See the whole torture session Here: www.patreon.com/posts/last-airbender-88114785 Or check out their full journey through the show Here: th-cam.com/video/JOlXjHmhN0o/w-d-xo.html
i have zero bones in this saga called avatar. but even going in the movie cold, the acting is very shyamalan: odd, cold and uncomfortable. Lore was no issue since i knew nothing, still sucked.
this was part 1 of a trilogy but since they gave us this trash they never came out with the rest hopefully netflix does a better job with the live action show that supposed to be coming out soon
Maple: "I wanna talk to the people who are also upset about this." Go outside and walk up to the FIRST PERSON YOU SEE. CONGRATS, YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED YOUR GOAL.
My favourite bit is when the moon spirit is dead and Iroh in the show says that “she’s been touched by the moon spirit” and that’s it. Then she comes to the decision to give up her own life on her own. In this Iroh just straight up say “yeah you need to kill yourself”
34:15 with Arianna angrily sunk into the chair and Maple's "I'm gonna disassociate" had me dying. You two really felt all the anger and overwhelming disappointment we all did. Now you understand why this movie "doesn't exist" if you ever try to talk to an ATLA fan about it. There is no movie in Ba Sing Se. Here we are safe. Here we are free.
To the film's very little credit, the actors for Zhao, Zuko, and Iroh seem like they're trying to turn in a good performance compared to everyone else's school-play-level acting. Plus, the actress for Yue later became the voice of Asami in "The Legend of Korra", so there's a redemption arc for ya.
Oh yeah! I actually kind of liked the actor who played Iron. He seemed to have watched the show a bit imo. Like he has his mood and like other things down right. And the actor who played Zuko IS a good actor. If you look up what he's done.... So... You have to look else where almost to where it went wrong. Like Dev Patel (Zuko) is an Oscar nominated actor =/
I agree. One of the big problems with this movie is that it's not even bad in a fun way, and Maple and Arianna managed to make it entertaining. I think they were too preoccupied with the movie not following the exact plot beats of the show (it's a movie of less than 2 hours, so things were going to have to be rewritten), when the real issue is that it didn't even try to capture its spirit, but they were fun to watch and were in no way too harsh overall. It was stupid to try to cram an entire season into a single movie, but they still could've done a much better job. The show is fun and humorous, with real human warmth and actual character development. This movie is lusterless, clumsy, rushed and boring. The characters all lack depth and personality, and their interactions are stiff and inauthentic. The only believable emotions portrayed are angst and anger, and that quickly gets old.
At least they get some kind of monetary return for watching this and posting it to patron and YT. We paid to watch this shit and got nothing to show for it.
I can totally see Arianna sitting in the movie theater, arms folded and sour-faced the whole time.😂😂😂 Edit: Whoa. This vid keeps on giving. These comments are GOLD!!!
Watching this was so cathartic. Imagine seeing this in the theaters opening day, no warning that you were about to watch the most horrific adaptation in cinema history.
1:32 "I wonder how they're gonna make Sokka funny and not make it lame" - well they go in the exact opposite direction... ...make him not funny but make it lame. 😂😂🤣🤣
This movie is still holds the funniest moment in my life. I remember My girlfriend and I were fans of the show, and we did the whole double date thing with our mutual friend who never watched the show and his girlfriend who was also a fan. At the end of the movie, with no context, our friend goes "Wasn't that bad. I liked it." The LOOK that girl gave him was out of some sort of anime where you could just feel murder and blood in the air lmfao. I swear, I'll be 80 years old and remember that look of pure vitriolic hatred for her boyfriend in her eyes forever lol
As I watched them become fans of the animated series, i just think Arianna and Maple are so so brave for sitting through this and feeling all of our feels all over again for us. Thank you so much Diegesis for getting this so right.
@@waldoman7 That makes the most sense. It would also explain the crew not doing anything to stop it. You think other people were too afraid to go against his wishes?
"My name is katara. I'm the only waterbender left in the southern water tribe. I collect rocks, am lactose intolerant, and my blood type is B-. I'm escorting the avatar around and he is learning the elements. You are an antagonist. "
Did anybody else lose their shit and start laughing, just by the look in their faces in the thumbnail?? They look like someone stole their very childhood happiness, with them watching. This is one of three movies that I wish I could take back and never have seen (well almost - ANYTHING from Shyamalan is in that category).
