20 Movies Since 2010 So Awful They're Actually Harrowing

6. The Last Airbender

M. Night Shyamalan reached his nadir with this blockbuster bomb. This adaptation of the first series of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon has a good premise: it’s set in a world where people have powers to control the elements and a supremely boring kid (in this anyway) is the only one who can control all of them and defeat the evil fire nation.

The film had already been criticized for its offensive whitewashing casting, but the appalling reviews were something of a surprise... until people saw the film that is.

The acting isn’t acting, it’s a bunch of talentless people doing their best tree impersonations. The script isn’t a script, it’s toilet paper. The action scenes aren’t action scenes, they’re tedious dance routines filled with subpar CGI. You get the picture. This movie isn’t a movie. It’s a disaster.

There are only so many times you can see actors doing those idiotic martial arts dances to make small CGI objects float slowly through the air before you give up and go and watch Harry Potter instead.