ThedevilChoose
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
paigebensinger
Look the CGI was fabulous and on point and I mean they got the characters looks down and correct but the point of the movie is that it's based off of the series it shouldn't have major plot diversion which is what it had.Roy Mustang didn't meet Ed while he was dealing with father cornello, nor did Ed choose to leave Alphonse with shou Tucker, who basically completely Alters one of the major plot lines and while I understand it's physically impossible to cram a 50 something episode TV series into a 2-hour movie I don't expect so much Cannon Divergence.
judy-a-h3
Started watching this film with low expectations and was suprised. As a fan of the anime, thought this adaptation was pretty good. Most anime to live action films have been terrible, but this one was alright. Glad they released this on Netflix and was happy to hear the English dub of this included the dub cast of the anime.
nmn34
The movie feels cheap, there is no other way to describe it. It has polish, it looks like an actual movie that they wanted to make look good, but it seems like they cut some corners that they really ought not have. Coupled with adapting a story that may be too long with too many characters and too many subplots, the outcome is a jumbled mess that may be worth a single curiosity viewing and then promptly forgotten.The CGI throws up a lot of red flags for this movie. While I can't fault the actual models, Alfonse looks pretty true to form, there is something about them that consistently feels off. Something that keeps them from meshing in with the world around them. That thing is textures, there are too many flat textures that draw attention away from what looks good. While I can't fault the meta sheen of Alfonse's armor, the cloth around his waste sticks out like a sore thumb. There is no weave or detail, its a sheet of white hanging over his nethers. It was this reason I'd rather they just rigged a cheaper suit of armor for the actor and special effected him out. Gluttony is much the same way, a character that loses much of his usage because of Japanese distaste towards desecration, they make the big reveal of his true power. And it looks terrible. His chest opens up to reveal long teethe like appendages and the eye of truth in the abyss that makes up his insides, but again completely devoid of texture. Coupled by the characters immobility, he waddles like a penguin with all the speed of a tectonic plate, it kills any semblance of threat that he imposes. The worst offender however is the homonculus horde. They move like zombies but are all pure white to the extent that they could be used as paint swatches with a big goofy eyeball.There are a couple of exceptions, Tucker's chimera looks pretty good as does Lust's fingers, but the failures bring something that the movie doesn't intend. They make it feel like a cartoon. Its like watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but while n that movie the interaction between live action and cartoon is intentional, here it does not. They want the audience to feel that these things are real, that the laws that govern this world apply to them just as much as they do Edward and Winry, but one look at them and the audience knows they are not. This in tun kills the serious nature of their interactions and ultimately reshapes the movie into something it never intended to be.The source also does not translate as well because there is simply too much of it. Fullmetal Alchemist has a ton of characters, lore, and backstories that just can't be fit into the time constraints of a two hour move and as such a ton of key characters are omitted. The problem then arises in how to fill in for them. While Lieutenant Armstrong may not have been as integral a character in the early parts of the series, he provided some much needed comic relief and is a character fans would surely miss. But then there is Rose, a member of a cult that played an integral role in defining Edward early on. A character just starting down the same path as the hero, it is his interaction with her that really fleshes him out as a character. Her omission greatly harms his development as they are left finding a less natural work around for it.Ultimately, the movie just isn't good. Its not a complete train wreck nor does it drive any real animosity against it, it falls in the realm of mediocre movies that no one will ever bother to remember existed. But with all its technical flaws, the one thing I can take out of this movie is the mop they slapped on Ryosuke Yamada's head. To call that natural looking hair is truly the most upsetting thing to come out of this movie.
