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The Last Airbender New Trailer
Shit yeah.
The casting is messed up as hell, but this movie looks cool as hell. And honestly, I hope its kickass because I want a second movie so that I can see the fierce bitches below on a large-ass movie screen.
Especially my crazy bb Azula!
Also, I saw Agora with Rachel Weisz last night. It was amazing, wonderful, beautiful, heart-breaking and captivating. I highly, highly, highly, highly recommend it.
Director/Writers: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Rachel Weisz ♥, Max Minghella
Plot Outline: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.
Genre(s): Adventure | Drama | History | Romance
Certification: USA: PG-13 (equivalent; no actual US rating yet)
Language: English
Links: CD1, CD2
IMPORTANT:
*This very helpful text was written by original uploader*
The film is a Spanish production, and it has some text in Spanish, merely to provide information, at some points throughout the movie. I'm assuming the reason why these are in Spanish and not English when the entire film is in English is that they were lifted straight from the Spanish production. Here then is the text (Spanish is my native language, but they have some tricky words in there, so apologies if they're not precisely 100% on the money.)
Text is on screen 4 times. Here they are in the order (and time of appearance) they come in.
CD1 - 35seconds in: Towards the end of the IV century, the Roman empire had begun to collapse. Alexandria, in the Egyptian province, still conserved part of its splendor. It possessed one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: the legendary Lighthouse, and the largest known Library. The Library was not only a cultural symbol but a religious one, a place where the Pagans venerated their ancestral gods. The traditional pagan cult coexisted now in the city with the Jews, and with an unstoppable religion, until recently prohibited: Christianity.
CD1 - 3:21seconds in: Library at Alexandria, 391AD
CD2 - 3:38seconds in: After the capture of the Library, many Pagans converted to Christianity, and Alexandria lived a period of peace. Hypatia continued teaching and researching, while her disciples occupied important posts in the social elite. The Empire divided in two forever more. Many Christians saw this as a signal of the end times and decided to prepare by practicing a more holy life. The order of Parabolan monks was in charge of rounding the streets to safeguard Christian morality, now only disturbed by the presence of the Jews.
The Library, years later...
THIS PART CONTAINS SPOILERS, SO DON'T READ UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE SEEN THE FULL MOVIE.
CD2 - Before closing credits: The body of Hypatia was mutilated and her remains dragged through the streets and burned. Orested disappeared forever and Cirilo obtained the power in Alexandria. Later on, Cirilo was declared a Saint and Doctor by the Church. There is no written work by Hypatia, but it is known that she was an exceptional astronomer, known for her mathematical studies about coned curves. 1200 years later, on the XVII century, astronomer Johannes Kepler discovered that one of those curves, the ellipsis, ruled the movement of the planets.
And finally, thank goodness it's a long weekend! I need sleep. Lots and lots of sleep.
The Last Airbender New Trailer
Shit yeah.
The casting is messed up as hell, but this movie looks cool as hell. And honestly, I hope its kickass because I want a second movie so that I can see the fierce bitches below on a large-ass movie screen.
Especially my crazy bb Azula!
Also, I saw Agora with Rachel Weisz last night. It was amazing, wonderful, beautiful, heart-breaking and captivating. I highly, highly, highly, highly recommend it.
Director/Writers: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Rachel Weisz ♥, Max Minghella
Plot Outline: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.
Genre(s): Adventure | Drama | History | Romance
Certification: USA: PG-13 (equivalent; no actual US rating yet)
Language: English
Links: CD1, CD2
IMPORTANT:
*This very helpful text was written by original uploader*
The film is a Spanish production, and it has some text in Spanish, merely to provide information, at some points throughout the movie. I'm assuming the reason why these are in Spanish and not English when the entire film is in English is that they were lifted straight from the Spanish production. Here then is the text (Spanish is my native language, but they have some tricky words in there, so apologies if they're not precisely 100% on the money.)
Text is on screen 4 times. Here they are in the order (and time of appearance) they come in.
CD1 - 35seconds in: Towards the end of the IV century, the Roman empire had begun to collapse. Alexandria, in the Egyptian province, still conserved part of its splendor. It possessed one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World: the legendary Lighthouse, and the largest known Library. The Library was not only a cultural symbol but a religious one, a place where the Pagans venerated their ancestral gods. The traditional pagan cult coexisted now in the city with the Jews, and with an unstoppable religion, until recently prohibited: Christianity.
CD1 - 3:21seconds in: Library at Alexandria, 391AD
CD2 - 3:38seconds in: After the capture of the Library, many Pagans converted to Christianity, and Alexandria lived a period of peace. Hypatia continued teaching and researching, while her disciples occupied important posts in the social elite. The Empire divided in two forever more. Many Christians saw this as a signal of the end times and decided to prepare by practicing a more holy life. The order of Parabolan monks was in charge of rounding the streets to safeguard Christian morality, now only disturbed by the presence of the Jews.
The Library, years later...
THIS PART CONTAINS SPOILERS, SO DON'T READ UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE SEEN THE FULL MOVIE.
CD2 - Before closing credits: The body of Hypatia was mutilated and her remains dragged through the streets and burned. Orested disappeared forever and Cirilo obtained the power in Alexandria. Later on, Cirilo was declared a Saint and Doctor by the Church. There is no written work by Hypatia, but it is known that she was an exceptional astronomer, known for her mathematical studies about coned curves. 1200 years later, on the XVII century, astronomer Johannes Kepler discovered that one of those curves, the ellipsis, ruled the movement of the planets.
And finally, thank goodness it's a long weekend! I need sleep. Lots and lots of sleep.
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Date: 2010-02-12 03:12 am (UTC)And I'm a Katara girl myself, but my girl is totally a Toph. :P
I don't think there is a teenager alive awesome enough to play Azula.
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Date: 2010-02-13 05:06 pm (UTC)Heh. After seeing the trailers I've just given up on the idea of not seeing the movie. Their too good. they've done their job. I'll be buying a ticket opening weekend.
And I'm a Katara girl myself, but my girl is totally a Toph. :P
I love Katara too. toph's snark earns her a special place in my heart, just like azula's crazy saves her a space there too, lol.
I don't think there is a teenager alive awesome enough to play Azula.
lol! Well, they'll probably go with someone in their early twenties for Azula, like Dev and Jackson Rathbone as Sokka.
Still, they better cast Azula carefully, because the girl they pick has to be AWESOME! they better search higih and low to find somebody worthy.
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Date: 2010-02-13 05:58 pm (UTC)I don't think there is a female character on the show that I didn't love. It's the boys that annoyed me, and that was only every now and then.
I doubt they care that much about casting anyone right, much less Azula. I mean come on. They were gonna cast Jesse McCartney!