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First of all, the way Aangs name was pronounced is the same way we say it in Germany and that's okay. And second, I stopped watching as they arrived at the air temple, it was so bad, I couldn't do it any longer.
Quinn: "I think you guys are nitpicking." Oak, outraged: "Nitpicking?!" I'm gonna have to agree with Oak here, I think you guys are way kinder with this movie than the rest of the fandom cos most of us were "wtfff is this?????" And we sure as hell, nitpicked 😂
A lot of us have taken a strong stance against the existence of this movie, I think the fandom did a pretty good job in denying it's existence. I just wish they hadn't recommended this movie, it just adds a bitter taste to the whole series. So Netflix is promising a 'great' live action but the fandom is kind of on edge about how they might butcher this series once more, I can only hope Avatar studios can wash away this bad era for ATLA.
Some of it is nitpicking (as someone who saw the movie without seeing the show and who saw the show later). Like the Appa stuff is definitely nitpicking as for this time frame it wasn't that bad for an animal character. The contrast with Avatar is stark but Green Lantern was around this time so it wasn't out of place. And the visual casting of Katara and Sokka wasn't bad, they just weren't written or acted at all like the show characters. Zuko, I feel is a bit off visually but with better scripting, I think it could've worked especially since the actor is talented. Uncle Iroh, honestly if he didn't drink tea and mispronounce his name, I don't think anyone would recognize his character at all. Again, I'm sure the actor might be fine but it's a miscast for sure. Uncle Iroh being overweight is part of his innocuous appearance and part of the deception of his character that people underestimate him. The fire lord could definitely be worse - he's passable (could look a bit meaner), just not as good as Mark Hamill's voice. As a standalone movie (ignoring the show), it's not a great movie, not even good but it's watchable in a late-night Netflix kind of way. If you compare it to the show, it really gets dragged down though, and becomes nearly unbearable.
I saw this with my sister in theaters and i was so excited. By the end we both drove home in silence. Got home. Our mom asked us how it was. I just went upstairs to bed and my sister just shook her head. We never talked about it again.
In2010 as a senior in highschool who had literally grown up with the cartoon on Nickelodeon I went into the theatre sooo excited, happy, and ready for more of what I knew and still know to be one of the best original IP/american written cartoons in existence. This is right up there with some of my favorite anime, which this drew heavy inspiration from. From the very first moment Sokka opens his mouth and there is not an ounce of humor or happiness from him I knew there was a problem. Then when I heard the very first bastardization of names and how they pronounced Aang as "oong" My excitement turned into twisted despair, and I could feel a piece of my soul being ripped from my body. By the end of the movie I needed to be carried out of the threatre I was too weak to move. I couldnt look at a tv or mirror for two weeks because all I would see was the black void of nothingness that this film represents. Reaching out to take yet another part of me. Screw everyone involved with this film. I cannot imagine netflix will do any better. Edit: I returned from the future... Netflix version was not much better. what a damn shame....Better, but not by much...
@@nikolaykomissarenko7822 We did not, but rumor has it the screen and projector that played the night I saw it mysterious stopped working, and that specific threatre has been boarded up never to be reentered.
I had followed all the fan accounts for years, every set piece and casting call sent out I followed. So when the movie finally came out I was beyond hyped! Twilight Eclipse came out the same weekend as The Last Airbender and my whole friend group wanted to see Twilight; I, being a fool, said "No Avatar is going to be 1000X better I am going to see that instead!" So my friends called me a loser and I dragged my boyfriend, now husband, to see The Last Airbender. The theater was empty except for 2 other teen couples. I remember being shocked with how empty the theater was but I didn't care because my favorite show was coming to life! I had a smile on my face from the moment I sat in my seat; the lights went down and I became giddy with anticipation. The movie started and my ear-to-ear smile faded being replaced by a look of pure annoyance. The opening scene with the elements being bent was what made me release the Twilight lover's were right this was going to SUCK! I sat in the theater disappointed and upset by the ending 1/3 of the movie all the couples decided to make fun of the movie, which made the experience better. When Katara says, "They became friends right away" we all burst out laughing and one girl yells "the exposition in this movie is exquisite!" Watching your reaction reminded me of how I felt seeing it for the first time and how funny some parts of the movie were even though they weren't supposed to be! Also, love your videos love from rural Wisconsin!
When I was young, I was confused when I saw that they changed the symbols in the intro. I tried to be optimistic, but I knew it was going to be bad when the dialogue felt nothing like the characters.
Part of this was filmed in Philadelphia and during production Shamalyan was on the local morning radio. He was gushing about how he's a huge fan of the series and was looking forward to giving all the fans the live action version they wanted. To this day part of the Earth Kingdom set is still at the Philly Navy Yard because they thought they'd use it for the next movie(s) that never happened.
When The Appleton Oak said “WHY ARE THERE SO MANY WHITE PEOPLE HERE?!?!” I really felt that. It really buggs me to no end the fact that essentially the entirety of both water tribes were whitewashed AND they made the villains be people of darker skin tones (I'm pretty sure there's a name for this phenomenon but I cant quite remember it). Also, regarding the name pronunciations; most of the names in the show are Chinese/Japanese/Indian, Korean (East and South East Asian mainly) etc., inspired. So, since this is an original american cartoon; during the original tv show, they went with the AMERICAN ENGLISH pronunciation and in the movie, they tried to go with the TRADITIONAL CHINESE pronunciation (hence, Iroh sounding like Yeh-Roh and Aang sounding like Ong and so on). Which theoretically speaking is in fact the correct way to pronounce those names, but I think it would've been better if they: EITHER a) Had gone with the traditional Chinese pronunciations since the origin of the tv show OR b) If they had kept the american english pronunciations for the sake of CONSISTENCY Anyways, props to you guys for watching this film (which does not exist in Ba-Sing-Se), it's a tough one
What is also as bad was that originally the whole cast was going to be all white. Zuko was going to be played by Jesse McCartney then they recasted him when they got a lot of criticism for it.
I dont think you can pull the race card about the villains being changed to indian when the person who did it is indian. Also, Iroh in the movie is not pronounced Yeh-roh and aang isnt pronounced ong. Iroh is pronounced /iro/ and aang is pronounced /ang/ (where the everloving fuck did you pull that o from. Clean your ears)
@@lostchild06 if they had the main cast be Asian like in the show and had maybe a few people who are just playing extras that are black or white then I would’ve been fine with that but the main cast should have been Asian .
I dont even mind the water tribe being white. I mean, they do live on the poles. So they definitely arent dark skinned. But then they would have to go with that principle and give the nations their own ethical identity AND stick to it.
@@PresidentScrooge You do know/realize that the northern/southern water tribes are largely based off various inuit/native people right? They literally are not supposed to be white and they are definitely supposed to be darker-skinned... like obviously not african dark or even indian/pacific islander/southeast asian dark, but come on, what are you actually on? The whole reason Yue's hair is bizarre is because the people are generally dark of skin and darker of hair... L take fam
I legit walked out after the Earthbending scene were it takes 8 guys to slowly throw a tiny boulder. The only positive of this movie was that Saychelle Gabriel, the girl who plays Yue, ended up getting a major voice role in the Legend of Korra, and she absolutely crushed it.
