I have a very vivid memory of talking with a random lady in the theater as the credits rolled for this movie. My siblings and I were astounded by how bad it was but as children we had no idea how to identify how bad it was. The lady in front of us ended up asking us if the anime was better and we had to explain to her just how amazing the anime was when we realized this movie had been her introduction to the avatar franchise.
I saw an interview with M Night Shyamalan back when this movie was coming out. Apparently this movie was his idea, which he came up with because his daughter loved the show. He also said he changed the name pronunciations on purpose because he thought they sounded better that way.
Yeah, I was willing on taking a shot on the movie but then the earth bending came and that combination all for one rock to gracefully float in the air and I was done with it. Later I realized that that was an awful prison camp too, they’re were my boulders, STILL on the earth and able to be free at any time! And the fire bending looks good in forms but the whole thing where they need a source makes me feel the screenwriter (maybe Shamalan idk) never even watched the first episode diligently, cause Iroh literally says that the breath extends past the limbs and turns into their flame. It’s so awful! Still got to watch the netflix version, work’s been keeping me busy then I’ll catch your guys’ reactions on it!
You’re reaction to the Earth Benders moving that 1 rock was hilarious 😂 If we had to live through this horrible movie, you guys did too 🤣 I remember being so hyped to watch this and so disappointed when I actually did.
I had to watch this in two parts while doing my homework or household chores, because (genuinely, even with y’all’s disbelief and fun commentary) this movie just bores me to tears. I saw this movie in theaters with my sisters when I was in high school. We all love ATLA. We could all recognize just how crap this movie was, and we were the only ones in the theater, too. Now, after studying writing, literature, adaptations, etc., I love adaptations. I love seeing how they’re handled. This movie is even more of a train wreck than when I saw it the first time around to the point where it went from pure boredom to sheer awe. Iroh’s actor had some nice takes and showed genuine emotion at least, but hey, at least “the effects were decent.” 🙂
This is actually the first time in my life that I’ve gotten through that whole movie. Don’t think I would have made it through without you guys ridiculing it, that was just terrible. Horrendous.
This movie is awful, but the effects are decent. XD Very much like they said for the episode when the gang watched their own play.
Also, regarding the names… While it is correct that they’re mispronouncing it as they did in the show, the pronunciation they’re giving names like Iroh, Aang, and Sokka, are actually the correct way, making the show incorrect. I was never too bothered by it as a kid, except for when Mai came into the series, knowing it should be pronounced as “My” not “May.” XD
I’m going to watch this when I have more free time. It will acctually be the first time I watch the full movie. Back when this came out I was in highschool and me and a buddy went to go see it on free movie Tuesdays (where optimum customers got 2 free tickets a week on Tuesdays) we walked out of the theater and asked if we could exchange the free tickets for another movie and at first the guy behind the counter didn’t let us until we told him it was Avatar we went to see. He just gave a sad nod and then asked what other movie did we want to see. He said it was probably the biggest let down of his life and the biggest waste of money. So this will be the first time I acctually even watch it in full.
omg y’all need to see the deleted kyoshi warriors scene, its the worst thing ever and honestly i’m glad they deleted it lmao! suki was originally gonna be in it and she even got a poster of her own but they completely cut her out
Just one other comment. Live action ATLA movie, really had me intrigued to see this. And I think for a movie poster, it does look really cool. That’s likely what got me to go to theaters to see it. Probably the best part of the movie is the poster, and the trailer for the movie. It does make the movie look a lot more interesting than it is, and looks good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egQ79OrYCs
This was so fun to watch you guys see how bad this movie is. Like the fact you guys thought it was just a few people shitting on the movie and in the end you agree with all of us who said it is terrible. Like I don’t even know how this movie got funded it was that bad. Jumping everywhere every like 5 minutes, the characters voice acting is so monotone, the fact a majority of the names were so wrong, and the bending was ugh. I’m out of adjective at this point.
I’m here to experience the pain again. Let’s go! (Lol. If nothing else, this movie was fun to make fun of. Went to see in theatres. Can’t think of a worse waste of $10.)
