Season 1 – Avatar: The Last Airbender

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Johann D. M @Johann33 2d FAITHFUL AND EPIC! This is what a true live-action adaptation looks like. While it naturally makes changes to the source material, it never loses sight of what made the original so special. The series respects the spirit of the animated classic, faithfully recreating its world, characters, and emotional core while expanding certain storylines in meaningful ways. The visuals are spectacular, with impressive bending effects, gorgeous production design, and costumes that feel as though they were lifted straight from the animation. Although some pacing issues and condensed storylines prevent certain emotional moments from reaching the same heights as the original, the adaptation succeeds where so many others have failed: it understands the source material and treats it with genuine respect. It is exciting, emotional, and visually stunning, proving that faithfulness and creativity can coexist. A promising beginning that finally gives fans the adaptation they deserved. See more Thomas R @RT20808263 3d Budget without brains. An impoverished and amateurish parasite on a well reputed animated series. Pacing, control, setting, script, presentation, acting etc. The villains are not imposing, nor do the teachers impress any great wisdom. In fact, no deep impression is made by any of the characters. The dialogue is impotent. The delivery is infantile and forgettable — and the viewer will be grateful to forget. Iroh sounds like a suburban dad scolding his teen son to get better grades, that is, the most venerable living fire bender, apparently without any fire. Katara, Katara's mother, and Iroh's acting is particularly weak, though all suffer a lack of spontaneity. The setting and props feels, none of it, real; immaculate and sterile. The lack of gravity is unsettling. The ambivalent tone is disastrous. The scripted humour is as nervous and awkward as the young and obviously inexperienced actors. Any pip of worth is what the director neglected to discard from the original. See more L G @RT39594313 Jul 19 I did watch the entire season, but it was honestly not an enjoyable tv watching experience. Whether it was the distracting cgi not quite pulling off bending as naturalistically or the fight choreography being slow and not having the quickness and flow that's been a staple of the franchise, the large amount of repetitive dialogue and exposition, or the confusing character work done (if you're familiar with the original characters). It's nowhere near as bad as the live action movie, but still greatly disappointing. See more R H @notherviewr Jul 18 Moments of charm but unfortunately dialogue is wooden and unsubtle to the point of being majorly frustrating to watch. If this were because the intended audience was children, they probably wouldn't show so much killing. Can't figure out why they didn't make it more natural in the moments that aren't acrobatic. Feeling spoonfed. See more Jeffrey T @RT94382428 Jul 16 Available in 86 different languages, not one of them Russian. Hollywood is more concerned about being a social justice warrior than bringing entertainment to all the people of the world. Russian is the national language of 9 different countries, and there are more than 3 million people in the US from Russian speaking countries, yet Netflix wants to punish all of them because of the actions of one man, Vladimir Putin. See more Khotso M @RT49625051 Jul 16 This isn’t an adaptation, this is fan fiction. There’s way too many changes from the original storyline to even call this an adaptation, and what’s worse is that the changes aren’t even good ones. See more Read all reviews

Avatar: The Last Airbender — Season 1

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