One good thing about this movie was I never noticed how nice our theater looked during the movie. It was still bright enough to look around, and it was a bit ornate. The movie rarely distracted me from looking at the more interesting walls, and designs.
I was 16. I just got my license. My two best friends and I were obsessed with the show and couldn’t have been more hyped about the movie. When I tell you I was excited about a film… I can’t even tell you. I had a dedicated notebook to taking notes about the production, the casting, the premier date… all of it! We show up to the theater. And I knew. I KNEW something was wrong when we showed up and we were 3 of 5 people in the screen room. Then…THEN. the opening scene with the 4 elements and then Katara narrating the beginning and I knew… I knew it was over. Every time a name was said wrong my soul died a little… the acting, the writing… those, like, 8 earthbenders sending one rock floating across the screen at 5 miles an hour *facepalm*, and they did Appa SO👏🏻DIRTY👏🏻My god… I’ve never, NEVER been more disappointed in a movie in my life. I can’t even call it a film. It doesn’t even deserve that! Talk about scarred for life! Over a decade later, and I still use this movie as the reason I set my expectations low for every movie that looks “promising”.
They way that they pronounced some of the names was just absolutely ridiculous 😂. It completely takes you out of it because all you’re thinking is “That’s not how you say that”
@@RonLarhz ITs a fantasy series bucko not real life, just because it was inspired by Asian cultures does not mean that its not still a fantasy with fantasy names and that the in-universe pronounciations of everything are the exact same as real life. They are correct for THAT fantasy canon, trying to demand that they MUST be the same as an equilivent name irl is just you not understanding how fiction works. (Also proving you don't know how youtube works. there's a sea of comments here dude, why should anyone be able to magically see yours bundled in amongst the rest)
OH NO WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO YOURSELF 😭. I’ll never forget I was a kid when this came out and my dad knowing I was a big fan got us tickets to watch this in 4D. I was so excited. The names being wrong bothered me off rip. And the memory I Carry lost with me is since it was 4D, when they were on the water, it felt like I got sprayed on the heels with windex 😂. But the worst of it, IT TAKES 6 PEOPLE TO MOVE A ROCK SLOW AF 😭😭😭 I swear this movie gave me ptsd and I struggle to trust live actions movies and I ain’t till reviews now till I go to the theaters which sadly means spoilers sometimes. But I’d rather be spoiled then something like this atrocity happening to me again.
Amen! I've never been able to vocalize why I hated love actions until now. Thank you for this clarity. Mind you, I was married with a step child when I watched this and it gave be ptsd and I don't trust love actions since then.
The name is wrong in the cartoon. They corrected some of it in the movie. These are Asian names and americans butchered it. Especially for Aang. Movie pronunciation is correct. It bothers me every time the american way came on. Lol.
Thank goodness that I did not watch this movie in the theaters because I had a gut feeling it was gonna be bad, and I was right. I'm sorry you and everybody had to go through that watching it in theaters.
I actually saw the live-action movie before the series, and thought it was a fine kids fantasy movie. But after finally seeing the series itself, I then understood why the fans were upset!
I remember hearing a story about a little girl who went to go watch this movie dressed as her favourite character Suki and she was very excited to watch the movie going in, at the end left balling tears not only because the movie was terrible but because suki was not even mentioned in the movie.
I used to work for MTV from 2008-2010 and I remember attending a presentation from our sister company, Paramount, showing us the trailer for this movie. As a fan, I was amazed at what they were saying: “This is gonna be huge!”, “We got the kid from Twilight!” No one in the room had seen the show and I had to bite my tongue at how bad it was (I was low on the totem pole at that time). The casting was so whitewashed that it resulted in the coining of a new term, racebending, which is still used when the cultural roots of an IP is ignored and replaced with generic white characters. A total disaster from conception to execution.
I tried re-watching this movie once and it made me physically ill. I avoided this video for a while because I didn't think I could weather seeing even the movie clips but you three make it hilarious! I love the Answer's soul-dead resignation, the Oak's rage, and Mason Quinn just giggling and egging those two on! Such a great reaction! XD
I haven't seen this movie since it first came out in theaters, and as a 7 year old I liked it and didn't understand why my parents said this movie was so bad. now I get it. thanks for going through this bomb for the reaction guys!
Saw this in theaters the day it came out. Didn't expect a masterpiece, but I hoped for something good. Knew it was over when the Star Wars title screen started rolling. Knew things wouldn't get better when Soaka and Katara were first introduced. Knew I wouldn't be able to convince my mom to watch the animated series with me when Appa was introduced. Watched the whole movie because my family was poor and seeing movies in the theater was a treat.
For the casting aspect, the creators were pretty open about their inspirations. The clothing, the architecture, some of the customs and even the names! Like the air nomads lift their references straight from Tibetan Buddhism, the fire nation was inspired by imperial Japan, but also some of communist China, as well as having its architecture taken from Vietnamese temples. The earth kingdom was ment to me diverse, with cultural inspiration ranging from Korea to the Indian subcontinent. And yes, the water tribe was inspired by inuit and other arctic circle native cultures... but notably NOT the Sami of Scandinavia who have a very distict garb and culture of caribou herding, things not referenced in the anime. So I think it's safe to assume that the water tribe were not blond haired, blue eyed Europeans.
I watched this when I was a kid before I knew the anime existed, and as a child, i loved it, now I’m just confused lol. There’s still a nostalgic joy to watching it though!
The best thing about this movie is the soundtrack. No matter how bad the movie is, James Newton Howard never fails to deliver as a composer. His score for this film is still one of my favorite movie scores and it deserved to be in a better film. He's also the same composer who did the music for _The Hunger Games_ movies
My brother and I were excited about this movie, we've been fans of the cartoon for years. The entire theatre was quiet during the entire movie, and somewhere during Aang's interpretive dance thing? when he was clearing out the villages someone yelled out WTF! We left and ask for our money back. They didn't even make a fuss about it. It looked like that had been happening a lot.
Obviously it's not one to one, but in the animated series, the Water tribe were based on Inuit culture, as you said, the Fire Nation was Japanese, the Earth Kingdom was Chinese, and the Air Nomads were Tibetan and around that area. I know you said the firebenders "were Asian" Oak, but actually they were ALL based on Asian descent. The Avatar world is basically if everyone was Asian, and a lot of the concepts of bending and chi and everything were based on parts of East Asian culture. Shamalyan casted the firebenders as South Asian, as Indian, which TECHNICALLY fits in with the theme, but considering the Fire Nation was based on Japan because of their huge industrial revolution esp during the WW2 Era.... like....it's a strange choice. They could have gotten away with making them a subsect of firebenders (like the Swamp Benders in the animated series) or even of the Air Nomads (like the monk Aang unlocks his chakras with in Book 2). In fact, I think the different Air Nomad temples were different culturally as well. One of the Nomad temples could have very well been based on Indian or South Asian descent. We never saw any of them alive.
