
I appreciate the visuals. I really do. The elements pit against each other have never looked so beautiful. And I bet they cost a lot. But it doesn't justify Shyamalan's eschewal of the anime's essential charm. Does Aang ever smile in Shyamalan's vision? Soka cracks maybe one lame joke. And much too much is made of his quickly fashioned and tragically lost dalliance with Princess Yue (the audience actually started to titter from boredom). And worst of all the film's final confrontation—which should have been a frighteningly destructive exhibition of the Avatar's wrath—is tamed to a threatening overhanging wave. So what? I wanted to see the destruction of the Fire Nation's fleet in a whirling vortex of elements. Instead I got the Hollow Man in the audience chiding, "This is how the franchise ends. With a whimper and not a bang."
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I'm amazed that people in Hollywood continue to give millions of dollars to Shyamalan -- the guy only had one good movie in him and that was The Sixth Sense. I loved that film and looked forward to subsequent outings. However, one disappointment followed another until now I just expect yet another crap film from him, and your review confirms same.
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