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Tony Toscano reviews “The Last Airbender”

The Last Airbender should have been one of the big movie events of the year. However in the hands of director M. Night Shyamalan, the film strays too far from the fun and adventure found in the animated series it was based on.

On the plus side the movie offers up some spectacular special effects but great visuals are not enough to sustain a film. You need a story and compelling characters, and “The Last Airbender” offers too little of each.

At 104 minutes, the film drags on like an awkward funeral procession, each step it takes becomes more and more laden and slow. The film would have fared better using less time on shots of the cast traveling and more time on action (as this IS an action film).

In any case The Last Airbender lost the audience somewhere about half way through its journey. It gets a C- and is rated PG.

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