Board Thread:Movies/@comment-2143738-20150817051412/@comment-5774380-20160306193605

Ok, I could finally watch Part 1 (hard drive problems, I had been very limited these last months). My verdict: it truly sucks. >______<

The first half of the movie was somewhat decent. The special effects were acceptable considering the budget, the acting was lame, though not horrible. The story had potential. I liked that gore atmosphere, and some scenes were creepy and disturbing. But the second half... garbage. And most of it falls on two persons: Shikishima and Mikasa. "#$%"#$%"#$"#$%

I can't believe it. My two favorite characters from the manga, Levi and Mikasa, and their "adaptations" (if we can call them that) totally sink the movie. Shikishima is HATEFUL to the utmost, nothing like Levi; and Mikasa is such a useless b***h.

ANd if we add the fact that there is practically zero character development for most of the cast (something in which Isayama likes to put a lot of emphasis; maybe too much) and I couldn't care less if they die, namely Armin, "Hans", Jean, Sasha or whoever, who are barely the shadows of their manga counterparts, I ended up asking myself, "why am I watching this?".

The only redeeming element of the film is Eren, though still, he is far from the original. At least he is not a crybaby like the Uprising arc Eren.

I'll watch Part 2 only to see how this ends, but if it wasn't AoT, I wouldn't waste my time with it.