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Originally Posted by MMM
The fact that the source material is animated is really no excuse. Live actors should be MORE compelling than drawn ones.
But I can't help but think of Iron Man, Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, Battle Royale, 20th Century Boys, Death Note, Detroit Metal City, Lady Snowblood, Uzumaki, Old Boy, Lone Wolf & Cub...the list goes on and on of drawn properties that have better live-action versions than The Last Airbender,
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Exactly!
In line with Jaydelart's comments about ways bad elements of a production can be overcome by the talents of the actors and/or directors, it only happens when the director allows the actors enough leeway to overcome a bad script, or the script and actors manage to overwhelm a poor director. If two of the three are bad the production is doomed, but enough worse is when all are mediocre and no one rises above the muck.
None of can judge which of these were the telling issues, but it seems to me it was the latter - unless the backers overruled a good director, who overruled even any good acting. Its been known to happen far too often.