(Controversially, the cast of the film is all Japanese, though the actors playing European characters simply wear blond wigs.) It also keeps intact is the original series' mode of storytelling, its core characters and values, and the fact that it's a Japanese-written story set in a fictional European country.
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The film also manages to adapt the first chapter of a sprawling, earnest story about religion and science into a live-action sci-fi movie that feels complete, even to viewers who haven't seen the anime. The Homunculi move like fantasy monsters rather than humans, and, thanks to unusual makeup and stellar acting, their unnerving lack of humanity translates well onscreen. These moments are staples of the animated genre, and they are fully believable when translated into live-action. In the film, Edward reacts with anime-esque rage when other characters tease him, and CGI Alphonse manages to emote childlike sadness without anime's distinctive lines and emotive backdrops. Yasuko Matsuyuki as Lust in 'Fullmetal Alchemist'. Alchemist, however, manages to capture what made the original work in the first place. All three anime boast sophisticated writing and unique aesthetics, but they all fell flat when translated out of animation. Take the recent examples of Death Note (2017), Dragonball (2009) and Ghost in the Shell (2017). But Alchemist's production values (or lack of them) has led many critics to pan the film, which currently has a 20 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Īnyone who can't see beyond dodgy effects, though, is missing what Sori achieves with his version of Fullmetal.īy and large, live-action anime adaptations have been disasters.
To fans, this is just part of the movie's charm.
Alchemist makes satisfying nods to the anime's blend of comedy and horror, but the special effects that power Alphonse-trapped inside a CGI suit of armor-fall somewhere between blockbuster and campy. That could be a big "if," based on early critical response. Kentarō Hagiwara's 'Tokyo Ghoul', starring Masataka Kubota. premiere at AnimeNYC, Sori told Newsweek that he fully intends to use more characters in a sequel-if audience enthusiasm for his first film merited one. That's a similar strategy to the one producer Kevin Feige uses to oversee the Marvel Cinematic Universe, cherry-picking plot points from comic book source material.
Rather than cram an entire anime-worth of information into two hours, Fullmetal Alchemist suggests that future movie adaptations should leave certain subplots unexplored. Because the film sticks to a couple plot lines and ignores others, we learn where the Homunculi come from quickly, and we only explore the work of other state alchemists long enough to get a disturbing live-action version of that first big chimera reveal. His film mentions neither Alchehistory nor the Ishvalan Civil War and simply boils down to the Philosopher's Stones: how they're made, who has them, and what Edward and Alphonse have to do to procure one. He dumps Scar, Major Armstrong, and any Homunculi other than Lust, Envy and Gluttony onto the cutting room floor. Sori ties together Arakawa's greatest hits-the Elric boys' fate, Winry and her automail, the three primary Homunculi-but in the interest of time, the filmmaker streamlines the first third of the story. The live-action Fullmetal, like the anime, follows the Elric brothers, Edward (Ryôsuke Yamada) and Alphonse (Atom Mizuishi), as they search for a Philosopher's Stone in the fictional European nation of Amestris.
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