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WeGotThisCoverdJul 3, 2010
Twilight is going to dominate the box office
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Its also going to dominate your vagina.
drex8Jul 3, 2010
Unfortunately, yes.
wontstoptalkingJul 3, 2010
I didn't want Transformers 2 to be good.
I wanted this to be good...really good...which makes it harder.
doshindudeJul 3, 2010
Weird Al can do no wrong. The man has spoken.
mkriss5681Jul 3, 2010
The true crime is Weird Al only got to make one movie and it was awesome.
sugarazorJul 3, 2010
He's writing and directing a new movie for Cartoon Network.
creationismlolJul 3, 2010
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/819164/
pentayJul 3, 2010
Wait. I just realized that the movie industry just gave us twilight and The Last Failboner as our 4th of July weekend super weekend. Where is the crazy Will Smith movie or some other action blockbuster?
clouds31Jul 3, 2010
In West Philadelphia born and raised.......
spandiaJul 3, 2010
Knight and Day is a good action movie. Tom Cruise is a badass the only problem is that sometimes Cameron Diaz talks.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
The only problem is that you have to see it after having a frontal lobotomy to enjoy it.
therealricoJul 3, 2010
I never understood the summer blockbuster, especially July fourth weekend. This is the weekend of the B's beer, bbq, boobs, bikini's beaches, boats, movie theater doesn't start with B!
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
But blockb....
oh, never mind.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Will Smith is starring in the District 9 sequel next year, titled:
District 10: Welcome to Earf
drex8Jul 3, 2010
Independence Day was probably one of the best 4th of July weekend movie ever.
bosuuJul 3, 2010
Transformers 2 performed amazingly well at the box office. Airbender is going to be one of the biggest flops of the year.
rujtuJul 3, 2010
Why do you think it's going to be a big flop? I used to have big arguments with my friends (20-somethings) that loved Transformers 2, even though it was crap, just because they grew up watching the cartoon, and they enjoyed seeing their old favs in real life versions.
Here we have another terrible film that the critics hate, and here we have another film based on a cartoon show that is popular. Sure, many adults who loved the series won't pay to see the movie, but I bet tons of kids will. Kids have no other options this weekend other than Toy Story 3, which most kids have already seen (judging by parents I know), and Shrek Forever, which most kids have already seen.
betauserJul 3, 2010
Yeah, but pretty much everyone i've talked to with kids said that they hated it (the kids and the parents). While die hards might have enjoyed Transformers 2, die hards are NOT feeling this movie at all.
Then there's the review sites that are just tearing M Knight a new one. The outrage of some people after having spent money to see this in the theaters is rising to a dangerous level. I fear for this man's safety.
devsingh1359Jul 3, 2010
If there's one thing the two movies have in common, it's crapping all over our beloved franchises
langfordJul 3, 2010
No kidding. It's really not complicated to understand that when people want to see their favorite shows put into movies, they want to see their favorite shows put into movies, and not some new re-imagining of it. It's pretty exploitive and insulting to make something totally different, and then advertise it like the familiar material just to get backsides in the theater seats. It's like messing up cooking something that would have tasted good raw.
choobusJul 3, 2010
I saw The Last Airbender during a midnight premiere. I am a huge fan of the cartoon, and I had high hopes. Well, the Last Airbender was by far the worst film ive ever seen. It made Pluto Nash and The Happening look like oscar winning films. The Last Airbender is a terrible pile of cat feces
basalcellbosskJul 3, 2010
How dare you insult cat feces.
trolleyfanJul 3, 2010
So basically, it's "M. Night Shyamalan’s 'Pluto Nash'"?
choobusJul 3, 2010
It made pluto nash look good. The Last Airbender has literally nothing good about it. The fights suck, the actors suck, and the script sucks. Worst of all, all of the humor of the cartoon has been lost. This is the worst movie ever made
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Agree. If they inserted Scrappy Doo and Jar-jar making smart ass comments the script would only have been improved.
Really, just the worst movie on every level. Even the CGI looked bored.
3nder99Jul 3, 2010
You know its bad when people think Jar Jar would improve it.
blackinthmiddleJul 3, 2010
I went to the movies yesterday with a friend and she was thinking about The Last AirBender. I told her I'd go home instead. Really, there weren't any really worthwhile movies to see. Anyway, we saw Knight and Day, which was silly, but whatever.
sowhat5828Jul 3, 2010
cool story bro
skyjis6Jul 3, 2010
I'm sure
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Iron Man 2 was our only hope of a good movie this year, and well.....damn.
devsingh1359Jul 3, 2010
Toy Story 3 >>>>> Iron Man 2
gregatron5000Jul 3, 2010
I completely agree. And Iron Man 2 was good.
jacksrentonJul 3, 2010
Once again a Christopher Nolan movie is going to outshine Iron Man. This time around it will be Inception, you mark my words. :-D
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
I am entirely with you on that.
rubenzJul 3, 2010
As much as I liked The Dark Knight, I actually prefer Iron Man. 2008 was a good year for the superhero genre.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Still have Expendables and Machete in August for action.
