Summary
There is incomprehensible, and there is inexplicable, and then there is "The Last Airbender," M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon "Avatar: The Last Airbender." Not to be confused with James Cameron's tale of tree-hugging blue people, this saga revolves around (I think) a war-torn future world waiting for a messiah to unite it.
But the screenplay (also by Shyamalan) is cluttered with so much gobbledygook exposition and confusing action that it's impossible to grasp what's supposed to be going on for more than 15 seconds at a stretch. Who would have thought Shyamalan would come up with a movie that makes his "Lady in the Water" look positively sensible?See the full content of this document
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Review: Shyamalan's Efforts Hopelessly Scattered in 'Last Airbender'
Actually, this seems to be the inevitable trajectory of a tremendously talented filmmaker who at some point convinc...
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