Aang (The Last Airbender, 2010)

Aang is the main protagonist of the infamous 2010 movie called mh:awfulmovies:The Last Airbender that is based off a Nickelodeon tv show by the same name with the mh:besttvshows:Avatar: The Last Airbender name.

This article will only focus on the movie version of Aang, who is not what he was meant from the show.

Why This Version Was Not The Real Avatar?

 * 1) This movie version of Aang was horribly reimagined from a fun-loving, caring, optimistic and sometimes serious boy to an angsty brat who never cracks a joke nor smile.
 * 2) * His only "inner conflict" was his inability to use waterbending, which he finally did to create a really big wall of water to scare the Fire Nation away. Not defeating them and dealing a crushing blow to the might of the Fire Nation, just scaring them away.
 * 3) * He also has a new conflict where he couldn't bend water without hurting people, so he would never. It is implied that he cannot overcome his grief over the loss of the Air Nomads, which is why he became less optimistic after his visit to the Southern Air Temple. This is a massive contrast to the cartoon, where one of Aang's defining traits was his ability to stay happy despite these horrible circumstances.
 * 4) He behaves nothing like the show and more like a scared child instead of a brave one.
 * 5) He only ran away from the Air Temple was just because when he is chosen as an Avatar, he would never have a family (despite Roku and the others having a family) which is a baffling change and meant that it will be a “sacrifice the Avatar always has to make”.
 * 6) His actor, Noah Ringer did a poor job portraying him as he sounds emotionless and phoned in.
 * 7) *Not to mention Noah Ringer was heavily miscasted as him for two reasonsː
 * 8) **In the original show, Aang is implied to be Asian more specifically to be Tibetan due to his Air temple heritage being a group of monks and Buddhists.
 * 9) **Noah himself also had no acting experience at all when he was portraying the character, showing how horrible Aang was said portrayed in this film.
 * 10) *To make matters worse, if you watch the "behind the scenes" clips, you will notice Ringer's personality is much like Aang's. Even if this is the case, it's still wasted potential.
 * 11) His name is mispronounced as it is pronounced in the movie "Ong" rather than "Ah-ng", which would become a meme.
 * 12) He is taken way too seriously to the point he would never be a wisecracker like Sokka as his original counterpart.
 * 13) *You may argue that Aang did have a serious side to him but not to the extent like this.
 * 14) Unlike his original counterpart, he doesn't immediately ask Katara to go penguin-sledding with him after waking up, and he doesn't even tell her or Sokka his name until they're at the Southern Air Temple.
 * 15) Like this film’s Katara, Aang talks way too much on exposition even it’s about a prophecy or something that he remembers.
 * 16) Like Katara who always talks way too much on exposition, Aang also does that as well either about his past or wanting the Earthbenders to “rise” up and stop the Fire nation.
 * 17) Like characters such as the live-action version of Goku from the live action mh:besttvshows:Dragon Ball movie, mh:awfulmovies:Dragon Ball Evolution, he suffers from terrible fight choreography when he was like he was “fight-dancing”. His moves are so boring enough like when he and Katara are trying to “dance” to bend water.
 * 18) Aang also doesn't fuse the Ocean Spirit in Avatar State to wipe out the entire Fire Nation armada in the show, instead he summons a giant tsunami to cause them to flee.
 * 19) He barely even fights with Zuko for the first time whatsoever in the film, he only just had to hide in a tent and do nothing.
 * 20) His lines are very painful and wooden such as "You're lying!".
 * 21) He lacks almost anything what made his TV counterpart so special, instead he is just whiny and lifeless.
 * 22) Judging by his personality and behavior, He's pretty much bland in character and personality wise at best if you think about it.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) There are some moments where he is at his best for exampleː
 * 2) *He tries to encourage the Earthbenders in the movie to fight back the Firebenders when they were imprisoned.
 * 3) *Aang helps Zuko as the Blue Spirit when they are attacked by General Zhao's army.
 * 4) He could have been a great concept of a more mature version of Aang (even though he did take the Avatar job seriously during season 3) yet it was atrociously executed.
 * 5) His hooded trenchcoat and detailed airbending tattoos is a fitting concept than his original counterpart.
 * 6) He was a much better character in the show than the movie.