I agree all the way! I've always been a pretty big M. Night fan, and I had recently watched and adored the Avatar anime series, so I thought it would be a great combination...But I never realized he could take something so good...and make it so bad!
In regard to the mispronunciation thing, M. Night did it very consciously. In an interview found
here , he says:
And I fought like crazy to have the pronunciation of the names to go back to the Asian pronunciation. So you say "Ahng" instead of "Aaang" because it's correct. It's not "I-rack," it's "ee-Rock." I'm literally fighting for all this.
You can also see a little more about it
here .
That said, I disagree with him changing the names to what they should be. I think it isn't very nice to fans of the anime series, as they have grown accustomed to hearing the names a certain way.
I am in utter agreement about the lack of character development. They should have made it longer and put some more character stuff in. People watched long movies like Lord of the Rings, and they'll watch other long movies
if they're worth it. Having some good character moments really could have helped out; instead, they all seemed rather bland.
It was a great disappointment. I just hope it doesn't stop new people from watching the anime series, which was excellent.
