It seems that a test screening of an extremely rough cut of The Last Airbender was held last night in Phoenix, AZ. Two Aint It Cool News readers were in attendance, and wrote up their thoughts. Some good…
Shaun Toub plays Uncle Iroh and is totally one of THOSE guys who is in a million things but I never knew his name. Anyway, by far he is the BEST thing about the movie. Great character, great performance. And Dev Patel was also good as the cast out son of the fire lord. … Overall, I think they have a fun-to-watch summer movie here. I’d put it more on the Narnia level rather than the Lord of the Rings level, but still it has a nice feel to it and unlike most of the other test screenings I’ve been to, I’m actually really looking forward to watching this one again when released to see how it looks in the end.
And some not so good…
Whoever cast this film should be taken to task, because, if this was the best group of actors you could assemble, I’d hate to see the ones you rejected. This was some of the most wooden acting I’ve ever seen.
Click here to read both reviews in full.
Tags: aang, AICN, Aint It Cool News, airbender, avatar, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Nicola Peltz, Noah Ringer
February 4, 2010 at 7:27 pm |
I don’t care what the people say about it (although good reviews are nice, of course), I’ll love it anyway.
February 4, 2010 at 9:56 pm |
i know what kind of person the negative review was written by. the unprofessional kind.
me in my opinion think the first review was a little more realistic. the second one just sounded very unprofessional.
but i guess we’ll just have to see for ourselves when the complete movie comes out.
February 5, 2010 at 2:34 am |
Hmmm, all i have is to defend rathbones “overacting” sokka is an overacted kind of charater…
and the second review, well, i just dont think they got it.
February 5, 2010 at 4:22 am |
Man. I read the two articles plus all the comments about them, and wow. I honestly have no idea what to make of this. On the one hand I’m glad to know someone enjoyed it and found something good about the film, but then when you read the second article on top of the dozens upon dozens of pessimistic and just straight up rude comments, it’s really difficult to come up with a response to this…
However, there was speculation about the second reviewers credibility due to his request to be called “sharkfarts” (?) so you just never know… Maybe the acting isn’t so bad.
Then again…
February 5, 2010 at 5:46 am |
U oh….
February 5, 2010 at 6:34 am |
i’m not expecting rave acting…i’m expecting rave cg effects from all the bending…
February 5, 2010 at 6:45 pm |
Think of it this way…
NEITHER of these reviewers have seen the show! A review from someone who watches the show would be far more valuable.
I’m quite happy Sokka was “overacted” because I was worried he’d be “toned down” like Shyamalan suggested.
February 16, 2010 at 4:11 am |
I can’t wait for the for this movie. And Zyfa is right, neither one of the people saw the show. Then again, a lot of people who see this movie won’t have seen tv show.
February 24, 2010 at 6:38 am |
Overacting for a comic relief might be acceptable, but overacting for a “toned down” character might a bad thing.
In the trailer, Rathbone saying “we started a rebellion” was pretty cheezy.
Although you don’t have to be a professional to notice “amateurish”, I am sure Noah Ringer’s acting boot camp helped him a lot.
July 2, 2010 at 1:28 am |
I Love The Cartoon, But The Movie Was Not Good At All I Wouldn’t Pay 10 dolars To See It. Idc If They Had To Cut Some Episodes Of The Cartoon To Make It Fit In One Movie…But Seriously Why Would You Change The Cast Names? And What Happened To The Kyoshi Warriors? Or King Boomy? And The Most Important Avatar Roku??? And What About Sokka’s BAD Jokes? Oh And BTW Uncle Iroh? HE IS NOT SKINNY he is A Little Chuby. What A disappointment
July 2, 2010 at 1:29 am |
I Love The Cartoon, But The Movie Was Not Good At All I Wouldn’t Pay 10 dolars To See It. Idc If They Had To Cut Some Episodes Of The Cartoon To Make It Fit In One Movie…But Seriously Why Would You Change The Cast Names? And What Happened To The Kyoshi Warriors? Or King Boomy? And The Most Important Avatar Roku??? And What About Sokka’s BAD Jokes? Oh And BTW Uncle Iroh? HE IS NOT SKINNY he is A Little Chuby. What A Disappointment!!!!!!!