1. The Last Airbender
Take the anime out of your mind and view the trailer the way I did, without any judgement towards the races of the characters. If you have to, forget there is source material to begin with.
The Last Airbender has
one of the coolest trailers ever. The movie looks enormous. The teaser makes it look like the scope is out of this world, the action and special effects look top-notch, explosive, and, if I must say it again, huge. It's no wonder this picture made over three hundred million dollars worldwide; the marketing and trailers did the movie a major justice by making it forty thousand times more interesting than the finished product. It's, of course, a movie with a reputation of being horribly written, acted, and paced. It lacks what every decent movie should have (aside from it's visual effects) and ultimately ends up being nothing more than a disappointing, forgettable night at the movies. Should it be given a second chance? Yes. I'd give it to Brad Bird, myself. I owe him something, I'm sure, anyway.