10 Most Underwhelming Summer Movies Of All Time

1. The Last Airbender

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Paramount Pictures

Now let’s get this right: there are 4 nations – Water, Earth, Air and Fire – and the Avatar is the only person who can control and unite them. A hundred years ago, he mysteriously vanished, but it turned out that he was trapped under the ice in a giant sphere all along, and now the villainous Fire Nation are hunting the Avatar for oh some reason.

Is this movie gibberish or what?

You know you’re in trouble when after being informed that the Spirit World kept balance in this universe, a character asks what the Spirit World actually is and is told, “It’s not a place made up of things you can touch. But it exists, nonetheless.”

Just one in a long string of anti-masterpieces, The Last Airbender is so bad that you suspect M Night Shyamalan must be sending himself up. How else do you explain dialogue such as “I offer my condolences on your nephew burning to death in that terrible accident.”

Alas, he was trying to be serious, and when the movie inexplicably became a smash hit, someone gave Shyamalan enough money to make After Earth.

What's your most despised summer movie of all time? Have your say down in the comments.

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'