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loved it, loved it, LOVED IT. It did exactly what it was supposed to do. It set everything up for what's gonna happen in the second movie. The pacing was nice for the most part, other than the fact that it seemed to take a bit to get things off the ground. Curious about some of the other Selecao charas who are unidentified.....

also, did anyone else get a huge kick outa Juiz's attitude toward the movie guy (#6 I think)?? It's obvious that Juiz hates that guy! XD

Decent movie, like others have said, this was a nice set-up for the next movie. My only real complaint is how little progression was made, some details were revealed... but those don't have much impact with what information we currently have.

i found it incredibly slow paced x.x it pissed me off not to mention the almost 3 gig dl x,x DAMN YOU DB!

Well thanks to this episode, I understand a lot more about Juiz. She's just a system that responds to each cell phone, but she I think they have a separate system for each phone. That's why then the cars blew up, the people's phones stopped working. At first I thought it was just one system, but since she views each Selecao differently, it had to be different, and the whole truck scene at the end made me realize that.

It was good in terms of story, yea nothing happened, but they do need to get on with the story.

Why is there a picture of Juiz on the character list?
Since when was her identity revealed?

Somewhere in the end of the TV series, Takizawa sent a bottle of champagne to No.1 and whoever was with him, and that bottle was delivered by the one in the picture named Juiz. I'm pretty sure Takizawa also said something about Juiz delivering it as well, don't remember why anymore though : p
(Maybe I should watch the series again?)

At the end like Oosran said when she brought the champagne bottle.....Mr.Outside...has rumors he was the cab driver at the end.

THIS! Thanks to that I can't work out if I was dissapointed because it was a relatively poor movie or because it kep bloody lagging

Bleh, I don't have the enthusiasm to watch Paradise Lost now. If anything I want the whole thing to come out on dvd and watch the entire thing from start to finish but I know if I wait I'll hit spoilers

Cliffhanger. Can't wait for the new movie. :3

And the ED is pretty nice.

I'm guessing that the second movie will finish up everything they didn't do in this movie.

mixed feelings . . . I liked the characters but it wasn't nearly as epic as the series :/ Just filler before the final movie . . . Can't wait to see how it's going to resolve the mystery!!

The ED was cool though and question . . . did number 2 make an appearance? and was the supporter revealed? or did I miss something??

I felt it was ok, just it seemed that great moments would come but they did not. Still, I loved scene at the Amusement Park, that was beautiful. It was not a bad movie, but I expected more. I will hope the best for the next movie.

The subtle reference to Catcher in the Rye in the merry-go-around scene did it for me. Very intelligent.

I haven't seen the anime series since I finished it last year so the 6-month time passage between this movie and the last TV episode was something I could really relate to. It felt very nostalgic to see all the characters again.

In the end, I'm glad that The King of Eden retained the charm and cleverness of the TV series. I can only expect good things from Paradise Lost.

I'm really confused about the people who say this movie didn't do anything for the plot development. This movie completely presented what happened to Akira at the end of the tv show, created a conflict with his past being totally erased, showed what happened to Eden and the creators becoming what they were complaining about as NEETs, Introduced two more Selecao, and amped up the stakes at the end with Mononobe attacking the new, roving Juiz. There was nothing stagnant about this movie at all.

What I did notice, though was a fluid pace that didn't feel nearly as hectic as the show did. I remember lots of people (including myself) complaining about how fast things went, and how quickly the show would resolve the conflict. So, now that that issue is resolved by changing the medium to film, people are calling it 'boring.' I call it balanced storytelling.

By no means am I calling it perfect though, because it does suffer a little from having to set up a few things, while lacking development from Saki and Akira; but to see it get 5s or lower is crazy to me.

8/10 for me.

That's because people are retards now a days lol. The fast pacing in the series was much welcomed in my opinion. It's one of the few series where fast pacing felt right. The movie lacked it big time which left a less dramatic and more "when is this gonna pick up" taste in my mouth and I think that's why people are pissed off. They're confusing plot development with slowness. I personalty liked it and expect the pace to pick up in the second movie now that members are starting to target each other more openly.

I completely agree with noteDhero and DeathfireD. This movie was more like 'planting seeds' for the next sequel, and it did it pretty much damn well. What I really didn't like was being the title 'eden of the east', it didn't really had noticeable development or engagement on that program itself. Now, it is pretty obvious that Eden of the east site is doing pretty much everything, and I liked it.

8/10 for me, too. Pace was slow and content was lacking, but still managed to be enjoyable for me.

Even if it wasn't all that exciting of a movie, it did what it had to do: advance the plot.

What are you talking about? This movie was anything but balanced. At least in my opinion.

This movie was fine, not great, in terms of plot progression. Take into regard how enjoyable it was, and this movie is merely mediocre. It was demanding to watch.

I'm giving it a 6/10. I would've given it a 5, but I'm biased since I enjoyed the TV series.

How wasn't it balanced?

From this page alone:

"because it does suffer a little from having to set up a few things, while lacking development from Saki and Akira"

"Even if it wasn't all that exciting of a movie, it did what it had to do: advance the plot."

"What I really didn't like was being the title 'eden of the east', it didn't really had noticeable development or engagement on that program itself"

"The movie lacked it big time which left a less dramatic and more "when is this gonna pick up" taste in my mouth and I think that's why people are pissed off. They're confusing plot development with slowness."

So how about you tell me how it was balanced? lol.

Also...

It's one thing to be a troll, but it's another thing to be ignorant of your own epistemological views. If you enjoyed the movie, then that's fine, but don't call other people retards for saying this movie was mediocre or below... unless they were trolling, lol.