I have low (but fun) expectations for both movies so I'm hoping that one of them becomes a classic.
twwixJul 3, 2010
TRON: Legacy, motherf**ker!
jacksrentonJul 3, 2010
Christmas!
speedsteamboatJul 3, 2010
Say Toy Story 3 last night... wow. It was incredible. Easily the best Rated-G film I've ever seen.
If you loved or even liked the first two movies when you were a kid then TS3 is 100% for you. If that doesn't apply to you I'd still recommend it. It's awesome.
The 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes is totally earned.
ferrellJul 3, 2010
Rotten Tomatoes = 8%
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_airbender/
therusherJul 3, 2010
Aww, it's was at 4% last time I checked.
slippehJul 3, 2010
To be fair Grown Ups was at 8% too, and that movie was hilarious. But SMH at this Last Airbender.. holy mother of pearl
homercles337Jul 3, 2010
To be fair, anyone that says Grown Ups was hilarious has automatically relinquished all credibility.
slippehJul 4, 2010
Hah, if I am 12 years old you're still in the womb. Sorry for having a sense of humour, kid.
archfiendJul 4, 2010
Wait, are you proposing that a movie has done its job if it entertains you? That it doesn't necessarily have to be quality to be considered "good"?
My mind has been blown.
/I enjoyed Grown Ups as well
//Quality filmmaking? No. Entertaining for the duration? Yes.
///slashies!
foodlespaneJul 5, 2010
Seeing "slippeh's" "funny" comeback, it's no wonder he has bad taste in movies.
3nder99Jul 3, 2010
LOL it got beat by Jonah Hex!!
slicky803Jul 3, 2010
At least Transformers gave us Megan Fox.
Last Airbender gives us nothing. Terrible film. I fell asleep multiple times.
hotbert73Jul 3, 2010
liar!!!!
basalcellbosskJul 3, 2010
People may go to see Airbender because they have nothing better to do. Parents with kids who haven't read the reviews. Which will mean scads of money going toward Shyamalan and extending his reign of crapitude even further, even in the face of this latest s**tfest.
I wouldn't mind the guy making crappy movies if it wasn't for the fact that he personally thinks he is a genius and that everything he writes is pure gold, which by all accounts he does.
speedsteamboatJul 3, 2010
I'd hope that parents with kids and nothing better to do would take them to Toy Story 3, which also happens to be good.
kjsatzJul 3, 2010
I bet they've already seen it.
Not that I'd mind watching it again.
joest23Jul 3, 2010
I saw the film and it was a travesty. The story was disjointed, the action scenes were copied from 300 (Remember that scene in 300 where King Leonidas walks through the battlefield killing everyone and slow motion highlights every kill? That is used about 5 times in this film), the acting was horrific, the 3D was dark and blurry because it was converted after it was filmed, they mispronounced EVERY character's name from the show, the character's personalities drastically changed from the show...
It was horrible. M. Night. Shamalamadingdong shouldn't direct any more movies after this. Ever.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
At least T2's effects were pretty good. You are correct that the Air Blender looked crappy. We saw it in 2D and it was digitally choppy when they panned. It looked really low budget.
joest23Jul 3, 2010
Transformers and Transformers 2 effects were incredible. At least it had that going for it. This had nothing good about it.
speedsteamboatJul 3, 2010
Pretty good? Transformers 2's "effects" are an inscrutable, disorienting form of eye rape as far as I can tell. I'd compare it to placing your face directly against the side of a blender loaded with tin cans and silverware then turning it on to the highest setting. Nothing awesome about the headache it gave me either.
People say that T2 had "effects", but I'd argue there is, in fact, a difference between effects and "CGI clusterf**k."
frostekJul 3, 2010
Agreed - the effects in Transformers were extremely hit and miss.
blackinthmiddleJul 3, 2010
Dugg for M. Night Shamalamadingdong.
brainsquirrelJul 3, 2010
Dugg for beating me to the punch.
betauserJul 3, 2010
Geez, speedboat! I think you need to get some help, my friend ;)
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
So, when is Armond White going to give this movie a glowing review?
maxxusflamusJul 3, 2010
I keep checking just to see if he writes anything
sacrabosJul 3, 2010
When they can scrape up enough cash from the box office to pay him for it? I'm sure even he has standards.
elgatoseptimoJul 3, 2010
No. No he doesn't.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
"ARMOND WHITE: Agrees with the Tomatometer 52% of the time."
