Movie: The Last Airbender (2010)
Production Company: Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures
Cast: Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone and Shaun Toub
Genre: Action | Adventure

Who ever said M. Night Shyamalan’s newest film “The Last Airbender” was based off the hit Nickelodeon animated series “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” lied!

I was looking forward to seeing this picture as I was a fan of the series and wanted to see it in live action and on the big screen, although at first I was a bit disappointed that I would not be seeing the same animated versions of the characters I’ve watched for three years, nor hear the same voice, such as Mae Whitman as Katara or Dante Basco as Prince Zuko but I was still holding out hope for the film.

However, sadly all hope was lost the first 5 minutes into the film. The writing was very cheese and most of it was voice over narration. And, the characters were completely different than their animated alter egos; I love Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale in the Twilight saga, but Sokka he’s not. Sokka was the comic relief and even with trying to be a warrior and protect his sister he still new how to liven up a situation, in the film he was a more of a warrior with no funny bone at all.

Aang’s character was probably one of the biggest changes, what happen to that light hearted kid who was thrown into greatness? From the first episode of the cartoon he took on his responsibilities of being the avatar but ever gave up being a kid as well. The movie made Aang out to be a depressed kid who was ready to fight a war.

In the movie water bender and Sokka’s sister Katara was more dramtic, and some might point she was like that in the show as well, but she was also responsible and girly too. However, not all characters were lost Prince Zuko and Uncle Iroh happened to be similar to their animated versions, but there wasn’t much of a story line for Zuko in the movie like in the series and his scar wasn’t every noticeable.

Another con about the movie was that it flip flopped every to seconds they would be in a different town doing something new, it is as if they were trying to put all 26 episode into a two hour movie with out knowing exactly how to do that, or having a actual plot.

To wrap things up, if you hadn’t seen the series the movie makes no sense. Also, the special effects in the trailer were the only special effects in the movie. And, finally the set was so cheep and sad looking. This film is sure to disappoint fans everywhere.