Synopsis
Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.
2017 ‘鋼の錬金術師’ Directed by Fumihiko Sori
Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.
강철의 연금술사, Hagane no renkinjutsushi
It feels like a bunch of cosplayers who met each other at a convention and tried to recreate the series between panels.
Luckily one of them had watched a couple of YouTube tutorials on special effects.
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…
Might be the worst movie I have ever seen.
The plot doesn’t make sense.
The visuals look worse than the ps2 versions of the series.
The acting is more mechanical than Ed’s arm.
I can’t think of a single redeeming quality in this film.
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…
There is honestly no way I could enjoy an epic story rushed to two hours that was done so much better with the anime. I honestly felt that I couldn't connect with the characters even though I basically knew them. It's impossible to pretty much anyone to adapt, a series that lingers with countless characters and rich lore, to film and end up with a satisfying results. I knew this yet somehow I had the urge to nevertheless see what can be done in the first place.
i cannot believe i watched this and let it ruin the perfect masterpiece that is fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood 2009
I'm usually one of those annoyingly picky purist whiners, but honestly I'm just here to see my boy Mustang fuck shit up, so I'm pretty satisfied.
i don’t know anything about fullmetal alchemist. my friends and i watched this with german audio and spanish subtitles while my friend translated the subtitles. this movie is so bad but i’ll prolly still watch the show eventually.
I would give this film a zero if Letterboxd allowed it. Half an hour in and I didn’t understand a thing, the sound balancing was horrendous, the acting was terrible, and the English dub was done so inconsistently that it constantly sounded like new actors doing the dubs. I gave up after those 30 minutes. Netflix failed here, and I’d rather watch the show of Fullmetal Alchemist as I’m sure it’s as great as everyone claims.
I don’t log films that I don’t finish, but I’m making an exception for this one. Don’t waste your time, please. Even if you’re a fan of the anime, don’t. It’s not worth it.
It’s just laughable bad and painfully boring watch. I’m not sure why Netflix keeps allowing these anime adaptations to continue as they do nothing to honor the source material. Absolute trash.
HAHAHAHHAHHA OH MY GOSH WHAT A GREAT PARODY OF FMA! I love it so much! Brotherhoods my fav show of all time and 2003 isn't too far behind, but this show trumps both of them by so much! Every part of it looks amazing and doesn't have horrible cgi, and the story is so focused and fleshed out, as well as Ed and All relationship! What a hilarious-what? This is not a comedy? People seriously intended this as a worthy remake of one of the best anime ever made? Damn.
Wanted to check this out now that I've watched the series but I would have been better off never seeing this
Olha, não vou mentir, essa adaptação em live-action foi até que competente sim. Lógico, ela não chega nem a 0,0001% do nível do anime, mas definitivamente não foi ruim.
Sobre a história, várias adaptações tiveram que ser feitas e os eventos da obra original tiveram que ser bastante condensados; claro que o impacto das cenas é quase inexistente por causa disso, mas era inevitável. E para ser sincero, ela conseguiu sim entreter e apresentou os pontos mais marcantes da obra original mesmo que de uma forma muito mais rushada.
Sobre as partes técnicas, bem... Elas não são particularmente boas; já vi cosplayers amadores com roupas bem mais fiéis à maior parte das utilizadas nesse filme, e os efeitos especiais são…
nope nope nope just go watch the anime instead, this is very bad do not watch nooooo
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