M. Night Shyamalan Finally Made A Comedy

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"This is the part where I would insert a quick plot synopsis of the film, but it's really unnecessary - Shyamalan has boiled every epic heroic story of the past 20 years down to its most basic, primal soup-y essence, so he can spray it all over the audience, in a kind of Hero's-Journey bukkake. You will be finding chunks of Joseph Campbell's calcified spooge behind your ears for three days after watching this film, no matter how many times you bathe.

Shyamalan's true achievement in this film is that he takes a thrilling cult TV series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and he systematically leaches all the personality and soul out of it — in order to create something generic enough to serve as a universal spoof of every epic, ever."

http://io9.com/5576076/m-night-shyamalan-finally-made-a-comedy

Best. Review. Evar.

Comments

[cymbeline.livejournal.com]

That is awesome *steals*

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^_^ HAVE AT

[myniamh.livejournal.com]

I AM SO SPITEFULLY HAPPY! :D

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RITE?

[myniamh.livejournal.com]

RLY! :D

I'm not used to feeling so OK with this much glee over such all round FAIL! I tend to feel sorry for them but now? NO WAY! XD

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God so much fail. And I'm so glad it's so full of Obvious Fail that everyone's throwing tomatoes at it. XD

[orin.livejournal.com]

I remember reading the review last weekend!

AMAZING. AMAAAZING!

Made me almost want to go see the movie.

But only almost. /boycotts it forever instead

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lol yeah, or like just bootleg the darn thing >.>

[octocoffee.livejournal.com]

hahaha, read this a few days ago. I died of laughter, it's really a perfect review.

It also made me feel better about the casting xD

And I think everybody who has criticized Shyamalan for casting white actors as Asian characters in this film should admit they were wrong. Clearly, Shyamalan tried to cast Asians, but he just couldn't find any whose performances were lifeless enough.

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XD it's sooooo full of fail. Im glad that so many other people recognize the fail.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

That was delicious.

[erimies.livejournal.com]

...I thank you profoundly for this link. I can't wait to give it to my friend, we have been planning to see that movie to find out how badly the story got butchered. XD

Too bad she's in London for a week. I can't even post my new strange pictures because I promised her I'd show them to her first. ;___; Ah well, at least I have finally kicked myself to give some comments. XD

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lol duuuude, bootleg. Don't give the studios anymoney for this shite

[erimies.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we have been trying to figure out how to go see the movie without paying. It involved fake moustaches and a ridiculously bad Spanish accent. XD

I actually speak Spanish, so it would be extra difficult not to laugh while doing it. XD

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lol thats BRILL. XD

[erimies.livejournal.com]

All of our plans seem to develop to that kind of direction. XD

I'm actually really amazed how we managed to have that one trip to Japan, we couldn't concentrate on sensible planning but watched anime instead and wondered if Gackt would kidnap us. XD

[jane-huahua.livejournal.com]

Don't mind me, I'm passing by and rambling^^
I don't actually watch Avater: The Last Airbender (though it definitely seems popular, esp on ff.net), was completely exasperated by the sucky film trailer, and after reading your posts and links I definitely will never go and watch it. It's kinda surprising how many people are taking a stand in this matter!
I'm Chinese, living in Singapore, so there's no Sinophobia or something like that here.
Though when I went to Europe on a school trip, apparently everyone thought we were Japanese. Random Europeans went "Sumimasen", "Arigatou" and etc to us without even bothering to find out whether we're Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. Ask any random Asian and they can tell you that these three races DO look different.
It's nice to know there are awesome people out there who do have sense, lots of it, and are serious about anti-racism.

[jane-huahua.livejournal.com]

and AWESOME, I just got huge inspiration for my English Speech assignment which I've been stuck at for ages. ^^
Yep, I'm talking about Racism.