MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Last Airbender'

M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie titled The Last Airbender is an adaptation of the anime. I must warn that SPOILERS WILL make their way into this review so read at your discretion from this point on. The anime might help the movie bring in big bucks at the box office, but will also leave most fans disappointed. The film was written and directed by Shyamalan himself so if the movie doesn't live up to what people want the already infamous director (due to his last couple of movies) will only hurt his name further.

The Last Airbender follows or attempts to follow the story to some extent of the anime, in which a 12 year old boy by the name of Aang must help in the fight against the Fire Nation. Aang, being a successor to the Avatars was born with the ability to bend air as opposed to other benders who can only bend water, earth, or fire. Aang (Noah Ringer) is discovered by Katara (Nicola Peltz) and her brother Sokka (Jackson Rathbone) after running away and hiding for 100 years. As the film progresses the audience learns that Aang has not yet mastered the bending of the other three elements, which only airbenders are capable of. Continue reading after the break...

The movie is relatively short (running 103 minutes) and it hurts the story line because it skips many key points, all of which are essential not only to the story, but to the fans of this popular Nickelodeon animated TV series. Fans will also dislike the fact that many things that do make it into the film have been altered, and don't follow their original way. A major one that I noticed was the pronunciation of the names and the appearance of the characters. For people like myself, that have never seen the TV series won't take the above into account, but I do believe that the story lacks a bit of in depth explanation as to what happened in the 100 years that Aang was gone. I say a bit because I still managed to understand the just of things. Shyamalan could have taken the script a little deeper and make the story more interesting because the movie really called for it. In my opinion the movie leave a lot to desire.

The fight scenes were good, but not excellent and what helps is the good CGI that went into bending the elements. The down side is that the scenes are short and lack creativity. In other words most of the fight scenes are shown off in the previews and I believe that's what will get most non-fans into theater rooms. If that's the case then they'll be in for a disappointment. M. Night Shyamalan clearly proved that this is not his type of movie, but then again his last few movies have flunked hence The villageand The Happening. He really needs to step it up or soon audiences will no longer care to see his movies.

The movie will entertain people who don't really care about the TV series or simply don't mind the story line. If you happened to enjoy the movie (or not) please let us know why in the comments section below.



Read more...

'Transformers 3' To Be The Last

We have word that the next Transformers movie will not only be the last in the franchise, but will also take a different route. As USA Today indicates, the next movie will transform before you in theaters July 1st, 2011. The movie will also catch the 3D madness going around in Hollywood. As you all may know Megan Fox will no longer return to this sequel after being dropped and replaced by Victoria's Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Michael Bay did acknowledge some of the things that went wrong with the second film. "One thing we're getting rid of is what I call the dorky comedy," Bay explains, and when mentioning the twins he added saying, "They're basically gone". Another thing that will change is that after many deaths, and revivals, this movie will keep dead people or rusted metal (dead robots) dead. In other words, what dies in the movie will be kept dead.

More after the break...

Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura had the following to say, "We tried to do too many things in the second movie, which didn't give enough time in any one of them. We were constantly jumping to the next piece of information, the next place." as he explained that the plot in Revenge of the Fallen was strained due to rush.

The sequel which still lacks a subtitle will portray a Sam Witwicky stepping into adulthood while still being an ally to the autobots. The villain will now be Shockwave, a cyclops robot that turned into a laser cannon. Shockwave became the dictator of Cybertron after the Autobots and Decepticons left to earth.

The chance of the franchise continuing after this upcoming third installment is still there, but not with Shia LaBeouf or Michael Bay on board. So what are your opinions? Will this really be the end? Will there be a reboot any time soon? Let us know below in comments.



Read more...

Costume Art For 'Captain America' Leaks Online

The good folks over at Ain't It Cool got a hold of, and posted artistic renderings of what Captain America's suit will look like. In fact the artist used Chris Evans as the model, and for those who don't know; Mr. Evans will be the one to play Captain America in the upcoming film. The movie is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 22nd, 2011.

As many have noticed, there are a few changes to the costume which in return make it look too modern for the WWII time period. Thanks to Cinematical, we can now confirm that this is only one of two different costumes that our good 'ol patriotic Cap will wear in the movie. It does seem like this leaked suit will be the main one to be used while the other one will be used less and will come from the Army for USO appearances. This second suit will resemble a lot more that old suit we all know, and have become a costumed to. To get a glimpse of the other pictures hit the link to Ain't It Cool's post.



Read more...