Don't think it's too tricky where M. Night might have come up with the idea to add some Indians to the world considering he is ethnically one as well. It also likely explains why he cast two Indians in a role where they didn't necessarily match up to the physical description from the animated series. He was attempting to make the cast more diverse (at least to Indians) while weirdly leaving everyone else white. It's the decision to have everyone else be white while mixing it up with the Firebenders that's the weird choice. Had he made every group a bit more diverse, maybe it would've worked better. As pointed out, the Avatar's world is not ours so you could mix up the races as our races don't exist there. But, that would definitely isolate some fans of the show for sure (purists).
@@MrBrock314 Before Dev Patel took the role as Zuko, they originally casted Jesse Mccartney to play Zuko. The whole cast was going to be white until people got angry and basically said "Okay, we will just make the villains all brown people. Happy?"
@32:04 For Mason Quinn: This is the only movie I have ever walked out of the theater on, and I left after fifteen minutes. It actually ended my first relationship because my bf at the time took me too it as a surprise (because Avatar is my favorite show ever) and when I left, he was so offended, we broke up. But like... come on. IT WAS FAKE APPA! Also, thanks so much for reacting to the series! I found your channel from these reactions, and you all (especially The Oak!) are my favorite reaction channel ever.
“What was this?” This was unfortunate that’s what that movie was. But it also serves as a rite of passage for quest completion when it comes to everyone’s first Avatar: The Last Airbender watch through so I’ve warmed up to it a bit 🤣
Can we just talk about Mason Quinn's genuine joy in life 😂❤ he tried to enjoy what he could in this ❤️❤️ I remember trying to watch this a second time years later .. I was like was it really that bad .... 😑 The cringe
It's bad, but if you can ignore the terrible naming and its source material, it's definitely watchable in a late-night "there's nothing left to watch...oh this is something I haven't seen" kind of way. It's better than some Netflix and Prime videos I've seen for sure. This has a low rating (4.0/10) on IMDB but I've seen things that are 2.8 and 2.2 and they are (accurately) worse so as bad as this movie is compared to its source material, it definitely can be worse. For example, this movie does still have a coherent plot even if it's much worse than the original concept. There are movies that don't have a coherent plot and they're much worse in effects, script, etc. This movie is notable mainly for how bad it is compared to the source material, not how bad it is on a raw scale if you never saw the tv show.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think there’s a live action series in the works coming out on Netflix? And from what I remember they definitely did their due diligence with the casting this time around.
I'm not sure what to think of it honestly. The creators of the og show quit working with Netflix on it because of "creative differences". I wanna be excited for it, but we've been burned once already.
I think this is one of you guy's finest reactions yet. I've never seen The Oak so disappointed about something. He really reflected the:" if this was my childhood you just sh#t on it."- vibe xD And then Mason Quinn just throwing coals on the fire with that optimism. Pure gold xD
You guys want a true, well flushed out love story? "About Time" is your movie! It involves relationships between family, friends, and loved ones and it's just unbelievably good and one of my favorite rom-coms of all time. Oak, I would love to see you react to this one in particular. But in terms of cast, WE GOT RACHEL MCADAMS, DOMHNALL GLEESON, BILL NIGHY, MARGOT ROBBIE, and so many other well flushed performances.
I did see this in theaters with my sister, who loved the show too, and my mom, who fell asleep during the movie. It was so long ago that I don’t remember my initial reaction and I just trusted my sister when she said it was bad. A couple years ago I decided to give it another chance and lasted like 15 minutes. I am curious to see what you guys think of Legend of Korra, it does seem to be a mixed bag of people liking it or not. In my opinion it doesn’t live up to the original, but it is decent. I tried watching it a couple times but I finally finished it recently and it helped that I read the comics as it fills in some of the time skipped. Netflix is doing the live action show and the first season should be coming this summer, I think. There will also be an animated adult team avatar film, a new animated series for an earth avatar (after Korra), an animated Zuko film, an unknown animated film and two unknown animated series which will come out over the course of the next 5 years or so.
I saw this for the first time when I was 13 years old right when it came out, went to the drive-in theater with my dad because I was trying to convince him to watch the animated show with me. Boy howdy this movie made my dad outright refuse to try out the show lol.
Quinn making it to the end before revealing he too thought it was terrible was a riot. Oak and Answer dying a little inside with each second was something I could feel in my soul, being as big a fan of the cartoon as I am.
12:12 My favorite moment in the entire movie. It's like the people behind the CGI were playing a prank on the actors XD But it pains me too, Earth bending is my favorite
I watched this entire thing simply to watch The Oak's final thoughts. And I was 100% not disappointed. 0.0 killed me and I agree completely. His rant was so spot on.
I took my ex to the theater in hopes of getting her into the Avatar world. I defended the movie the whole way though, even got mad when she straight up told me it was horrid. Then, almost immediatley after the movie ended, I bowed my head and said "yeah that was shit". I apologized and she said "this Avatar thing just ain't for me" I hate this movie.
Id love for them to make a lot of game and animated movies or series into a live-action movies but I think everyone's afraid this will be the results lol
Random things that i notice in this movie i found hilariously bad: 1. The bending is so SLOW, nonbenders would've dominated the fight so quick if they just charge first 2. There is one establishing shot in one of the air temples where instead of they do a reveal of the temple (like from behind the rocks to reveal it) they first reveal the temple, swipe so the rocks cover it, and then reveal the temple again. Lol. 3. They full on revealed Ozai's face in the least intimidating way possible and then acted like they never revealed his face, give him a booming voice, and shoot his tapping finger when General Zhao was talking to him about the blue spirit. Like??? Did they forgot that they revealed him or...?? 4. Them focusing so closely on their faces when they discussed going village go village thing. Like, i knew the actors must've been like 👁️👄👁️ 5. That dude who betrayed aang having his hand hanging just expecting a pay day. Okay ✨purr✨ 6. Also, the characters explaining their whole entire back story over and over again everytime they meet a new character 😂. Like why was katara telling Zuko she's the last water bender in her tribe? What was the point of that?? My 1st time watching the movie was in a theater with a bunch of avatar fans and ngl it was the BEST watching experience of my life. I think everyone watching, since they are such a fan and has been looking forward to the movie was in shock and denial the whole time, everyone was laughing at everything and throwing jokes left & right. It was so FUNNY.
you know when i first watched this movie without watching the real series...i was like this is great...why is nobody reacting to this...but after watching the series...bruh....why that movie existed😂
Oh well. At least there's another opportunity with Netflix next year for the live action attempt and we got the Avatar Studios films (which that type of animation NEEDS to be on the big screen).
Gotta say watching you guys react to this movie was better then watching the actual live action movie! Answer’s pained ‘lets go’ had me laughing from the start! Aaahahaha! 😂😂😂 I would love it if you would consider reacting to Secondhand Lions (2003) with Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Kyra Sedgwick. My only beef with the movie was that it didn’t give the audience Hub’s full speech on what it takes to be a man.
i saw this movie the day it came out in theatres, i was excited for it lol. i kept holding out hope it could turn around.. i lost hope at the line "are you the UHvatar AHHng?"
