And The World Spins Madly On

Yesterday my sister, my aunt and i went to see The Last Airbender in 3D for my aunt's birthday. (even though my aunt's birthday was on the second, but she was sick so... I digress) That means it's time for Maddi's Definite Review!

Word of Advice for those who are going to see it in 3D: don't. the 3D was useless in this movie. nothing pops out at you, and the movie would be so much better in regular, old 2D.

I enjoyed this movie. But i gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 because there were some gaps in the movie that just didn't do this enjoyable epic justice. I'll admit, I'm a devout watcher of the television series on TV. I've watched that from the very beginning. So, coming into the theater, i had a few biases. there have been many a movie adapted from books/comics/etc. that I've read and enjoyed that have fallen flat and left me disgusted. Thankfully, this movie was not one of them. it stayed true to the original, but without being just a live-action remake. although, sadly, i thought some of the relationships and dialogue between the characters was a bit forced. I wished there had been more of the humor that i know so well from Sokka and Aang. but maybe because the movie got the pronunciation of their names wrong, some of that was lost. yes, i understand it was a serious interpretation, but come on!

I also thought the true nature of Prince Zuko was restrained. i respected Dev Patel deeply for the way he portrayed his role, but i just couldn't get Slumdog Millionaire out of my mind. i just couldn't take him seriously. But with a black-belt in taekwondo, both Patel and Noah Ringer (Aang), made the action scenes the most enjoyable parts in the film.

And at the end of the movie, we get an insight: The Last Airbender is to be one in a line of a series. And to this fan of Avatar: the last airbender, i am itching to see more.