Iroh just stands there and listening to Zhao's plan of shanking the moon spirit and then attempts to act mad when he did what he said he was gonna do lmao
Imagine convincing your parents to rent this movie when it came out so they can be exposed to a beautiful story that you enjoyed and then just... this... Me. I've been there... 😭😵
This movie has brought so much joy to my life. I love watching reactors’ faces to see the exact moment their hearts break, realizing what was made of their beloved show.
@@Diegesisnah watching people who *get* the show suffer through this is the only acceptable way any of us will watch it. It's like roasting a movie with friends, we enjoy the cringe when others are cringing too. What's the phrase, misery loves company? Also the Mad World piano motif coming in made me fucking cry laughing in the middle of this sushi restaurant.
Maple's theory on how M Night was the last guy on the line of the telephone game was the funniest yet most accurate description of this movie. If this video was released on the DVD commentary, it would actually make this movie worth watching. You ladies had some of the best zingers to properly describe all the inaccuracies. #ThisisnotmyAppa
This movie is purely a fun watch to completely deconstruct all of the bad decisions that were made. Like at 19:38 he has his glider with him, but in the show he didn't because while he WANTED to fly to get the medicine quicker, there was a storm and if he had flown, he would've gotten struck by lightning, so he opted to run instead. It was a great touch to keep him from flying away whenever he wanted to
I watched it soon after it came out, I ignored the warnings because I was a kid and was super excited… I’d never been that disappointed before in my life. My dad liked it tho. Y’all should check out the reactions from the premiere, not one good thing was said by the fans that saw it.
On this film's opening day some fans were interviewed after the movie to get their thoughts on it. The ripped into it. A dude even said "I should have gone and seen Twilight". And the worst part is I can't help but agree because at least Twilight is sometimes enjoyably bad.
Maple's comment about Aang needing to have a joyous, hopeful personality was insightful and so on-point. The great journey of Aang to full avatarhood hinged on that, and its deconstruction and reconstruction. Turning him into a bland bore absolutely robbed him of that character arc.
23:04 I think the guys at Rifftrax said it best: "HOLY MOTHER OF UNINTENTIONAL COMEDY!!" Do you think her handmaidens were snickering when they did up her hair like that? And if she needs a trim, does she call a barber or a mohel?
And even with hindsights, Netflix still hilariously can't figure out how to get its live-action treatment right. Might as well just redo it again and again and again...
I never every wanted to hug any reactors more than I wanted to hug Arianna and Maple just now and tell them, that it'll be okay. Shared thrauma I guess.
So some production info got leaked from a crew member of this film years later who said that the actress playing Katara had a relative who was one of the financial backers of this film who put pressure to cast her so they had to cast her brother as white too. Jessie McCartney was cast as Zuko but M.Night is not an idiot and was one of the few people in the casting pointing out that its asian story and they cast three white people as the lead (the actor playing Aang is also white) so they basically told him he can cast the villains however he wants and as an Indian man chose to have the fire nation be played entirely by Middle Eastern and South Asian actors. Some have suggested this might also be because he did the film because his daughters were fans and he wanted to have Azula, Ty Lee and Mai be played by three South Asian actors for his daughter to see themselves on screen with them being a close nit group of girls. That dose not excuse a bunch of other stuff but that at least is admirable even if it means he made a film where the evil country is entirely darker skinned then the other characters
You are asking the right questions. All of us who loved the show, hated the blatant disrespect to the original content. But remember… There is no movie in Ba Sing Se.
I don’t know whose idea it was to even shorten a whole season filled with important character building and plot points to THIS. They really cut out everything that made the show beautiful and compelling and interesting. It’s truly a testament to M Night’s talent to make such a viscerally horrific film that is both audibly and visually the equivalent to nails on chalkboard. And that’s the nicest I could possibly be. This show has been my favorite since it originally aired. I have enjoyed so many reactors falling in love with it the way I did and it almost always culminates in them reaching this moment. They HAVE to know. It’s a canon event and I can’t interfere.
The worst part was that my parents took me to the premier, my as* was hyped and emotional just for me to become confused then bored and eventually fall asleep an hour into the movie. I woke up during zuko and aangs final battle, this is a core memory for me about disappointment.
28:49 funny enough, he doesn't. This is the first time movie Zuko has met movie Kitara. There battle has had no build up because neither of them have had any battles!
There are no words. The good thing is that there will be an animated movie by the og creators releasing in October 2025 that follows the Gaang. I hope it gets a theatrical release here, that would make me so happy.
