dog days of summer

Have seemed to arrived a bit early this year, no? Happy belated 4th of July, everyone. Went to the movies yesterday, and saw "The last air bender". Now, there was a good amount of controversy around the films casting, with the studio and shamalon saying that they were not "race-bending" but went for "the best actors". Quite frankly, their best sucked.

The film came off like some made for tv sci-fi flick at best and a fan-made film with good production graphics at worse. I have't been so disappointed in a film in ages, and I'm pretty easy to please, film wise. Yeah, I am a BIG fan of the show, and I know some of my disparagement stems from that, but not a lot of it. The bending was pathetically done. Think river-dance with rocks at the end for earth-benders.

I will say the kids that played Zuko and Sokka seemed good, given what their roles were, so was the northern princess, Suki. The kid that played Anng....no emotion, what-soever, and sloppy, jerky bending type moves for a lot of it. Kid can twirl a staff well though.

My conclusion? Shamalon should not be allowed to write, direct, and produce a movie. He should stay out of writing them, for sure. I'm not saying the actors sucked....since I've heard that the kid who's played Anng is a good actor....but what they were working with did.

And get the damn names right. But of course, some people might like the movie. So, go ahead, go see it. Just don't go to the 3d. that was a waste of money, with very little being in 3d. (including the bending)

In other news, I'm reading up a storm and watching a bunch of anime while slowly, like the speed of a glacier slowly, plotting where I'm going with my last chap of a fanfic that is taking too long, and how to present my "not the hero" story.

~Sprig