I remember hearing about it coming out in theaters when I was younger and thought it’d be the coolest thing ever. The moment I checked out completely was when they needed 6 earthbenders to bend 1 stone. Not a boulder just a stone, like what the hell. I tried to give it a chance before then but once we got to the “prison” scene and I realized they weren’t on a metal ship where there was no earth to bend and instead were literally surrounded by earth, I knew the movie was absolute dogshit.
Facts! That is fake Appa, the right amount of rage. "Why are there so many white people.... I can't believe you are enjoying this, that we are this far apart.... I'm not taking it easy!" Just a few great nuggets lol
@@sydneyice The Appa thing is a bit over the top as animals didn't look great on screen during this timeframe generally. Think NeverEnding Story (yes, that's a bit earlier) or even relatively recent things like Shazam: Fury of the Gods dragon or Lion King (live action). Animal faces are notoriously difficult.
I remember watching this when it first came out and it's still as painful as it was then. No one should have to suffer this poor lackluster adaptation. Same with DB Evolution.
I love how when they first started the animated series Oak was hesitant to watch the show because it was animated but by the end he's as protective over the source as any big fan of the show
I absolutely absolutely love Oak's reaction cos he really represented how the fans felt watching this movie! Though, I'm also very amused and puzzled at how much Quinn is enjoying it 😂
I just love how in the fight scenes everyone was nice enough to let each other take turns doing their cool moves while the others just stood off to the side awkwardly waiting for their que to do something
Yeah glad Quinn came thru in the end cause he was worrying me...iak and answer were hilarious. Love yall killing this just as much as I loved watching you fall for the animated series. M night should he sued for defamation
@@pfang32 This is to the Avatar tv show what the Sahara movie is to the book. The Sahara movie is still a better movie than this though. I disliked it a fair bit and it had some miscasting but not in this movie's league. Sahara is close to 5/10 while the book it's based on is a solid 7-8/10.
Yeah, seems like the composer was the only one who had early notice from Shyamalan. The writing, casting and screenplay, had to have only taken a month. No way else to explain this PoS.
That seems to be a theme: 'The movie is bad, but the music is good'. Composers seem to have a more consistent level of performance than the rest of the process. You hear that all the time!
@@QuestForGood Production companies aren’t always the smartest, they saw how popular the show was, they saw that M. Night Shyamalan was from a similar region(again, not smart), what’s the worse that he can do? After Earth hadn’t come out yet.
Iroh claiming Zuko's destiny is tied to Aang/the Avatar is completely the opposite from the original show in which Iroh kept trying to encourage Zuko to make his own destiny and abandon the search for the avatar.
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You have to do Korra now that you've put us through watching this.. One of the worst movies of all time imo.
Even though the movies suck, you still need to watch the Percy Jackson movies so you can understand the pitch meetings
First of all, the way Aangs name was pronounced is the same way we say it in Germany and that's okay.
And second, I stopped watching as they arrived at the air temple, it was so bad, I couldn't do it any longer.
I watched it in the theatre. 😢
I know a lot of times y’all watch pitch meetings I would also recommend nostalgia critic (channel awesome) review/reaction to this movie
The Earthbending step team that levitated one rock never gets old😂😂😂
No cause wtf was that lol 😂😂😂
They’d been practicing that dance routine all week!
Synchronized stomping and yelling as a pebble floats by is the most incredible waste of effort ever
Imprisoning earth benders in a disused quarry!🤣
Picking up the rocks and throwing them would have been better. XD
Watching The Oak get angrier and angrier as the movie went on was great.
Their intro should have been: somebody call a doctor cuz we’re about to watch this hell spawn of movie 😂
Mason Quinn deliberately winding him up even more was hilarious. (Although I understand and have felt the same rage as The Oak.)
Quinn: "I think you guys are nitpicking."
Oak, outraged: "Nitpicking?!"
I'm gonna have to agree with Oak here, I think you guys are way kinder with this movie than the rest of the fandom cos most of us were "wtfff is this?????" And we sure as hell, nitpicked 😂
A lot of us have taken a strong stance against the existence of this movie, I think the fandom did a pretty good job in denying it's existence. I just wish they hadn't recommended this movie, it just adds a bitter taste to the whole series. So Netflix is promising a 'great' live action but the fandom is kind of on edge about how they might butcher this series once more, I can only hope Avatar studios can wash away this bad era for ATLA.
I think he only tossed the "nitpick" comment to see if he could give Oak a stroke.
@@sqfn08 my way of pretending it doesn’t exist is that it’s the live action Ember Island Players episode
Some of it is nitpicking (as someone who saw the movie without seeing the show and who saw the show later). Like the Appa stuff is definitely nitpicking as for this time frame it wasn't that bad for an animal character. The contrast with Avatar is stark but Green Lantern was around this time so it wasn't out of place. And the visual casting of Katara and Sokka wasn't bad, they just weren't written or acted at all like the show characters. Zuko, I feel is a bit off visually but with better scripting, I think it could've worked especially since the actor is talented. Uncle Iroh, honestly if he didn't drink tea and mispronounce his name, I don't think anyone would recognize his character at all. Again, I'm sure the actor might be fine but it's a miscast for sure. Uncle Iroh being overweight is part of his innocuous appearance and part of the deception of his character that people underestimate him. The fire lord could definitely be worse - he's passable (could look a bit meaner), just not as good as Mark Hamill's voice.
As a standalone movie (ignoring the show), it's not a great movie, not even good but it's watchable in a late-night Netflix kind of way. If you compare it to the show, it really gets dragged down though, and becomes nearly unbearable.
I mean, If you watch it as a comedy/parody its pretty good 😂
The fact that everyone immediately refers to "sowka" the entire time as Jasper 😂
"That is not uncle iroh." "My name is Eroh." 😂😂😂
Oaks rage at 6:30 is yup, exactly what I expected. Thank you, I've never felt more validation in my life! 😅
As a kid that grew up watching the original I was horrified while in the movie theater. THE AVAtar
the earthbending scene is iconically funny
The movie is horrible. But you know the word avatar is Hindi. Av-TAR
@@shgurr That's the one scene pretty much anyone who's seen this mess remembers. And not for the right reasons either.
Oak screaming "that is not Appa!" was priceless.
I saw this with my sister in theaters and i was so excited.
By the end we both drove home in silence.
Got home. Our mom asked us how it was. I just went upstairs to bed and my sister just shook her head.
We never talked about it again.
The Oak's reaction to this is the most relatable thing I have ever seen. 😂🏆
Mason Quinn messing with Oak and Answer throughout the entire movie was hilarious🤣🤣
The pure rage coming from Oak all the way through this really made it for me 😂
6:23 😂😂😂😂😂 “I was looking at the joy in the child’s face” compared to Oaks rage and Answers complete discomfort hahahahahahah
In2010 as a senior in highschool who had literally grown up with the cartoon on Nickelodeon I went into the theatre sooo excited, happy, and ready for more of what I knew and still know to be one of the best original IP/american written cartoons in existence. This is right up there with some of my favorite anime, which this drew heavy inspiration from. From the very first moment Sokka opens his mouth and there is not an ounce of humor or happiness from him I knew there was a problem. Then when I heard the very first bastardization of names and how they pronounced Aang as "oong" My excitement turned into twisted despair, and I could feel a piece of my soul being ripped from my body. By the end of the movie I needed to be carried out of the threatre I was too weak to move. I couldnt look at a tv or mirror for two weeks because all I would see was the black void of nothingness that this film represents. Reaching out to take yet another part of me. Screw everyone involved with this film. I cannot imagine netflix will do any better.
