Feb 16, 2013
***THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS***
Now I came into this movie thinking ok make sure you have your brown underwear on because the manga was just that good. The move followed the manga completely... well actually for about the first 15 minutes. Then people who were supposed to be main characters died left and right.
For example the Senator dies after he finds put that Medusa will kill him and sits in a hall to rot/ petrify. some other people do die but Katherine plays a very important role in understanding what Medusa is. Tim doesn't get controlled by Alice (who is alive, and explains her story
...
in the manga), the main villain actually shows up to the party, and Marco does a better job of leading everyone.
All of the bad plot mishaps aside anyone who has not previously known about King of thorn will think this is a solid movie, and it is. Instead of the this is what happens aspect, Sunrise decided to take a Sleeping Beauty of Anime stance on the story. Now was the story any better than what i t could have been? I don't think so, but the voice actors of the Dubbed version are awesome. The accents are spot on and the results show near perfection.
The only main issue I ever saw was the flip flop of animation and CG which is disappointing. Sometimes characters would be in CG right next to hand drawns and nearly all of the monsters were in CG. I'm not looking for Redline quality but if you were to buy a DVD or Blu-Ray it would be more than noticeable and very distracting.
I would always recommend this movie on the coontingency that after the movie start straight in to the manga. The story in the manga is unbelievable and so worth your time. With only 6 books in the series why not?
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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