Movie: Ok, sooo......while I do have a few problems with the movie, purely as a fan, I was rather impressed with the direction that it went in. It wasn't as bad as what I thought it was going to be. I mean, yeah, they mispronounced a lot of the names, had certain scenes acted out differently than in the series, cut out some of the more important scenes, and left out some important people, it was a well though out adaptation of the series. Now, keep in mind, while I am huge fan of the series, I went in as more of a film critic than a fan. That being said, I have to say that a lot of those in the fan-base went with that fan-base mindset and was judging the movie act for act, scene for scene, and with that said that the movie is an epic fail. While that isn't necessarily wrong, that isn't the way to judge a movie for the movie's sake. Some of it I think has to do with the fact that the movie was only 1hr and 43min. and could have been way longer to reveal some key points from the series but this is meant to be a trilogy, this movie was Book 1: Water, so there is still plenty of time to get the rest of the main characters in and sort out missed scenes.
Characters: The actors and actresses chosen, for the most part, were well founded. Some of the choices I didn't agree with, but the main actor I didn't agree with, his character, dies so that worked out. The rest I'll ignore because they played their parts well. I was impressed with just how well all of the actors/actresses were so intune with their parts, they were so fluid with the movements of their bending and fighting, they couldn't have been trained better. Very impressed and very happy; Horray for Kung Fu!!!!!
Nations and Their Bending: For those who are unfamiliar with the series, it's based on the fact that most, not all, people can bend their natural element. Water, Earth, Fire, Air; there are a select number of people who can bend these elements. Only one person, the Avatar, can bend all four. With the four elements, there are four nations. The Northern and Southern Water Tribes (really just one nation just on opposite ends of the world), The Fire Nation, The Earth Kingdom, and The Air Nomads who are (were) scattered in four different points (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Air Temples) of the world. Most people, from each nation, can bend their natural elements. The movie gives you glimpses of each nation, and, from what I was seeing, they did a damn good job in the construction of the buildings and temples and palaces and war ships (fire nation). And while I didn't like the fact that Fire Benders had to have fire around them (they didn't need to in the series), like the other benders, I understand, from the directors stand point, that to create something real on screen, it has to look real in reality. And the bending, overall, was how it would actually look in real life. So I was very pleased with that.
Appa and Momo: Not much to say about these two fascinating creatures except "wonderful C.G.I".
So, yeah, all in all, it was an excellent movie, very brilliant adaptation, and the only thing I have to say to you die-hard, no-nonsense fans is,"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck it, fuck it, fuck your criticism!!" That is all.
Elements and Chaos,
Akumu
cool. I might still have to check it out.
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