Have you watched the trailer? In almost every scene she was in, she looks like she's either on the verge of tears or has been crying. I don't remember Katara doing a lot of crying in the series... especially not in the first season.

Kind of reminds me of Ember Island Players - in that ep, the group is watching a play about them, and get really annoyed with how their characters are portrayed. In nearly every scene, the Katara character is crying very very loudly and talking about how 'it just gives me SO MUCH HOPE'. So... that kind of makes me think of this trailer. Heh.

I'll withhold judgement until I see the movie, 'cause who knows? Maybe those were just very emotionally charged scenes they picked. The one where she and Aang hug is probably after the finale at the North Pole, and that IS a pretty emotional moment (althoug she wasn't crying in the cartoon :P maybe they added more drama?).

I will also be ANNOYED BEYOND BELIEF if they leave out her battle with Zuko.

But you know, as mad as I'd be if they made Katara wimpy, I'd be infinitely more pissed if they then went on with the second movie and made TOPH wimpy.

I'd be convinced at that point that the movie is a bad fanfic.