Netflix attempts another anime live action adaption this time with Fullmetal Alchemist, at least it’s better than Death Note right? Anyway this movie to my surprise was not as bad as I thought it was going to be, but this movie definitely has loads of problems. I’ll say a few things I did like, the filming for this movie was really well done and the style of the movie was just really great. It definitely felt like someone was at least trying to make this good (unlike some other adaption *cough Dragonball Evolution cough*), I also do feel they at least knew the source material and did an okay job of following it. It doesn’t feel like the filmmakers just…

Look I'll be frank. This was amateur hour. From the acting, story, cinematography, cgi, action scenes, etc. I don't really know why this had to be made. It feels like it was filmed by someone who just graduated film school and was taught to never use dollies. There was so much handheld camera work it feels lazy. I really can't iterate enough how bad the cinematography is. Framing and camera movement is so horrendous. It feels like they rushed through this movie and had no care what so ever for visual originality. But let's be honest, the mainstream movie scene in Japan that's live action is for the most part horrible rushed movies that no one should see.

I also…

Sogar als Nichtkenner des Animes beschleicht einen permanent das Gefühl, als würde vieles fehlen. Obwohl der Film schon 135 Minuten lang ist, scheint die Geschichte löchrig und in ihrem Universum unkomplett.
Das bezieht sich nicht nur auf Plot, sonder gleich so auf Prämisse, denn die Kunst der Alchemie wird auf eine untererklärte One-Trick-Show heruntergebrochen. Ursprung und Bedeutung der Fähigkeiten werden repetitiv und wenig besonders verwendet, so dass sich das vor Potenzial überströmende Universum kaum entfalten kann, was bei der tollen Gestaltung der Fiktion wirklich schade ist.
Aufgrund der fantastischen Special-Effects und mehr als soliden Kamera bekommt man auf audiovisueller Ebene einen recht kurzweiligen und aufregenden Sci-Fi-Fantasy-Film, der als solcher auch gar nicht irreparabel defekt funktioniert, auf Storybasis aber offensichtlich nur…

I’m going to this film with no knowledge of what the show is about nor what the film has in store for me. Seeing this film made me somewhat curious about the show because I’m sure the show does the story justice, unlike the film did. The good things I can say about the film are that the one scene between the brothers where they fought wasn’t too bad as it shows glimmers of their tragic relationship that I’m sure the show does a much better job of that aspect. The ending wasn’t too bad as it has some nice cinematography in it, but other then that, the film doesn’t have much to offer here.

Some of the actings weren’t…

Had no idea of this movies existence until tonight!

Adapting such a big anime series into a 2 and a half hour movie means you need to make sacrifices, and there were plenty here.

That aside, it in theory still works as a standalone movie, however i cant imagine youd get much enjoyment out of it if you havent seen the anime. The casting here was very good, the acting was competent but a lot of the emotional push for these characters is definitely lost due to having to cut stuff out.

Special effects are a lot better than you should expect from a netflix adaptation!!
Pacing was pretty lackluster, because there had to be a lot of room for…