If it were even partially just the fandom being unfair because it wasn't quite what we wanted from a live-action adaptation then that would be one thing, there are plenty of animated shows that haven't been quite the same when moved to live-action - but EVERYONE who watches this has the same experience by the end, even people who go in ignoring the fans and attempting to have optimism ALL come out at the end feeling deflated, disappointed and honestly a little broken. every. single. time. Its not just a criminally bad adaptation, its just a straight up bad movie.
I was an 11 year old child! Filled with joy and excitement to see this and begged my father to take us. And i, a mere simple brain child wanting to walk out by 30 minutes into it. But was to scared to say anything and suffered
Something to note: this abomination was the introduction to the Avatar universe for MANY people. As a result, it made it nearly impossible at the time to introduce new people to the show, I remember basically pleading with people to foeget they ever saw this and PLEASE give the show a chance because the movie absolutely butchered it, but they already had a bad taste in their mouth. Avatar coming to Netflix is the only reason it had a resurgence, I had to stream it illegally whenever I wanted to watch it, so introducing it to anyone was nearly impossible if you didn't own the dvds.
The teaser for this movie is what actually introduced me to the series. Avatar: The Last Airbender is by far one of my favorite tv show. I was so excited for the movie. This was season 8 Game of Thrones bad.
Just so you know, there's a pre-amble video with M. Night Shamelyan where it's the explanation of why he took on the role of show runner/director.. basically because "his daughter saw it" and wanted him to do it, but he obvious gave 0 shits - and it showed 10 minutes lying through his teeth while DiMartino and Kaneuztko were so thrilled and excited to have such a big name director involved for this movie.. you could tell even before it was made that it was going to be bad
I watched this in theaters with some friends. Not even 10 minutes into it we could see it was going to be trash. Some people started leaving but my friends and I decided to stay to experience how bad it truly was. That was an experience I tell you.
okay I saw this when I was 14 in theaters. I knew it was going to be bad from the trailer, but my dad insisted. I actually fell asleep watching from the "saving" the earth benders to when they get to the northern water tribe. I was so... appalled and flabbergasted at how they changed the story and left so many things out that were important to the story and later books. But watching you guys react to this definitely gets subscribe, cause I relate so hard and ya'll are hilarious with the roasting.
Ah yes, my favorite characters: *looks at smudged writing on hand* Ung, Soak-a, Eeroh, Uvuhtar, and Agni Kee. The best thing about this movie is the actress for Yue being cast in Korra.
You guys hit the nail on the head almost immediately. Its not that the movie is so bad per se, its that it is so DISRESPECTFUL to one of the best and mosy beloved tv shows of all time. You dont have to completely retell the exact story, but you also didnt have to shit all over it. Great reaction as always guys, props for having the courage to sit through it
People may hate this film more because it is disrespectful, but it is, no question, objectively BAD. Horrible pacing, voiceover narration explaining every major plot point instead of showing them, dialogue so bad it makes George Lucas look like Shakespeare (his dialogue is clunky, but at least it makes sense), flat acting (the 3 leads feel like they're in a high school play), zero character dimension, and even with a few nice effects, there is no life in the visuals. Even the bending action feels static. Frankly, it's one of the most boring "adventure" movies I've ever seen. I am a fan of a lot of M. Night Shyamalan's work, even a few of his more ridiculed suspense movies, but this is a perfect storm of awful creative choices, whether they were his or the studio's. That said, somehow the soundtrack is beautiful. My theory is that James Newton Howard watched the show for inspiration, rather than footage from this movie.
Katera NO! - Also, I always thought of the end that the Coi fish used Ang for revenge since Aang didn't have control of the Avatar state. He couldn't even go into it on his own yet.
The running joke in the fandom is that the Ember island play was more accurate than this lmaooo Also: We all know there is so much wrong with this that I could go on forever, but the earth kingdom scene felt especially egregious because Katara was beginning to show her leadership and how resourceful she is on her own, and they just took it away to give it to aang for such a crappy scene instead? smh Also also, the girl who played Yue was actually of native ancestry and she voiced a character in the sequel show Legend of Korra so they actually got that small part right lmao
Oh thank you ladies, y'all saw the full movie so I never had to. I don't know what cracked me up more, Maple saying " did they even watch the show?!?" Or Ariana saying " who knows? We wouldn't even know what an angry Aang looks like cause you haven't given us fun Aang!" You both summed up the whole reason fans always hated this abomination. And a lot of em never saw it.
