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I always get so amazed this movie managed to take everything from the animated show and fundamentally misunderstand everything about what made it so great.

Multiple earthbenders: stomping and punching the air. Single rock: lazily floats by

As a kid, I remember I counted down from over 400 days for this movie. It was my first midnight premiere! I sat in that theater, so extremely excited with such high hopes. And when the movie ended, the entire theater stood up and booed. To this day, I've never experienced such unification in a crowd of strangers.

Every time I revisit this movie I just gain more respect for whoever cut and edited the trailer, cause somehow they made it actually look decent

Can we just appreciate the fact that they really found Aang, brought him back to their village, rescued him from the fire nation, and traveled with him all the way to the Southern Air Temple, all without knowing or asking him his name? How do you even carry on a conversation?

The scene where the group of earth benders move the rock is unintentionally one of the funniest things in modern film.

This entire movie was like watching a twisted version of the play in The Ember Island Players. And just a fun fact, there's a clip where Shyamalan was asked what went wrong with the movie. He said,"I really don't know. I thought it was wonderful." Not kidding.

My main issue with the movie is the bending. In the animated show the elements moved with the person. Every movement seemed to have a purpose and the elements responded to it. Like you could see the cause and effect. In the movie they just pull off a dance routine then the element does its thing. Not only does it make the fights ridiculously slow paced but it just looks comical.

Every single moment in this movie fails to land. It's... almost impressive.

When Zuko said “for a moment I had my honor back.” It really reminded me of the play from the cartoon show with the island actors. “What’s that over there? I think it’s your honor.”-Azula😂

23:13 That super-awkward "Yes." was the moment that I walked out of the theater. I've walked out of a movie maybe twice in my life. I just couldn't take it anymore. I had reached my limit and I was just done. The worst part though was that I was with a group of friends. But I was so disgusted as a fan that I didn't even say anything to anyone. They thought I had just gone to the bathroom, but I never came back XD (I apologized to them the next day though)

The only joy I get from this film is watching others suffer the same way that I did 😂

I'll never forget seeing this movie in the theater. After LITERALLY the very first line of dialog, my husband and I just both looked at each other, horrified, and asked "Do you want to leave?" But we decided to stay, lol.

People usually mention that it's a relief they didn't do book 2 because they would've also ruined Toph, but could you imagine what would happen if they tried to recreate the Leaves from The Vine moment???

The thing I always say when thinking about how this movie is rated is to try to imagine what it was like going to this movie opening day back in 2010. All of my nerdy college friends and I went to go see this movie opening day, 20 of us in total, because we were such big fans it'd been just over two years since the release of the last episode. Sitting there and seeing the intro bending got a rousing cheer from the audience, a packed theater...and then the narration hit. Now: no fault or hate towards the actress, and in full knowledge that the series does have Katara fully narrate an opening sequence, but how they were doing it quickly made the audience fall quiet. And from the moment we realized Sokka was going to be dour the entire movie, that's when we realized we thought we knew how bad the movie was going to be. And we were wrong. It was so much worse. There were the occasional chuckle or clap, but otherwise the theater was quiet with the sound of depressed boredom and disappointment. Outside, we were immediately making Ember Island Player jokes and ripping the movie to shreds, and getting home we stayed up and watched the first 4 episodes again, to clean the slate of that movie. Over that weekend, the nerdy corners of the internet lit up with dire warnings and analysis of why the movie was so bad. It was a more enjoyable time critiquing the movie than watching it.

I love how in one scene they try to keep the Firelords face hidden and be all mysterious but a couple of scenes before we saw him clear as day. They also couldn't have cast a less intimidating actor for him. Mark Hamills voice nailed it and even if he didn't look too intimidating the way his lines were delivered was just awesome.

She has finally gone through the rite of passage of all fans and it was gloriously enjoyable to watch

It's actually impressive how this movie is all exposition yet leaves everyone more confused

"That was... really bad." "But the effects were decent!" Avatar, predicting the reaction to this movie about 10 yearsbefore it aired.

I've never seen anyone react so calmly to this movie before.

omg no Natalie whoever told you to watch this movie wanted to torture you i feel so bad for you

For Iroh, who has been to the spirit world, to say "wow to meet a spirit would be a great honor," it hurts

The Last Airbender was a huge thing in me house. My kids Loved it. So much so. That I, my Mom (Grandma) and even my brother (uncle) all watched with them. We watched every episode and caught up with the ones we missed. We were glued to the TV for the Finale. So Awesome. Then the movie came out. So disappointing for all of us.