He flips a coin to decide whether he'll like a movie or not. It saves time from having to, you know, watch it.
boo3710Jul 3, 2010
Last Airbender looked like s**t from the trailer. I don't know why people were looking forward to it.
blackinthmiddleJul 3, 2010
To start with, a lot of kids (including mine) watch the t.v. show. I'm sure 75% of the people going are fans of the show and their parents.
betauserJul 3, 2010
I don't watch the show, but generally like these types of movies. The trailer peaked my interest. Fortunately, for me at least, I decided to read some reviews before I coughed up the cash to go see it.
rodgere1Jul 3, 2010
How does M. Night Shyamalan keep getting jobs?
brandonb90Jul 3, 2010
"Unbreakable" and "The Sixth Sense'' is how.
rodgere1Jul 3, 2010
OK, but he hasn't had a good movie since!
brandonb90Jul 3, 2010
But there's always that tiiiiiiny little hope that he can pull it off again.
3nder99Jul 3, 2010
Erase Unbreakable and you are right.
betauserJul 3, 2010
Unbreakable was good right up until the time where the "twist" was that they were freakin' superheroes. Not that I hate superheroes, but the plot twist there was cheesy and contrived.
The village was the same way. It was a bit slow, but the whole atmosphere at least created some suspense that "something is lurking over there". Then when you find out that it's just some strange cult that has been living in a forest reserve the whole time, well, let's just say that i wanted to punch someone (preferrably Knight himself) in the face.
speedsteamboatJul 3, 2010
Seriously, his career has been the very definition of a downhill slide.
I can even prove this with a graph:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/m_night_shyamalan/
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Given the overwhelmingly s**tty reviews I wouldnt expect it to do very well beyond week 1, when everyone who sees it warns all of their friends to avoid it like the Plague on fire.
At least TF2 had some entertainment, maybe if The Last Airbender had fighting space robots it would do better
mkriss5681Jul 3, 2010
M. Night Shyamalan should just make an Unbreakable sequel
sugarazorJul 3, 2010
After Airbender, The Happening and Lady in the Water, I think he should just leave well enough alone.
jasondorseyJul 4, 2010
yep, there will be a second and a third
sugarazorJul 3, 2010
Transformers 2 was a sequel to a very successful, mostly well-received movie. I thought Transformers 1 was awful, but most people seemed to enjoy it and naturally rushed to the theater for the sequel, which turned out to be the cinematic equivalent of small pox. Now, if Transformers 3 does even better than 2, then we'll have a problem.
The Last Airbender is an untested movie franchise, helmed by a director that's gotten progressively worse with every movie he's made (Unbreakable being the exception to the rule), has been universally panned by critics, it has to open against Twilight (which would've broken the opening weekend record if it opened on Friday), and still faces tough competition from Toy Story 3 for the G-PG family demographic. Transformers 2 made $108 million in its opening weekend, I'd be shocked if Last Airbender makes half that.
diceauJul 4, 2010
Honestly while there was a lot of garbage in Transformers 2, I love the actual transformers in the movie so much (the way they move/fight/talk/...everything) I really don't pay to see the movie for a story or anything. Hell, just make a whole movie of epic fights with a tiny amount of plot to allow for cool one liners and I'll be there!
and
SPLOSIONSSSSS!!!!!
showofdethJul 3, 2010
How you could possibley compare transformers 2, which did everything it says on the tin and more (then megan fox in hotpants giggity) to the last airbellend, directed by a guy whos best film was 6th sense (even that was s**te) i don't effing know. Atleast transformers 2 had giant fighting robots and s**t blowing up! Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
subductionJul 3, 2010
Is English your native language?
showofdethJul 4, 2010
lol Do you feel better after that? Did it make you feel like a big boy? Hm? Awwww bless you gimpy ickle cotton socks. But yeah, check you out being a little poof online, eh. All big and s**t lol. Daddy never loved you right? Or daddy's grammar wasn't upto much so you're venting? Is that it, softlad? Are you venting?
subductionJul 4, 2010
So that's a no?