Edit: I returned from the future... Netflix version was not much better. what a damn shame....Better, but not by much...
You are safe here. Your feelings are valid
Did you guys burn the theatre down? I would’ve 100%
@@MaggieAAdams lol A safe space is needed when this evil film is around.
@@nikolaykomissarenko7822 We did not, but rumor has it the screen and projector that played the night I saw it mysterious stopped working, and that specific threatre has been boarded up never to be reentered.
@@jakeryan2805 justice.
I had followed all the fan accounts for years, every set piece and casting call sent out I followed. So when the movie finally came out I was beyond hyped! Twilight Eclipse came out the same weekend as The Last Airbender and my whole friend group wanted to see Twilight; I, being a fool, said "No Avatar is going to be 1000X better I am going to see that instead!" So my friends called me a loser and I dragged my boyfriend, now husband, to see The Last Airbender. The theater was empty except for 2 other teen couples. I remember being shocked with how empty the theater was but I didn't care because my favorite show was coming to life! I had a smile on my face from the moment I sat in my seat; the lights went down and I became giddy with anticipation. The movie started and my ear-to-ear smile faded being replaced by a look of pure annoyance. The opening scene with the elements being bent was what made me release the Twilight lover's were right this was going to SUCK! I sat in the theater disappointed and upset by the ending 1/3 of the movie all the couples decided to make fun of the movie, which made the experience better. When Katara says, "They became friends right away" we all burst out laughing and one girl yells "the exposition in this movie is exquisite!" Watching your reaction reminded me of how I felt seeing it for the first time and how funny some parts of the movie were even though they weren't supposed to be!
Also, love your videos love from rural Wisconsin!
You are safe here. Your feelings are valid.
Lol I think is a big love gesture from your husband for going to the movies and watching this whole sh*t show with you
*realize
The moment I knew it was going to be bad was when Katara splashed Sokka with water and it wasn't funny. The trailer made it look so awesome too! 😭
When I was young, I was confused when I saw that they changed the symbols in the intro. I tried to be optimistic, but I knew it was going to be bad when the dialogue felt nothing like the characters.
Katara's hand movement when she says, "dont be afraid," still makes me laugh out loud. 😂
Part of this was filmed in Philadelphia and during production Shamalyan was on the local morning radio. He was gushing about how he's a huge fan of the series and was looking forward to giving all the fans the live action version they wanted. To this day part of the Earth Kingdom set is still at the Philly Navy Yard because they thought they'd use it for the next movie(s) that never happened.
i heard he thought it would be his _lord of the rings_ which suggests to me he was never actually a fan of the series.
hahah no way😂
Oak's face at 30:06 perfectly encapsulates the ending emotions of how everyone felt about this movie. Lol!
14:17
Mason Quinn: I think you guys are nitpicking :D
The Oak: NiTpICkInG???
As a avatar fan this movie hurts on a very deep level. It feels like i was
betrayed by the firenation
I just love the hatred Oak has for this movie. It is so relatable lmao
When The Appleton Oak said “WHY ARE THERE SO MANY WHITE PEOPLE HERE?!?!” I really felt that. It really buggs me to no end the fact that essentially the entirety of both water tribes were whitewashed AND they made the villains be people of darker skin tones (I'm pretty sure there's a name for this phenomenon but I cant quite remember it).
Also, regarding the name pronunciations; most of the names in the show are Chinese/Japanese/Indian, Korean (East and South East Asian mainly) etc., inspired. So, since this is an original american cartoon; during the original tv show, they went with the AMERICAN ENGLISH pronunciation and in the movie, they tried to go with the TRADITIONAL CHINESE pronunciation (hence, Iroh sounding like Yeh-Roh and Aang sounding like Ong and so on). Which theoretically speaking is in fact the correct way to pronounce those names, but I think it would've been better if they:
EITHER
a) Had gone with the traditional Chinese pronunciations since the origin of the tv show
OR
b) If they had kept the american english pronunciations for the sake of CONSISTENCY
Anyways, props to you guys for watching this film (which does not exist in Ba-Sing-Se), it's a tough one
What is also as bad was that originally the whole cast was going to be all white. Zuko was going to be played by Jesse McCartney then they recasted him when they got a lot of criticism for it.
I dont think you can pull the race card about the villains being changed to indian when the person who did it is indian. Also, Iroh in the movie is not pronounced Yeh-roh and aang isnt pronounced ong. Iroh is pronounced /iro/ and aang is pronounced /ang/ (where the everloving fuck did you pull that o from. Clean your ears)
@@lostchild06 if they had the main cast be Asian like in the show and had maybe a few people who are just playing extras that are black or white then I would’ve been fine with that but the main cast should have been Asian .
I dont even mind the water tribe being white. I mean, they do live on the poles. So they definitely arent dark skinned. But then they would have to go with that principle and give the nations their own ethical identity AND stick to it.
@@PresidentScrooge You do know/realize that the northern/southern water tribes are largely based off various inuit/native people right?
They literally are not supposed to be white and they are definitely supposed to be darker-skinned... like obviously not african dark or even indian/pacific islander/southeast asian dark, but come on, what are you actually on? The whole reason Yue's hair is bizarre is because the people are generally dark of skin and darker of hair... L take fam
Loved Mason Queen's attitude through this reaction. Like ... hating it but sarcastically enjoying it because it made Oak angry. LOL
I legit walked out after the Earthbending scene were it takes 8 guys to slowly throw a tiny boulder.
The only positive of this movie was that Saychelle Gabriel, the girl who plays Yue, ended up getting a major voice role in the Legend of Korra, and she absolutely crushed it.
One good thing about this movie was I never noticed how nice our theater looked during the movie. It was still bright enough to look around, and it was a bit ornate. The movie rarely distracted me from looking at the more interesting walls, and designs.
Underrated comment lmfaooo 😂
I really like Mason’s positivity, but I absolutely love Oak and Answer’s disappointed looks! Another amazing reaction video! Thank you guys ❤
I was 16. I just got my license. My two best friends and I were obsessed with the show and couldn’t have been more hyped about the movie. When I tell you I was excited about a film… I can’t even tell you. I had a dedicated notebook to taking notes about the production, the casting, the premier date… all of it!
We show up to the theater. And I knew. I KNEW something was wrong when we showed up and we were 3 of 5 people in the screen room. Then…THEN. the opening scene with the 4 elements and then Katara narrating the beginning and I knew… I knew it was over. Every time a name was said wrong my soul died a little… the acting, the writing… those, like, 8 earthbenders sending one rock floating across the screen at 5 miles an hour *facepalm*, and they did Appa SO👏🏻DIRTY👏🏻My god… I’ve never, NEVER been more disappointed in a movie in my life. I can’t even call it a film. It doesn’t even deserve that!
