So I guess the days of waiting for the Super Bowl to be over and then scouring the internet for the film spots are done. Earlier today we dropped the Sunday spot for "Shutter Island," and now the big game clip for M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender" has hit the web.
We've been fairly low-key on this movie, largely because it seems like a generic, CGI action orgy for kids. That said, the clip isn't half bad, as far as these kinds of films go. But then again, aside from your standard "you are the last hope for mankind" voiceover, there is no dialogue, which besides the ludicrous plot, was a major dealbreaker in Shyamalan's embarrassing "The Happening."
"The Last Airbender" opens on July 2nd and seems to be one of the few tentpoles not in 3D this summer.
2/04/2010
'The Last Airbender' Super Bowl Spot
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With the way the camera zooms in on the action and back out, makes it look like 300, but for kids.
I'll see it. Looks really good.
The cartoon was very well-respected and admired by both critics and fans. It won numerous awards and last time I checked was watched by people both old and young (from my 5-year-old nephew to my 53-year-old mother) that being said, I HATe when people refer to it as "M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender"." This has been a HUGE source if debate and people cannot stand the fact that he and/or the studio continue to place his name before the title. It seems egotistical and almost like he's trying to take credit for something that isn't really his.
@ScorpTO Better than calling something "Bram Stoker's Dracula" or "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" and then deviating from the book. Calling it "M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender" leaves no doubt, for better or for worse, that it's been significantly altered from the source material. I'm a huge fam of the series, and I generally like Shyamalan's work (despite his legendary ego), so while there are doubts I remain cautiously optimistic.
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