shiro_okami
Since: Apr, 2010
07/04/2010 00:00:00
Azula looks like she's going to sell me cookies, not kick my ass and make me enjoy it.
Azula looks like she's going to sell me cookies, not kick my ass and make me enjoy it.That line was Made Of Win, LOL.
ManwiththePlan
Since: Dec, 2009
07/05/2010 00:00:00
I'd like to defend Cliff Curtis as Ozai by pointing out that Ozai was never a Large Ham until the finale...in fact, Ozai didn't do much of anything until the finale. Cliff Curtis is no Mark Hamill, but that's to be expected. For what he was given, I think he did all right.
Phrederic
Since: Jun, 2009
07/06/2010 00:00:00
Yeah, but he seemed Affably Evil and I really don't think that works for Ozai. Not to mention he was plenty hammy in the early seasons, he just didn't have that many lines. He wasn't bad, he was just miscast. And why was Iroh middle-eastern if the Fire Nation was India?
"Whoa" Keanu Reeves
189.153.186.226
Since: Dec, 1969
07/06/2010 00:00:00
I fear I have the answer to that: "If you're Korean, wear a kimono. If you're from Belgium, wear lederhosen.”
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I'm not going to focus this review on how much of middle finger this was to the series. Even if a movie isn't an accurate adaptation it could still be an enjoyable movie, right? Well, that question will remain unanswered as this movie blew, it sucked, it was flawed in almost every respect. Alright here's one bitching that I haven't heard before, why did they go from Supernatural Martial Arts to Kung Fu Wizard, the martial arts were a Magical Gesture which...just bugs me! And Badass Decay for The Chick and The Smart Guy are expected, but for the main character too? And the exposition was so bad that only fans would get what's happening, but they'd hate it for the decay, so who's it marketed to?
First, the characters, Ang (I refuse to call him Aang) is probably the most boring actor of the bunch and his character arc is...to master his emotions? He doesn't have any emotions to master! The lead should not be dull, and his crowd raising speech was god-awful, he wasn't even hilariously bad just sleep worthy, and his stunts were ruined by the camera work.
Katara, ugh, The Chick, nothing more, her lines and acting were bad, but were overshadowed by Soka (He doesn't deserve the name Sokka). Yeah, she was completely superfluous to the story.
Soka was bad, he was really bad, obnoxious, dumb, aggravating, useless, annoying, arrogant, and a total dick hole. I wanted to kill him when he tried to be funny and laughed whenever he tried to be serious.
Iroh was kinda badass, but pointless.
Zuko was probably the third best acted part of the movie but, that ain't saying much. Dev Patel jumped from yelling angrily to speaking softly and quietly, which makes me think a lot of these guys aren't bad actors, just the direction was terrible.
Ozai was completely useless and probably the least imposing Evil Overlord I've ever seen, he looked like Zhao's less scary brother, not FIRELORD OZAI!!!, I don't know why he was there, not to mention, Azula looks like she's going to sell me cookies, not kick my ass and make me enjoy it.
Zhao was simply awesome though, Aasif was epic and seemed to be the only guy to actually use strategy, and if wasn't for his completely balls fighting abilities, he would've won.
All in all, terrible, but the effects were good!