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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 |
 "havent seen the begining but wish i did"when started to watch the movie it had been on for i the 30 to 45 min. at thought it was a good movie i like the idae the story but there were some thing thought should have been better sooo im going to rent it tomorror i was shocked to see all the people who thought is wasnt that good but i like that king of movies oh well 2 each is there own i think u should go rent it on a rainy or boreing night and fined out if u like it or not if u dont it what $5 "Beauty at its best..."Being my first wave of CLAMP animation, this nearly broke my nose when it blew me back. The animation was beautiful, and although the plot was a bit rickety and the voicing could have been better, the visuals easily make up for the loss in those. And, of course, being the X-Japan fan I am, "Forever Love" as the ending theme was a huge treat. . .  "Sadness??"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.  "really the worst anime ever"I like anime. I hated this movie. I saw it in a theatre with a group of 4 or 5 anime fans and we all felt stupid we blew $9 on this sub-par garbage. We all sat around afterward ridiculing the final shot (one character cradles another character's decapitated head in his hands while crying--pathetic.) Do not buy nor rent this crap. I won't bother describing the "plot" (OK I will: Freaky dream sequence, Dragon of Heaven fights Dragon of Earth and gets killed, Freaky dream sequence, Dragon of Heaven fights Dragon of Earth and gets killed, Repeat, Repeat, Decapitation, Boo-hoo, End credits, you realize you're $9 poorer.)  "A failed rendition of a good series"From the very beginning of X - an animated movie based on the manga by Clamp and animated by Mad House - you know that this is going to be gory and graphic. Rintaro, of Astro Boy fame, directed this one. It's also very clear from the beginning that the movie, made in 2000, was created for the fans of the complex Manga series. You get a quick scene of a boy - Kamui - being given a sword drawn from the stomach of his naked mother. She then recites a laundry list of "These are your friends, these are your enemies", showing each one briefly. While manga fans will instantly connect with them, newcomers to the series will be completely lost. Kamui is sent to Tokyo to face the Final Battle of the Dragon of Heaven vs the Dragon of Earth. He and the "good guys" are on the side of Heaven. The "bad guys" think the city is full of corruption, pollution and slime and needs to be cleansed so there can be a rebirth. We start with a personal battle beteen a pair of enemies, which apparently is the overture. And on the battles go ... well, in between all the flashbacks and dream sequences and meandering. There's lots of religious symbolism, from angels and devils to pentagrams and people being crucified. Kamui, the hero, is told his name mean's God's Power. The "good side", the Dragon of Heaven, gets power from the 7 stars of the big dipper. They are defeated one by one. Kamui is told the 7 Dragons of Earth solely wish to destroy the earth. He refuses to care and just wants to protect his friends Fuma and Kotori. As it turns out, the final battle is between Kamui and his best friend, Fuma. Whatever side Kamui chooses, Fuma must be the other. And just as Kamui got a sword from his mom, Fuma pulls one from his sister. Interestingly, even though the original Manga's creators, Clamp, is made up of all women, I was disappointed to see either banana-brained girly-girls or lap-dancers. The two main girls - sisters - fall on the two sides of that coin. The two other main females both die gruesomely in order to 'birth' swords for their guys. The guys on the other hand are strong, intelligent and complex. It's a pretty bizarre vision to come from a smart group of women. I'm sure it was really hard to fit the complex Manga story into a 100-minute movie. But there are so many ways that it COULD have been told well. As it is, you have a hero who doesn't seem to really care about or do anything for the city. He decides to protect his 2 friends instead, but doesn't even do that. There are many battles between sides that we don't care about, and teammates just 'stroll' along when their friends are in danger. As far as the main sides, all we know is that there are the "earth cleansers" and "earth savers". In fact the 'earth cleansers' seem to have a pretty good argument against corruption and pollution. They say to look in the future and that this solution gives the future the best possibility. The "earth savers" just say "We must keep the status quo!" One of the heroes of Heaven in fact decided to become a prostitute and learned to use flames. She might have chosen the wrong side ... When you get to the epic final battle, Kamui cuts off Fuma's head, and then holds the head tenderly. Flashbacks remind Kamui that he pretty much has failed at everything he tried to do. Talk about a bizarre, gory ending! |