Cool fun fact: the actress portraying the Northern Water Tribe's Princess Yue is also the voice of a main, reoccurring character in all four seasons of The Legend of Korra. I still highly recommend you eventually watch that.

The most enjoyment I can get from this movie is when I can show it to other fans of the show and watch them quickly get that “what the hell am I watching?” face.

Now hopefully Natalie will watch Korra. A true palate cleanser after this movie lol.

I've watched multiple reactions to this atrocity, but it's just now that I realised that in this film, it's Sokka who attacks the ice to release the orb with Aang in it. Rather than Katara.

16:47 was literally: ma nam is ong, end am di ovoter. *Katara runs for no reason and pushes some fire solider* LEAF HEEM ALON😡

You're a brave soul, Natalie.

My favorite thing about reactors new to Avatar: The Last Airbender is watching their surprise at just how wonderful a show it is, and fall in love with it. My second most favorite thing is the evil glee at ‘how bad could the movie be?’ and watching them find out

My favorite thing in this movie is watching the extras while the benders are winding up whatever attack they're attempting. They genuinely look like video game enemies just repeating their animation in place until the character knocks them over. 🤣

This movie feels like you're sitting in a house of a random family you don't know and you're just watching them go about their boring lives but it's awkward because you know you're not even supposed to be there.

You're not alone Nat, this movie caused all of us physical pain

This is a great example of how actors are really just hostage to the director and editor's talent (or lack thereof), really makes you appreciate how impossibly hard film making is. Imagine being the studio people and seeing this sh*tshow form slowly over months and months with no choice but to release it...

I just growled out loud through gritted teeth when he introduced himself as “eero.” Christ, I forgot how much I abhored this movie.

Iroh in the show: Whatever you do to that spirit, I will unleash upon you tenfold!! Iroh in the movie: Zhao.. Don't

It’s almost like Shmyamlaman looked at Book 1 and thought “No way we’ll be able to fit all that in one movie! Let’s just pick about 5 episodes to build a script from.” But then they wrote the script and realized it was barely an hour, and instead of making any attempt to rewrite it they just drew out every single scene in whatever ways they could.

Out of everything I regret in my life, nothing will ever compete to watching this in the midnight release in full zuko cosplay. I have have never experienced a quieter exit at an end of a film. I didn't even bother waiting for pics and stuff. Everyone just hurried out.

It’s not even bad *butt that Iroh was “making fire out of nothing” 😭😭 like in the show, they already 𝒄𝒂𝒏 bend fire out of nothing. That’s part of what made them so powerful, because they didn’t need fire around them like earth benders need earth or water benders need water in order to bend. This movie was just like, “nah, I’ll make them way less intimidating” 🗿😭

I learned very recently that Jesse McCartney was originally cast as Zuko, before he was recast due to a massive amount of backlash. It, in fact, could have been worse.

I remember as a kid I was so hyped for this movie. My dad was open to taking me to see it cause he knew how excited I was. Even spent the money to get us 4D tickets which was a new idea at the time. btw, in 4D during scenes with water, literally felt like they were spraying the back of your leg with windex. Starting off with the names I was upset but thought “eh, things could be worse”. Oh boy was I right. My favorite show of all time subjugated to this. It was so clear nobody involved ever saw the show. It was the one and only time I watched the full movie and never will I again. Let’s pray these coming up ATLA projects, live action and animated, are not like this. Thankfully they have the og creators behind them tho.

This movie is incredible! And by that I mean that it's incredible that somehow, they managed to get EVERY single decision wrong. You'd think that somewhere along the way they'd accidentally make a right choice but, no.

