First off let me just say EVERY movie should NOT be made into 3-D, yes the concept does call for some cool effects but due to the fact that the movie wasnt orginally made for 3-D it shouldn't of been half ass turned in to it.
As much as i appreciate M. Night Shyamalan, his directing style might of been a little to dramatic for this particular kind of movie, I think he should of left in the comedic elements of the show it would aided the movie especially the characters development.The graphics and actions scenes was good, along with the calculated shots of every scene. What i did think he did a great job at was getting out little important details out quick in the beginning for example how Zuko got his scar.
Appearance wise they couldn't of picked a better cast Aang (Noah Ringer), Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), and Katara (Nicola Peltz) although their acting wasn't up to par. The best casted was (Seychelle Gabriel) Yue princess of the northern water tribe down to her voice, even though she has a relatively minor role, then following Zuko the tormented fire prince played by (Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire)
Like most adaptations they changed some things, one of things in which i didnt agree with is that instead of Katara teaching him water bending they were both taught by the northern water bending teacher which isn't entirely true, make you wonder if they are planning to ever tie in how powerful Katara water bending is because in the show she learns how to bend "people". Another thing is that they all seem to have very little knowledge of everything when that most definitely wasn't the case in the show. Katara's character was wise beyond her years and in the movie wasn't portrayed as such.They also left out some important details with the spirits especially the faceless spirit that reveals a lot about the other characters that are important, and more in dept stories of the past avatars fortunately they still the sequel to add it in.
With all this being said I still have hope for Book 2 if they'll take notes of their mistakes and rectify them.
