The Last Airbender

A total embarrassment, that is what this half-a-movie should be to director M. Night Shyamalan.  He is a clear case of what happens when Hollywood and fame go to your head.

Horrendus acting, especially by newcomer Noah Ringer who with every line sounded like he was reading off cue cards. I hear tell he is to be in Cowboys & Aliens and sincerely hope that he has much improved.  Dev Patel played a conflicted bad guy, and having otherwise only seen him in Slumdog Millionaire this was quite the step down.  You could tell he was trying, but it was not enough.  Shyamalan also used a seriously painful diary monologue in the film, with lines such as "my brother and the princess became friends right away"; I know, I am gagging too.

At certain points in this movie I felt like I was watching the Neverending Story, with Falkor the luckdragon and Gmork, the giant black wolf-creature.  Weird.  Although one redeeming factor was the flying lemur bat.  I mean, who doesn't love flying lemur bats?