The Last Airbender
U; Family/Action
Dir: M Night Shyamalan
Cast: Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Cliff Curtis, Jackson Rathbone
Rating: *



What's it about: It's a story I am fairly familiar with, being conversant with the original animated series that aired on TV not too long ago.
About Aang (Ringer), the last in the line of the Avatars of the Air Nomads, he's a 112-year-old Dalai Lama of sorts who was put in deep freeze and hence retains his 12-year-old appearance. He is found by members of the Southern Water Tribe, a brother-sister duo named Sokka (Rathbone)u00a0u00a0 and Katara (Peltz). And while Aang can bend air in the beginning, he has yet to learn to bend the other elementsu00a0-- earth, water and fireu00a0-- to his will, like the Avatars before him.
On his trail, is Prince Zuko (Patel) of the Fire Kingdom, exiled until he brings in Aang to his father, Fire Lord Ozai, who is hellbent on world domination.

What's hot: The special effects are the only reason to catch this film. Knowing how difficult it is to actually bring an animated series to a live action medium, it would be safe to say that the VFX team, the costume department saved this film from total damnation.