Just got back from the cinemas and i’m giving a review to the Rurouni Kenshin movie… but first here is the trailer
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Was this adaptation expected to be like the rest of adaptations that came out in history which a slap in the face to childhood (Dragon ball… transformers…)? Yes, i had the feeling it would be
Was the expectation right? NO
The movie is that good and I declare it as one of the best movies i’ve seen in the year.
This isn’t a movie that only anime fans will like and if you can’t take my word on that then read it’s reviews and see how much props it has been getting, even from critics who have never watched the anime. Check out Rottentomatoe, IMBD or whatever Movie based site you can google up. Now, as i continue the review… I may go overboard with the and contain some spoilers… i won’t reveal too much but just for the sake of getting you guys interested in watching the movie.
For those of you who have watched the anime, and became a fan of it during your childhood… you will certainly love this movie. Even your friends who never knew about it, will likely enjoy it as well. The characters where well dressed up to mirror the characters with special phrases like the “ORO” of kenshin… the fight scenes where a bit familiar to the past anime yet perfected, well choreographed, and breathtaking [details=Spoiler]Kenshin has a fight scene of him doing hand to hand combat[/details]
Jin’ai was 10x more of a bad ass in the movie in comparison to the original Anime/Manga version, and the OVA version… infact … the storyline of the movie beat the arc in the anime. It was just better told. There was more depth in Megumi’s story telling and allot of cool stuff with Saito, Sano, Hanya… and of course kenshin:
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The infamous first scene of the first OVA of kenshin’s time as Batousai was included, and well integrated in the storyline (it wasn’t an intro to the movie)
I’m not sure if this movie came out to the US or whatever country you’re from, but i hope most of you will be able to watch this film soon in good quality. You will be happy.
Last day was today in my country so i don’t know if thats the same anywhere else in the world. All 3 movie showings were sold out, leaving the last one at 10:30 pm so my friends and i switched malls.
Well in any case, you guys should try to find a way to watch it. I would watch it a second time if given the chance. I’m hoping for a prt 2 with Shishio this time. Seeing how they did with Jin’ai, i have a feeling they’ll make Shishio if even badder than he was in the series.
Just watched this yesterday which was the last screening here. They did a good job on compressing the story before kyoto. The knife fight and sano with the lunch break in the middle of the fight was funny. Aoshi was missing though. Good movie but I didn’t like some of the music. Hopefully there will be a sequel.
That was my main problem. I’m still in debate with that knife dude if he was aoishi or hanya.
I’ve also watched the Kyoto arc remake, the second part that has english subs yet and it sucks. They totally changed allot of things, but the good side is they tried to change things in a realistic way. I hope when the part 2 comes (which i feel will lead into shishio) they don’t alter too much like the ova remake did.
Can’t wait when I first saw the trailer I was like yep I aint gonna see that hotness anywhere in Jersey gonna have to wait for a decent torrent, but if its dropping on Bluray soon then I can wait for the quality.