I just got back from seeing "The Last Airbender" in theatres. Overall, I'd say the film was fairly good. Good action sequences, great score, decent casting, and for how much they had to cut out, they managed to do a decent job of trimming things down and mixing scenes together into an acceptable film adaptation. That isn't to say I'm without complaints, however. Some name and term pronounciations were annoying; ones that jumped out were "Aang" like "Ah-ng", "So-kah" instead of "Sokk-a", "Ee-roh" instead of "Eye-roh", and "Agni Ki" instead of "Agni Kai". Some cinematography was awkward, having the occasional sweeping shot where it's hard to make things out. The film's biggest problem, however, is that it has a bad start, chopping from one scene to another and cramming it with some pretty awkward exposition. Forgiving these complaints, though, it was still a pretty good adaptation, but I'd definately recommend the original series over this... in fact, it's probably best to see the actual series before seeing this film at all. If you haven't, things would probably come across as doubly contrived, which is probably why critics panned this. As a fan of the actual series, though, I give it a thumbs up.
