In The 31st annual Golden Raspberry Awards 2011, the famous director, M. Night Shyamalan who has won the worst director and worst screenplay for his 2010 film, the Last Airbender, which also won other 3 awards, worst film, worst supporting actor and worst " eye-gouging misuse of 3D". Among the winners are Ashton Kutcher who took the worst actor for Valentine's Day. While his co-star, Jessica Alba, won the worst supporting actress. Regarding, Shyamalan's the Last Airbender, The founder of Razzies, John Wilson said, "He managed to take a cartoon property and make it even less lifelike by making it with real actors, Most people who like the show, and this would include my 14-year-old son, hated the movie. It made no sense whatsoever."(2011, ¶13)
It has been fun following the Razzie Awards this year. First, after the nomination was announced, I noticed that in the worst supporting actress category contained three nominees that share common identity. They are Cher, Babara Streisand and Liza Minnelli, all are legend singers with multiple Grammy Awards, the Tony and Emmy winners, and ironically, the owner of four Academy Awards, and they were about to put one more award on their trophy shelves but it was snatched away by Jessica Alba when the Golden Raspberry Awards announced on February 27. The most popular film in this year Razzie would be The Last Airbender, which deservedly earned the worst picture, worst director, worst screenplay, worst supporting actor and, the new category, worst " eye-gouging misuse of 3D". This film is an adaptation of the animation, known as the Avatar. My first impression for the film trailer was quite positive and was eager to see what it will be like, but after I had seen it, the feeling was disappointing. After the movie, I ran to Google and have a research I found that I was not the only one, several viewers and film critics are majorly upset with how much the movie adaptation and the casting are misunderstood. First, The protagonists of the original animation, The Avatar, are all Asian, indicated by their names, such as, Ang, Kitara, Sokka and Prince Suko. Nonetheless, the film's director has tried to make the main characters to be more westernized, although Shyamalan, denied the accusation and said that it is an own interpretation for the movie and thinks that the Anime characters don't particularly possess the Asian features( 2010, ¶8 ) . Plus, I think the direction and the screenwriting of the film were still unsuccessful and the story lacks its depth, the Rotten Tomatoes rated this movie only 6%, giving mostly negative reviews. I am actually an admirer of Shyamalan's works, like the Sixth Sense, Signs and the Happening, but I am sure this film is certainly not one of them. The Last Airbender's sequel is waiting for a greenlight from Paramount Picture, in fact, there will be two more as Shyamalan has planned for the trilogy. I sincerely hope they will make it, and that he will make such an improvement and produce great films that will make a die-hard fan, like me, jumping on the seat with excitement, just like before.
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References
M Night Shyamalan in his own words on The Last Airbender race controversy. (2010, July 7) Kimberly Gadette and Emma Rowley Retrieved March 4 from http://www.indiemoviesonline.com/news/m-night-shyamalan-in-his-own-words-on-the-last-airbender-race-controversy-250610
Film:The Last Airbender 2 (2011, March 4) Avatar Wikia Retrieved March 4 from http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Film:The_Last_Airbender_2
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