'Fullmetal Alchemist' The Movie

[Ricochet]

I think the movie is a solid sequel.
But there just a few things which are bothersome.
Although I'm a german I don't understand the words
Dietline Eckards speaks I a scene which are supposed
to be german....

Spoiler:

I agree with most of the users that the ending sucks.
I mean with the crap sacrifices hohenheim himself that Ed can go back
to his time and afterall he is coming back...

@fu5ed, for the spolier tag just use [*SPOILER] [*/SPOILER]
between your statement. Of course without the *.

[Sanjiyan]

I just watched it. Overall, as a sequel, I think it remains true to "continuity" of the story. Hence pretty solid sequel. However, I really don't like the ending.

I watched the movie without any expectations but still felt dissappointed with the ending. Poor Winry,

[o_shay1]

Does anyone know when the Full Metal Alchemist movie is coming out to the U.S. or even more specific in Minnesota in English?

I know it's other places but it's not here and it's pissing me off!!!

Or... does anyone know where i can download it online in English? or any other language and i could translate it on my computer.

[bayoab]

Originally Posted by o_shay1

Does anyone know when the Full Metal Alchemist movie is coming out to the U.S. or even more specific in Minnesota in English?
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DVD comes out October 3rd. No word on a theatre date yet or how large the release will be.

[FlareKnight]

Just wanted to confirm that Winry got the shaft. I thought it was a pretty good movie most of the way through. When Ed got back to his side things seemed to be going well. Once they defeated their enemy the movie droped the ball like it was filled with bricks.

I mean great that the brothers are getting back together and all. But really they are probably going to either get seriously hurt, killed in WW2 or who knows what. Winry gets left alone losing the most important people to her once again. They took a whole movie just to put Al on the other side and that's pretty much all they did.

What's with this fear about people coming through the gate? I mean there isn't any way to open the gate anymore. Envy, Wrath, Gluttony, their dad, are all gone. There was no reason for Ed and Al to go back through the gate.

[notme]

The movie made absolutely no sense and was horribly bad in my opinion. Hughes was a huge a-hole and for some reason he still got the girl while Winry got the shaft, wtf? Hughes was an awesome character in the anime but I think his alternate personality should have been shot in the head.

The ending was terrible, not only do I not like that Winry was basically thrown aside, but it just made no sense. The whole movie was a dissapointment and I'm actually suprised I finished it all. I wanted to turn it off about 30 minutes into it, but I held the hope that all would end well and Ed, Al, Winry, Mustang, Hawkeye, etc would all be reunited once again. I want two hours of my life back.

[fmafanatic]

ahh the movie was ok i love fma but it kinda dissapointed me i really wish there were more eps to watch

[Cal-Reflector]

Objectively speaking, the FMA movie was the best featured film from an existing anime series I've ever seen. Art, animation, action, music (my goodness the music!), everything was top notch. The battle sequence between Wrath and Gluttony had me out of my seat, it was that well done. The plot setting was intruiging and the story was solid enough; the new characters introduced contributed a great deal to the film.

The main gripe with this movie appears to be a lack of a happy ending in which Ed returns to his world; I'm a sucker for romance and happy endings, but in this case, I could appreciate the message of the neccessity of sacrifice, maturity, and the will to continue living that the producers tried to convey.

This movie is a must see, and true FMA fans will not be disappointed by the elevated quality throughout the entire film.

[fadingwind]

The movie wasn't that bad at all, I must say. Before I watched it, I read a lot about it. A lot of people told me that they were really confused and were just like 'WTF!?' when they watched it, so I thought I shouldn't expect much. But I got so much more than I expected. It was quite good in the way that Ed and Al came to our world and were sealed off from theirs forever. I don't mind this sort of not-so-happy ending. I never really loved happy endings, really, so this sort of ending suited me in the way it made my heart ache for the ones they left behind in their own world. It was just so sad and it makes me tear up just thinking about it, and that's why I love it.

