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Oh my goodness, this is so awesome. There's a small teaser for the latest project from Studio Ghibli (Ponyo, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke). This time they are doing an anime adaptation of "The Borrowers". For anyone who doesn't remember "The Borrowers" was a series of novels for children by author Mary Norton. They were about a family of tiny people who survive by "borrowing" bits and pieces from the 'Big People'. There has been a movie adaptation before of which I shall not speak. Anyway, check this out and see what you think:
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So yeah, The Last Airbender. There's a lot of hate about this, so I'm just pointing out a few highlights. I'll start, however, with the most recent and possibly the most bizarre pieces of news on this. Apparently M Night Shymalan has decided to start making plans for a sequel. Yes you heard that, a sequel. (Yes, that was the link for the entertaining Filmdrunk piece on this.)
“I do [have things mapped out]. The third is more ambiguous, but the second one, I’ve written a draft that I’m really happy with and is darker and richer, and it has a wonderful antagonist in it in Azula, who’s kind of like our only real, pure antagonist in the series, so I’m excited about that.”
Well, it's not like he hasn't heard about the bad reviews....
Have you read the reviews for Last Airbender?
No, I haven’t.Well, are you aware of the reviews?
No, actually.Well, for the most part, critics have not been kind. Are you just ignoring them? Will you read them this weekend? Have you just not had time?
Are you saying that in general they didn’t dig it?In general, no. Roger Ebert, who liked The Happening, did not. The first line of his review is, “The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category that I can think of and others still waiting to be invented.” How do you react to something like that?
What do you expect from critics eh? Well, what comes next might surprise you. You know those programmes where fans are stopped for comments after they've just watched a movie at the cinema? And you know how they always either say they were blown away with how fantastic the movie was, say it was pretty good or, in a few cases, seem practically apologetic for not enjoying it as much as everyone else did? Well here's what people had to say after seeing the Last Airbender movie....
(BTW apparently the movie changes the main character's name from "Ang" to "Ong".)
Last of all I'm presuming everyone has seen this already by now: M. Night Shyamalan Finally Made A Comedy
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