Movie Review : The Last Airbender

A movie with rich imaginations, decent special effects, simple adventure story, average acting with some cliche scripts but most importantly, it’s a harmless movie for you to watch with the kids. A movie with the family is what The Last Airbender is all about.

Inspired by Nickelodeon’s popular series “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” in which Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko melded elements of martial arts, Japanese anime and relatable young characters. It is neatly transformed by the film’s writer-director, M. Night Shyamalan, into a compelling adventure in which a world’s future rests in the hands of a child.


In this mythical land, the four elements earth, air, fire and water, are represented by different tribes. The most talented members of those tribes have the power to “bend” or manipulate those elements to their will.
Movie Review : The Last Airbender

Starting with showing the words “Book One: Water” on screen. The movie begins 100 years after the last airbender mysteriously disappeared. In the interim, the warlike Fire Nation has subjugated the other tribes and imprisoned anyone with bending powers for fear that an airbender would return, master the other elements and end the Fire Nation’s reign.

The epic qualities of “The Last Airbender” will be familiar to any child who’s seen “The Chronicles of Narnia,” with the young protagonist forced to grow up too fast to fulfill his world-saving destiny. Shyamalan embraces that giant sweep, mounting impressive battle sequences and powerful special effects. But Shyamalan also keeps focused on the human story, drawing natural performances from his young cast.

After many attempts by Shyamalan to make a good movie, I think he did quiet well in this one. We all know this will not be a one-off movie but a franchise at the end which hopefully will get better as the story expands into other elements in the future, do watch it with the family/kids. It’s available in 3D too! You’ll see the effects better. Enjoy!

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Movie Review : The Last Airbender
Singapore Date: 5th August 2010
Language: English
Running Time: 116 mins
Rating: PG
Genre: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Tagline: Four nations, one destiny
Starring: Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Noah Ringer, Cliff Curtis, Nicola Peltz
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Company: Paramount Pictures
Singapore Distributor: United International Pictures
iZone Rating:

6/10

Official Website :
The Last Airbender


Movie Trailer


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