Inuyashiki

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source: Inuyashiki

This movie has good character development with the main character and the villain. Both of these characters you feel sympathetic for. But one thing is that I felt like the villain guy wasn't that tormented in life and by society that he would try to do what he wanted to at the end of the movie (no spoilers). The pacing of this film was good, it never really slowed down where I felt bored. There were a few emotional scenes. The actors who play the villain and the main role were great. Also the CGI was pretty solid for a Japanese film.

Just recently found out there was a live action adaptation of Inuyashiki and I was surprised how good it was compared to other anime adaptations. The anime is much better than this movie but that's because they could tell the story in more detail over a 6 hour period compared to the 2 hours they had to work with this film. But the cinematography and flow and graphics were beyond what I could have imagined as this must have had a good budget to do what they did with this movie. Very impressed! The set locations were almost identical to the anime which blew me away because I found myself comparing places with the anime. I found the first half to flow better than I thought it would and did the anime justice for what time frame they had to work with, BUT when it reached the point where he grabbed Hanako and flew away is when it seemed rushed and a lot was glossed over until the end. There were some key instances in the anime that should have been in the film after this point that better drove the character development in my opinion and some stuff in the film that should have been shorten or taken out completely, as I didn't see the relevant importance compared to the other plot points that should have been in there. Plus there were key character development issues, like learning all his powers, that weren't shown and he just did it without explanation, such as flying with the Hanako which he didn't in the anime because his flying abilities took time and trial and error as he made mistakes, but not here as he was a professional right from the beginning. Also there was no real good explanation about how they got their powers really, while in the anime it is talked about a few times with the beings who bestowed the powers on them. If people just watched this and not the anime first, there is A LOT left out. Thankfully I did watch the anime a few times and knew what was what. But as adaptation and in comparison to other adaptations (which is what I'm basing my rating on), I give this an 8.3/10.

I just watched this streamed from Netflix. First off, I did not read the manga or know anything about this title so I cannot compare to the original source, which was also an added bonus for me because then I was not sure about what going to happen next. This movie is amazing in the visual department, almost comparable to the Marvel big budget movies. And, the main reason I am logging in here to write this review is I literally dropped my jaw during the old man first transformation for many seconds. Something I don't remember doing in watching so many movies, be it sci-fi, fantasy, horror or whatever. If there is one thing lacking in this movie, maybe is the main antagonist cast. The actor is perfect as Kenshin, but here he could not express the why he became the sadist he was. I know it was told: family and social background mainly, but he was so flat. I guess he is better suited for protagonist role. Overall, this is a great movie which in my personal opinion in the score of 7/10, but I really want to see more movies like this from Asia, or any non Marvel or DC sources.