Comments on: Noah Ringer as Aang Last Airbender Movie

By: whilome

whilome — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:19:28 +0000

Man, I was all set to be pissed that they cast a white dude as Aang until I saw the comparison to the original Avatar. LOOK at Aang. The creators of the character gave him those typical occidental blue eyes, not the director. My kid is half asian and her eyes ain’t blue.
Face it, Noah Ringer is a dead ringer for that character. I hope more Asian actors were cast to round out the film, but I’m not quibbling with Aang. I can’t wait to see it.

By: no one important

no one important — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:40:01 +0000

Umm, I don’t really think the movie will be great at all, live action films based on cartoons just don’t seem great. (think about movies based on books) And Noah Ringer does sort of look like Aang . . . but they got the arrow wrong. It needs to be a darker blue.

But hey, that’s my opinion.

By: avatar fan

avatar fan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:52:24 +0000

I agree that kid playing aang looks a bit young, although i think its gonna be a great movie still, and what is up wit his hand?

By: david

david — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:42:48 +0000

Furthermore, I really doubt that Shamalyan has enough power to cast anyone he wants. When it comes to casting, the studio and producers get final say despite the director’s convictions.

By: aangfan

aangfan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:55:54 +0000

I don’t think Noah Ringer should be Aang, he’s cute but he is just not Aang. i think he looks a little too young.

just my opinion…

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:50:17 +0000

As a minority actor, I remember that there were alot of parts that I was not eligible for because I was a minority and the part called for someone who was white. It is really a disapointment that when they could have picked people who better represented the characters, they chose not to, since you rarely see movies where young people of color can play anything more than the friend. I think that it was clear that the characters should have been played by people of Asian decent because that it where alot of the inspiration for the show was drawn from. I think that this is especially true for the water tribe since throughout the series these people were consistently darker than memebers of the other nations and we obviously suppose to be Inuit.

If you want to even suspend the ethnic disbelief, I think that they actually did a good job casting Aang. He looks the part, if you assume that Aang is caucasian. I DO have a serious problem with their choice of Katara and Zuko. Neither actor is believable for his/her character, regardless of ethnicity.

By: Twix

Twix — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:55:01 +0000

I think if the arrow markings were slightly a more deeper blue he would be perfect. I like it and I’ll admit i don’t really like Indian people i’m not a racist but you know. Anyway my little brother watches Avatar i’m 14. so i try not to admit it but it’s impossible not to love what it’s all about: the T.V series is brilliant and very addictive and the Last Airbender film will defo not disappoint!

By: Mofo Fo

Mofo Fo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:36:40 +0000

i watch avatar, but not because aang looks the way he looks. i watch it because the fighting is AWESOME and this bending idea is real neat. Even if aang was portrayed by a black guy, i could care less. his appearence doesn’t have a part in the story.

By: bujo aka olds

bujo aka olds — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:04:15 +0000

Noah Ringer as Aang rules
this will be a great movie

By: mo

mo — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:46:04 +0000

ya know some of you are racist b******, who cares about what colour skin he has! honestly, and i can’t believe you nerds who are like “he shouldn’t be white” or “aisians aren’t white” i cant believe you guys make a big argument about this! if you don’t like what your’e getting don’t watch the film! and there is no need to argue about i. i love the series, but i’m not mad that he is a little off skin colour. you uber avatar fans are such nerds, take a hike!