Geez Natalie is so nice even when describing her idea for watching bad movies she says it so nicely and positive

I respect that she was trying her best to be open to this movie

Fun fact, the actress for Yue in this plays Asami in Legend of Korra, and she's like my favorite LoK character lol. I think she redeemed herself But not... Everything else

We need more “bad” movies with these funny edits lol. And hearing her say fish daddy was a mental flash bang 😂

Dang, wanted to see your reaction to the ridiculously pitiful rock chuck moment of the Earthbender scene. The one where a group of guys basically just dance and do nothing but pose and scream while another guy off camera lifts a rock in front of said camera and chucks it at someone. Also, the way they decided to shoot the Fire Lord, feels completely backwards. His first scene is just him showing up out of nowhere yet later shots try to make him seem mysterious and imposing. Like...we already saw him just walking around like a regular guy...any mystery you try to set after that is kind of already out the window. XD I've also heard that if you watch the movie at like 1.5 or 2 times speed it at least helps with the pacing of the fights. Also, kind of glad you didn't point out the p*nis hair at 24:27 - 24:30. Honestly has been one of the few times I haven't seen it being pointed at. XD

I love your reaction to everything. The only thing I'll mention is that when Aang switches from "I do, too," to "I still do," it's because in the first he's speaking as if he and Kiyoshi are separate people, and in the second he realizes that they are the same, so he still likes games, just as he did when he was Kiyoshi. Not that that excuses the movie's horribly awkward dialogue in any way

Man, finding myself saying "oh, thank God Natalie interrupted the reaction with a commercial" is a new experience.

I feel bad for the people who worked on the sets and costumes, they were the only things that felt right

Thank you for voicing all the ridiculous things that we were all yelling about in the theater twelve years ago.

It’s like the actors forget their lines and wait for someone to whisper it for them behind the camera during the dialogue pauses 😂

There is a single line in the entire movie that I would consider good: When Zhao gives Iroh condolences on his nephew burning to death. It is officially so formal and proper, while obviously being venomous and unneccisarily cruel, and clearly shows that he wants to taunt Iroh and is arrogant enough to think he can get away with it. It actually reveals a lot about his character, or rather, his character in the TV Show, where he actually has a character. But still, it provides some character building that just doesn't exist anywhere else.

I still remember watching this in the movie theaters with my brother. It was so awkward and painful to watch but we were just hoping it would get better and never did. The end with that awkward smile from the sister. Nobody clap awkward silence. Everybody just walked out knowing we lost our money lol

There is ONE thing this movie did better than the show, and that’s having Yue’s hair get its color back after her sacrifice. In the show, her hair stayed white.

You should watch Around the World in 80 Days mini-series (1989) with Pierce Brosnan. It's great!

Oh nooooo, why did you subject yourself to this abomination 😭😭

Atleast there is The Legend of Korra, which i hope you get to soon! i personally love that series so much like yes Last Airbender is iconic but i just cant describe how good korra is idc what people say its amazing

This movie caused me so much emotional pain I remember watching it theaters. 12 year old me was disappointed 😂

The worst part for me is they totally changed and butchered the scene where Zuko runs off with Aang into the wasteland without a plan and almost dies, but gets saved by Aang because Aang is a good person.

Natalie, didn't you notice in the series that fire benders always bended fire from nothing; but in this movie they need to draw the fire from a source.

I’m only 13 minutes into this and your facial expressions and your editor have made this movie so much better than the actual movie. This was truly something to behold lol

Condolences for having to sit through this travesty

I really hope Netflix uses these actors in the 3rd season of the live action show. Just imagine them as the Ember Island Players!

I think a dual watch of « Suicide Squad » and « _The_ Suicide Squad » would be a great experience. You could see how different two movies with the same base premise can be.

Here's my theory on M. Night: He's at his best with small casts in mundane domestic, or isolated settings. His characters are always deadpan, and in a slow-burn thriller/drama it works. The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, Split, even The Village - the characters don't know how to react to their situations, so their emotions are very restrained. That does NOT work with epic fantasy. He was about the worst choice to direct this disaster. I don't know how anyone could look at the filming dailies and think they could be salvaged. The only redeeming quality it has is the soundtrack - I have a theory that James Newton Howard was actually inspired by the show when he wrote these themes, because they are beautiful.

i love how during all this her dog is just trying to sleep there with her losing her shit. 🤣🤣

This was actually painful to watch, but also cathartic bc I know everyone here will get it and be just as pained as I am

To talk about the future of this series, there are 3 animated theatrical films planned. The first one will follow Aang, Katara, Zuko and Sokka as young adults and is set to release in 2024. Netflix also has a live action TV show with a massive budget that's set to release it's first season of 8 episodes early next year. So, you might have something to react to sooner than you think :p