It's really funny to see people REALLY excited to watch this movie that they're smiling and giddy before it starts and then the look of ultimate soul crushing torture as they have to sit through it and endure because they are filming a reaction. LOL. I FEEL your pain Maple and Arianna. I really do. I personally felt like Darth Shyamalan was Force crushing my insides and just VERY SLOWLY sucking my soul right out. Kind like wanting to like yourself but you were completely tied up with nothing close enough. Not even able to bite off your own tongue because you were gagged.
See the whole torture session Here:
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Or check out their full journey through the show Here:
th-cam.com/video/JOlXjHmhN0o/w-d-xo.html
"I just have so many thoughts and feelingz.." - Airiana
I'm good
Thanks but I got enough of it years ago.
i have zero bones in this saga called avatar. but even going in the movie cold, the acting is very shyamalan: odd, cold and uncomfortable. Lore was no issue since i knew nothing, still sucked.
this was part 1 of a trilogy but since they gave us this trash they never came out with the rest hopefully netflix does a better job with the live action show that supposed to be coming out soon
I've been spending years trying to convince people that this movie does not exist. now you know why
literally the bending is just choreography with tiny specks flying on the screen how did they expect people to like this 😭😭
girl you need to make a reaction channel
unfortunately it's like getting blooded in. to get an ATLA fanclub jacket you gotta pay your dues and see this
@Diegesis the Emperor would like to invite you to Lake Laogai..... There is no movie in Ba Sing Se.
@@Diegesis I watched this bitch in theatres when it dropped. Knowing what I was gonna get...had to do it
Maple: "I wanna talk to the people who are also upset about this."
Go outside and walk up to the FIRST PERSON YOU SEE. CONGRATS, YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED YOUR GOAL.
😅😅
I really really prefer the show there’s 2
One’s live action
Movie: “He’s firebending out of nothing!”
Mapel: “That is how firebending works” 😂😂😂
"This movie is not biblically accurate" is the best description for this movie 😂
"the monks named me Ong"
"no they fucking didn't"
😂😂
SJJASDJASJDASJDASDA
😭
You know a movie is bad when everyone says it's bad, and it still doesn't temper how bad it actually is.
You know a movie is bad when the movie studios didn't even bother making a sequel
My favourite bit is when the moon spirit is dead and Iroh in the show says that “she’s been touched by the moon spirit” and that’s it. Then she comes to the decision to give up her own life on her own.
In this Iroh just straight up say “yeah you need to kill yourself”
Yeah "Eeroh" is a gamer
Lmao uncle Eeroh was inspired by LTG
Ok I hate this film just as much as anyone else but that's just obviously not true 😅🤣
34:15 with Arianna angrily sunk into the chair and Maple's "I'm gonna disassociate" had me dying. You two really felt all the anger and overwhelming disappointment we all did. Now you understand why this movie "doesn't exist" if you ever try to talk to an ATLA fan about it. There is no movie in Ba Sing Se. Here we are safe. Here we are free.
To the film's very little credit, the actors for Zhao, Zuko, and Iroh seem like they're trying to turn in a good performance compared to everyone else's school-play-level acting. Plus, the actress for Yue later became the voice of Asami in "The Legend of Korra", so there's a redemption arc for ya.
Oh yeah! I actually kind of liked the actor who played Iron. He seemed to have watched the show a bit imo. Like he has his mood and like other things down right. And the actor who played Zuko IS a good actor. If you look up what he's done.... So... You have to look else where almost to where it went wrong. Like Dev Patel (Zuko) is an Oscar nominated actor =/
Between Maple's hilarious roasts and Arianna's distorted faces I have to say this is my favorite reaction to this turd on youtube
I agree. One of the big problems with this movie is that it's not even bad in a fun way, and Maple and Arianna managed to make it entertaining. I think they were too preoccupied with the movie not following the exact plot beats of the show (it's a movie of less than 2 hours, so things were going to have to be rewritten), when the real issue is that it didn't even try to capture its spirit, but they were fun to watch and were in no way too harsh overall. It was stupid to try to cram an entire season into a single movie, but they still could've done a much better job. The show is fun and humorous, with real human warmth and actual character development. This movie is lusterless, clumsy, rushed and boring. The characters all lack depth and personality, and their interactions are stiff and inauthentic. The only believable emotions portrayed are angst and anger, and that quickly gets old.
Saw your comment before the video. Skipped around and every time I did Arianna had disgust on her face, lul.
Perfect quote from maple. "I can't believe they did this to me". We all feel it lol
Y’all are so brave for watching this 😂
They and anyone else who reacted to this movie on TH-cam deserves a Medal of Honor.
