M. Night Brings a New Day

M. Night Shyamalan has outdone himself! After hits like The Hap- pening and After Earth, Avatar: The Last Airbender is sure to win the Oscar of the Century. Trust us when we say this one is a Sign of Shya- malan’s ticket to an Oscar win: we’ve got a Sixth Sense for these kinds of things. But, if that doesn’t work out, he could always try his luck with Razzie’s, the Oscars’ “problem child” sibling. Many fans of the show raved following the release of the movie. An enthused eight-year-old commented. “I just hate it so bad!!!” and “If anybody wanted to see this movie I would suggest they close their eyes and ears!!!” (Imdb user mck- ee-783-621192). One man we asked had been so touched on an existen- tial level all he could comment was, “I just... I just don’t know anymore. I give up.” But don’t just take their word for it: listen to resident lower Alex Zhang: “I wanted to walk into the movie and slap the characters across the face!”We at the Humor Page loved the movie, and all of the brave risks Shyamalan took during the film, like changing the pronunciation of the names of the main characters. Who knew that the whole time we hadbeen watching the show, Sokka’s name was actually pronounced Soca, an obvious homage to the club Students of Caribbean Ancestry?! The ac- tors showed true talent by remaining expressionless throughout the entire film; it takes skills to be stoic while watching a 12 year old turn blue and start hovering. And while we’re on the subject of the Avatar (pronounced Ovutar) State, Shymalan’s action packed bending scenes looked straight out of an elementary school recital. This really helped the audience un- derstand how young everyone was supposed to be. Overall, as world renowned reviewers of all things mediocre, we give this movie a 9.5 for courage, risk taking in a time when Hollywood is full of average-to-good- quality and overall not giving a darn what anyone thinks.