This show is probably one of the most epic, action packed, and funniest TV shows I've seen in a long time. The characters are developed well, the action is awesome, the story is amazing, and the light hearted comedy is executed (for the most part) very well. It's one of Nickelodeons best. The gripes that I do have with the show mostly disappear after an episode or two. It definitely wasn't afraid to take risks for kids, like killing off some of the recurring characters, as well as some villains. The story is many people are born with bending powers, being able to bend water, earth, fire, and air. It's not even limited there, fire benders can also bend lightning if strong enough, earth benders can also bend space rock, and water benders can bend moisture in the air, as well as blood (That's when the story get's unbelievably dark). There was an Avatar as well, the only person to bend all four elements, but is only born with one, he/she will have to learn the other three. Anyways, a war started as the Fire Nation wanted to rule over all. So, when the Avatar is needed most, he vanished, and 100 years past, and a new Avatar is born and discovered by two funny and interesting characters, Sokka and Katara. The Avatar later discovers the Air nomads (The people he grew up with, as he was born an airbender) had been wiped out by the fire nation, and Katara and Sokka find out the Avatar, named Aang, only knows Airbending, and to end the war, he has to learn the other 3 elements, and then take down the fire lord, who's actually voiced by Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy. I watched every episode more than once, and I only found a few flaws. Firstly, the first season is not as good as the second and third season, as it doesn't take itself as seriously as it does later on, which is a disappointment. Secondly, where's season 4? Each season is named after an element, season 1 focuses on water, season 2 focuses on earth, and season 3 focuses on fire. I guess each season, the Avatar learns the element the season is called, but it was also a disappointment. Finally, Katara and Sokka discovered the Avatar frozen in a block of ice for 100 years, so how did he survive? I know, he went into the Avatar state before he went in the water and froze, but I just wished they would have explained it better. So, besides that, this is an excellent series. Every episode gets better and better as the series goes on. It's likable and great, definitely worthy of a watch, especially for children, as it will be a nostalgic memory for them in the future, like it is for me now.
5/5
Movie:
This movie sucks. It just sucks. No fan of the show thought this was good. The acting sucks, the characters aren't nearly as developed as the show's characters were, the editing sucks, and worst of all, things that had to take two or three seasons to resolve was resolved IN THE FIRST TWENTY MINUTES OF THE MOVIE!!!!!! That's not even the length of the first episode of the series! This movie was based off the first season of the series, the worst of the 3 seasons, and there was completely no comedy in the movie. That's what made the show so enjoyable, and not just a dark children's cartoon, and they left it out in the movie! WHY?!?! Well, to tell you the truth, there was some good things about the movie, even though there at a minority. First, the special effects were great, I'm not talking about the close up animals or anything, I'm talking about the scenery. The elements looked OK, but the scenic special effects added some atmosphere to the film. Secondly, there was two actors that didn't do god-awful. The first was Noah Ringer as Aang. He certainly did bad, but he didn't do horrible. The second person actually did OK, and that was Dev Patel as Zuko. He's a good actor on his own, as he was in Slumdog Millionaire, so it was obvious he wouldn't do to bad, and he didn't. It wasn't genuine Zuko from the series, but he did OK. Finally, the movie had a couple plot twists from the show that were decent. First of all, in the show, the Fire Nation wanted to capture the Avatar because he was the only thing that could defeat them, but in the movie, the Fire Nation wanted to capture the Avatar because the Avatar was the only way to interact with the spirit world, and the Fire Nation didn't want to live with the Spirit World. That was pretty cool. But that's still no excuse for this bad a movie. God, the movie even pronounces characters names wrong, the two I know of are Aang and Uncle Iroh. I think the worst thing was in the middle. In the show, Aang had to go through this huge journey that took up the entire episode just to find out he had to go to the Fire Nation to meet the Avatar before him as a ghost. In the show, they don't show ANY of the journey, Aang just said he met a dragon in the spirit world, got flown to the fire nation, and discovered he had to go to that temple in upcoming days. GAAAH!!! Why change something that was so awesome, it forced you to watch the rest of the series? Oh well, it's stupid to moan for this long, so let's wrap things up. I don't recommend this movie at all, it sucks, but I have to say one more thing. This won the infamous award for "Worst Picture" at the Golden Raspberry awards, but did it deserve it? No, there were two other films I know of in 2010 that were worse than this, the worst one actually being nominated for the same award! First, Titanic 2. That was WAY worse than this! But the worst of the year, which was nominated for Worst Picture to this film is Vampires Suck. That was one of the worst films I had ever seen. Even though this didn't deserve to win Worst Picture, it's still a horrible adaptation of an amazing children's cartoon.
1.5/5
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