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Netflix Avatar review: another live-action cartoon misfire (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by EarthlingHazard@lemm.ee to c/television@lemmy.world

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Netflix’s live-action Avatar has its heart in the right place, but its pacing and uneven performances leave a lot to be desired.

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[–] blargerer@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I've only watched the first 2 episodes, and yeah some of the performances come off quite bad, but I think the editing is at least partially to blame. They hold on characters too long and at odd moments completely destroying any sense of natural tempo in conversations.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

yeah there was at least one scene where I was like "what the hell, the actors are awkwardly looking at something that isn't there, you clearly could have cut away from that take!"

Btw we have some discussions for the first few episodes on !avatar@lemmy.world if you want to weigh in there

[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think it was fine overall. But this is one of the few shows where I actually prefer the dub of my native language because the voice acting was rather underwhelming. To be fair the German voice cast is the same as the original show so they have more than 20 years of experience and nostalgia might play a role too 😁