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X - The Movie Director: Rin Tarô Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Color, Widescreen, Animated, Dolby Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Running Time: 98 minutes Studio: Palm Pictures/Manga Video Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2001-09-25 Buy from Amazon |
 "Good, but could have been better"Okay, so we have the dragons of earth and the dragons of heaven all in this apocaliptic battle that will determine the future of the earth, no problem. There is a young boy with an amazing power and he must fight his twin star which just so happens to be his best friend, okay. This is where the problem comes in we have such a lack of charecter depth. If you do not go to the special features and read the backgrounds then you will be at total lost. The story could have expanded on more of the charecter's background such as the main charecter's relationship with his mother, or the connection between the two best friends could have been explained more. I've heard that there is a series based of the movie so maybe that will help explain a lot of holes. Overall great fight scenes with a downer ending. "Good, but could have been better"Okay, so we have the dragons of earth and the dragons of heaven all in this apocaliptic battle that will determine the future of the earth, no problem. There is a young boy with an amazing power and he must fight his twin star which just so happens to be his best friend, okay. This is where the problem comes in we have such a lack of charecter depth. If you do not go to the special features and read the backgrounds then you will be at total lost. The story could have expanded on more of the charecter's background such as the main charecter's relationship with his mother, or the connection between the two best friends could have been explained more. Overall great fight scenes with a downer ending.  "Great anime movie"This movie was great it had lots of fight scenes which i like and i think other people might like to the best partbof itwas each character had their own special elemental attacks.  "Loved the manga, but VERY DISAPPOINTED with the movie"Hey. What can I say? It just plain [stinks]. First of all, I love the manga series to death. It was one of my favorites that I was really looking forward to the movie. But when I saw it, MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT. Yes, it had a lot of action and blood and magic. I'm never queasy about any of those things. But it's also confusing, probably even more so if you have never even read the manga. You can't start to "care for" the characters because the chemistry just isn't there. I guess its one of those love it or hate em movies. But I hated it. And where's the plot? Sorry CLAMP, I love you girls, but this just plain BITES. Go watch Card Captor Sakura or something.  "Very sad but not a bad anime really..."INTRO: When I first bought this DVD, I was kinda' diving into a show that I had not read the manga of, and I half and half regret and am thankful for that. The reasons why are: --Regret: I didn't get to hear the whole backstory and learn about the whole plot before hand. --Thankful: I'm glad I didn't get attached to the characters who died in this as much as I already did. ---------------------------------------- DVD: To start, the DVD itself is average. Nothing too special. Has bios and some trailers and such. I can't complain but can't praise it either. ---------------------------------------- STORY/PLOT: The movie (and series) seems extremely well-done. Usually I don't mind these types of shows (severely depressing). Its just this one seemed to go a little bit too far. Which isn't totally bad, its kinda' a twist from the normal "Hero saves princess" routine. I would watch it a few times actually. ---------------------------------------- OVERALL: I know this isn't the "main" review to read. You should obviously read someone else's review before mine (or after). The only advice I can give is that you should probably see the manga first since its far better from the many Otaku I've heard from. Second, if you are hardcore into this series, you might want to check out the TV version that is coming out. It details the events before this movie (the final chapter in the series) and gives the lengthy manga new light. |
