The Last Airbender

he wont stop making movies as long as he thinks he's the best gift to movie making ever.

ive been saying for YEARS he's totally shite. but only now ppl listen.

i hope to the gods that this ruins his career.

lol at him.

The movie actually made 57 million dollars over the weekend

But then again, watch Transformers 2 and then start to wonder how on earth that cluster fuck of a movie made 836,297,228 dollars worldwide.

Yeah, wrap your mind around that.

He also had a budget of ~280 mil

I think he's done

we can only hope that word of mouth on how bad it is will stop people from going to see it. i want it to bomb so hard.

  On 7/5/2010 at 2:52 PM, Fishtank said:

He also had a budget of ~280 mil

I think he's done

I keep seeing sites that say the budget was 150 million dollars?

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lastairbender.htm

a guy i know met shalymamyamnan in a book store. said he was a total asshole.

  On 7/5/2010 at 4:44 PM, Squee said:

  On 7/5/2010 at 2:52 PM, Fishtank said:

He also had a budget of ~280 mil

I think he's done

 

I keep seeing sites that say the budget was 150 million dollars?

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lastairbender.htm

I think the 280m figure also included marketing and other costs.

My question is, is this bad enough to watch? The happening was pretty amazing for what it was and there's nothing more enjoyable than when Mark Whalberg completely phones in a performance. This just looks boring-bad.

from the comments on that review

  Quote

M. Night has us all fooled. He doesn't want us to watch movies. He wants us to watch his career. The setup is all there: brilliant director creates a name for himself and subsequently destroys it. His career IS the movie, and we're living the twist. He is a true visionary and performance artist willing to live through shame and dishonor to bring us the most authentic biopic of all time.

  On 7/5/2010 at 2:29 PM, Squee said:

The movie actually made 57 million dollars over the weekend

 

But then again, watch Transformers 2 and then start to wonder how on earth that cluster fuck of a movie made 836,297,228 dollars worldwide.

 

Yeah, wrap your mind around that.

Because, as shitty as TF2 was of a movie, it had a popular, world-wide franchise attached to it - so regardless of how bad it was, it will ALWAYS appeal to the Transformers fan/little kid who likes Transformers.

Avatar: The Last Airbender was a mediocre cartoon, turned into a shitty live-action movie. What was more pathetic was they dropped the "Avatar:" part for fear of being confused with the other blockbuster movie with a similar title.

Should have left the Avatar: bit just to loop in unsuspecting fools who don't bother to pay attention to the marquees and ticket stubs. Probably would have made twice as much as it has already on that basis alone

  On 7/6/2010 at 9:10 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 7/5/2010 at 2:29 PM, Squee said:

The movie actually made 57 million dollars over the weekend

 

But then again, watch Transformers 2 and then start to wonder how on earth that cluster fuck of a movie made 836,297,228 dollars worldwide.

 

Yeah, wrap your mind around that.

 

Because, as shitty as TF2 was of a movie, it had a popular, world-wide franchise attached to it - so regardless of how bad it was, it will ALWAYS appeal to the Transformers fan/little kid who likes Transformers.

 

Avatar: The Last Airbender was a mediocre cartoon, turned into a shitty live-action movie. What was more pathetic was they dropped the "Avatar:" part for fear of being confused with the other blockbuster movie with a similar title.

 

Should have left the Avatar: bit just to loop in unsuspecting fools who don't bother to pay attention to the marquees and ticket stubs. Probably would have made twice as much as it has already on that basis alone

Yeah, but they were probably afraid of James Cameron just like every other reasonable person on Earth is. I'm telling you, the man is insane.

  On 7/6/2010 at 10:07 PM, Squee said:

  On 7/6/2010 at 9:10 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 7/5/2010 at 2:29 PM, Squee said:

The movie actually made 57 million dollars over the weekend

 

But then again, watch Transformers 2 and then start to wonder how on earth that cluster fuck of a movie made 836,297,228 dollars worldwide.

 

Yeah, wrap your mind around that.

 

Because, as shitty as TF2 was of a movie, it had a popular, world-wide franchise attached to it - so regardless of how bad it was, it will ALWAYS appeal to the Transformers fan/little kid who likes Transformers.

 

Avatar: The Last Airbender was a mediocre cartoon, turned into a shitty live-action movie. What was more pathetic was they dropped the "Avatar:" part for fear of being confused with the other blockbuster movie with a similar title.

