This re-creation of the story is healthy, the CGI is gorgeous. There are precious moments, since the first scenes of the space battle with Aiolos carrying the baby Saori, and the first apparition of Aiolia with all the electric tension in the air. Death Mask as a buffoon and Milo as a woman alienated lots of hardcore fans, but I think they were great adaptations.
Too bad that there was too much material to be covered in a single movie compared to the dozens of hours in the original anime series. It is just impossible to squeeze that much information, resulting that the movie works better for those who are already familiar with the story, who paradoxically mostly hated the movie for not being a clone.