Talk about scarred for life! Over a decade later, and I still use this movie as the reason I set my expectations low for every movie that looks “promising”.
They way that they pronounced some of the names was just absolutely ridiculous 😂. It completely takes you out of it because all you’re thinking is “That’s not how you say that”
OMFG. Can ya all just read my main comment? These are Asian names and it's the OG that fked up the names.
@@RonLarhz ITs a fantasy series bucko not real life, just because it was inspired by Asian cultures does not mean that its not still a fantasy with fantasy names and that the in-universe pronounciations of everything are the exact same as real life. They are correct for THAT fantasy canon, trying to demand that they MUST be the same as an equilivent name irl is just you not understanding how fiction works.
(Also proving you don't know how youtube works. there's a sea of comments here dude, why should anyone be able to magically see yours bundled in amongst the rest)
@@RonLarhz if your comment isn’t pinned why would you think I would be able to find it in the sea of other comments?
@@jazzycat8917
Says the one who don't know how to check recent activity and go to "newest first" tab.
@@jazzycat8917
Sure thing, wh ite supremacist.
Take and use other cultures and claim it as your own.
OH NO WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO YOURSELF 😭. I’ll never forget I was a kid when this came out and my dad knowing I was a big fan got us tickets to watch this in 4D. I was so excited. The names being wrong bothered me off rip. And the memory I Carry lost with me is since it was 4D, when they were on the water, it felt like I got sprayed on the heels with windex 😂. But the worst of it, IT TAKES 6 PEOPLE TO MOVE A ROCK SLOW AF 😭😭😭 I swear this movie gave me ptsd and I struggle to trust live actions movies and I ain’t till reviews now till I go to the theaters which sadly means spoilers sometimes. But I’d rather be spoiled then something like this atrocity happening to me again.
Amen! I've never been able to vocalize why I hated love actions until now. Thank you for this clarity. Mind you, I was married with a step child when I watched this and it gave be ptsd and I don't trust love actions since then.
The name is wrong in the cartoon.
They corrected some of it in the movie. These are Asian names and americans butchered it. Especially for Aang. Movie pronunciation is correct. It bothers me every time the american way came on. Lol.
Thank goodness that I did not watch this movie in the theaters because I had a gut feeling it was gonna be bad, and I was right. I'm sorry you and everybody had to go through that watching it in theaters.
I actually saw the live-action movie before the series, and thought it was a fine kids fantasy movie. But after finally seeing the series itself, I then understood why the fans were upset!
This Appa is nightmare fuel. I once heard another youtuber refer to him as a “sleep paralysis demon” 😂
I remember hearing a story about a little girl who went to go watch this movie dressed as her favourite character Suki and she was very excited to watch the movie going in, at the end left balling tears not only because the movie was terrible but because suki was not even mentioned in the movie.
I used to work for MTV from 2008-2010 and I remember attending a presentation from our sister company, Paramount, showing us the trailer for this movie. As a fan, I was amazed at what they were saying: “This is gonna be huge!”, “We got the kid from Twilight!” No one in the room had seen the show and I had to bite my tongue at how bad it was (I was low on the totem pole at that time). The casting was so whitewashed that it resulted in the coining of a new term, racebending, which is still used when the cultural roots of an IP is ignored and replaced with generic white characters. A total disaster from conception to execution.
I loved Oak's analysis! Loved everyone's reaction. It was nice to see others suffer the same way I did. Trauma-bonding is healthy... right? 🤣
In this reaction, Oak is all of us. Good job on all three for getting through it
I tried re-watching this movie once and it made me physically ill. I avoided this video for a while because I didn't think I could weather seeing even the movie clips but you three make it hilarious! I love the Answer's soul-dead resignation, the Oak's rage, and Mason Quinn just giggling and egging those two on! Such a great reaction! XD
We don't talk about this movie
Oh boy. My favorite part is when a bunch of earthbenders get together to be able to move a single rock in floating across the frame.
From the cast, to the nameing, and the god awful bending. M Night Shyamalan M Night SHATapon this entire film.
I haven't seen this movie since it first came out in theaters, and as a 7 year old I liked it and didn't understand why my parents said this movie was so bad. now I get it. thanks for going through this bomb for the reaction guys!
my siblings and I can never even get past the 10 minute mark so MAJOR kudos to you guys for getting through the whole thing lmaoooo
Saw this in theaters the day it came out. Didn't expect a masterpiece, but I hoped for something good.
Knew it was over when the Star Wars title screen started rolling.
Knew things wouldn't get better when Soaka and Katara were first introduced.
Knew I wouldn't be able to convince my mom to watch the animated series with me when Appa was introduced.
Watched the whole movie because my family was poor and seeing movies in the theater was a treat.
For the casting aspect, the creators were pretty open about their inspirations. The clothing, the architecture, some of the customs and even the names! Like the air nomads lift their references straight from Tibetan Buddhism, the fire nation was inspired by imperial Japan, but also some of communist China, as well as having its architecture taken from Vietnamese temples. The earth kingdom was ment to me diverse, with cultural inspiration ranging from Korea to the Indian subcontinent.
And yes, the water tribe was inspired by inuit and other arctic circle native cultures... but notably NOT the Sami of Scandinavia who have a very distict garb and culture of caribou herding, things not referenced in the anime. So I think it's safe to assume that the water tribe were not blond haired, blue eyed Europeans.
I watched this when I was a kid before I knew the anime existed, and as a child, i loved it, now I’m just confused lol. There’s still a nostalgic joy to watching it though!
most i have ever laughed from your reactions 😂😂 i liked how Mason was keeping it neutral in having an open mind but it’s so hard not to!
You guys really need an award for watching the entire movie 😂🏆
The best thing about this movie is the soundtrack. No matter how bad the movie is, James Newton Howard never fails to deliver as a composer. His score for this film is still one of my favorite movie scores and it deserved to be in a better film. He's also the same composer who did the music for _The Hunger Games_ movies
My brother and I were excited about this movie, we've been fans of the cartoon for years. The entire theatre was quiet during the entire movie, and somewhere during Aang's interpretive dance thing? when he was clearing out the villages someone yelled out WTF! We left and ask for our money back. They didn't even make a fuss about it. It looked like that had been happening a lot.
Obviously it's not one to one, but in the animated series, the Water tribe were based on Inuit culture, as you said, the Fire Nation was Japanese, the Earth Kingdom was Chinese, and the Air Nomads were Tibetan and around that area.
I know you said the firebenders "were Asian" Oak, but actually they were ALL based on Asian descent. The Avatar world is basically if everyone was Asian, and a lot of the concepts of bending and chi and everything were based on parts of East Asian culture.
Shamalyan casted the firebenders as South Asian, as Indian, which TECHNICALLY fits in with the theme, but considering the Fire Nation was based on Japan because of their huge industrial revolution esp during the WW2 Era.... like....it's a strange choice. They could have gotten away with making them a subsect of firebenders (like the Swamp Benders in the animated series) or even of the Air Nomads (like the monk Aang unlocks his chakras with in Book 2). In fact, I think the different Air Nomad temples were different culturally as well. One of the Nomad temples could have very well been based on Indian or South Asian descent. We never saw any of them alive.
