Board Thread:Movies/@comment-5536445-20151103002058/@comment-26207277-20151106080449

In my opinion, no live-action film affiliated with Attack on Titan will ever please fans. This is purely from the fact that some stories only work in one type of media and art style and can never achieve the same adoration as they would initially there.

In movies, there is time for one story line where they have to fit as much character building, action, romance, themes, emotions and universe-setting-up as they can to sell their movie. Manga have plenty of time to establish setting, characters, tension, back story and a large plot spread out for months. The Attack on Titan concept is great but it can only achieve well at the aspects of a movie, different to what fans know and this will disappoint them. I think a standalone movie or movie series following the ideas but not the exact storyline would suit live action. Some of the fans would love it also if its done well (special effects, tension, good characterisation and really good action scenes).

If American theatre companies believe they can hit box office gold with this movie they would go all out and it would be great but if they do average or a half-mast effort it will destroy any hope the series ever had to viewers.

Don't take what i've stated too seriously as I've only seen the Japanese live-action movie's trailer and a few clips but I think they did a good job and if America tailored the movie to their movie tastes I'm sure it'd succeed.