The Last Airbender

[glockgal]

EVERYTHING'S EXCITING
Google reviews for The Last Airbender as see for yourself.
From my amazing co-activist Mike - The Last Airbender: Pre-ScreeningWhat's left? It feels like Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, and Dev Patel are hanging out in front of the camera, telling you about all the cool stuff they saw while watching the television series.
From my

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[delux_vivens]

the "African American" village?

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[glockgal]

Seriously, I'm done LOLing at the stupidity of it. Now I'm just angry as hell. I hate Hollywood so much.

[mizzmarvel]

Ebert's whole review is amazing. And I thought I couldn't love him anymore.

I pleaded with a friend over Twitter not to see this movie. I think I scared her.

[ixchelmala]

Hey there... this tweet has been making the rounds. For me, it spelled it out perfectly in a way I could "get" it.

briankameoka RT @ebertchicago The best writing I've seen on the racist casting of "The Last Airbender." Devastating. http://j.mp/bz5zbI
I must admit when I saw your first posts about this, it was really difficult to connect with the larger issues at hand. I apologize for not being more supportive then. What your posts *did* do were bring awareness to the issue

[ms_nerd]

Oh man. The io9 review by Charlie Jane Anders is very well written yet makes very valid points about how BAD this movie is. Mostly because of how M.Night did not use the source material wisely. He touches on how wooden the actors are, knowing they were in front of a green screen and reading cue cards as if they were reading off of a lunch menu. Charlie even pokes some light fun at the casting while still managing to slam the movie:

"...Clearly, Shyamalan tried to cast Asians, but he just couldn't find any whose performances were lifeless enough."

It's probably the best example of a bad review of a movie I've ever read.

http://io9.com/5576076/m-night-shyamalan-finally-made-a-comedy

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[aubade_saudade]

my favorite bit from that review (and i have plenty)

"Shyamalan has boiled every epic heroic story of the past 20 years down to its most basic, primal soup-y essence, so he can spray it all over the audience, in a kind of Hero's-Journey bukkake. You will be finding chunks of Joseph Campbell's calcified spooge behind your ears for three days after watching this film, no matter how many times you bathe."

captcha: the nancy. quentin would have approved

[aubade_saudade]

awesome post. <3 i have no wish to see that piece of cinematographic assbutt. in fact, every time i see the trailer for it on my t.v. screen i feel kind of like --sorry for the comparison but it's what best describes what i feel-- somebody just burped in my face.

at this point, i just want it to die and go away quietly into the nextflix.