Don't think it's too tricky where M. Night might have come up with the idea to add some Indians to the world considering he is ethnically one as well. It also likely explains why he cast two Indians in a role where they didn't necessarily match up to the physical description from the animated series. He was attempting to make the cast more diverse (at least to Indians) while weirdly leaving everyone else white.
It's the decision to have everyone else be white while mixing it up with the Firebenders that's the weird choice. Had he made every group a bit more diverse, maybe it would've worked better.
As pointed out, the Avatar's world is not ours so you could mix up the races as our races don't exist there. But, that would definitely isolate some fans of the show for sure (purists).
@@MrBrock314 Before Dev Patel took the role as Zuko, they originally casted Jesse Mccartney to play Zuko. The whole cast was going to be white until people got angry and basically said "Okay, we will just make the villains all brown people. Happy?"
@32:04 For Mason Quinn: This is the only movie I have ever walked out of the theater on, and I left after fifteen minutes. It actually ended my first relationship because my bf at the time took me too it as a surprise (because Avatar is my favorite show ever) and when I left, he was so offended, we broke up. But like... come on. IT WAS FAKE APPA!
Also, thanks so much for reacting to the series! I found your channel from these reactions, and you all (especially The Oak!) are my favorite reaction channel ever.
“What was this?” This was unfortunate that’s what that movie was. But it also serves as a rite of passage for quest completion when it comes to everyone’s first Avatar: The Last Airbender watch through so I’ve warmed up to it a bit 🤣
21:35 "I mean Ang, Ung whatever they wanna call him, the Avatir.."
You had me laughing so hard I actually choked for a second, Oak :D
bro that had me DYING 💀💀💀💀
Can we just talk about Mason Quinn's genuine joy in life 😂❤ he tried to enjoy what he could in this ❤️❤️ I remember trying to watch this a second time years later .. I was like was it really that bad .... 😑 The cringe
It's bad, but if you can ignore the terrible naming and its source material, it's definitely watchable in a late-night "there's nothing left to watch...oh this is something I haven't seen" kind of way. It's better than some Netflix and Prime videos I've seen for sure. This has a low rating (4.0/10) on IMDB but I've seen things that are 2.8 and 2.2 and they are (accurately) worse so as bad as this movie is compared to its source material, it definitely can be worse.
For example, this movie does still have a coherent plot even if it's much worse than the original concept. There are movies that don't have a coherent plot and they're much worse in effects, script, etc.
This movie is notable mainly for how bad it is compared to the source material, not how bad it is on a raw scale if you never saw the tv show.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think there’s a live action series in the works coming out on Netflix? And from what I remember they definitely did their due diligence with the casting this time around.
Yesss, casting are perfect, cgi effects are using the same tech as in mandalorian, so i think its gonna be dope
I'm not sure what to think of it honestly. The creators of the og show quit working with Netflix on it because of "creative differences". I wanna be excited for it, but we've been burned once already.
@@TheAsterfly with the attention to detail from preproduction i'm optimistic. Since the bar is already low anyways
@@TheAsterfly you know they came back on board a few months ago right?
There is no The Last Airbender live action movie in Ba Sing Se. Here, we are safe. Here, we are free.
I think this is one of you guy's finest reactions yet. I've never seen The Oak so disappointed about something. He really reflected the:" if this was my childhood you just sh#t on it."- vibe xD
And then Mason Quinn just throwing coals on the fire with that optimism.
Pure gold xD
You guys want a true, well flushed out love story? "About Time" is your movie! It involves relationships between family, friends, and loved ones and it's just unbelievably good and one of my favorite rom-coms of all time. Oak, I would love to see you react to this one in particular. But in terms of cast, WE GOT RACHEL MCADAMS, DOMHNALL GLEESON, BILL NIGHY, MARGOT ROBBIE, and so many other well flushed performances.
I did see this in theaters with my sister, who loved the show too, and my mom, who fell asleep during the movie. It was so long ago that I don’t remember my initial reaction and I just trusted my sister when she said it was bad. A couple years ago I decided to give it another chance and lasted like 15 minutes.
I am curious to see what you guys think of Legend of Korra, it does seem to be a mixed bag of people liking it or not. In my opinion it doesn’t live up to the original, but it is decent. I tried watching it a couple times but I finally finished it recently and it helped that I read the comics as it fills in some of the time skipped.
Netflix is doing the live action show and the first season should be coming this summer, I think. There will also be an animated adult team avatar film, a new animated series for an earth avatar (after Korra), an animated Zuko film, an unknown animated film and two unknown animated series which will come out over the course of the next 5 years or so.
M. Night mentioned in an interview that HE HAD NOT EVEN COMPLETED WATCHING THE SHOW AS THEY WERE FILMING THIS ONE.
3:01... the lack of laughter that just hit... was just... *chefs kiss*
Oak's anger was cathartic
first movie i ever waited in line for and as soon as they called him awng i knew it was over ruined my whole 2010 fr LOL
I saw this for the first time when I was 13 years old right when it came out, went to the drive-in theater with my dad because I was trying to convince him to watch the animated show with me. Boy howdy this movie made my dad outright refuse to try out the show lol.
Tell your Dad that the show is a masterpiece the movie is travesty.
@@DigiVixen You think I didn't try that? Lmao
@@AlyssaFoxah. Tell him who directed it. Like Shamayalan in charge of a nickeleodon classic? That's like oil and water.
@@DigiVixen Oh he saw that when the credits rolled. Said "well that makes sense" lol
Quinn making it to the end before revealing he too thought it was terrible was a riot. Oak and Answer dying a little inside with each second was something I could feel in my soul, being as big a fan of the cartoon as I am.
Your guys's reaction to this was absolutely hilarious! Oaks face through the whole thing! 😂😅😂🤣😅😆
My friends and i love watching this film while drinking.
The point that I knew it was over was when Aang called himself Ong
12:12 My favorite moment in the entire movie. It's like the people behind the CGI were playing a prank on the actors XD
But it pains me too, Earth bending is my favorite
I watched this entire thing simply to watch The Oak's final thoughts. And I was 100% not disappointed. 0.0 killed me and I agree completely. His rant was so spot on.
Love that oak next to immediately called out the white washing😭 its egregious
I definitely love seeing how much the oak hated it. It just shows how much he cares for the source material.
Back then I didn't know it was based on anything so I just enjoyed the movie 😁
Oak’s pure hatred for this movie is DELIGHTFUL. I love it. 🥰
We appreciate your sacrifice 😂
But also why was the entire fire nation casted as Indian while Iroh looks like he belongs in the Hobbit…?
