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Author Topic: Last Airbender Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-01-2010 03:53 PM                     Movie: Sucked 3-D Effect: Really, REALLY Sucked Movie Tavern Pizza: Very, very good. Made the movie almost worthwhile. Why do we have to end movies now with sequel bait? I truly hope this is REALLY the Last Airbender, and we don't see it's sorry likes again.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-01-2010 06:33 PM                        They could make a prequel and call it "The Next-To-Last Airbender."  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 07-01-2010 07:38 PM                     Movie: Sucked 3D Effect: Sucked Light Output: Sucked Sound: Great  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-01-2010 08:53 PM                     ..more tolerable to watch the film version than the 3D version of this tanker. M. Night S. needs to pick up the beat some so he can get with the program to make better picts.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-01-2010 09:38 PM                     Yep, this movie is horrible. The dialogue drove me crazy and in all the close up scenes on the avatar kid he was constantly flaring his nostrils as if he could smell that this was going to be a stinker.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-02-2010 02:15 AM                    Like I said in another thread I liked the film and found it interesting. I saw it in 2-D...the way to go on this one. It was 3:00 am when I watched it so I could have been in a daze at the time. I think the visuals were well done in 2-D of course. If M. Night wants to make a film that critics will really like he needs to stop writing them. At least I thought it was better than the last 3 films he did. **1/2 stars out of 4.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 07-02-2010 12:12 PM                    Isn't this movie based on a comic book, or a cartoon, or a commercial or something? Is it that THAT story sucks, or this telling of it sucks, or both or what?  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-02-2010 12:24 PM                     Its based on a comic book and had a cartoon adaptation. I've not read or watched either. The premise of the story is good, but the script and acting is bad. I found myself laughing at the lame dialogue. Oh, and there is waaaaaay too much slow motion with the fight scenes.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-02-2010 01:06 PM                     The 3-D version is almost watchable without the glasses. They have done a very poor job of separating the images to generate the 3-D effect. Almost all of the action takes place with NO separation at all, looking much like the 2-D version would look. The backgrounds are only slightly out of focus. Any of you who are running the 3-D version should take a look at the screen randomly and you will see most of the image very clearly.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 07-02-2010 02:21 PM                     I understand this is M. Night's first stint as "Director for hire." I sincerely hope this is the last movie that he has ever had anything to do with.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-02-2010 03:16 PM                     quote: James Westbrook I understand this is M. Night's first stint as "Director for hire." The movie was also written by him (and him alone), assuming imdb is to be trusted. So I think he was more than just a "director for hire."  |  IP: Logged Robert Crabtree Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Largo, FL Registered: May 2008 posted 07-02-2010 03:33 PM                     The only good thing I can say about his last movie, The Happening, is that it inspired the drawing by Michael Gonzalez in his review of that turd. What the killer should have looked like. Haven't seen Airbender yet, but I can still hope it inspires another awesome picture.  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 07-02-2010 03:49 PM                     The scroll has it as Written, Produced, and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan This movie was just utter crap. He has gotten worse and worse with every movie. If he would of just come on and Directed it and left the script alone we probably would of gotten a half way decent film. But instead he had to come and put his "Stamp" of shitty dialogue on it. A 2x4 has more emotion and better delivery then these kids do. Worst movie I've seen this year hands down. 0 out of 5  |  IP: Logged David E. Nedrow Master Film Handler Posts: 368 From: Columbus, OH, USA Registered: Oct 2008 posted 07-02-2010 07:41 PM                        quote: Monte L Fullmer ..more tolerable to watch the film version than the 3D version of this tanker. M. Night S. needs to pick up the beat some so he can get with the program to make better picts. I'm not sure he has a choice any longer. He's made so many bad movies at this point, that I don't know if could get financing for anything other than a "blockbuster" -- such as it is. He has been called to pay a bill that Lucas should be sent as well. -David  |  IP: Logged Joseph L. Kleiman Master Film Handler Posts: 380 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 07-02-2010 09:02 PM                     How peer review works: I go to my local cineplex to see Last Airbender in 3D because it looks like it will be an enjoyable ride. On a whim, while waiting in line for tickets, I go online on my phone and look at the projectionist reviews on Film-Tech.com. I buy tickets to see A-Team instead. Thanks for all your input.  |  IP: Logged

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