Audiences agree with critics on "The Last Airbender"

[Bayhem]

"The bad news for Paramount is that unlike a film such as "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," which was drubbed by the critics but embraced by the public, "Last Airbender" is getting the same lousy reviews from rank-and-file moviegoers as from the critical mandarins."


> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_...a-stinker.html




Despite everything, I'm still a fan of M. Night Shyamalan's movies. I'll admit though, "The Last Airbender" is not my cup of tea ( I don't know anything about the animated series ) and the movie was, in my view, nothing special. But I must say that the effects were pretty good.


My personal conclusion is that M. Night should stick to his supernatural thrillers. He's good at that...actually if you ask me, he's one of the best.



Your thoughts on the whole Airbender thing?

[meezookeewee]

Honestly, I'm not surprised that The Last Airbender is getting ripped to shreds. Look at Shyamalan's last batch of movies. Shit. Complete shit. This guy can't make a good movie to save his life. There is not one movie of his that I have enjoyed, and I've avoided the last few movies that he did. He's terrible. The only movie that I would even consider to be remotely decent would be Signs, but even that wasn't that good. How this idiot keeps getting funded, is beyond me.

[allison0z]

the story sucked. but the graphics were amazing. they messed up. i have the Show on dvd i recnetly watched the whole seriers and it was a big let down, the movie let down the show.

but Avatar: tha last airbender is the best show in the world.

[TIMtationX]

I'm still wondering why they went with White actors instead of Asians, and expect the fans of the show to not notice. Complete Fail by Paramount.

M. Night probably won't recover from this one. He shouldn't have even been allowed to do this one after The Happening.

[Bayhem]

M. Night probably won't recover from this one.

Critical reviews, no matter how bad they are, can't destroy one's career. Our man Bay is a shining example. And you know what they say, he who laughs last laughs best. In this case Shyamalan gets the last laugh.


"The Last Airbender performed incredibly well, grossing $70 million over its first five days. The PG-rated film from M. Night Shyamalan has its own rabid fan base that came out in droves despite dismal reviews. And the movie’s three-day weekend gross of $40 million marks the third highest for Shyamalan, behind Signs and The Village."

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/...es-70-million/



Not bad, not bad at all. And from now on, it's all up to the word-of-mouth.

[redqueenar]

Critical reviews, no matter how bad they are, can't destroy one's career. Our man Bay is a shining example. And you know what they say, he who laughs last laughs best. In this case Shyamalan gets the last laugh.


"The Last Airbender performed incredibly well, grossing $70 million over its first five days. The PG-rated film from M. Night Shyamalan has its own rabid fan base that came out in droves despite dismal reviews. And the movie’s three-day weekend gross of $40 million marks the third highest for Shyamalan, behind Signs and The Village."

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/...es-70-million/



Not bad, not bad at all. And from now on, it's all up to the word-of-mouth.

Which will kill the movie. Look at Tom Cruise's movie. I'm absolutely perplexed by its failure but everyone says it sucks so it must suck, right?

[alexsm]

Shyamalan is a great director, but I don't think is a good blockbuster director. At least not yet.

I've read in an interview that he wasn't really comfortable with the process of making the movie; it wasn't as his usual process. He was used to do things step by step; 1º the script, 2º pre-production, 3º shooting, 4º post-production. And, as he said and I suppose most of us know, a blockbuster is not made that way. In this kind of movies nearly everything is happening at the same time, because it uses so many people and resources that every extra-time used is very expensive. Very talented directors for image and storytelling have failed while they try to manage so big projects.

Also I've found this project strange for him. I know he wrote the script, but don't look like "his type of movie".

But still I think the first weekend was good enough to recover the money and end around 250-300M (150M domestic and another 100-150M overseas).

Still, don't trust critics while talking about him, lots of them "hate him". And they know he doesn't have good opinion about them.

[Dynasty]

I'm not familiar with the animated show, but a buddy worked on it, so I'll try to see it and I'm hoping to at least like some of it.

What I didn't get, and maybe it's explained, was why the kid in the trailer has an arrow on his head. Couldn't they have been more imaginative?

[Bayhem]

Which will kill the movie.

You could be right.

Look at Tom Cruise's movie. I'm absolutely perplexed by its failure but everyone says it sucks so it must suck, right?

I don't know, I thought it was a fun movie. The problem, in my view, was the budget - almost $120 million. That's just way too much for something that doesn't have complicated CG images, and on top of that the movie itself was basically a romantic action/comedy ( these types of films are not exactly huge box office hits ).

Oh, and the posters were just...wrong. And ugly.

Shyamalan is a great director, but I don't think is a good blockbuster director

Absolutely. I'm with you on that.

[redqueenar]

You could be right.





I don't know, I thought it was a fun movie. The problem, in my view, was the budget - almost $120 million. That's just way too much for something that doesn't have complicated CG images, and on top of that the movie itself was basically a romantic action/comedy ( these types of films are not exactly huge box office hits ).

Oh, and the posters were just...wrong. And ugly.

The posters were awesome. They just should have been the limited edition ones - rarity, people! - and secondary to real posters with TC and CD's faces on them. And I can only assume that TC was paid about $50 million dollars or something because HOLY CRAP, BATMAN! How the fuck do you even spend that much money on something like this?? BAD BOYS WAS MADE FOR 19! Million! Dollars!

[Michael Do]

I'm not familiar with the animated show, but a buddy worked on it, so I'll try to see it and I'm hoping to at least like some of it.

What I didn't get, and maybe it's explained, was why the kid in the trailer has an arrow on his head. Couldn't they have been more imaginative?

he has one in the cartoon too.

anyway, im tempted to go see this movie tomorrow, considering this movie has a dam low ratings, even from general public movie goers. the trailer was awesome and i like the effects. maybe i should go ahead and expect nothing but awesome effects from the movie.

[Hardkore]

anyway, im tempted to go see this movie tomorrow, considering this movie has a dam low ratings, even from general public movie goers. the trailer was awesome and i like the effects. maybe i should go ahead and expect nothing but awesome effects from the movie.

Let us know how that goes over for you.

[r-type]

What's that you say? A sequel?

[TIMtationX]

Critical reviews, no matter how bad they are, can't destroy one's career. Our man Bay is a shining example. And you know what they say, he who laughs last laughs best. In this case Shyamalan gets the last laugh.

.

You must be forgetting about his last few movies.... As far as getting the last laugh, we'll see how much profit is made on this 150 million dollar movie.

[Bayhem]

You must be forgetting about his last few movies.

I'm aware that his last few movies were also heavily criticized, but believe it or not they were successful at the box office ( with the exception of "Lady in the Water" ).


How the Airbender will do, box office-wise...it remains to be seen.

[Dynasty]

I think Airbender is supposed to be a trilogy?

Anyway, I'll probably see it too, and if enough people that see it like it- and then actually take the time to post their ratings, maybe it'll go up!

It's usually the negatives that are the vocal ones.

[HarryCanyon]

I thought this blew man, i prefer the animated shows.