The Last Airbender Film: How it Disrespected a Great Series (Avatar Video Essay)

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[mycamlucindo]

dont forget they forgot Zuko's ponytail and Iroh's belly

[nabbly]

My theory is that it's actually a live action adaptation of the Ember Island play. That's why all the characters seem pretty irredeemable and not true to the characters they're based on. It's Fire Nation propaganda. The bending seems so comical because the actors are nonbenders.

[jewelandloreeshow]

“Aang had trouble water bending” it’s like they saw the characters and made their own story arc. There’s that whole episode where katara gets mad cuz he water bended so well, but I guess they never watched it.

[dregamingz]

Problems with the characters:
Aang isn't cocky-ish and playful. Sokka is super serious and isn't goofy and funny. Katara isn't independent and always needs to be saved. And Zuko is always yelling at Iroh and doesn't show any sort of love or respect to him AT ALL. He was a bit disrespectful in the cartoon but he at least showed some respect and love to Iroh in the cartoon, and tried to reason with Iroh.

[Angel-sfct]

The portrayal of Iroh is garbage too. He doesn’t even look like Iroh and the actor playing Iroh sounds like he’s mocking how the original actor portrays Iroh.

[cierrabarnette]

this movie is literally an example of failing a test with the answer key right in front of you

[calebunga]

The biggest crime is they didn’t even attemp zuko‘s hair transformation and just gave him book 2 hair.

[tomo]

I bet a non-bender could kill a bender with the amount of time it takes just to move a rock

[livid]

Aang looked as if he was about to cry every second

[ahumanistpotato]

Aang: "I don't even smile in that movie!"
Sokka and Katara: "Smile? They got our race wrong!
Zuko:" They got my race wrong too and I don't even have a scar!"
Toph:" You guys are in the movie?"

[jomama]

The most disappointing thing is that Iroh ain’t even his cute chubby self.

[majimagaming]

“My name is Ong. I am the Ovatar”
“I ran away, but I’m back now”
“It’s time for you to stop doing this 😠”
10/10 writing

[Vesran]

In conclusion: They messed up each character, ignored every detail, ruined multiple scenes, got multiple races messed up, and destroyed lots of fighting scenes.

[hansvonzisimann]

The most important thing: Iroh doesn't drink a single sip of tea how's he supposed to be Iroh without his calming tea

[whyheourple]

*“Water. Earth. Fire. Air. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when the Avatar kept balance between the Water Tribes, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. But that all changed when M. Night Shyamalan attacked.”*

[rafail]

I feel like even Santa Clause would have been a better fit for live action Iroh

[lawlowmusic]

Katara in the movie: “Aang was having trouble mastering water”

Aang in the series literally made Katara so jealous of how quickly he got the hang of water bending in the water bending scroll episode like LMAO!

[andyblargextra]

Buddy. It's been 9 years. And NOBODY is over this movie. IT'S THAT BAD.

[tearandsever]

This movie was like a budget version of the play from ember island 😂

[larryhicks]

I think it's so funny that you had Voldemort laughing at the exact same time the earthbenders start doing their comical bending dance. 😂😂