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Feb 14, 2012 2:09 AM
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fullmetal_alchemist_the_sacred_star_of_milos/

I find it hilarious how reviewers (and not ANIME reviewers - there's a reason why the really awful writers from AnimeNewsNetwork aren't featured on Rottentomatoes) like this movie and find it visually impressive and yet it's the anime fans nitpicking and getting worked up over small arbitrary things.
Feb 14, 2012 4:19 AM

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eh, i think Conqueror of Shamballa is better?

wait i cant remember that movie anymore

so this will be 8/10 or 9/10 ??

cant decide
Feb 14, 2012 4:37 AM

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it is kinda meh so i'll go for 8
Feb 14, 2012 6:54 AM

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nedstark1990 said:
And they were ignoring human transmutation rules: you can't heal someone, even for a little scratch, without a Philosopher Stone (like Marco), and they use it only in the end.


surely, you haven't been taking Amestris alchemy as that of the world

busterbeam said:

I find it hilarious how reviewers (and not ANIME reviewers - there's a reason why the really awful writers from AnimeNewsNetwork aren't featured on Rottentomatoes) like this movie and find it visually impressive and yet it's the anime fans nitpicking and getting worked up over small arbitrary things.


because we have a lot of viewers nowadays playing critics and elite wannabes, then you go ask them to watch the 80's and 90's, they'll brush you away cause they can't, they'll say its too old, or the animation is bad, jeez

anyway, this is an FMA movie tied w/ Brotherhood so those who haven't seen it would definitely have no logical reason to check it out and the Brotherhood storyline have already been finished so what would you expect aside from a "filler" story and besides they created this to give thanks, give back to Arakawa, (fanservice to the fans if you want it literally) so basically they don't intend to overshadow anything and just live up to FMA's theme and spirit

and this movie have already won in this categories, so like me, some international fest have come to admire the movie as much as i did
2011 Burbank International Film Festival Best Feature (Animation) Won
2011 Burbank International Film Festival Best Writing (Animation / Adaptation) Won
2011 Burbank International Film Festival Best Director (Animation) Won

oh, and the animation, w/c definitely is unique among today's animation style, and the music score are major highlights why i love this movie so much

and Julia is just loveable, especially w/ Sakamoto Maaya's voice
Simplistic beauty can't be appreciated by someone who looks for something grand in everything he watch.
Feb 14, 2012 7:29 AM

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A naruto/bleach movie with FMA cast

This describes this movie well....... Disappointed.....

3/5
Feb 14, 2012 6:21 PM

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I only have a few simple words for this movie...
What a horrible movie.
Feb 14, 2012 7:13 PM

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Guys, animation =/= art. You're probably all complaining about the art style - and I agree, I didn't like it so much. However, the animation was pretty good. I thought it started out pretty cool, but they introduced too many things and it was too long of a movie.
Feb 15, 2012 9:15 AM

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Guess I agree with what has been said before - I didn't like the art/animation/visual side/whatever you call it, the story was 'kinda meh' and it was a huge disappointment...

The least fun thing in all of the FMA franchise?
Feb 15, 2012 10:03 AM

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Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the Movie using the character art/design from the first Full Metal Alchemist?

I will agree however with the incredibly disappointing quality.
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Feb 15, 2012 8:10 PM

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7/10 it was an ok film i enjoyed it a lot i guess this will probably be the end of the FMA franchise anime wise...
Feb 15, 2012 10:56 PM

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As seen in the trailers, the style of animation was different, animation quality was ok, and it got better in the battle at the final, it got all the effects. The movie was good overall, the argument was entretaining and it was good to see Ed and Al in another journey.

8/10
Feb 16, 2012 1:28 AM

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The movie was ok, just love the action.
Ed and Juila simply AWESOME!

8/10
Feb 16, 2012 1:24 PM

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Just your average filler movie.

4/10
Feb 16, 2012 11:31 PM

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10/10 for me, i'm weird.
Feb 17, 2012 12:55 AM

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cafekun said:
10/10 for me, i'm weird.


