It is said that this film is based on the American animated series of the same name (I have watched a lot of American dramas, but I have not seen the film), and the animation takes an average of seven months and millions of dollars per episode. , whether it is picture, action or plot, have been highly praised. However, after Paramount bought the copyright and changed it into a movie, it really couldn't be complimented. If there's one third feeling this movie gave me, it's that I'm not going to watch the original cartoon - even if it's as good as it's rumored to be.
The budget cost of 150 million and the huge amount of publicity of 130 million. Of course, the amount of banknotes is calculated in US dollars. This kind of production can be seen as a summer masterpiece. Paramount doesn't know if it understands that the quality itself is not good enough or what. It insisted on putting the schedule of this film together with "Twilight Saga 3", and the final revenue was about 130 million box office, which is obviously a big loss.
The director of the film is M. Knight Shyamalan, who is still somewhat famous at present. This director made the acclaimed and popular "The Sixth Sense" in 1999, and later also made such popular films as "The Signs of the Sky". It's a pity that one is not as good as one, but Shyamalan always likes to make some suspense films that he thinks have unexpected endings. Who knows that after reading Ou Henry's novels a lot, he will also guess the ending. Finally, in "Mysterious Village" After the box office fell short of expectations and parted ways with Disney, Shyamalan fell to the bottom of his career with "Banshee" and was considered to be the end of his career.
Well, after all the background, let's talk about my feelings.
In fact, I always felt that North American film critics were too harsh, because a "Banshee" stereotyped Shyamalan, so that the films he made later were not bad, and they were habitually denied. When I think of watching "The Sixth Sense" ten years ago, I feel as amazing as "The Seven Deadly Sins". When I watched his "Death to the Top" the year before last, it was as if I had been deceived. I didn't understand that it could also be called a movie, but I just thought it was a mistake by Shyamalan. It wasn't until I watched The Last Airbender today that I understood how honest North American film critics are.
The film plagiarizes Chinese Tai Chi, martial arts and the Five Elements from beginning to end, but it is titled "Oriental Elements". Most of the characters in the original book are Asian, but in the film, the positive characters are white people, and the negative characters are people of color. - Typical racism. And the cast selection is really ugly.
I always thought that some summer blockbusters just looked at the special effects, the script was almost second, and unfortunately "The Last Airbender" was a mess in both aspects. Many special effects in the film are inexplicably done, and scenes that are completely unnecessary have to be made abruptly. The plot is full of loopholes, and the audience is almost regarded as a creature like a flea with a single-digit IQ; even more ridiculous is that the film starts from scratch. The pale lines in the tail are filled with mysteries from time to time, which is really hard to swallow.
Paramount deliberately designed an open ending, obviously wanting to make a sequel. It is said that the beginning of the design is to make a trilogy like "Pirates of the Caribbean", but it is estimated that such a box office will not be considered in the short term.
When it was released in China some time ago, the title of the film was changed to "The Last Airbender". In fact, I think it is far less good than "The Last Airbender" - the last time I was angry with the "ancestor" (original animation series), and this is also my story. The last time I watched M. Knight Shyamalan's movie - it turns out that he is not Jiang Lang, and there is no "Jiang Lang" at all. That "Sixth Sense" is just his shit luck nothing more
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