Quote: LunarzQuote: pankakesparx456The live action Fullmetal Alchemist.
Not even going to talk about it. It's not worth the effort. 0/10.
This goes to show how much expectations we have based on other variations of media in the same universe because I've never seen FMA and I liked the movie, I certainly would not say it is a 0/10, that's Dragon Ball Evolution level of bad. It wasn't the best movie ever but I enjoyed it, probably because I've never seen the anime. I wonder what other people who saw it without anime context think as well or if I'm the only one who despite not knowing anything about it liked it.
I don't even know who it's trying to cater to.
If it's going for a general audience it failed on that front by being a really generic and boring action movie.
It can't be for people trying to get into the series, as far as introductions to a franchise go this is like being introduced to Avatar The Last Airbender by watching the live action movie.
And it certainly can't be for fans, fans will think it's an incoherent mess because it just takes random plot points from the entire franchise and blends them together.
As far as adaptations go it isn't as awful as The Last Airbender or Dragonball Evolution but it's pretty damn close, like hanging by a thread close.
My expectations were already incredibly low to begin with, especially considering how much the franchise means to me personally, but I still kept an open mind and watched it. But it fails on all fronts, as a movie for fans it fails, for casual audiences it's just a bland action movie with inconsistent storytelling, bland acting, butchered pacing, and laughable effects, and for people who want to get into the series, well you'd already be better off just watching the show but this movie just cements that.
And it frustrates me because I can see the potential for a good live action Fullmetal Alchemist here, whether it's a movie or tv show. You can tell they tried their absolute best to maintain a faithful atmosphere of the original series, but here it isn't enough. Especially when they're trying to blend 50 plus episodes of one show into a movie, heck even just 20 or 25 episodes. Trying your best to make a faithful adaptation of a franchise can only go so far when you have a script, effects, and acting as bad as this. If this were more like a cosplay short film or something, then I would give it a pass, but this is an actual blockbuster movie. Hell, that's probably the best comparison I can make about it: It plays out and feels exactly like a cosplay film or a fan film based on the series, not an actual adaptation.
but man what do i know i liked the percy jackson movies lol who even liked those movies
anyways, i'll just leave it at that. That's just what I personally think of it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