😂 they have to . . . It’s part of the initiation
At least they get some kind of monetary return for watching this and posting it to patron and YT. We paid to watch this shit and got nothing to show for it.
frfr
OMG idk y it'sso funny watching them so MAD. the end they say aang is prouting and he did it when they say that. hahahahahah and so mad!!! so funny
I can totally see Arianna sitting in the movie theater, arms folded and sour-faced the whole time.😂😂😂
Edit: Whoa. This vid keeps on giving. These comments are GOLD!!!
Watching this was so cathartic. Imagine seeing this in the theaters opening day, no warning that you were about to watch the most horrific adaptation in cinema history.
Man, I wish I had to imagine that, unfortunately though I'm stuck remembering it.
@@emptynight4861 Same man, same. We need some Earth Kingdom brainwashing to forget that experience.
"the most horrific adaptation in cinema history" so you didn't see Dragon Ball Evolution and Death Note?! xD
Omg. I can't even imagine how hard this was to childhood fans.
1:32 "I wonder how they're gonna make Sokka funny and not make it lame" - well they go in the exact opposite direction...
...make him not funny but make it lame. 😂😂🤣🤣
Boomerang?
@@thedarkemissarykappa chickpow!
Maple's pure disgust at the outdoor dirt sweeping cracked me up
That is the funniest part of this reaction to me. She sees it and it's like her brain breaks. 🤣😂🤣😂💀
“I can feel your anger, it gives you focus... makes you strong.”
I will never watch this abomination from start to finish but their reactions alone must be enough to warrant a view!
Anybody’s reaction to this absolute pile of filth movie on TH-cam should be enough to warrant a view just to see how godawful it is.
The only reason I’m putting myself through hell is to see their reaction
There are scenes in this where the actors were so obviously uncomfortable with the scene, it just hurt to watch.
This movie is still holds the funniest moment in my life. I remember My girlfriend and I were fans of the show, and we did the whole double date thing with our mutual friend who never watched the show and his girlfriend who was also a fan. At the end of the movie, with no context, our friend goes "Wasn't that bad. I liked it."
The LOOK that girl gave him was out of some sort of anime where you could just feel murder and blood in the air lmfao. I swear, I'll be 80 years old and remember that look of pure vitriolic hatred for her boyfriend in her eyes forever lol
As I watched them become fans of the animated series, i just think Arianna and Maple are so so brave for sitting through this and feeling all of our feels all over again for us. Thank you so much Diegesis for getting this so right.
M. Night's career was never the same after making this film....
A small penance for the way he changed the lives of every fan that saw it. 😢
Good! 😤😁 Man needs to know what he did
@@brianroman4114he thinks it went over our heads
@@waldoman7 That makes the most sense. It would also explain the crew not doing anything to stop it. You think other people were too afraid to go against his wishes?
@@brianroman4114 no idea. I am just referencing his responses to the movie bombing
@@waldoman7 no way he said that haha
"My name is katara. I'm the only waterbender left in the southern water tribe. I collect rocks, am lactose intolerant, and my blood type is B-. I'm escorting the avatar around and he is learning the elements. You are an antagonist. "
Did anybody else lose their shit and start laughing, just by the look in their faces in the thumbnail?? They look like someone stole their very childhood happiness, with them watching. This is one of three movies that I wish I could take back and never have seen (well almost - ANYTHING from Shyamalan is in that category).
I think watching this Abomination did steal a bit of them.
here
Iroh just stands there and listening to Zhao's plan of shanking the moon spirit and then attempts to act mad when he did what he said he was gonna do lmao
HELP i can't breathe LOL
The intro "are we gonna say It?" just set the tone of the whole reaction and i'm dying.
Imagine convincing your parents to rent this movie when it came out so they can be exposed to a beautiful story that you enjoyed and then just... this... Me. I've been there... 😭😵
i feel so bad for you lol. I've been there and then felt like i blew my chance of my parents ever liking the thing i tried to show them
@@Diegesis 100%. They were very unimpressed. 😂
This movie has brought so much joy to my life. I love watching reactors’ faces to see the exact moment their hearts break, realizing what was made of their beloved show.
Oh you sadist... 😏 Right there with you girl
‘The monks named me Ong..’
“No they didn’t. No they didn’t..”🤣
All of my feelings of disgust and shock as a kid watching this came flooding back. Im so sorry you decided to go down this path.
I’m so sorry 😢 🥺
I feel so sorry that you guys had to witness that 😭
To quote that fish from the SpongeBob 2004 movie: MY EYES!!!!
