A teaser trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender” has been released:
The official teaser trailer for M Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender is now online. On display are M Night’s signature extended seamless single takes (which I’ve always loved), ILM’s amazing air-bending effects and a logo that looks very similar to the Harry Potter series. Overall, it does a great job at teasing the big picture. I’m suddenly excited to see if this is the film that all the Avatar fans believe it can be. Paramount believes they have the first part of a trilogy. But who knows? Don’t call it a comeback just yet, but I think M Night will have the interest of his harshest critics after this teaser debuts in front of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
About two years ago, my younger sister introduced me to a show called “Avatar: The Last Airbender” on Nickelodeon. Granted, I was already 14 years old and growing out of watching the animated shows that brought me through childhood, but just watching that show reminded me of all the anime and cartoons that I had watched when I was younger. It wasn’t just the nostalgia factor — the writing was funny, honest, and kept me satisfied with different flavors of emotions woven together into one narrative. The plot felt like a classic hero story with its own take and tweaks. I love this show, and maybe (with some indication from this teaser) Shyamalan won’t screw it up for everyone else.