Board Thread:Movies/@comment-5536445-20151103002058/@comment-24407809-20151106203416

EternalLocket wrote: Sorry for the long post in advance. I think Avatar:TLA could have been great, but for some odd reason they didn't attempt to cast people who looked remotely like the characters, they also changed the pronunciation of at least one character's name. Which was probably the wierdest of all for me, considering the show is American made. Some of the effects looked good, but overall most of the little bit of bending I saw was lifeless and a poor representation of what was in the show. Dragon Ball Evolution was a let down from start to finish, and is a prime example of a manga/anime that can never be adapted into movie form 100%. Just the whole style of some of the character's hair alone breaks reality and would look more like a cosplay if done in real life.

As for Attack on Titan, in my honest opinion, the movie could have been way better if they left out all the cheesy acting. Other than that, there were some weird parts in the movie that didn't make any sense at all. Like the scene with Eren and Hiana, why was that even a relevant scene? It feels like her character was wasted in an attempt to explain how she ended up with a child, if I'm not mistaken, out of wedlock. As with any senseless movie, you always have the couple that would rather endanger their lives, and possibly others, because they think they have time to fool around; even though the area they're in isn't safe. But apparently sex sales, so they went and shoehorned that in. :/

The change of the races doesn't bother me; but the drastic changes to backstories, or complete lack of them, was something that bothered me quite a bit. Not to mention the part where suddenly regular human beings can flip Titans. :/ While they explained a Titan was light, I don't believe a whole Titan, depending on the size of the Titan and the size of the human trying to lift/flip them, would be that light.

The hardest part in this movie should have been making the 3DMG believable and the Titans/Titan Shifters believable and scary. For me, the best part of this movie is the Titans. Within the first couple of moments of being shown, we see a wide variety of Titans similar to the manga. I think AoT could work out just fine as a movie, it's just a matter of pacing, believability, and what exactly they plan to focus on. If they decide to stay as faithful to the manga as possible, then some scenes will either need to be cut or drastically shortened; like in Harry Potter. That being said, if someone in Hollywood gets it, I worry they'll focus more on making a name for themselves and change it even more than in the live action films. Although I can't speak for DB: Evolution or Avatar, since I've seen neither, I do agree with you for the most part on the AOT movies. The acting was a little jarring, and the Eren/Hiana scene made me unbelievably uncomfortable. The change in character backstories annoyed me to no end, but I was able to overlook, and the change of races didn't particularly effect my enjoyment of the movie either (although I do prefer when movies stick to the source material. The Titans were definitely one of the best parts of the movie for me, do to their appearances. Whenever I read the manga or watch the anime, the Titans always either annoyed me (with their stupid perpetual grins), or made me laugh (seriously, the way they run is hilarious!), but the movie showed me Titans that legitimately scared me, and for once I was able to see why everyone in the AOT universe was so scared of them.

I also agree that AOT could work fine as a movie. In fact, it already has, in the form of the first anime recap movie. If the recap movie was remade in live-action form, I feel it would be a great adaptation (I still can't imagine how they will handle the 3DMG gear though).