Katara's pleas bring Aang out of the Avatar State. In despair, Aang enters the Avatar State and finds himself in the Spirit World where he encounters a Dragon Spirit. The trio travel to Aang’s homeland at the Southern Air Temple, where Aang himself learns he was in the iceberg for a century and that the Fire Nation wiped out the other Air Nomads, including his guardian Monk Gyatso. Aang surrenders himself to save the village, but escapes the Fire Nation ship and flies to Appa, brought by Katara and Sokka. Zuko, the disgraced prince of the Fire Nation, detects the light from Aang's release and arrives at the Southern Water Tribe to demand the villagers hand over "The Avatar": the only person capable of manipulating, or "bending", all four elements of air, water, earth and fire. Breaking into the iceberg releases a beam of light and reveals a 12-year-old boy named Aang and his pet flying bison Appa. Sokka and his younger sister Katara, who live in the Southern Water Tribe, discover an unusual iceberg. The film was originally envisioned as a trilogy of films each based on the three seasons of the series, but due to the universal backlash and the low profits of the first film, the planned trilogy was ultimately scrapped.Ī century has passed since the Fire Nation declared war on the other three nations of Air, Water and Earth in their attempt to conquer the world. It is the fourth highest grossing Nickelodeon film, behind The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), and The Adventures of Tintin (2011). Produced on a $150 million budget, the film grossed $131 million domestically and $319 million worldwide. The Last Airbender opened in second place at the box office behind The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Many criticized the screenplay, acting, direction, whitewashing, plot holes, unfaithfulness to the source material, visual effects, editing, characters, and 3D conversion.
THE LAST AIRBENDER SERIES
Whereas the animated series received widespread acclaim, the film was universally panned by critics, audiences, and fans of the original series upon its release, and is widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made. Premiering in New York City on June 30, 2010, it opened the following day in the rest of the United States, grossing an estimated $16 million that day. It was produced by Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Based on the first season of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, the film stars Noah Ringer as Aang, with Dev Patel as Prince Zuko, Nicola Peltz as Katara, and Jackson Rathbone as Sokka. The Last Airbender is a 2010 American action- adventure fantasy film written, co-produced and directed by M.