Just released 1 day, this blockbuster quickly reached the top 1 globally.
Officially airing all 8 episodes on February 22, the highly anticipated adaptation project titled Avatar: The Last Airbender (Avatar: The Last Airbender) immediately showed its “heat”. . The film quickly occupied the top 1 position globally in Netflix’s series segment and dominated in 73 countries after just the first day of release.
Avatar: The Last Airbender dominated the world after 1 day of release.
Avatar: The Last Airbender 2024 is Netflix’s new effort to adapt the famous animated project, which received a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes in 2005. Previously, the film version of M. Night Shyamalan in 2010 was was severely criticized, considered a “disaster” of Hollywood adaptations. However, this new Netflix film is receiving more positive reviews, especially in the casting and shaping stages.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film is receiving “fresh eggs” but at a rather risky 60%. Many review sites praise Avatar: The Last Airbender as a more rounded and progressive adaptation than the “trash” of 2010. Decider affirms that the film “does something rare for a live-action adaptation project.” , that is to bring a completely fresh cast and give fans something original, just enough to keep them engaged until the end.”
Avatar: The Last Airbender has a completely new cast to the audience, almost acting for the first time. Among them, the boy born in 2009, Gordon Cormier, attracted attention when he transformed into the male lead Aang and was highly praised. Salon.com praised the film as “deserving of viewers’ patience thanks to Aang’s small role and Gordon Cormier’s convincing transformation”.
Besides, the rest of the film’s cast is also fresh, with designs that closely follow the animated version but are still unique in their own way. “The Last Airbender does the unthinkable, which is to renew the classic series and capture the love of the audience for a while. The film is quite clumsy in some places but still creates inspiration, enough for further development. more”, commented Flick Fan Nation.
However, season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender still cannot reach the threshold of excellence. Many opinions say that because there are only 8 episodes, many details were cut and pushed too hastily, so it could not reach the peak like the classic animated version. This is still a worth-watching and entertaining project, opening up a new world of Avatar on screen.
The film’s content is set in a fantasy world, with strong Asian inspiration. Here, some people have the ability to control the four basic elements: fire, water, air and earth. Boy Aang was such a person, able to control air and was the last of the Airbender line alive. In addition, Aang is also the only person who can control all four elements. In this journey, Aang and his friends will stop the group of Fire Airbenders from plotting to invade the world, trying to bring peace to everyone.
