torstensonjohn M. Night Shyamalan is well known for making films of the supernatural style and having unique twists in the plot. Films such as The Sixth Sense, The Village, Unbreakable and Signs where he draws upon the characters to drive his films. The plot of having those humans that can bend or draw upon Air, Water, Earth, Fire elements is unique and fantasy driven. I thought the fact of the Last Airbender had a traditional storyline of folklore and unique sense of good over evil. The CGI effects were very well placed in the film and the acting was NOT terrible. What strikes the audience is it is a completely different film for Shyamalan and many have found this off putting. I felt the mythology of the film found it's place with location, utilization of fighting sequences and storytelling. I liked the movie, it was unique, fun, an adventure/fantasy film for all ages. A solid 6 out of 10

ttopostman-89801 If you liked the show at all this movie is terrible...just terrible

TheMunkeyBoy Some better scripting & direction and this could have been something pretty special. There's some amazing scenery and effects. But there's also some very average acting and poorly written disjointed scenes.

tomdaly-17436 Did M. Night Shyamalan pay any semblance of attention to this series when he decided to make it into a movie? No. way.Right off the bat, the casting was dreadful. The race of the characters are the following: Water Tribe was Indigenous American/Inuit, Fire Nation was Japanese, Earth Kingdom was Chinese and Air Nomads were Tibetans. Here, most of the cast was white and any Asian actors were restricted to background roles!Secondly, the tone. The characters had about as much personality as a piece of cardboard, and there was no humour. Sokka was supposed to be the joker of the group, and here he was pretty much like Hayden Christensen in the Star Wars prequels. Aang was this fun-loving innocent kid, Katara was a brave, motherly character. Honestly, I think I've seen more personality in a piece of wood.Thirdly, the fact that character's names were pronounced wrong. Ong? Sohka? Ee-roh? Ovatar? You know your movie's in trouble when you can't even do that right!M. Night Shyamalan claimed he watched the show with his children, which inspired him to make the film. Yeah. Bet he only watched like thirty seconds of it. And he also had the CHEEK to claim that more films were in the pipeline and they'd be culturally diverse. Oh, yeah, how those hopes of his were nixed!To round this off, don't watch this train-wreck and watch the show instead!