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The progressively muddled storyline - coupled with the inclusion of a few decidedly underwhelming action sequences - slowly but surely transforms The Last Airbender into a lamentably tedious experience, and there's little doubt that the interminable build - up to the final confrontation results in as hopelessly anti-climactic an atmosphere as one can easily recall (with a noble sacrifice made by a periphery figure standing as the only reasonably compelling interlude within the movie's otherwise disastrous third act).

Wounded by the overwhelmingly baffled reaction to his tale of deadly pollen, and crippled by his growing reputation as an ultra-sensitive yet ham - fisted megalomaniac auteur, Shyamalan threw in the towel — trading his usual suspense for the generic CGI of The Last Airbender and After Earth — but it was too little too late.

Here's an awesome new movie still featuring Noah Ringer as Aang in the upcoming film «The Last Airbender», based on the hit Nickelodeon cartoon series «Avatar: The Last Airbender».

Afterwards, he played a starring (and regretable) role as Prince Zuko in M. Night Shymalan's The Last Airbender.

As Mashable reports, Split's $ 40.2 million opening puts it behind the openings of Shyamalan's top three performers: 2002's Signs ($ 60.1 million), 2004's The Village ($ 50.7 million), and 2010's The Last Airbender ($ 40.3 million).

In Signs, Bo is perpetually paranoid about contaminated water which later on — as it does in The Last Airbender — literally becomes weaponized.

As a television series on Nickelodeon, Avatar: The Last Airbender has gained a cult following of fans of all ages.

As for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, the decision to go 3 - D is a pretty surprising one, especially this late in the game.

As for a winner, I'll pick Last Airbender.

The icing on the cake was this year's Last Airbender, an adaptation of the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon — an adaptation so ill - received that in one online review, even the cartoon's hardcore fans, many dressed up as the characters, registered their seething hatred.

Still, I went into «The Last Airbender» with some apprehension, wondering how Night would handle the challenge of adapting a pre-existing property (Nickelodeon's «Avatar: The Last Airbender» cartoon series) for the first time, as well as making his first FX - driven epic fantasy.

Here are the results of the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, as well as exclusive clips from Harry Potter, Last Airbender, Scott Pilgrim and Eclipse.

The let - us - walk - you - through - this expository dialogue will be familiar to anyone who saw The Last Airbender — guess what it bodes when Cypher warns «I want to reiterate that your navi - band is our sole means of communication» — as will be the insistently yet unidentifiably British Empire accents (Kiwi?

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When fire wagers war on the three other nations hope looks to be lost, until the discovery of a young boy called Aang, he is thought to be the last known airbender, as Aang's skills develop he also discovers he is an Avatar and he can control all for elements.

Since stunning the world with the iconic twist ending to The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan has increasingly alienated viewers with big - budget misfires such as The Last Airbender and 2013's pitiful Jaden Smith vehicle After Earth.

Based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, this new film tells the story of four nations tied together by destiny as one of them wages a war against the other three.

Is this found - footage horror movie from director M. Night Shyamalan as epic as his previous movies like Signs, Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense, or is it a failure of The Last Airbender proportions?

Admittedly the bar has been greatly lowered when approaching any new film from M. Night Shyamalan, quondam wunderkind of cinema, whose SIXTH SENSE left us breathless with delight, and whose subsequent work left us more and more dismayed as the work deteriorated from the thoughtfully disturbing SIGNS, through the kitsch of THE VILLAGE, the silliness of THE HAPPENING, the self - indulgence of THE LADY IN THE WATER, THE LAST AIRBENDER, which left us gasping in shocked disbelief at its grandiose ineptitude, and finally the legendary disaster that was AFTER.EARTH, a film rumored to have been directed more by star Will Smith than by director - for - hire Shyamalan.

With the release of The Last Airbender this past weekend, M. Night Shyamalan has been taking a lot of flack for his work as a writer and director, with a lot of people essentially declaring his career to be dead.

The iBookstore remains reliably eclectic, with a heaping helping of kid - friendly titles (Avatar: The Last Airbender, My Little Pony) and some seriously adult titles (The Walking Dead, Blue Is the Warmest Color), as well as a mix of single - issue comics and graphic novels.

By Kyle Pinion Gene Luen Yang is the writer / artist of critically acclaimed graphic novels like American Born Chinese and Boxers & Saints, as well as the writer of Level Up, The Eternal Smile, and adaptations of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

The full list of game titles are: Avatar: The Last Airbender Back At The Barnyard Catscratch Danny Phantom El Tigre Invader Zim Jimmy Neutron My Life As A Teenage Robot Rocket Power Rocko's Modern Life Rugrats SpongeBob SquarePants Tak And The Power Of JUJU The Fairly OddParents (US only) The Ren & Stimpy Show The Wild Thornberrys

Avatar: The Last Airbender was another big story influence as well, similarly in terms of the lighthearted yet serious tone as well as some story elements themselves.

Fans of Nickelodeon's sequel series to Avatar: The Last Airbender rejoiced upon hearing the news that Platinum Games — renowned for titles such as Bayonetta, Vanquish and Metal Gear Rising — would be taking on the challenge of a true The Legend of Korra videogame.

If you have seen her as Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Catwoman from Batman: Arkham City, or The Ice Queen from Adventure Time, you will recognize her.