everything you have heard about this movie is true.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

If you liked the show at all this movie is terrible...just terrible

The Last Airbender is still a poetic masterpiece if you focus on picture, effects and music. Man's relation to nature and all of that. Beutiful.

If you are like me, you hate watching a kid's movie and then walk away scratching your head. This movie has that potential.I liked the movie in spite of its short comings. I have not seen the Avatar cartoon, which may be why I over rate this as compared to die-hard cartoon fans. I have been a big fan of the early RPGs until my PS-1 died.The world consists of a number of spirits which create harmony (moon spirit, dragon spirit etc.). Mankind in divided into four nations, each of which controls one of the 4 elements, water and Earth, Wind & Fire. Each element has its own spirit too. Each Nation has people who can control their specific element. The are called "benders." There is one person, and only one person in all the world who can control all 4 elements, that is the Avatar. The Avatar spirit always lives and is passed on, or reincarnated in every generation.In this movie, the Avatar originated from the Air Bender nation. However, he didn't want to be an Avatar because of the self sacrifice so he ran away before he could learn all of his skills and powers. He ended up encased in a block of ice in the southern world, only to be "rescued" a 100 years later. During that 100 years, the Fire Nation and their machines have taken over the planet. They symbolically represent civilization destroying the planet and ruining the harmony of nature. The Air Bender must learn to master the other 3 elements in order to become a complete Avatar. This is his quest in the movie. Once he does that he can save the planet from the Fire Nation. He is capable of going into a deep trance and talks to the dragon spirit for advice.Now to make this movie slightly more complicated there is friction within the Fire Nation. The king has disowned his son (a Fire Bender played by Dev Patel, who was a good guy and bad actor in "Slumdog Millionaire" now is simply bad all around.) The son is tasked to bring the would-be Avatar to the king to prove his worth. At the same time, the evil fire general, (Noah Ringer, who is great on Comedy Central but stinks in Air Bender) is trying to bring back the Avatar also.The acting wasn't solid. The script is filled with holes.

This movie did not do the series any justice whatsoever. The director ought to be incredibly disappointed in himself for really screwing this up. The movie looks like he just glanced over the first book and wrote his way! I mean, seriously, if you plan to do a live-action adaptation of a highly watched kids show with a huge fanbase of all ages, then at least use the original voice actors. When the rumors were rendered true before the movie came out, I was excited, as any fan would be, for it to come out. My sister and I, both of us big fans of the series, went to the midnight showing of this and left feeling like our time and money had been wasted. Mr. M. Night Shamalayn, shame on you for this travesty. Next time, at least consult the show's creators on the movie script so you don't anger them or the fanbase the show has. The entire fanbase was and is disgusted with your movie. It is so bad, it does not even deserve it's title or a single star. The cast chosen for the film weren't bad, it was the story they played out that was horrible. There aren't even enough words for me to fully express how bad this movie absolutely sucked. Don't watch the movie ever!