Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Greatest Animated Masterpiece Ever Created

It’s a bit too true to say that, but it’s undeniable that ATLA is in the list of the best animated movies ever produced (2nd place in idmb Top Rated TV Series).

Overview of Avatar: The Last Airbender

The film follows a group of friends of Aang, Katara, Sokka and a few others on their journey to defeat Fire Lord Ozai in order to end the Hundred Years’ War and bring balance to the world. Aang – The Avatar, who possesses the ability to tame all four elements, has been missing for 100 years by accident and is found by brothers Katara and Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe. Knowing that the Fire Nation is at war across the world and that he is the last Airbender, Aang must now embark on a journey to master the remaining three elements to end the war. They face many enemies as well as make many new allies.

Not only revolving around Aang’s journey to learn how to tame his latent powers, the series also contains powerful messages about life, friendship, love, forgiveness, and sacrifice. There are many profound humanistic lessons that children may not notice, but make adults think.

Right from the first episode of the series, our main characters have created unique impressions for viewers. Sokka acts like a fool but is very quick-witted and courageous when the brothers’ boat encounters an iceberg, while Katara gives the impression that she is a strong and kind girl. Moving on to the scene where the two find Aang in the ice, when the ice cracks, the arrow tattoo on Aang’s body glows and then a pillar of light shoots straight into the sky accompanied by a dramatic background music, the audience can recognize immediately see that the future this guy will be very strong. Yet the first thing Aang said to Katara when he woke up was: “Are you going skiing with the penguins with me?”
Yes, Aang had great power, but he was still a child, just like Katara and Sokka, children in wartime. And, as Uncle Ben once said “When you can do the things that I can but you don’t do anything about it, then the bad things happen and they happen because of you” “With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility”, Sokka, Katara, Aang are forced to mature beyond their years to embark on a journey to save this world.

Avatar: The Last Airbender balances the brutality of war very well with light, bright episodes, jokes. The series builds the sub-episodes around the main plot very well, you will find that no episode or episode is superfluous. Every detail, even if it’s just a humorous element, contributes to the development of the character and plays a certain role in the main storyline, which is what I feel ATLA is better than other TV series from cartoon to other anime where the humorous elements are usually just to entertain after the episodes, the episodes are intense. Even though “The Tale of Ba Sing Se” is only a “sub” episode, it easily leaves a deep impression on viewers.

What’s good about Avatar: The Last Airbender?

The art of building, developing and using characters is another bright spot of the film.

In Avatar: The Last Airbender, each character, whether main or secondary, is built and developed very carefully, no character is superfluous or just appears to be the background for the main character. There are characters that make viewers feel like only disposable characters but appear and play a different role in other episodes. And speaking of character development, we really should give the ATLA production team a round of applause. The journey of exiled Prince Zuko is really amazing, specifically, I invite you to watch the movie, I want everyone to experience this roller coaster full of emotional frames.

The details in each episode are handled by the characters in extremely intelligent and convincing ways. Although friendship and love are the themes surrounding the series, the battles are contested by will, determination, wisdom and strength, not to see who has more friends or whose family suffers more.

Social issues in the film are also shown very specifically, especially feminism. And rest assured, the producer is not trying to cram more feminists in to compete for awards. Feminism in the film is expressed in a very natural way, a piece that completely fits into the overall picture. In fact, most of the series’ powerful and powerful characters are female. Typically, Azula, the cool princess of the Fire Nation, is one of the main villains of the film who has repeatedly caused problems for Aang’s group.

Labeled as cartoons for “children”, but not only children can watch or just watch movies to become “children”, you can still enjoy 10, 15, 20 or even over 30 The movie is completely comfortable. And, as I mentioned, the movie has layers of meaning that kids might not be able to fully understand. Although it was produced nearly 15 years ago (so fast), the values ​​inside the film are still intact, the social topics in it are still hot.

In conclusion, the series is absolutely worth your time to enjoy. If you can’t go out on cold winter days, why not sit at home, make a cup of jasmine tea, turn on the machine and enjoy this adventure. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed.