Review: The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, is about the world being divided into four kingdoms - each represented by the element Water, Air, Earth and Fire - under the supervision of an Avatar, the only one capable of mastering all four elements.


When the Avatar disappears 100 years ago, the Fire Nation launches an attack to destroy all members of the Air Nomads to prevent interference in their future plans for world domination.

The current Fire Lord Ozai continues to conquer and imprison anyone with elemental "bending" abilities in the Earth and Water Kingdoms.

Meanwhile, siblings Katara (Nicola Peltz) and Sokka (Jackson Rathbone) from a Southern Water Tribe find a mysterious boy trapped beneath the ice outside their village.


Upon rescuing him, he reveals himself to be Aang (Noah Ringer), an Avatar and last of the Air Nomads.


To protect the Avatar and restore peace to the world, Katara and Sokka went on a journey with him to the Northern Water Kingdom in his quest to master "Waterbending" ability.


Throughout the journey, Prince Zuko (Dev Patel), the exiled son of Lord Ozai, is always on the hunt for Aang. Besides that, they must evade Commander Zhao, the Fire Nation's military leader, and evil Fire Lord.

Despite the challenges, they manage to reach the Northern Water Kingdom. There, Sokka befriends and falls in love with Princess Yue. Soon after that, the armada from the Fire Kingdom arrives and starts attacking.


As the battle continues, one of the moon spirits was slayed, causing the Waterbenders to lose all of their powers and abilities. Princess Yue explains to everyone that the moon spirit gave her life, so she is willing to gave it back. She dies after giving the moon spirit her life, everything goes back to normal and the Waterbenders won the battle.

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Take note that I've never watched the animated series, therefore I'm unable to compare the storyline with the movie.

Overall, the storyline was interesting but the magic didn't mesmerize me at all. Well, maybe for the kids but definitely not for the adults.

Aang might be a little too kiddo for his age, but since it's a magical world, it's possible. The magic attacks were quite minor. Honestly, I expected more gruesome magic skills - probably combining all 4 elements and creating an even massive havoc!

But, the magic powers used are all just pushing someone with air and water, shooting fireballs and erecting barriers with soil. It's so for kids, what more do you expect?

Basically, it's not really as exciting as the trailer.

Noobie Rating: 4/10 (If you have no other movies to watch, watch this)

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