By Debbie Schlussel
Based on a Nickelodeon cartoon, “The Last Airbender” debuts in theaters, today, and is directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It’s aimed at kids and is a non-animated story of a young monk who saves the world from the evil fire lord. The most (unintentionally) funny part about this movie is that I thought the monk looked more like a Jewish kid than a monk. And, sure enough, it appears that my Jew-dar is functioning well, as the actor who plays the monk is 12-year-old First-Degree Taekwondo Black Belt Noah Ringer (“The Karate Kid-owitz”?).
The story: the earth is divided into four nations: air, water, fire, and earth. Each has benders, who have powers to move and transform their respective element with their minds. ...