Also, I’m glad this new Netflix show can redeem ATLA for live action. I just hope this movie is forgotten with time, or if not, I at least hope it no longer is people’s first experience to seeing the ATLA story. Animation would be best, but if the new Netflix LA series is what people see first, that’s acceptable… just not this movie.
Watching all of you rapidly descend into madness made rewatching this shitstorm worth it. My hatred somehow feels even more justified. One of my favorite things about this channel is how ya’ll try and give everything a fair chance. No amount of open-mindedness can save this garbage. Now that you have suffered, you are full-fledged ATLA fans.
I don’t know if you have seen it or not, but I think you guys should watch the abysmal Death Note live action on Netflix. It’s just as bad as this movie, if not worse.
No, I can’t recommend that movie. I tried to rewatch from another reactor, but I really just couldn’t watch it. I somehow have found ways to stay entertained through this reaction to this movie, but that movie for me is bad, but makes it boring being bad.
But maybe I could be wrong and somehow convince myself to sit through watching it.
Yay! You did it! I’m so proud of you for going through with watching this trash of a movie! Now you can finally erase it from your memories and never think about it again!
Also so the kid at the earth bender prison camp that you thought was a girl was Haru. The boy Katara befriended in the Imprisoned episode. Sadly enough, I don’t even blame you for not realizing it cause he did look like a girl and they never mentioned his name in the movie.
Another huge flaw that you didn’t bring up was that Aang (sorry Oong) said that as the Avatar, he can never have a family which is not true cause Avatar Roku had a wife. Also apparently in the movie you need tools for bending which makes no sense. Also Ozai doesn’t look intimidating at all. He doesn’t have his pointy beard or long hair or crown and he just looks bored. It’s like the actor knew he was acting in a shitty movie lol. Also Zuko’s hair was all wrong. He didn’t have his shaved head and high ponytail. I could go on and on with the amount of problems this movie had. Important thing is that again, you finally did it and I’m proud of you guys! Now you never have to watch it again!
its been a while since ive seen this movie and ive been waiting to see your guys reaction to how bad this movie is. While watching all i could think about is how did the Fire nation even take over anything? yes the villagers say they won then they lost because of the fire nations machines. All i could think of was ah yes there machines which they showed only once in the movie which did nothing.
I remember the first and last time I watched this movie was on a bootleg DVD at my dad’s place. The quality was so bad that it kind of shielded me, but watching it on bootleg didn’t hide the fact that this movie was just bad.
shyamalan did say in an interview that he wanted to pronounce the names “correctly” by giving them a more asian pronunciation, which i do get to some degree. but with that reasoning it does make me question some of the casting choices
This movie has a special place in my childhood, I remember watching it while I was sick and ended up being way more sick afterwards. I was throwing up all night, I thought I was going to die.
sounds about white
My biggest annoyance with this movie was how they altered the names. Also it felt rushed, it didn’t flow at all.
I have a very vivid memory of talking with a random lady in the theater as the credits rolled for this movie. My siblings and I were astounded by how bad it was but as children we had no idea how to identify how bad it was. The lady in front of us ended up asking us if the anime was better and we had to explain to her just how amazing the anime was when we realized this movie had been her introduction to the avatar franchise.
oh my god i HATE how Zuko BREATHES! he takes deep, gulping breaths every time he speaks just talk NORMALLY
hatred isnt a strong enough word for how i feel about this movie.
This best expresses how i feel.
https://youtu.be/MgV9vymLIdQ?si=ngIzj3nS93DQC-eI
Now watch Dragon ball evolution for another bad movie lol
Fun fact the actress for Yue here is the voice actress for Asami
I saw an interview with M Night Shyamalan back when this movie was coming out. Apparently this movie was his idea, which he came up with because his daughter loved the show. He also said he changed the name pronunciations on purpose because he thought they sounded better that way.