Good for you. Don't enter the "all anime fillers are bad so this has to be shit" bandwagon. :)
Feb 17, 2012 2:22 AM

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Finally watched it after months of waiting since the release. My thoughts are pretty mixed up but I'm glad I get to see FMA again. The animation wasn't that bad as I had expected. I give this a 9/10.
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Feb 19, 2012 5:23 AM
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Sir_Lexa said:
cafekun said:
10/10 for me, i'm weird.


Good for you. Don't enter the "all anime fillers are bad so this has to be shit" bandwagon. :)
Agreed that it was good. It needs more showing of old characters.

If there was a movie sequel to Brotherhood, I would be happy to watch it though.
Feb 19, 2012 5:36 AM
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It wasn't bad, still I expected it to be a lot better than that.
I give it a 6/10.
Feb 19, 2012 5:47 AM

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Pretty good movie, 8/10 for me, I enjoyed it. I thought everyone's hair was drawn too blobby though, it looked weird.
Feb 19, 2012 1:27 PM
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Ousto said:
Pretty good movie, 8/10 for me, I enjoyed it. I thought everyone's hair was drawn too blobby though, it looked weird.

the character designs were redone to fit the new style. actually, the character designer & animation director of this movie is also the character designed and animation director for Tokyo Godfathers - the guy knew what he was doing.
Feb 20, 2012 3:43 AM

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pretty solid movie in my opinion 8/10 very nice movie
Feb 23, 2012 8:23 PM

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Sigh. I wish they didn't change the basic laws of the abilities when they make movies. They always do this. >_>
Feb 24, 2012 6:37 AM

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i felt kind of disappointing not that i expected something but i think they can do better than this
i thought mustang would fight but no.he really cant do anything here

iSignature

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Feb 24, 2012 8:27 PM

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I'd give it a 7/10.
Actually didn't like the character animation, seemed a bit too wierd for FMA in the end but who cares.
It was entertaining, but not more than that.

PS:
did anyone think of star wars anyhow? it felt like everyone was shooting their lightining blasts around, i really laughed hard when i saw them do this xD
Feb 25, 2012 5:58 PM

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A want a sequel! I give it an 8/10.

I was actually going to complain about the lack of consistency with the animation, it was all over the place, but the story was good so I can over look that.

I would've liked for Julia and Al to meet, if they ever make a spin-off with Al as the main character after the ending of Brotherhood.
Feb 25, 2012 7:14 PM

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7/10 it was just Ok .-.
I love FMA but this movie was predictable, the animation was kind of weird and Mustang didn't have enough time on screen uwu but anyway It was entertaining at least :3

I found interesting those names given to the Milos inhabitants like "pedro" and "karina" lol
Feb 26, 2012 4:26 PM

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I wanted more screen time from Roy Mustang.... all he did was cauterize her wound -.- Nice use of his abilities..
Feb 27, 2012 6:56 AM

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Nice movie, better than I expected because of the low rating given here. 7,5/10 for me because of the lack of Mustang's epicness and the animation (one of the few x,5 that I'll round up because it's closer to an 8 than to a 7 imo)
Mar 1, 2012 5:43 AM

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Good movie I loved the action.
8/10
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Mar 3, 2012 7:52 PM
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I was quite excited to see this movie, but after watching it, I am sorely disappointed. The entire movie just seemed too contrived to me, maybe because its length meant that the story within the movie needed to be condensed. Right from the get-go, I thought that everything moved a bit too quickly and conveniently for my tastes.