Right from “Who’s gonna say it? Are you gonna say it?”, I knew this was gonna be a banger 😂
You’re reference of the director playing telephone is spot on. That made my day. Thank you.
While I appreciate their sacrifice for our entertainment how far into the movie did they ask themselves are the views worth it.
We paused 8 minutes in 😭
@@MapleDivineImpressive! I would've guessed 30 seconds, lol.
Best part is it will probably not do well views wise haha
You underestimate the sadistic nature of everyone who suffered this tragedy. It's therapy to see other people suffer through it too@@Diegesis
@@Diegesisnah watching people who *get* the show suffer through this is the only acceptable way any of us will watch it. It's like roasting a movie with friends, we enjoy the cringe when others are cringing too. What's the phrase, misery loves company? Also the Mad World piano motif coming in made me fucking cry laughing in the middle of this sushi restaurant.
“Some of the b roll is really good”-Maple
Pretty much encapsulates everything you need to know
We never got a King Bumi 😔 but…that’s probably a good thing. Who knows what they would’ve done to my boy!
“ The monks named me Ong “ YOUR NOT ONG YOUR AANG BRO 😭😭
This gets me very excited for the rest of their show reactions. I died laughing at the "Moon's Power" edit at 31:40
"THIS IS NOT BIBLICALLY CORRECT" I felt that
8:50 "I also deeply apologize for all the multiple times I mispronounced Uncle's name, because THAT made me so angry."
I think you mean ungry
Maple's theory on how M Night was the last guy on the line of the telephone game was the funniest yet most accurate description of this movie. If this video was released on the DVD commentary, it would actually make this movie worth watching. You ladies had some of the best zingers to properly describe all the inaccuracies. #ThisisnotmyAppa
This movie is purely a fun watch to completely deconstruct all of the bad decisions that were made.
Like at 19:38 he has his glider with him, but in the show he didn't because while he WANTED to fly to get the medicine quicker, there was a storm and if he had flown, he would've gotten struck by lightning, so he opted to run instead. It was a great touch to keep him from flying away whenever he wanted to
"the monks named me ong"
With no hesitation whatsoever
"No they didn't"
I watched it soon after it came out, I ignored the warnings because I was a kid and was super excited… I’d never been that disappointed before in my life. My dad liked it tho. Y’all should check out the reactions from the premiere, not one good thing was said by the fans that saw it.
Omg I didn't know that was a thing, idk if I could take the pain I'm sure they all felt
On this film's opening day some fans were interviewed after the movie to get their thoughts on it. The ripped into it.
A dude even said "I should have gone and seen Twilight". And the worst part is I can't help but agree because at least Twilight is sometimes enjoyably bad.
Yikes! Can't wait 😅😂😂 I still don't get how he fumbled so hard with all the great material he had to work with just sitting there!!
This is still my favorite to gift out for birthdays and Christmas and the like. The look on people’s faces when they open it up is priceless.
Maple's comment about Aang needing to have a joyous, hopeful personality was insightful and so on-point. The great journey of Aang to full avatarhood hinged on that, and its deconstruction and reconstruction. Turning him into a bland bore absolutely robbed him of that character arc.
The way my heart dropped when I saw this thumbnail
I’m so sorry you had to go through this 🙏🏾🤧
23:04
I think the guys at Rifftrax said it best: "HOLY MOTHER OF UNINTENTIONAL COMEDY!!"
Do you think her handmaidens were snickering when they did up her hair like that?
And if she needs a trim, does she call a barber or a mohel?
I have high hopes for the Netflix adaptation. Nothing could be worse than this.
The person who played Princess Yue, Seychelle Gabriel, voiced Asami in Korra
Idk if you guys noticed but there’s no kyoshi warriors in this movie because shamalamadingdong felt like they weren’t important
if you look up who katara's actresses billionaire family is, it'll give you a clearer picture of how she got mis cast for this role.
Maple's, John Wick moment. "They took....(AHHHH!) They took it away from MEEEeee!!!😡🤬😤" 🤌😂😂😂
"Can some one just do it again" and "who has the rights? Can we just redo this" is now such iconic terms for the new live action lolol
And even with hindsights, Netflix still hilariously can't figure out how to get its live-action treatment right. Might as well just redo it again and again and again...
The actress Seychelle Gabriel, who plays Princess Yue, has a half French, half Mexican father and an Italian mother.
"Pillowpets got it better" had me dying
I never every wanted to hug any reactors more than I wanted to hug Arianna and Maple just now and tell them, that it'll be okay. Shared thrauma I guess.
