Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Full Metal Alchemist: Conquerors of Shamballa (Movie)

I really don’t know why I watched this, seeing as the rest of the anime was EPIC FAIL. Oh yes, I remember- people promised me a 14-year-old Human Alphonse, who I did not see until mainly the end of the movie. Here is my list of pros and cons:
PROS CONS
Human Alphonse H!A is barely seen for about half the movie
Roy the Emo Panda Wrath
Ed gets kicked in the gut Izumi’s Dead
The S.A.L.A. coughs up blood Stupid Al look alike (AlFonse, aka, Al F.)
Al cries Al cries because of guilt
Al the uber-awesome Alchemist Al cries because of Ed
I Noa (Noah? Noa.) the random Gypsy
Got Nazi Germany
Nothin’. Heinrich (as in, Al & Ed's Da) dies

So as you can see, I only watched this movie for its bishie/hurting Ed/emo panda value. Also, I don’t like AlFonse, and never will. He kicked Ed in the gut (which I both liked and disliked) and was pretty much a bastard, willing to let war happen just to prove he was alive. Woo.
Also: I will NEVER understand the value of Noa. She probably got killed by angry Edwin and/or Ed fangirls for that one scene where she looks like she’s about to molest him. Including Hana. If I sent a picture of that to Hana, she would pull out the flamethrower. Damn straight.
Al cries for nearly half his screen time, the poor lad. So, he accidently lets fighter planes through (not his fault), and thinks it IS his fault, and so runs away from his beloved nii-san because of a comment Ed says (that had nearly nothing to do with Al). The poor boy is fourteen! Leave him alone! He’s had enough tragedy, dammit. Then Ed frickin tries to LEAVE AL BEHIND again, making Al go almost insane. Roy just holds him back with an expression that says “THIS is what my screen time is being used for?”
Poor Roy. He needs more “Emo panda in the North” time. That was awesome. And Riza basicly hid in a corner for 7/8 of the movie, along with all the other soldiers, excepting Havoc and Breda because they got to be with Emo Panda.
In short: If you’ve only watched the anime, you will find this movie ok, since you don’t know any better and think Wrath is some messed up little kid with Ed’s missing limbs (for a while). If you read the manga, like me, you will respectfully find the nearest spork and attempt to gauge your eyes out.

That mandatory intro thing

Hey hey. I got to watching Zero Punctuation, and I realized- I have JUST as much to say, about a lot of random things. So I'm going to start reviewing things, primarily animes, mangas, books and movies. Yeah.