Guilty Pleasures #34 - Outcast

So, we start the year with my first review of a movie with an actor who might show up again a few times this year. Nicholas Cage.

Known for his comedic overacting, especially when it comes to bees, Nicholas Cage is down to do just about anything as long as he’s paid for it. Paired up with is Hayden Christensen, who I last saw back when I was reviewing the Star Wars prequels, now that was a while back. He could act well his body but it was ruined every time he opened his mouth. But, let’s give him the benefit of the doubt for now.

Released in 2015, this movie currently has a meagre 5% rotten tomatoes rating but it’s only based on the views of 21 critics, not many all things considered. But it’s hardly favoured well with audiences either with only a 22% audience rating.

How do I feel about? Let’s take a closer look.

#14 The Last Airbender

Yeah, this isn't going to be my 50^th review, I miscounted badly

With

13 Rage reviews

6 Guilty Pleasures reviews

9 Legend of Korra books 1-2 reviews

8 Legend of Korra book 3 reviews

4 Doctor Who review

2 Arrow season 1 reviews

3 Avatar: The Last Airbender reviews

A Batman (1989) review

3 Star Wars reviews

3 Lego Star Wars reviews, and

2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars reviews

I count this as my 55^th review (excluding that Doctor Who retrospective which wasn’t really a review)

Ah, well, maybe I'll get the 100th review correct. This is my celebration, on one of my least favourite movies ever, and it's fitting, since I've done more reviews on this franchise than any other, that the Avatar franchise would be my focus. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present M Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender

M Night Shyamalan, what happened to you after the 6^th sense? People were calling you the next Spielberg, then came Signs, described the Nostalgia Critic as "the invasion of the plot holes," "The Village" which I cannot describe because I haven’t seen it at all, then came "Lady in the Water" where Shyamalan cast HIMSELF as a writer whose words will "change the world" and to top off this ego trip THE VILLAIN WAS A CRITIC. Then came "The Happening", the movie that made Mark Whalberg look like a bad actor (before Michael Bay came close to him), and Shyamalan could not describe the movie without using the word "Happening"

So, it makes perfect sense that Nickelodeon would turn down the experience of people dedicated to the Avatar Franchise (Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino) and chose Shyamalan, someone whose writing experience is in the horror/comedy genres to write this martial arts family action adventure movie, and not only write it, but produce and direct it as well. Shyamalan was given $300 million for a 3-movie franchise, but the first movie came out at $150 million and whilst financially successful was slammed critically and no sequel has been announced (thank heaven for small mercies) let's dig into The Last Airbender, and see how big a sh*t storm Shyamalan can bend.

TV Retrospective: Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1: Water

With my review of the Last Airbender coming later this month, it seemed like a useful time to look back at the series that inspired the greatness of Korra, as well as the sh*t that is the movie

I will do the review in 3 stages, each looking at a particular book, classifying the episodes and ranking the best and the worst of them (although sometimes the worst are by no means bad episodes, just not particularly interesting)

So, let’s start with book 1

TV Retrospective: Legend of Korra Book 2 Chapters 11-14

Well, here are my final Korra reviews until book 4 comes out next year (apparently early next year, but no official release date has been announced)