16pm

I was hoping this might be good, but then noticed it wasn't being screened for critics which is always the sign of a sh*t sandwich.

As for CG wankery: Anyone see that 5 gum commercial where three people are strapped to futuristic chairs? A giant sci-fi nozzle-thing that looks like it came out of ALIENS comes down and unleashes this oil-like substance that floats in the air and assumes different shapes...an octopus, a pelican...the tagline is "Each person experiences it differently". That is actually the best and most poetic use of CG effects I have seen in YEARS. It's really kind of stunning, even though the commercial itself is a little heavy-handed for a gum advert.

CG is a wonderful tool but I could probably count on one hand the times I have seen it used to create something genuinely resonant and beautiful. CG artists seem to just want the audience to say "Oh, cool!" The problem is...everything we have seen before. CG's coupon for making us say "Cool!" is pretty much expired. Why not use CG to make us say "Ahh!"...to create beauty, to create memorable, even emotional images? And God knows even the best filmmakers are relying on it WAY too much. To the point where its just looking like flat-out laziness.

Catch up with the TV commercials, Hollywood!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali
#11

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 12:27pm

What I do not get is his next movie is being shopped around. No one gets to see the script (only serious investors)but its another paranormal/mystery. Look at his track record.

Lady in the Water
The Village
The Happening

How does he get so many people interested in his projects? Considering his financial duds over the past few years how does he suck people in with this hype?He sucks as a writer and as a director.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1642049/20100622/story.jhtml

http://www.deadline.com/2010/06/m-night-shyamalan-sets-buried-writer-chris-sparling-for-night-chronicles-thriller/
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently' -Robert Evans-
#12

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 1:16pm

Schmerg, so many people went at midnight because it's based on a wildly popular (and excellent) anime TV show.

I'm a huge fan of the series, and am heartbroken to read all these reviews... luckily I'll be seeing it outside of NYC and will only need to pay $6. I also won't be seeing it in 3D, thankfully.

#13

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 1:21pm

I don't get the philosophy of people paying money--any money--for a movie that they know is going to suck. Who says the corporations don't own us?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali
#16

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 1:31pm

Yeah, but WesternSky, if I really loved the anime and I saw all the terrible reviews and terrible trailers, the last thing I'd want to do would be to see the movie!
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#18

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 1:37pm

The only movie of his that was decent was The Sixth Sense. I can't believe this dude gets all these movies made, when an AMAZING writer/director like Nicole Holofcener (Please Give) has to scrape to get her movies made. UGHH!!!!
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#19

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 2:34pm

Looks like we have our first real Razzie contender.

No, I think the first was Sex and the City 2. This appears to be its biggest competition.

I love Lady in the Water and Sixth Sense. Honestly, I never get tired of watching either. I thought the first half of The Happening was fun, but then it descended into camp and schlock. I enjoyed Signs and The Village. The one I truly hated was Unbreakable, which bored me to tears. I saw the trailer for this and instantly knew I would wait for Netflix.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#20

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 2:40pm

The theater in my hometown is still $5, and they will deliver your popcorn/candy/HOMEMADE ICE CREAM to your seat before the movie begins. Granted there are only 2 screens and only 3 different movies on the schedule at a time, but it is an amazing place.
David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel
#21

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 2:51pm

the problem with "signs" (and perhaps all his films subsequent to "sixth sense") is that he tried to shoehorn the story into the "twist" (as opposed to "sixth sense," where the "twist" served the story).

i mean, the "signs" lost all credibility to viewers when a race of beings who were presumably smart enough to master intergalactic travel weren't at all prepared for what covered 90% of the surface of the world they were interested in conquering.

i mean, really.
#23

THE LAST AIRBENDER is a hate crime against those who love movies!!!!

Posted: 7/1/10 at 5:47pm

Anyone who chooses to sit through an M. Night Shamalamadingdong movie deserves what they get. He made one good movie back in 1999 and studios have never stopped making his movies because of it. Hopefully they will all just collectively decide to put an end to this mans filmmaking.

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