“Are you the AW-VUH-TAR ONNG” Lmao

the funniest moment is when katara just *pushes* that prison guard in the weakest way possible, then few seconds later 10 earthbenders be doing a whole 30 minute dance workout routine for a slow ass little rock 😂😂

Nickelodeon actually announced a whole division called Avatar Studios which is being led by the original creators. They are planning 3 animated movies and a TV show. Meanwhile Netflix is also working on a live action adaptation of the series. Originally the creators were working with Netflix but due to creative disagreements they have left that project (Netflix is still making it and it is planned to be released, no official released date but filming for season 1 wrapped up this past June).

just wondering, do you plan on watching Legend of Korra? :) if you don’t know, it’s about the next Avatar after Aang

"Katara, do not hit that sphere!" is really a memorable line.

I’m sorry, but your editor is the real MVP this time 😂😂😂 these cuts have me actually bursting out loud in laughter

even tho i cant watch you (or anyone) watch this, i still gave a thumbs up for your pain. youre so brave Natalie!

M. Night Shyamalan went full Tommy Wiseau with this movie

This film is the embodiment of ‘we’ll fix it in post’. But forgot the crucial step of doing anything in post to actually make it worth watching.

I always suffer with this movie because I really think the overall design is good (like Aang’s arrow is so gorgeous) but the script is so incredibly horrendous that is almost painful

The way you do your sponsors is so great. Usually I’d skip past them for other videos but yours are just so funny I have to stay to see what happens 🤣🥰

You shared your pain with us on this movie Nat 😄 Ridley's comment " I've awoken to the pitch of my people" OMG!! You guys are so good 🤣 Hadn't watched it before, will never watch it again. Thanks Nat 😂💛

I gotta say I actually like the "I do too... I mean, I still do" line. Its about Aang referring to Kioshi as a distinct, separate person then realizing and rephrasing it to properly reflect his belief in reincarnation. Just a nice little touch to shed light on Aang's beliefs. Or maybe the rest of the movie made something competent seem clever.

I watched that video with such a topic for five minutes without feeling any pain, you are amazing! :D

Thank you, Nat. You helped me in my healing process. This movie scarred my soul!

Theres a scene in the very beginning after the opening monologue that says it all. Its an over head shot of the snow, Katara and Sokka are walking through it. You can tell no one cared about resetting the snow to make it look fresh, like they're walking through it for the first time. I can see the exact poing the ditector said "cut! Ok, 1 more for safety"

You know what makes 'The Last Airbender' such a great movie!? It's the PERFECT palet cleanser for 'The Legend of Korra'. Four seasons of Avatar greatness, with a whole new setting and characters. Just what you need after seeing this tough heap of pauses. When you've got the time Nathalie, it's worth it!

This movie is the definition of "snatching defeat out of the jaw of victory". They have good materials, a huge fanbase, 100 mil dollars, and this is the result. 😆

“My grandmother will ask you a lot of questions.” I actually like that line delivery.

It's always so nice having 8 episodes worth of story crammed into like 80 minutes of film

The effects in this movie were actually pretty well done. It’s just a shame that the story, writing, acting, directing, interpretation and choreography was awful. Feel bad for the kid playing Ong as well, he’s an actual martial artist and put a lot into it but it was TOO much movement for too little outcome.

my friends and i went to go watch this movie in 3d when it came out. one of them had just gotten their car, we were so excited. When it was over, we spent a minute to recover and never spoke of it again. Watching you watch it, brought back the trauma.

I can't believe how hard this is to watch even as a reaction

I'm so old now I remember when we thought M. Night Shyamalan was a promising director.

WOW even watching Nat watch this movie still hurt my soul.

32:26 The actress for Katara had an expression of complete indifference to finding Aang lol...like deadass, she got a stone faced expression. She's supposed to be relieved and happy to have found him, right?

Can’t wait until she watched Legend of Korra, I think she’ll very much be amazed by the world’s development, plus how the show itself got darker/more mature.

This is legitimately the only movie I’ve walked out on in the theatre xD

I *live* for these reactions. The shellshocked surprise and disappointment brings me sick joy 😂😂

They should have just made the animated series into a feature length movie. It would have been incredible on the big screen.