Avatar: The Last Air Bender (2024) Review
What film or series are you currently watching? I just finished the series, live action or animated adaptation of Avatar: The Legend of Aang, Avatar: The Last Air Bender. I have liked the Avatar animation since the animation was first broadcast on an Indonesian television channel. If I remember correctly, at that time I was still in junior high school. I remember when the animated Avatar: The Legend of Aang was broadcast regularly on television, I always never missed watching it. After being disappointed with the film adaptation, now I am satisfied by the series which airs on Netflix. By the way, have you watched it?
The Netflix Series Avatar The Last Air Bender (2024) has 8 episodes where each episode has a different theme but still has the same plot.
OK, let's start with the preview of the eight episodes.
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The series begins with the wind country, where the wind benders live, the Southern Air Temple, where Aang lives and learns to control the wind. Aang is a 12 year old boy who has a cheerful and funny personality. At the Southern Air Temple, he was very close to one of his teachers, Gyatso. One day Gyatso told Aang that he was the reincarnation of the previous Avatar, namely Avatar Kuruk. The Avatar itself is the controller of the four elements whose role is to eradicate the Fire Nation's greed for world domination. Because he was assigned a very difficult task, Aang became sad and ran away from the Southern Air Temple on the night he was told who he really was. Unfortunately, on the same night, the Southern Air Temple was attacked by the Fire Nation who were looking for the avatar, Aang, to be destroyed. Aang wasn't there when the Fire Nation destroyed all the airbenders' homes. Aang, who had been traveling, was confronted by a storm that froze him for a long time, making him the last Airbender.
100 years later, Katara, a water controller, tested her abilities in one of the caves close to where she lived, Wolf Cove, where the southern water tribe lived. When Katara and Sokka were fishing, they accidentally discovered a mysterious iceberg. When Katara tries to pull the boat with waterbending, the iceberg breaks open and releases a bald child. Katara and Sokka take him back to Wolf Cave, where Gran-Gran recognizes him as the last Windbender whose home was destroyed 100 years ago.
On the other hand, Zuko, the crown prince of the Fire Lord who was given the mandate to search for the Avatar for 3 years without any light, has now found a light which he believes is a sign of the Avatar's existence. Zuko follows the light and finds Aang in Wolf Cove. Not wanting to sacrifice the people of the Southern Water Tribe, Aang was willingly taken by Zuko. Not long after, Katara and Sokka, assisted by Appa - a Flying Bison - searched for and rescued Aang.
Aang-Katara-Sokka's adventure begins from here...
- Conclusion
As I mentioned, the adaptation of this series is very satisfying because from various angles it is perfect, according to my expectations, and of course the characters look so real. Gordon Cormier playing Aang was a good decision because he succeeded in bringing Aang to life in the animated version. Katara and Sokka (Kiawentiio and Ian Ousley) also bring good sibling characters. Especially as Zuko (Dallas Liu), he succeeded in bringing the rebellious and ambitious character Zuko to life. The cast selection is very good, especially for the four main characters of Avatar, and I especially like the selection of King Ozai, it really suits.
For a story that was narrowed down from 20 episodes (animation) to 8 episodes, I think it's too fast. Because of this, there are many scenes in the animation that are not seen in the live action version. A bit disappointing, but I hope that in session 2 there will be parts that were missing in season 1. However, it is forgivable with the very good CGI.
I give 5 for 5 stars for this series and can not waiting the next season cause I wan to see Suki. I loved Suki :D
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