Yeah, I was willing on taking a shot on the movie but then the earth bending came and that combination all for one rock to gracefully float in the air and I was done with it. Later I realized that that was an awful prison camp too, they’re were my boulders, STILL on the earth and able to be free at any time! And the fire bending looks good in forms but the whole thing where they need a source makes me feel the screenwriter (maybe Shamalan idk) never even watched the first episode diligently, cause Iroh literally says that the breath extends past the limbs and turns into their flame. It’s so awful! Still got to watch the netflix version, work’s been keeping me busy then I’ll catch your guys’ reactions on it!
You’re reaction to the Earth Benders moving that 1 rock was hilarious 😂 If we had to live through this horrible movie, you guys did too 🤣 I remember being so hyped to watch this and so disappointed when I actually did.
I had to watch this in two parts while doing my homework or household chores, because (genuinely, even with y’all’s disbelief and fun commentary) this movie just bores me to tears. I saw this movie in theaters with my sisters when I was in high school. We all love ATLA. We could all recognize just how crap this movie was, and we were the only ones in the theater, too. Now, after studying writing, literature, adaptations, etc., I love adaptations. I love seeing how they’re handled. This movie is even more of a train wreck than when I saw it the first time around to the point where it went from pure boredom to sheer awe. Iroh’s actor had some nice takes and showed genuine emotion at least, but hey, at least “the effects were decent.” 🙂
the actor of yue in this movie is the voice actor for asami in korra
Well she had to redeem her self.
This is actually the first time in my life that I’ve gotten through that whole movie. Don’t think I would have made it through without you guys ridiculing it, that was just terrible. Horrendous.
This movie is awful, but the effects are decent. XD Very much like they said for the episode when the gang watched their own play.
Also, regarding the names… While it is correct that they’re mispronouncing it as they did in the show, the pronunciation they’re giving names like Iroh, Aang, and Sokka, are actually the correct way, making the show incorrect. I was never too bothered by it as a kid, except for when Mai came into the series, knowing it should be pronounced as “My” not “May.” XD
Now that you guys know an ATLA fan’s pain, the healing process can finally begin.
Oh man I was both dreading and looking forward to this day, it is technically a movie that’s for sure!
bro this movie was so wrong ):
I’m going to watch this when I have more free time. It will acctually be the first time I watch the full movie. Back when this came out I was in highschool and me and a buddy went to go see it on free movie Tuesdays (where optimum customers got 2 free tickets a week on Tuesdays) we walked out of the theater and asked if we could exchange the free tickets for another movie and at first the guy behind the counter didn’t let us until we told him it was Avatar we went to see. He just gave a sad nod and then asked what other movie did we want to see. He said it was probably the biggest let down of his life and the biggest waste of money. So this will be the first time I acctually even watch it in full.
the random 4 guys drowning zhao was the best scene in the movie
omg y’all need to see the deleted kyoshi warriors scene, its the worst thing ever and honestly i’m glad they deleted it lmao! suki was originally gonna be in it and she even got a poster of her own but they completely cut her out
Just one other comment. Live action ATLA movie, really had me intrigued to see this. And I think for a movie poster, it does look really cool. That’s likely what got me to go to theaters to see it. Probably the best part of the movie is the poster, and the trailer for the movie. It does make the movie look a lot more interesting than it is, and looks good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egQ79OrYCs
I just watched the trailer, you are so right. I would be interested in watching this. It is literally all the best parts of the movie, hahaha.
This was so fun to watch you guys see how bad this movie is. Like the fact you guys thought it was just a few people shitting on the movie and in the end you agree with all of us who said it is terrible. Like I don’t even know how this movie got funded it was that bad. Jumping everywhere every like 5 minutes, the characters voice acting is so monotone, the fact a majority of the names were so wrong, and the bending was ugh. I’m out of adjective at this point.
I’m here to experience the pain again. Let’s go! (Lol. If nothing else, this movie was fun to make fun of. Went to see in theatres. Can’t think of a worse waste of $10.)
