Movie: The Last Airbender

[XanBcoo]

I'm not gonna lie, the fact that this is bombing so early gives me a feeling of schadenfreude I haven't experienced in a while. I love that in Ebert's review he says Aang looks like a young Wallace Shawn.

Other than a select group of people complaining because of "lack of Asians" and "white people taking their roles", box office success will depend on the movie being good or not, regardless of the perceived notion if it's a faithful adaptation or not or perceived casting issues by some group of people.

lol, hey man, your "opinions" are "valid" and "worthwhile"

Don't trivialize an issue that's quite apparently very important for Americans. Anyway, there's a lot more to factor in to box office success than just the quality of the script. Marketing and the release date also play a big role (being released so near to Twilight might hurt sales, and it won't make any money from the 3D showings), not to mention the bad publicity. The horrendous casting decisions aren't going to dent it too badly, but that doesn't give you cart blanche to pretend the issue doesn't exist.