X - The Movie
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Movie Reviews of X - The Movie
Movie Review: Sadness
Summary: 5 Stars
X the movie is pretty much a squished and compressed version of the tv show. I saw the movie first. The movie's about Kamui (Kah-moo-ee), who moves back to Tokyo after six years. He lived in Tokyo when he was younger, and had two best friends, Fuma (Foo-mah) and Kotori (Koh-toh-ree). When he comes back to Tokyo, he isn't as friendly with them, and they are both worried. Kamui's destiny is to either become a Dragon of Heaven or a Dragon of Earth. The Seven Dragons of Heaven want to protect mankind, but the Seven Dragons of Earth want to destroy it. Kamui chooses to become a Dragons of Heaven. When he does that, his Twin Star is supposed to be a Dragon of Earth. A Twin Star is like Kamui's equal, whom he will battle. Ironically, Fuma, his childhood frined, is his Twin Star. Fuma, when he bocems and Earth Dragon, forgets all his past. Kamui doesn't knwo who his Twin Star is, thought, and is sad and surprised when he finds out who it is. Kamui, along with the six other Dragons of Heaven, Yuzuriha, Karen, Subaru, Sorata, and two others that I forget (sorry :(), battle the Dragons of Earth, and everyone dies excpet for Kamui and Fuma. They battle, and Fuma gets beheaded. It's SOOO totally sad. Then, during the credtis, they play a sad song in japanese called Forever Love. In the begining, Kamui's mother's clothes fall off, so she is naked, but that's only in on scene, which lasts like five minutes. The DVD has a japanese function, with or without subtitles. In my opinion, you don't knowsadness until you've seen X. You WILL cry, trust me. I did, and I'm not much of a crier myself. The only downside is that the english dubbing is not so great. I found it hard to tell when some one was talking or not. To REALLY understand what's going on, if you don't know muh abotu X, is to watch the DVD twice.Movie Review: Five Star Anime!
Summary: 5 Stars
i admit i bought this movie on an impulse and did not know much about it untill i saw it. i was definetly not disapointed after i saw it! it even interested me enough to read some of the original manga. the animation was incredible! the music was haunting and the fight scenes will blow you away! many reviews here say the film is confusing and hard to follow. i thought the plot was clear as crystal, but i'm not going to go tell you about it. thats what buying movies is for! anyway, this film is rated r for a good reason. it has intense violence and partial nudity. suprisingly i never heard one character swear through the whole movie. many people in other reviews have said this is only for people who have read the original manga by CLAMP. i have read some of it and i disagree. this movie has a self-sustaining plot that works on its own! you dont need to read the manga to understand this movie! true it describes the characters in better datail but thats it! the film has some startiling images that children should not see. escepially the opening dream scene... on another note, the director of the film, is the same that made the recent anime fiilm METROPOLIS. and to add to that, he perosnally inspired Katshiro Otomo (AKIRA) with his story designs. well to sum it up, X is one of the greatest anime films i have seen to date. its not for kids but a wonderful film for all you adult anime buffs! this movie should be up there in the anime spotlight along with AKIRA & Ghost in the Shell!Movie Review: For me one of the greatest anime movies I' ve ever seen!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This manga is the first movie that i've watched in my life. On the other reviews i don't have anthing to complain, i'ts their rating. I was so impressed with the animation that i must buy the Dvd. I don't know how the english translation made this movie (or have changed their soundtrack) (because I've watched the german syncrhronization of this movie) I could admit that for the people who are watching this movie for the first time, is going to be a little complicated.The characters dying in the movie (and you couldn't even remember their names!!!). For the full explanation of this movie that was not explaned you should watch the X - Series, that tells you the story that wasn't shown in the movie. About going deeper in the lives of the heaven and earth dragons before they even knew that they are involved in the battle that will decide the faith of the world in the city of Tokyo... In the series everthing is happening for about a month, but in the movie everything has ended less than 24 hours!!! Great movie!!! Don't miss!!!
P.S. I recommend to watch the prequel to X - The movie (first watch X) "Tokyo Babylon" about Subaru Sumeragi that investigates the mysterious murders in Tokyo... I can't wait to watch it!!!
Movie Review: Better than the Mangas
Summary: 5 Stars
This is based off the X/1999 manga series. I tried reading those and they not only made little sense, but ultimatly left me in state of bordem. However this anime compiles the mangas into one feature length movie that is very good, and well worth the price. The story revolves around a boy who returns to tokyo to protect his two friends from childhood. His mother is dead (in a very gruesome manner) and he si destined to become one of two dragons, the dragons of heaven (white) or the dragon of Earth (red). the dragons of heaven want to save mankind while the dragons of earht want to destroy them. Neither one is really a villian because both have their good and bad qualites. Each also has a good argument for their cause. However there is piece of the puzzle left out, and that would be that the boy has a double that would counter his every move, and take up the other form.
As you probably have seen by other reviews this recieved average at best. Chances are is that those critics have read the mangas or are die hard fans of the Mangas. However lsten to me when I say that it doesn't matter if read the mangas or not, this is an excellent tale that should be seen by anime fans world wide.
Movie Review: It's time for the fate of Toyko to be decided
Summary: 5 Stars
The year 1999 is know for many things, the new millennium, Clinton making an fool of himself and tbe release of Tiburm sun for the PC. One thing that is not known about 1999 is that the city of Toyko (Not actually happened) was levelled in an apocalyptic battle between the dragons of earth and heaven. X is an excellent example of Manga converted to Anime like Akira but only made for the fans of the Manga and not taking into consideration. The story line is confused and even more so in the Japanese version of the anime. Although it has these downfalls X is an excellent anime and all fans should get a copy as it's religious undertones and excellent battle sequences lead to a jaw dropping results.
X is an anime of the ages and the confusing story line can be forgiven because the battles and animation is close to overtaking the great Akira. If you're a fan of anime you should get this but if this is your first anime I suggest you try another one as this is for the fans and the experts.