27:44 they are actually doing a live action series of avatar!! It’s going to be great you can see the cast pictures
So some production info got leaked from a crew member of this film years later who said that the actress playing Katara had a relative who was one of the financial backers of this film who put pressure to cast her so they had to cast her brother as white too. Jessie McCartney was cast as Zuko but M.Night is not an idiot and was one of the few people in the casting pointing out that its asian story and they cast three white people as the lead (the actor playing Aang is also white) so they basically told him he can cast the villains however he wants and as an Indian man chose to have the fire nation be played entirely by Middle Eastern and South Asian actors. Some have suggested this might also be because he did the film because his daughters were fans and he wanted to have Azula, Ty Lee and Mai be played by three South Asian actors for his daughter to see themselves on screen with them being a close nit group of girls. That dose not excuse a bunch of other stuff but that at least is admirable even if it means he made a film where the evil country is entirely darker skinned then the other characters
You are asking the right questions. All of us who loved the show, hated the blatant disrespect to the original content. But remember… There is no movie in Ba Sing Se.
I don’t know whose idea it was to even shorten a whole season filled with important character building and plot points to THIS. They really cut out everything that made the show beautiful and compelling and interesting. It’s truly a testament to M Night’s talent to make such a viscerally horrific film that is both audibly and visually the equivalent to nails on chalkboard. And that’s the nicest I could possibly be. This show has been my favorite since it originally aired. I have enjoyed so many reactors falling in love with it the way I did and it almost always culminates in them reaching this moment. They HAVE to know. It’s a canon event and I can’t interfere.
Apparently M. Night intentionally it down to 90 minutes because of his own personal preference for how long a movie "should be." Fucking criminal.
The way both of their commentary kept the other laughing 😭😭 I love y’all’s chemistry! 😭😭
The worst part was that my parents took me to the premier, my as* was hyped and emotional just for me to become confused then bored and eventually fall asleep an hour into the movie. I woke up during zuko and aangs final battle, this is a core memory for me about disappointment.
28:49 funny enough, he doesn't. This is the first time movie Zuko has met movie Kitara. There battle has had no build up because neither of them have had any battles!
"Did they even watch the show!?!?!"
No. Don't think they did 😂
Appa is nightmare fuel in this film
Some say he’s still sweeping the dirt to this very day.
Guy sweeping the dirt is the best part of the movie somehow
[cue circling lamp]
There is no "The Last Airbender" movie.
Here we are safe.
Here we are free.
[cue circling lamp]
Maple saying "They did my man so dirty!!" made me both laugh and die a little inside.
Funny thing; in the German sub of the series it's actually pronounced like "Oong" and "Eroh" 😂
As a huge Twilight fan and Jasper lover growing up as a kid, I was APPALLED at Sokka's casting choice when the trailers came out
There are no words.
The good thing is that there will be an animated movie by the og creators releasing in October 2025 that follows the Gaang. I hope it gets a theatrical release here, that would make me so happy.
If it were even partially just the fandom being unfair because it wasn't quite what we wanted from a live-action adaptation then that would be one thing, there are plenty of animated shows that haven't been quite the same when moved to live-action - but EVERYONE who watches this has the same experience by the end, even people who go in ignoring the fans and attempting to have optimism ALL come out at the end feeling deflated, disappointed and honestly a little broken. every. single. time. Its not just a criminally bad adaptation, its just a straight up bad movie.
I was an 11 year old child! Filled with joy and excitement to see this and begged my father to take us. And i, a mere simple brain child wanting to walk out by 30 minutes into it. But was to scared to say anything and suffered
Something to note: this abomination was the introduction to the Avatar universe for MANY people. As a result, it made it nearly impossible at the time to introduce new people to the show, I remember basically pleading with people to foeget they ever saw this and PLEASE give the show a chance because the movie absolutely butchered it, but they already had a bad taste in their mouth. Avatar coming to Netflix is the only reason it had a resurgence, I had to stream it illegally whenever I wanted to watch it, so introducing it to anyone was nearly impossible if you didn't own the dvds.
The teaser for this movie is what actually introduced me to the series. Avatar: The Last Airbender is by far one of my favorite tv show. I was so excited for the movie. This was season 8 Game of Thrones bad.
