The Slam

One of the greatest failures of all time came recently in the form of a movie. The Last Airbender, directed by M Knight Shamylan, was maybe the worst movie of 2010. The movie seemed to fail in all areas and was extremely over hyped by the media. Most people expected the movie to impress and satisfy, but the majority were disappointed.
M Knight stunned film making after he created one of the greatest movies of the century, The Sixth Sense. After The Sixth Sense his movies slowly began to lose their edge. Lady in the Water and The Happening both received terrible reviews and the majority of people were very displeased. The Last Airbender seemed to be the directors recovery from his losing streak but once again he failed.
The Last Airbender is based on the first season of the Nickelodeon TV show Avatar. For the people that have seen this TV show you would notice that M Knight murdered almost every characters name. I was surprised that the director was able to ruin a fairly good TV serious in an area so small such as a characters name. The director furthered his quest of destruction by using a terrible cast and script to relay the characters portrayed in the television series. The lines spoken by the actors were extremely void and empty, but this was largely due to the terrible script.The graphics within the film were on average but the portrayal of the shows combat and action was disappointing.
Shamylan managed to do fairly well in transferring the plot to the big screen. He changed the ending of the series but it still shared the same message and meaning as the series. It may be quite difficult for any director to change a whole TV show season into a movie, and Shamylan showed that he could butcher the series well. I give the director credit for attempting this movie, but The Last Airbender was an incredible fail.