But I still liked the movie because it was just so FMA. It was what it should be like, its feeling was exactly the same. It had been such a long time since the series ended, and when I watched the movie it was good to feel FMA again, and I was happy, because that's the feeling that makes FMA win over any other anime series. That's why it's my favourite and always will be. Because of that unique deep feeling that it gives me. The music was part of it. I've always loved the music of FMA. Whenever I listen to an FMA song, I love FMA more than ever if that's even possible because the music just touches my heart and makes me smile or cry or my heart beat or whatever it intends to do. I absolutely LOVED 'Lost Heaven'. It's my favourite song now. Everytime I listen to it, I want to cry because it makes me think of how Ed and Al are separated from their world.

Apart from the awesome music, the art and the animation are of a very high quality as well, as always with FMA and its amazing artists. I'd love to say a huge thank you to them for the beautiful art they bring us.

The storyline and plot wasn't bad. It must have been quite hard to squeeze such a big story into less than two hours. I loved the way in which Roy and Ed seemed to work with each other so well. Their attitude towards each other seems to have changed quite a lot, and now there is a lot more respect and trust between them, and they're quite natural together.

The thing I was most disappointed in though, was Riza's lack of appearance. After all those hints in the series, I would have thought there'd be some more Royai to see in the movie too. But no, there wasn't. There was a lot of EdWin though, which, I guess, made up for it. (And in the eyes of a yaoi fangirl like me, the RoyEd hints were the most important thing, really.)

Apart from that, I loved the movie so very much.

[hoshino_crimsonwings]

I loved the movie, AL looked great in ED's clothes, and I like how they'd live together both human's in the end.

[GoTz]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

What's with this fear about people coming through the gate? I mean there isn't any way to open the gate anymore. Envy, Wrath, Gluttony, their dad, are all gone. There was no reason for Ed and Al to go back through the gate.

What are you talking about? The gate remained OPEN the whole time they were at war in their world which is why they could go back through it. If they didn't go back through it to destroy both sides, people could've gone in and out freely.


Anyways, I was pleased with the movie. I loved Wrath in it, he moved up a lot on the "Best Sin" chart for me. I'm glad Lust got a small 3 second appearance as well hehe

[Falcor04]

The movie was pretty decent. I only have 2 complaints. One when Ed's dad sacrifices himself for Ed my reaction was like ehhhh.....no...that is dumb. But i can over look that one. But the big thing was how Winry got shafted like no other!!! I mean i enjoy happy endings but if there isnt one then its no biggy in my book. But in this case i just felt soooo sorry for her. My take on it was she was waiting for Ed make the move cause she was willing and waiting for him. But no he was as blind as a bat. lol i just wanted to kick him in the face at the end. I mean come on when is a female mechanic that good looking.

[hitokirigirl]

Just got time to watch it.....
I'm always afraid when some movie is made from a serie, but I must admit this one is probably the best.

Spoiler:

Top notch animation; wrath vs glutonny blows me up. the battle and speed scenes were perfectly done.
Faces expression were great too : just rewatch the part when Al wakes up after his soul came back from the armor. His emotion was truly shown here.

About the end, I must admit I didn't expect it. I really fell for the so-sad ending with everybody separated. Afterall, it wouldn't be surprising, I mean remember Nina, Hughes, etc...
Al, that freak, manages to cross the gate to stay with his dear brother forever. I almost cried at this very moment.

Strangely, his loss of memory makes Al finally awakening, searching for Ed and seeking the way of his happiness. The main character is definetely him this time.

A particular stuff in the movie, compared to the serie : Al and Ed relationship and strong bound is the really main theme (if not the only one). I thought it wasn't enough developped in the anime IMO

As for the historical setting, speaking about the Nazi and stuff, I won't discuss it (hopefully it's just the 99th time the topic is brought up again...)