Just so you know, there's a pre-amble video with M. Night Shamelyan where it's the explanation of why he took on the role of show runner/director.. basically because "his daughter saw it" and wanted him to do it, but he obvious gave 0 shits - and it showed 10 minutes lying through his teeth while DiMartino and Kaneuztko were so thrilled and excited to have such a big name director involved for this movie.. you could tell even before it was made that it was going to be bad
This was such a gift, I laughed so hard I cried in the first 10 minutes. Thank you
I watched this in theaters with some friends. Not even 10 minutes into it we could see it was going to be trash. Some people started leaving but my friends and I decided to stay to experience how bad it truly was. That was an experience I tell you.
okay I saw this when I was 14 in theaters. I knew it was going to be bad from the trailer, but my dad insisted. I actually fell asleep watching from the "saving" the earth benders to when they get to the northern water tribe. I was so... appalled and flabbergasted at how they changed the story and left so many things out that were important to the story and later books. But watching you guys react to this definitely gets subscribe, cause I relate so hard and ya'll are hilarious with the roasting.
Ah yes, my favorite characters:
*looks at smudged writing on hand*
Ung, Soak-a, Eeroh, Uvuhtar, and Agni Kee.
The best thing about this movie is the actress for Yue being cast in Korra.
1 minute and 20 seconds in... the expressions on their faces... "It's gonna be ok".... LOL!!!!
I'm sorry y'all had to watch this but I'm so glad I got to see your reactions😂. I was so hurt in the theatre 😭
You guys hit the nail on the head almost immediately. Its not that the movie is so bad per se, its that it is so DISRESPECTFUL to one of the best and mosy beloved tv shows of all time. You dont have to completely retell the exact story, but you also didnt have to shit all over it. Great reaction as always guys, props for having the courage to sit through it
People may hate this film more because it is disrespectful, but it is, no question, objectively BAD. Horrible pacing, voiceover narration explaining every major plot point instead of showing them, dialogue so bad it makes George Lucas look like Shakespeare (his dialogue is clunky, but at least it makes sense), flat acting (the 3 leads feel like they're in a high school play), zero character dimension, and even with a few nice effects, there is no life in the visuals. Even the bending action feels static. Frankly, it's one of the most boring "adventure" movies I've ever seen. I am a fan of a lot of M. Night Shyamalan's work, even a few of his more ridiculed suspense movies, but this is a perfect storm of awful creative choices, whether they were his or the studio's.
That said, somehow the soundtrack is beautiful. My theory is that James Newton Howard watched the show for inspiration, rather than footage from this movie.
Katera NO! - Also, I always thought of the end that the Coi fish used Ang for revenge since Aang didn't have control of the Avatar state. He couldn't even go into it on his own yet.
Your reaction to the coming Netflix avatar adaptation is directly under this video and the difference in the thumbnails are hilarious 😂😂
Oh this reaction was great! Maple and Arianna really brought their A game with this roast.
21:42 No shot you just threw in a MESHUGGAH meme 🤣🤣🤣
The running joke in the fandom is that the Ember island play was more accurate than this lmaooo
Also: We all know there is so much wrong with this that I could go on forever, but the earth kingdom scene felt especially egregious because Katara was beginning to show her leadership and how resourceful she is on her own, and they just took it away to give it to aang for such a crappy scene instead? smh
Also also, the girl who played Yue was actually of native ancestry and she voiced a character in the sequel show Legend of Korra so they actually got that small part right lmao
I needed a laugh..I'm so glad i playlisted this reaction 😂😂😂
Oh thank you ladies, y'all saw the full movie so I never had to. I don't know what cracked me up more, Maple saying " did they even watch the show?!?" Or Ariana saying " who knows? We wouldn't even know what an angry Aang looks like cause you haven't given us fun Aang!" You both summed up the whole reason fans always hated this abomination. And a lot of em never saw it.
I didn’t realize just how bad it would be but I whipped out the squishmallow to squeeze the cringe out of my soul.. (it’s not enough)
I salute you two for Sacrificing your time to watch this movie and make content for us!
"I feel like I'm being gaslit about the things I saw in the show" is the best way to describe this thing.
It's really funny to see people REALLY excited to watch this movie that they're smiling and giddy before it starts and then the look of ultimate soul crushing torture as they have to sit through it and endure because they are filming a reaction. LOL.
I FEEL your pain Maple and Arianna. I really do. I personally felt like Darth Shyamalan was Force crushing my insides and just VERY SLOWLY sucking my soul right out. Kind like wanting to like yourself but you were completely tied up with nothing close enough. Not even able to bite off your own tongue because you were gagged.
Right there at the beginning, when they couldn't even match the opening narration, you knew they put zero effort into this.