The Last Airbender

Many criticisms were given to this movie. It is an adaptation of a Nickelodeon animation series of the same name. For its followers, they might be disappointed with some elements of the movie. The acting needs to be polished due to the inexperience of its actors, Aang was not charismatic enough and so on.

I’m not a follower though. So, The Last Airbender is a new experience for me. This show is just the First Chapter of it. So, do expect a sequel/sequels of it.

It started a little bit slow for a reason; the background of The Last Airbender had to be adequately explained so that for first timer like me, the movie would make sense.

Scene after scene, we would be able to see the story ‘grew’. The actors’ inexperience was could be a mild distraction (Not to forget some distraction from an audience who seems to have a problem with his mucus… yak!). They could be seen soulless and nervous at times but I am willing to forgive those glitches when the movie reached its climax.

The first lesson from this series is that let your emotion flow like water. Let it flow… When Aang managed to control the water element, he didn’t use it to injure other. He couldn’t. So, he raised a big wave amplified by flowing emotion. From his face, we could see Aang was really hurt as he reminisced his past. His flaws in acting suddenly became a past. With the help of a soulful background rhyme, Aang finally touched the heart of the audience. Touché!

The climax was a satisfaction. With a cliffhanger ending, The Last Airbender began to drug the mind of the audience. As for me, I might just become a follower. How I wish I could bend air like Aang.