I took my ex to the theater in hopes of getting her into the Avatar world. I defended the movie the whole way though, even got mad when she straight up told me it was horrid. Then, almost immediatley after the movie ended, I bowed my head and said "yeah that was shit". I apologized and she said "this Avatar thing just ain't for me"
I hate this movie.
watching this after the reaction of Netflix TLA version is just perfection for laugh 😭
It’s especially tragic what they did to, ozi from a hidden badass. Voiced by mark hamil to this guy
Id love for them to make a lot of game and animated movies or series into a live-action movies but I think everyone's afraid this will be the results lol
Animated Sokka: meat and sarcasm guy
Live action Sokka: veggies and straight talk fellow
Random things that i notice in this movie i found hilariously bad:
1. The bending is so SLOW, nonbenders would've dominated the fight so quick if they just charge first
2. There is one establishing shot in one of the air temples where instead of they do a reveal of the temple (like from behind the rocks to reveal it) they first reveal the temple, swipe so the rocks cover it, and then reveal the temple again. Lol.
3. They full on revealed Ozai's face in the least intimidating way possible and then acted like they never revealed his face, give him a booming voice, and shoot his tapping finger when General Zhao was talking to him about the blue spirit. Like??? Did they forgot that they revealed him or...??
4. Them focusing so closely on their faces when they discussed going village go village thing. Like, i knew the actors must've been like 👁️👄👁️
5. That dude who betrayed aang having his hand hanging just expecting a pay day. Okay ✨purr✨
6. Also, the characters explaining their whole entire back story over and over again everytime they meet a new character 😂. Like why was katara telling Zuko she's the last water bender in her tribe? What was the point of that??
My 1st time watching the movie was in a theater with a bunch of avatar fans and ngl it was the BEST watching experience of my life. I think everyone watching, since they are such a fan and has been looking forward to the movie was in shock and denial the whole time, everyone was laughing at everything and throwing jokes left & right. It was so FUNNY.
you know when i first watched this movie without watching the real series...i was like this is great...why is nobody reacting to this...but after watching the series...bruh....why that movie existed😂
Oh well. At least there's another opportunity with Netflix next year for the live action attempt and we got the Avatar Studios films (which that type of animation NEEDS to be on the big screen).
My friends and I say this is like the fire island players of the tv shows. And that is us being nice.😂
Unintentionally one of your funniest reactions
Gotta say watching you guys react to this movie was better then watching the actual live action movie! Answer’s pained ‘lets go’ had me laughing from the start! Aaahahaha! 😂😂😂
I would love it if you would consider reacting to Secondhand Lions (2003) with Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Kyra Sedgwick. My only beef with the movie was that it didn’t give the audience Hub’s full speech on what it takes to be a man.
i saw this movie the day it came out in theatres, i was excited for it lol. i kept holding out hope it could turn around.. i lost hope at the line "are you the UHvatar AHHng?"
I loved this movie so much. Never watched the anime, I seen this movie when I was like 12 and I was obsessed.
Was 12 when this came out and I couldn't stand it😅, kudos for getting through it
when this came out it was quite normal to see people walking out of the theatre half way through and asking for a refund lol
I remember hearing about it coming out in theaters when I was younger and thought it’d be the coolest thing ever. The moment I checked out completely was when they needed 6 earthbenders to bend 1 stone. Not a boulder just a stone, like what the hell. I tried to give it a chance before then but once we got to the “prison” scene and I realized they weren’t on a metal ship where there was no earth to bend and instead were literally surrounded by earth, I knew the movie was absolute dogshit.
6:20 I was howling laughing.
Oak is my spirit animal through this reaction. He has the right amount of rage
"Did you see his face!? DID YOU SEE HIS FACE! That is not Appa, that is fake appa!!!"
Facts! That is fake Appa, the right amount of rage. "Why are there so many white people.... I can't believe you are enjoying this, that we are this far apart.... I'm not taking it easy!" Just a few great nuggets lol
@@sydneyice The Appa thing is a bit over the top as animals didn't look great on screen during this timeframe generally. Think NeverEnding Story (yes, that's a bit earlier) or even relatively recent things like Shazam: Fury of the Gods dragon or Lion King (live action). Animal faces are notoriously difficult.
I remember watching this when it first came out and it's still as painful as it was then. No one should have to suffer this poor lackluster adaptation. Same with DB Evolution.
I love how when they first started the animated series Oak was hesitant to watch the show because it was animated but by the end he's as protective over the source as any big fan of the show
I absolutely absolutely love Oak's reaction cos he really represented how the fans felt watching this movie! Though, I'm also very amused and puzzled at how much Quinn is enjoying it 😂
Oak is such a highlight in this and I think Quinn loves how much the other guys hate it 😭
I think Quinn was just trying to laugh through the pain
Quinn is channeling the “I only laugh but to keep from weeping” from aKT 😅
I think that's how it looks when u expect all the bad things so u won't be as disappointed hahahahaa
@@waminalkent6705There is a certain point where it is so bad it is funny. Rather watch a hilarious terrible movie than a boring slightly bad one
I just love how in the fight scenes everyone was nice enough to let each other take turns doing their cool moves while the others just stood off to the side awkwardly waiting for their que to do something
😂😂😂😂
Especially when it would take an entire dance routine to perform one air blast (or project a tiny pebble in a group if you aren't Avatar level)
cue*
turn based combat
@@sirmoonslosthismind thanks
The level of hate in Oak’s eyes @12:14 during the infamous earth-bending scene is exactly what I clicked on this video for.
That was the exact moment I paused it and just started laughing. I came down here to say the same thing lmao
The pebble dance😂
That was the moment I walked out. 6 dudes dancing to lift and throw a rock...it wasn't even a big rock
Yeah glad Quinn came thru in the end cause he was worrying me...iak and answer were hilarious. Love yall killing this just as much as I loved watching you fall for the animated series. M night should he sued for defamation
@@pfang32 This is to the Avatar tv show what the Sahara movie is to the book. The Sahara movie is still a better movie than this though. I disliked it a fair bit and it had some miscasting but not in this movie's league. Sahara is close to 5/10 while the book it's based on is a solid 7-8/10.
Honestly, i feel bad for the composer for this film. The soundtrack is great and deserved to be in a better movie
Agreed, soundtrack is quite nice. Poor sod has to have this on his resume forever now tho
Yeah, seems like the composer was the only one who had early notice from Shyamalan. The writing, casting and screenplay, had to have only taken a month. No way else to explain this PoS.
That seems to be a theme: 'The movie is bad, but the music is good'. Composers seem to have a more consistent level of performance than the rest of the process. You hear that all the time!
Is it just me, or is anyone else surprised at, how this movie received a 150 million dollar budget.
@@QuestForGood Production companies aren’t always the smartest, they saw how popular the show was, they saw that M. Night Shyamalan was from a similar region(again, not smart), what’s the worse that he can do? After Earth hadn’t come out yet.
Iroh claiming Zuko's destiny is tied to Aang/the Avatar is completely the opposite from the original show in which Iroh kept trying to encourage Zuko to make his own destiny and abandon the search for the avatar.
Don't you mean Iro oo o ohhh
@@kuivia Uncle Eeeero
@@lorettabes4553 The paaaaaaain "literally not way for us to check" 😭😭
that part !
Uncle Ero
"I think you guys are nitpicking"
"... NITPICKING?!"
Brilliant
Favourite part of the video Quinn just saying that on purpose to fuel Oak even more