I also thought the whole business about “taking back the Holy land of Milos with the Philosopher’s stone, which will give us the power of the miasma/magma or whatever” totally ludicrous. First of all, they didn’t seem to have any plan for what they would do if they obtained the stone. Even at the end of the story, the success of the battle was largely due to chance and nothing they did was really thought through. Were they just going to barge into enemy base, protecting the one person who actually had the Philosopher’s stone, who would then proceed to blast away all the State Alchemists and thereby take back Milos? And also, what about the residents of the city that they reconquered? I’m sure some of them would protest against being taken over – how would these particular residents have been dealt with? This was never answered in the movie either.
Secondly, I did not understand the ‘power of the miasma’ bit at all. All I could think was: WTF?

The moral preaching of the movie also got on my nerves, which is probably because the characters’ morals didn’t have enough buildup and support unlike the FMA series. The characters just very bluntly told the audience their morals rather than show where these morals came from, which did not make them very convincing. Even at the end there was a scene where Al and the girl discussed how she had ‘learned’ that ‘obtaining power did not automatically lead to the fulfillment of her wishes’. This was not very convincing for me because while one of her good friends died, she managed to take back her nation’s independence, and save her brother with the Philosopher’s stone.

Okay, so I’ve been complaining up until now. As for the good part of the series…I do commend the thoughtfulness behind the plot, I liked that 3D array idea with the blood pouring into the pipes, and the underground city. The concept was very well thought out, and stuck true to its FMA roots, considering the author was not involved. I could easily see this occurring in the manga. I did have a problem with its execution, but I already ranted on long enough about that.
Mar 3, 2012 7:52 PM
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Sorry, couldn't post this as a review because it contains too many spoilers. But I needed to rant.
Mar 6, 2012 8:24 AM

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It's pretty hard to rate this without comparing it to the series, which isn't really fair. I was pretty meh'd by it, 7/10 for me.
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Mar 7, 2012 7:18 PM

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The only downside was the lack of FMA characters. They could have at least expanded Mustang's screentime a bit. He didn't get to do anything.

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Mar 10, 2012 4:28 AM

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excellent
the art wasn't that good, but the animation was awsome
Mar 18, 2012 4:02 AM

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7/10. Pretty much lacking in everything. Feels like an attempt to milk money rather than to expand on character development.
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Mar 19, 2012 6:32 PM

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Maybe I was expecting too much because this was FMA or whatever it was that I was looking for but I cant put into words and I didn't find it while watching this. It wasn't that bad but it's 6/10 for me.

Back to my own herd of goats, I guess. Meh. LOL
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Mar 23, 2012 7:06 PM

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It was ok. Still don't understand why Julia lost her leg despite her using the philosopher stone but I guess they wanted to make it kinda dramatic to prove a point I suppose ?
Mar 30, 2012 10:43 AM
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horrible movie.
i remember how excited i was last year when it came out in july

i would have literally moved to japan just to see this in theaters
thats how excited i was

i guess i should have known it would be crap

seriously. im embarassed that i even watched it
they should have just made an original movie instead of pretending like it had anything to do with FMA

everyone was acting out of character, boring story, lame villain, lackluster fight scenes (they could have atleast had good fight scenes!)
and no emotional connections whatsoever.
julia was a decent character but come on. i dont care about julia i care about ed and al! they were practically supporting characters

and compared to Brotherhood the animation was just underwhelming
5/10
Apr 7, 2012 9:28 PM

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Starring
Lina Inverse as: Julia
Victor von Doom as: Nazi Leader
Claire Stanfield as: Ashley Crichton
Apr 16, 2012 9:36 AM

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zzz...It's so boring...zzz
May 25, 2012 10:29 PM

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3/10
May 28, 2012 12:25 AM
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Wow, the plot twists were awful:

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

Julia, I am your brotNO JULIA, I AM YOUR REAL BROTHER! (WTF)
Also, when Ashleigh gets killed he ALSO spits a philosopher stone (WTF x 9000)
What really killed it was the cheesy dialogue between Julia and Al at the end. (How disrespectful to May Chang! ಠ_ಠ)

[/SPOILERS]

Again, what "saves" the movie is good action scenes (as usual) and...I guess that's it. And then I thought Conqueror of Shamballa was bad.

