honestly for me, it was mediocre at best. The CGI and the bending effects were indeed way too good and way too realistic. The story was somewhat different (that should be the logic) and i don't think the character development was there in comparison with season one of the cartoon. Aang was a bit too serious, while in the cartoon it was the exact opposite which is natural as he is a freaking child. Katara somehow in the series is a genius, she should have been the Avatar apparently. Zero training, reading a scroll and there you have, a master water bender. Not how it happened in the cartoon at all which basically adds up to the lack of her character development. Sokka's women jokes were obviously out because "Netflix", something that has more depth than most may think as simply sexist.

At least the other characters were good and in general the actors did a great work. Bumi was quite cool as well.