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Thats just how Transformer 2 fans speak.
kaegroJul 3, 2010
I liked it.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Gotta love Digg. digg people down just for liking something you probably haven't seen yet because hating is the cool thing to do.
commodorecrunchJul 4, 2010
You don't have to eat a peanut butter and s**t sandwich to know it will suck. This had "FAIL" written all over it
co7926Jul 3, 2010
I went into the movie with some friends after reading all the bad reviews, so I lowered my expectations and was generally just going to enjoy the visuals (although they are nothing special). I ended up not too displeased with the movie. Of course this could also be because I have not watched the show, though I might look it up on the internet now.
betauserJul 3, 2010
While I didn't digg you down Kaegro, it takes guts to admit to finding pleasure in something so craptastic, i think your score may be from people thinking you are a troll because you said you like this abomination of the visible light spectrum.
autokadJul 3, 2010
i enjoyed transformers 2, it had a lot of redeeming qualities. Airbender, had none.
sugarazorJul 3, 2010
Really? What redeeming qualities? Megan Fox in jean shorts, which you can see on every other site on the internet? Decent special effects that still don't redeem an otherwise terrible movie and will look incredibly dated in about a decade?
pabloriveraJul 3, 2010
I think special fx have gotten to the point where if they do improve, no one will really be able to notice.
sugarazorJul 4, 2010
I think people said the same thing when Jurassic Park came out.
subductionJul 3, 2010
The Last Airbender makes Transformers 2 look like Citizen Kane.
ryebryeJul 3, 2010
Unbreakable and 6th sense were obviously flukes.
3nder99Jul 3, 2010
Nah, he just had Bruce Willis to keep the script going and teach everyone how to act. If Willis hadn't taken Haley Joel Osmond under his wing in the Sixth Sense, Shymalan would be a nobody.
wipisJul 3, 2010
I've been looking forward to The Last Airbender. I liked the cartoon a lot. The jokes were cheesy but it followed a large epic story arch without to much sidetracking. The animation was good as well as the concept and sequences. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
betauserJul 3, 2010
Don't do it. Another person said the same thing about going to see the movie just to see how bad it was. Knowing that it was total garbage, they still regretted the decision.
It's been over 3 hours since you posted this. I pray that it's not too late for your soul.
wipisJul 4, 2010
I'm not going to watch it to support the movie. I just want to see it. Like that awful DragonBall movie. I didn't say anything about paying to see it.
willthewayJul 3, 2010
Granted that I have yet to watch the TV series, but I didn't hate this movie. Transformers 2 I hated. I won't call The Last Airbender a good movie, but it did make me want to see the TV show since the movie set up a lot of cool things but didn't deliver on it. This movie is probably in the same realm as Spiderman 3 was for me.
bronxelfJul 3, 2010
Watch the series.
You can then more fully appreciate the travesty that is the film.
willthewayJul 4, 2010
Just finished watching the first episode. I am beginning to understand. The characters are WAY better in the show.
mrzaikoJul 3, 2010
The acting KILLED it for me
jasondorseyJul 4, 2010
It is based on a Nickelodeon cartoon
brainboy7777Jul 3, 2010
Avatar was great as a tv show. You really did not need to make it into a movie and I'm sure Viacom would have made more money by just leaving it as a cult tv show. After all, it seems $150 million in production and another 100 million or so in advertising seem for naught
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
It was just a money garb.
It would have worked if...
1. it had been made many years after the show was over
2. it expanded on the story of the show.
this movie had no purpose and thus no soul and then on top of that was created by a soulless director.
dikkyJul 3, 2010
people go to transformers to see giant robots beating the s**t out of each other and thats what they got. there is the understanding that the movie wont be a dramatic masterpiece. the last airbender doesn't have this luxury
sugarazorJul 3, 2010
Sorry, that excuse got demolished in 2008 when Iron Man and Dark Knight showed audiences that an action movies don't have to be mindless schlock. I'm sure there was a way to make an entertaining Transformers movie without robots peeing on humans, trouncing through yards in the suburbs undetected, and a mom who asks her son if he was masturbating... oh and I almost forgot "Transformer Heaven."
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
dugg for failboner.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
dugg ofr failboner.
nicnik3Jul 3, 2010
i thought transformers 1 was good and transformers 2 sucked. maybe the last airbender 1 will suck and the second one will be amazing?!
i dont give a damn either way.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
I thought tf1 was better then it successor in that it was shorter and thus easier to bare and relatively inoffensive.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Seriously this july 4th weekend is seriously lacking in movies. But I think it will be Twilight at #1 and Toy Story 3 at #2, then Airbender, hopefully at # 3.
schrutefanJul 3, 2010
It made 16.6 million on Friday so it's likely to have a 55-60 million weekend. It should take a huge tumble next week hopefully.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
"It should take a huge tumble next week hopefully."