Also, I’m glad this new Netflix show can redeem ATLA for live action. I just hope this movie is forgotten with time, or if not, I at least hope it no longer is people’s first experience to seeing the ATLA story. Animation would be best, but if the new Netflix LA series is what people see first, that’s acceptable… just not this movie.
At least you watched this in the best possible way: riffing on it with friends.
Also, if there’s one good that came out of this, it’s that Yue’s actor went on to play Asami in Korra.
Watching all of you rapidly descend into madness made rewatching this shitstorm worth it. My hatred somehow feels even more justified. One of my favorite things about this channel is how ya’ll try and give everything a fair chance. No amount of open-mindedness can save this garbage. Now that you have suffered, you are full-fledged ATLA fans.
I don’t know if you have seen it or not, but I think you guys should watch the abysmal Death Note live action on Netflix. It’s just as bad as this movie, if not worse.
No, I can’t recommend that movie. I tried to rewatch from another reactor, but I really just couldn’t watch it. I somehow have found ways to stay entertained through this reaction to this movie, but that movie for me is bad, but makes it boring being bad.
But maybe I could be wrong and somehow convince myself to sit through watching it.
We warned you guys, sorry for your 1 hour 40 minutes of torture.
Yay! You did it! I’m so proud of you for going through with watching this trash of a movie! Now you can finally erase it from your memories and never think about it again!
Also so the kid at the earth bender prison camp that you thought was a girl was Haru. The boy Katara befriended in the Imprisoned episode. Sadly enough, I don’t even blame you for not realizing it cause he did look like a girl and they never mentioned his name in the movie.
Another huge flaw that you didn’t bring up was that Aang (sorry Oong) said that as the Avatar, he can never have a family which is not true cause Avatar Roku had a wife. Also apparently in the movie you need tools for bending which makes no sense. Also Ozai doesn’t look intimidating at all. He doesn’t have his pointy beard or long hair or crown and he just looks bored. It’s like the actor knew he was acting in a shitty movie lol. Also Zuko’s hair was all wrong. He didn’t have his shaved head and high ponytail. I could go on and on with the amount of problems this movie had. Important thing is that again, you finally did it and I’m proud of you guys! Now you never have to watch it again!
Couldn’t agree more. I dont even know how this movie got funded in the first place like omg it’s so bad.
are u the ahvatarawng?
Confidence in this movie was lost so quickly after they pronounced iroh wrong lol
its been a while since ive seen this movie and ive been waiting to see your guys reaction to how bad this movie is. While watching all i could think about is how did the Fire nation even take over anything? yes the villagers say they won then they lost because of the fire nations machines. All i could think of was ah yes there machines which they showed only once in the movie which did nothing.
I clocked your time of death “from healthy riffing to no more hope” at about 30 minutes because I was thinking it just before you asked.
Also, Yue’s actress did go on to later voice Asami, so that’s a thing!
And as Sokka said in the “Emerald Island Players” episode after they left the theater…. “But the effects were decent.” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I laughed out loud when I read that Kathleen Kennedy was an executive producer on this film. lol That explains alot.
Dude, same
I loved your optimism, so sorry for your loss
I remember the first and last time I watched this movie was on a bootleg DVD at my dad’s place. The quality was so bad that it kind of shielded me, but watching it on bootleg didn’t hide the fact that this movie was just bad.
shyamalan did say in an interview that he wanted to pronounce the names “correctly” by giving them a more asian pronunciation, which i do get to some degree. but with that reasoning it does make me question some of the casting choices
I mean I just finished the og series might as well watch this before starting the Netflix one lol
ho boy lets me get a few cases of beers and lets get through this
i watched this in the theater… half of the people left. i also watched Dragonball Evolution
in theaters as well… i dont have a good track record
Same, went to the midnight release of them both too. Never again.
Hoo boy…
Good God You Must Hate Yourselves To Watch This Movie….This is Going Be So Funny
This movie has a special place in my childhood, I remember watching it while I was sick and ended up being way more sick afterwards. I was throwing up all night, I thought I was going to die.
I was hoping they wouldn’t see this ever.
I am sorry you had to see this.