 

Should have left the Avatar: bit just to loop in unsuspecting fools who don't bother to pay attention to the marquees and ticket stubs. Probably would have made twice as much as it has already on that basis alone

 

Yeah, but they were probably afraid of James Cameron just like every other reasonable person on Earth is. I'm telling you, the man is insane.

Well, to be fair, the Avatar cartoon (2005-2008) was out long before Cameron's box-office onanism was even announced (screenplay writing was undertaken in 2006)...

Holy shit, the Wiki page for the cartoon says this is the first movie in a planned trilogy - I would be shocked if they a) made a sequel and b) Shamalamadingdong was allowed to direct/produce it.

  On 7/6/2010 at 10:29 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 7/6/2010 at 10:07 PM, Squee said:

  On 7/6/2010 at 9:10 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 7/5/2010 at 2:29 PM, Squee said:

The movie actually made 57 million dollars over the weekend

 

But then again, watch Transformers 2 and then start to wonder how on earth that cluster fuck of a movie made 836,297,228 dollars worldwide.

 

Yeah, wrap your mind around that.

 

Because, as shitty as TF2 was of a movie, it had a popular, world-wide franchise attached to it - so regardless of how bad it was, it will ALWAYS appeal to the Transformers fan/little kid who likes Transformers.

 

Avatar: The Last Airbender was a mediocre cartoon, turned into a shitty live-action movie. What was more pathetic was they dropped the "Avatar:" part for fear of being confused with the other blockbuster movie with a similar title.

 

Should have left the Avatar: bit just to loop in unsuspecting fools who don't bother to pay attention to the marquees and ticket stubs. Probably would have made twice as much as it has already on that basis alone

 

Yeah, but they were probably afraid of James Cameron just like every other reasonable person on Earth is. I'm telling you, the man is insane.

 

Well, to be fair, the Avatar cartoon (2005-2008) was out long before Cameron's box-office onanism was even announced (screenplay writing was undertaken in 2006)...

 

Holy shit, the Wiki page for the cartoon says this is the first movie in a planned trilogy - I would be shocked if they a) made a sequel and b) Shamalamadingdong was allowed to direct/produce it.

But one could argue that Avatar was written draft version in 1997 after titanic, and Mr Cameron had to wait for the technology to be made

it all depends on the next weekend drop. it'll probably be around 60% minimum because of all the bad word-of-mouth, so don't expect it to break 100 million at the box-office.

can this be any worse than the one where werewolves come out of the fucking swimming pool?

Whatever. if you were 7 this would be THE. SHIT.

I watched the new cam for shits and giggles.. the acting is every bit as bad as people are saying... cant believe I'm saying this but the acting is worse than the happening... the fucking happening?? that was really the title of that movie dear god.. anyway yeah this movie will still be really fun for kids... buut this much money spent on a movie with acting and writing below disney/syfy movie standards?..

I don't think we can just say oh its a kids movie its okay that it lacks quality, I think we have all learned that they can make movies that appeal just as much to kids while retaining a level of writing/acting quality that doesn't make the parents face fucking palm.

Besides really after all of m night shamallallammninoon's criticism for his recent movies its very fucking obvious he was not just trying to phone in a kids movie... this was really him trying to make a comeback critically acclaimed epic, dark adaptation of a celebrated anime series... its unbelievable how bad the acting and writing is considering all of this.

not to say I was amazed with the cinematography or CGI or anything... but the acting and writing in this film make everything else look a lot better

I like how he passes off what has been written about his movies as "something you read on google" like a machine just generated it.

And now the fucker's working on the second part OF A TRILOGY

  On 7/26/2010 at 5:50 PM, patternoverlap said:

I like how he passes off what has been written about his movies as "something you read on google" like a machine just generated it.

Yes, it is quite amusing that he is delusional and so deep in denial.

  On 7/26/2010 at 6:24 PM, Brandi_B said:

  On 7/26/2010 at 5:50 PM, patternoverlap said:

I like how he passes off what has been written about his movies as "something you read on google" like a machine just generated it.

 

 

Yes, it is quite amusing that he is delusional and so deep in denial.

Hey, he's getting paid - I'm sure that softens the blow quite a bit for him. Artist. Pffft.

I took this pick in the NYC subway walkway between the 7 train and the A train platforms at 42nd st.

I've seen these posters arranges in this way in other subway stations, too.

Seems like the not-so-subliminal advertising didn't really work to well...

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