And hopefully so will the director.
offconstantlyJul 3, 2010
Nope...
moderntenshiJul 3, 2010
I'm just going to say it: The Last Airbender is what can happen when you demand that directors and screen writers follow the story of something too closely. I was surprised that Shyamalan followed the story as closely as he did, the problem was it all just felt like disjointed clips to some larger, grander movie. Then all that was done in by terrible acting, terrible action, terrible special effects (don't argue with me on this, they were bad), and yeah, it's all just terrible.
I haven't been a long time fan of the cartoon, having only started watching it about a week before the film came out (just started season 2 last night), but I am immensely impressed by the cartoon. I find it really sad when I see the action in the cartoon rivaling anything that was done in the film.
yage2006Jul 3, 2010
No not so much he took many liberties.
Also in the animated version they don't sit around talking about things they have done instead of doing them.
He thinks hes Tarantino or something but at least with QT it works well and has enough action to satisfy.
thewhitesheepJul 3, 2010
More like the next "Eragon".
zenmojoJul 3, 2010
Unfair. Twilight versus Last Airbender? We have to see where the future of filmmaking is going based on this battle?
Anyway, Shawshank Redemption did mediocre in the box office.
And talking about the last decade? Assassination of Jesse James, Serenity, Sunshine...sorry, but this war is already OVER.
tararizorJul 3, 2010
the twist is that its a movie
the4thaggieJul 3, 2010
Can we just purge this movie, ban this fool from making another movie, and redo? Surely someone can make a decent live-action TLAB movie.
libertyprimeJul 3, 2010
Plaster "In 3D" all over it and everyone will have a hard on to see it.
slyzxxJul 3, 2010
Cause everyone is saying its bad now i really wanna go watch it just to see how bad it is.
sw33n3yJul 3, 2010
you'll end up thinking it was okay.
eremite00Jul 3, 2010
It's hubris for not casting Asians in the lead roles of an Asian inspired setting. You suck Shyamalan!
frostekJul 3, 2010
Yeah - why couldn't they have used more Inuit actors too!
Like... um. You know.
eremite00Jul 4, 2010
You mean like Noah Ringer was a known name and was the "best" choice?
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
If that's the case, I hope io9 will write a review on it as hilarious as their Transformers 2 review: http://io9.com/5301898/michael-bay-finally-made-an-art-movie
This actually made me want to see that movie.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Regardless of whether is sucks or not, this movie will make money, and lots of it. Domestic + overseas + PPV + DVD + Bluray + digital = profit
betauserJul 3, 2010
It will become a cult classic. Just like "Plan 9 From Outer Space", people will gather to see it every year to relish in how horrible it was. They will recite every cheesy line and reenact every rediculous scene (better than the actors in the movie, btw).
At least that's what the studio is hoping for.
sindexJul 3, 2010
It's kind of killing me to hear MNS mangled Avatar and may have ruined my chances to see Toph kick ass in the second and third movies. The animated series is one of my favorite things to have ever been on TV. It's funny, cheesy, action-packed, freaking creeeeepy (the introduction to Ba Sing Se, the spirit in the sunken library), epic as hell and just a well crafted story.
Maybe it will make enough money that the studio makes the sequels, but moves MNS to "producer" rather than director?
I mean, lets face it Chris Columbus made a s**tty first Harry Potter movie and the subsequent directors have turned those into gold. (although to be fair, if reviews are to be believed even the bad first Harry Potter is like Gone with the Wind compared to TLAB).
yage2006Jul 3, 2010
Actually T2 is a work of art next to Airbender. At least they don't sit around talking about action instead of I dunno actually doing it?
goon540Jul 3, 2010
I think everyone is forgetting that Avatar is a Nickelodeon show. The critics may s**t on the movie, but good luck trying to convince your 9 year old son that he can't see his favorite cartoon on the big screen because Roger Ebert hated it... Shamawhatever has, without a doubt, been sucking as of late, but I have a horrible feeling that droves of little brats are gonna whine until daddy and mommy bring them to see their favorite Nickelodeon show in live action... frack.
frostekJul 3, 2010
M. Night Shyamalan's IMDB ratings - see how bad he is... oh wait.
The Sixth Sense - 8.2
Unbreakable 7.3
Signs - 6.9
The Village - 6.6
Lady in the Water - 5.8
The Happening - 5.2
Yeah, even the movie "The Happening" which you guys all like to rag on is still rated at average at worst. Perhaps you should face up to the fact that more people like his films than dislike them.