5/10
Jun 17, 2012 8:34 PM

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Jotamide said:

Again, what "saves" the movie is good action scenes (as usual) and...I guess that's it. And then I thought Conqueror of Shamballa was bad.


I actually thought it was much better than Shambala, just not on par with Brotherhood. I just hated how Ed and Al were the only characters from the series that had some contribution to the movie, the others were just there for the sake of being there. Winry and Mustang were completely useless and probably just put in the movie for all the fanboys/girls out there. Even if they were removed from the movie, nothing would really change...
Jun 18, 2012 9:57 AM

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Wow, that was.... awful. And disappointing, given how much I love FMA. But most of all, it was completely pointless. Will there ever be a good FMA movie?
Jun 19, 2012 12:51 AM

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Koishii said:
Wow, that was.... awful. And disappointing, given how much I love FMA. But most of all, it was completely pointless. Will there ever be a good FMA movie?

The only good FMA movie would probably be about what they do after Brotherhood.

I thought this movie was okay, but since the series already ended this doesn't really add anything. It's just a side story. I thought it started going down hill when a lot of the action got reduced to energy blasts.

Jun 26, 2012 10:13 AM

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I felt like half the cast was forced.

Like, Roy Mustang didn’t do ANYTHING (wish he would of gotten more screen time –cries-)
Riza Hawkeye was just there cuz Mustang was there
Winry was put into the mix just because Edward busted up his arm a little (which honestly DIDN’T need to happen JUST to give Winry her 30 seconds of screen time)
General Armstrong just came out of NOWHERE to say his two lines

I wish all those characters had more of a plot importance and actually did something….

Julia seemed bipolar to me, personally. First she’s all badass, getting captured and rescued and shooting down chimeras…and the next minute she’s all teary eyed and looking all vulnerable. Her whole character structure ticked me off as a whole =_=

I wish there was at least ONE Ed is short joke in this movie…

I agree with everyone here who said that there were WAAAAAAY too many “twists” in this movie.
-Hey Julia, I’m your brother…HAHA JK I’m actually the enemy!!!!!
I was actually expecting the REAL brother to be like:
–HAHA I’m kidding too, I’m not actually your brother either!!!!

I was really confused at the time this movie took play in the story…
Since this movie had to deal with a FORCED Philosopher’s Stone, why didn’t they put any of the homunculus in the mix? The whole movie is already over-kill, why not?

The first FMA movie made more sense to me…=_=

At the final battle, when Julia and her brother were shooting those lightning blasts at each other, all I could think about was “What is this Harry Potter nonsense?”
Jul 5, 2012 6:34 PM

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NO ROY MUSTANG ACTION WHATSOEVER! For that, this movie gets an 8! Haha, no but really, it was really entertaining. I didn't expect Ashley to be the other bad guy in the mask. There was lots of reconstructive surgery going around in this film! I'm glad he was able to get his face back despite being such a douche. Would've been nice to see Al and Julia hook up but whatever. Really cool movie overall.
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Jul 6, 2012 7:53 PM

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I've finally watched it. Good movie, but there were too many plot twists in less than 2 hours! A little bit confusing, I would say.
Jul 20, 2012 11:28 AM

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Finally managed some time to watch it. To be honest, I find this entertaining. I didn't expect a good show, since movies based on shonens, well, usually aren't on their levels. Ofc "Milos..." isn't a worthy opponent of TV series, but isn't as bad as MAL score says either. As said before, I didn't like forcing some characters to appear (Mustang...) and at some points art was just... bad.

I was really confused at the train scene - there was Elric brothers, Atlas (disguised as Ashley), Julia, wolf chimera, Amestris soldiers from train, Black Bats and some men who shot batmen in train. Who? What? With Whom? Why?
Jul 22, 2012 11:32 PM

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i watch it today coz im bored.. 3/5 3points for the art(havent watch the FMA and i only watched the brotherhood, i found the fighting scene animation are cool..) and i dont like the plot..

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