![]() ![]() The trailer for both The Final Alchemy and Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar was first seen back in April, much closer to the latter’s May release in Japan, even if took until last week for the film to be dropped on Netflix. That is because Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy will finally be landing on Netflix streaming on September 24, three months after its Japanese premiere, under the title Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter – The Last Transmutation. This is not an adaptation it’s a sequence of iconic scenes from the manga haphazardly strung together without even a hint of proper context.Fullmetal Alchemist is widely regarded as one of the best manga and anime series of all time, and although its live-action adaptations rarely live up to that, Netflix will be completing its Fullmetal Alchemist library come September. It reminds me of when Tommy Wiseau tried to steal lines from James Dean movies, actually. That’s all this movie is: scenes that don’t relate to one another because they’re all just stolen thoughtlessly from a completely different story. None of them contribute anything because they’re inserted independently of context. None of this happens in the movie, despite it devoting so much time to their fight.īecause the movie lacks the plot of the manga-or any plot at all, for that matter-none of these scenes have any business being in the movie. With the later revelation that resurrection is impossible, this proved that Alphonse was both alive and the real Alphonse, leading Ed to theorize that Al’s body still existed and could be recovered. In the manga, it was important because after their fight the brothers begin reminiscing about fights they’d had as children, leading to the realization that Al had memories that Ed didn’t. “I want to create a style that follows the original manga as much as possible.” The director of this movie was Fumihiko Sori, who apparently said: ![]() He’s worse than Dietlinde Eckhart! In a movie with as many low points as this one, he would likely be the lowest were it not for those child actors. I cannot describe how terrible this character is. Not only does he fill the roles of Führer Bradley, some unnamed general from late in the manga, and even-I shit you not-Alex Louis Armstrong in the movie he’s also behind everything Shou Tucker does, things Tucker did of his own accord in the manga. You know what Hakuro’s role was in the manga? He was just some asshole the Elric Brothers saved from train robbers one time! He wasn’t even important enough for his story to make it into the rather comprehensive 2009 anime. ![]() Hakuro, originally just some background character who treated Roy Mustang like crap, is made into the outwardly-friendly-but-obviously-the-not-so-subtle-villain character of the film. The actress who plays Lust is also quite good, although neither she nor the other homunculi have much to do in the film. The Only Redeeming Performanceīy far the best thing about this film is Satō Ryūta’s portrayal of Maes Hughes he does a great job, and despite not gushing enough over his family, his character is mostly consistent with how he was in the manga. You know, as opposed to the shadowy hands in the manga that shoot out of the ground and rip the boys’ limbs off. On an unrelated note, the film decided to represent the failed transmutation as a Wizard-of-Oz tornado. Really in some scenes young Edward is played by a child actor, and in others he’s played by the same too-old-for-the-role adult who’s been butchering his character the rest of the time. ![]() He even plays Edward back when he was a small child trying to bring his mother back, because the child actors they cast to portray the brothers at that age are somehow even worse.Īnd if it sounds like I’m saying they awkwardly flip-flopped between having Yamada portray him and having the child actor do so, that’s because that’s exactly what I’m saying. Yamada Ryōsuke is devoid of charisma and, seemingly, acting talent. The movie decided to hire a boyband singer to star as Edward Elric it works about as well as you’d expect, which is to say… not at all. These articles were originally from my previous blog at My miniature painting articles range from updates concerning what I’m painting to full guides on how to paint. Miniatures Posts about my hobby of painting The Lord of the Rings miniatures from Games Workshop.There’s a lot more to most of the characters and plot elements in the book, and even a twelve-hour masterpiece of a movie just can’t compare. Overall, Tolkien’s books are deeper and more complex than any film adaptation could be. The Lord of the Rings Explained In this series of short articles, I talk about the various ways Tolkien’s books differ from the film adaptations. ![]()
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