Overview
Avatar Aang, the world's last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens to upend the peace they sacrificed everything to achieve.
All the moments with the main characters warmed my soul, especially Sokka's jokes. I was disappointed that Zuko had very little screen time, he was even almost silent, and Uncle Iroh (except for the credits), Tai Lee and May were not shown, and Suki appeared for only one second. I understand why the rest of the characters weren't shown, because the plot is focused specifically on the avatar team, perhaps they will be shown in the next part, where Zuko will already be the protagonist.
And the biggest problem is the sharp shots in the action scenes and too many color effects, which made your eyes twitch while watching. I swear, I felt like I was watching a Spider-Man Web of Universes. I also didn't like the Indian-style soundtrack due to the fact that it doesn't fit into the Avatar universe at all.
We urgently need a GIF with a small boxing top)
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A soulless parasitism on nostalgia. We tried to wrap it up in the wrapper of "that Aang," but we forgot that Aang is loved primarily for his essence. Without a cool story, lively dialogues, and prescribed characters, no jokes about cabbage and foaming at the mouth work.
I'm already silent about the outright spitting towards some of the fans who have been keeping the fandom afloat all this time. Yeah, cool, guys, make fun of my childhood, that's exactly what I wanted to see.
I will definitely review it after the official release.
I used to watch about Korra and I got it, but Avatar still doesn't reach the original team.
I hope this drain will not close the doors and the creators will want to continue the story of Aang, after all, after a year I want to continue to see what other adventures await the grown-up heroes.
In fact, it's purely a fan warm—up. All those memes that went beyond the show itself were shoved in here. Cabbage is there, a man with drool is there, jokes are Juices, Toph is combativeness! But the very contents of the series were thrown away. In the series, each character played an important role, he made mistakes, changed, supported, doubted, passed his own arc. There were no "evil because evil" characters. Everyone could be sorted out for reasons. Everyone was in their place. And here? And let's put Zuko in here, because, like in the avatar movie and without Zuko? But seriously, fuck? He leads the country!!!! By his order, it was possible to send an entire fleet there, rather than risk your life! Give him an excuse, at least then, why he didn't do it. Why was it difficult to find fault with actions in the original, but here, wherever you spit, you fall into a logical hole? And why the fuck is he needed there? What did he do in this movie to deserve an appearance? Have you been in a few fights? Helped launch the ship? All? Is it worth putting the whole country at risk of losing its head for this? I don't know about you, but this indifference to details just pisses me off. There are a lot of unnecessary characters here. Like the same demon, the whole point of which is to spit on the heroes so that they fly up. There are a lot of unnecessary scenes created just so that the fans are like, uh-oh.... Little toph! We are urgently cutting it into GIFs!
And here's the paradox for you — there's not enough space in this movie to tell a decent story, but at the same time it's packed to the brim with some unnecessary details, characters, and other fan service. What made Avatar an avatar, all these stories about forgiveness, acceptance, conflict, problem solving — they threw it all away, and left only what would attract fans. Because... Fuck knows why, actually. It's not about money, as it seems to me.
The visual and animation are a cannon-bomb, I kiss the animators' hands, but the semantic component is lame on both legs. Plot-wise, absolutely nothing new has been introduced (as in the series at the time), and the villain is generally Zahir 2.0 from Korra.
However, I will definitely watch the following projects, because I really love this universe, hoping that someday the creators will release something legendary at the level of the series.
Unlike many people here, I'm a big fan of Cora too, and this project is visually and sometimes plotfully reminiscent of the 2nd project. High, I enjoyed it😍
With Toph, as always, I scream out loud. Favorite character. And after this movie, I'm not surprised that her daughters are from different men.😄 The loving madam🥰
Please, I need more additions and expansions of the universe.
Structurally, the cartoon looked very much like a comic book. I won't say it's a bad thing, but the plot was moving in painful fits and starts - it caught my eye. Alas. At the same time, the animation itself has gone very far. It was unusual to see 3d in places, but only in places and only a little bit. And what are adult characters anyway?! Fire and earth, and, and, And! Beautiful color palette!
But despite the joy of the cartoon, it's still sad that it was leaked online. It's scary to imagine how people feel when they worked on this project and received such a gift. Like a spit in the soul, no other way. If ever a cartoon is released in a movie, I will definitely go.
P.S. And the question that haunts me is: are the avatar mountains in China called that because of James Cameron's avatar or because of Aang's avatar? Or is it the total impact of pop culture on the natural landmark of China? Or maybe vice versa?
It has been several years since Avatar Aang and his friends defeated the aggressive representatives of the Fire Nation. While the capital of the republic and the local equivalent of VDNKH are being completed together, where representatives of the four elements will live in peace and harmony, Aang travels the world collecting relics left over from the aerial nomads. During one of these outings, Aang encounters a new militant group and learns not only that the cartoon's subtitle is lying, but also that he needs to find a powerful artifact before his comrades with a dubious reputation take possession of it.
So, thanks to an incredible combination of circumstances (the greed of the Paramount+ streaming service, the altruism / stupidity of a single person and the efficiency of the Red Head Sound studio), the full-length sequel to The Legend of Aang not only got into the wide networks of the world Wide web, but also acquired a Russian dubbing. In short, Paramount wanted to show the cartoon on its platform in October, bypassing cinemas, but a certain friend decided that it was not the case to deprive all fans of the animated series of pleasure. Anticipating questions, yes, the picture quality is excellent. The dubbing is also decent.
Wait a minute. These are not tears. It's just that the element of air got into the eye.
It's a nostalgia bomb, of course. Everything that I liked about the original animated series is here, but adjusted for the increased budget: jokes, dynamics between mature but familiar characters (new ones, in principle, also do not disappoint), well-choreographed and numerous action scenes, and, of course, a little drama - without it, Aang is not Aang. Yes, of course, the plot is generally familiar, but not annoying, and for beginners it should go at all.
By the way, the prologue of the cartoon as a whole is quite detailed, but not stuffy, about what happened "in previous episodes." I think those who are not familiar with the world of avatar (the real one, not this Cameron one) will be quite comfortable rolling in, especially considering that a "live" version of Aang's adventures is being released on Netflix in parallel. I haven't reviewed the original myself for 20 years, but The Legend of Korra (chronologically, it takes place after the feature film), respectively, since the release of its last episode, i.e. since 2014. I didn't feel any discomfort, and I kind of caught most of the references: the cabbage seller and the fainting, overly emotional kid were back!
A great and entertaining cartoon. I recommend it to everyone. I hope, despite the current situation, the idea of developing the universe will not end there. "The legend of Aang deserves to be shown on big screens. And if the situation suddenly changes - Paramount will radically change its position or launch its cartoon in limited release, or even our cinemas will deign to please the fans on their own - then I will definitely go to it with my son.
RATING: 5 elements out of 5