The Last Airbender (MOVIE / 2010)If you've been reading my other theatrical reviews you may have noticed that I have given Green Lights to all of the movies that I have seen in theater. A lot of this has to do with the fact that I choose to go see the movies I want to go see in theaters. I am not in any way paid to go see other movies that I would write unfavorably about. I have taken more chances on DVD, where I have handed out Yellows and Reds, but this my readers is the first review that I am handing out a RED LIGHT for a theatrical release. To even talk about M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender would be a disservice as it is truly awful. This is coming from someone who defended The Happening to a degree, and actually enjoyed Lady in the Water. You watch this movie and you wonder "who is this made for?" It jumps from plot point to plot point with little tying it together. My favorite moment comes when are heroes arrive in a new village and the narrator tell us that her brother and the princess become fast friends. That is how this movie deals with complex relationships and emotions, and in the end when sacrifices need to be made we as an audience don't care. I will say that the special effects and music were fantastic, but that just makes me wonder how all of this money got thrown at this script. M. Night had a chance to redeem himself with this film and it may become the last nail in the coffin.
Tyler Says: RED LIGHT
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