EDIT : just read a few previous posts...hmm I don't think the end is bad. However, the fact that Ed and Al choose to stay in the other world without any regret for their homeland (not that much), friends (Winry especially) is a bit off...

[mph030]

The movie blew, end of story.

Soooooo many plot holes, and I hated the way most of the characters were portrayed post-anime. The ending left me and my roomate who was watching it with me give each other huge "WTF!?" looks. Then we started pounding bud lights and tequila shots to dull the pain.

@%!#@^$#@&%#. Please please tell me there is an OVA or something that can bring closure to this great anime, because that didn't work out at ALL.

[Deathkillz]

after just watching the move im kinda pissed off...hell why did they do that? why couldnt it have been a happy ending? the movie did put a solid nail the coffin of FMA and its not gona have any more ova cause it is soo complete now godammit really wanted things to turn out happy since the last eps of the anime series...but this movie made me so frustrated in the end...poor winry

[mph030]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

after just watching the move im kinda pissed off...hell why did they do that? why couldnt it have been a happy ending? the movie did put a solid nail the coffin of FMA and its not gona have any more ova cause it is soo complete now godammit really wanted things to turn out happy since the last eps of the anime series...but this movie made me so frustrated in the end...poor winry

Being an Edo/Win fan, I do agree...Winry got the shaft hardcore.

But Ed/Roze fans can rejoice; hurrah for Alt!Roze in the the form of Noa.
-_-

D-bag writers.

I'm still pissed off about the character representation though.

Anyone else find that Alt!Hughes was a econ. size douche? Cause I did.

Bah. I dun wanna talk about this movie anymore. It just makes me more and more saddened that a great anime once again spiraled into a horrible ending. I've seen too many good animes do this same thing *coughEVAcough*

EDIT: Anyone speak Japanese fairly fluently? I want to insult the writers of the movie. :P

(of course this a joke. The movie was very well animated and well produced. I just sense that the writing part of the movie was hurried, as there STILL are numerous plot holes..as was previously said in a previous post of mine)

[randomlyanonymous]

WHY? Why did they not just continue the series instead of make a movie? Was it an attempt to make money...better not have. I felt that the movie's plot was rushed and the out of place. Why was everything so abrupt?

COuldn't the animators just have continued the series and more thoroughly explain everything. The movie did tie some lose ends but just sort of left a unsatisfied feeling after. Even the ending of the movie was abrupt. It ended more liek an episode than a movie. Hopefully there's another sequel.

Seeing this ending makes me definetely want to read the manga, hoping that manga will make up for this not-so-impressive one.

Why didn't they just continue the series? So much potential, there's so many anime that continue on past 100 episodes that don't even compare the richness and complex plot of FMA. The series moved fast yes, but for the most part, the plot was revealed bit by bit, complicating the story as it progressed. The last few episodes and the movie itself felt rushed, everything was just throw at you, not sufficient time was given to revelations to sink in and to appreciate the climax of the story. yes this would be climax, the last few episodes, with the showdown with the humonculi. Then it would make sense that more time than just 10 minutes would be given to give closure to the show. The movie went on on a whole new tangent that could have continued the FMA series for at least another season.

I'm not really angry about the whole Winry left out thing. It was that they never gave closure to her life in the Alchemist world. Actually alot of characteres weren't giving closure.

Such a great series...I hate regrets, Let's just move on shall we?

[casell]

Mmmm......
I just hoping that there'll be a sequel.
I don't think that the movie bad, it has a great music, good story, awesome effects, but the ending was... sad. I'm very dissapointed. It's said that the equivalnt trade let them lost their world, but they gained peace. Nah, what peace? I don't think the other world is a peace-being world.
Yeah, it's rational to say that there must be an alchemist on the other world to close the gate, but, must it? Why don't they let the gate be the gate. Opened.

The ending a little weird.

[ShadowCloud62]

*stares*

*blinks*

All right, I'm gonna be nice here...

I'll admit, the ending wasn't all that good, with Winry getting the shaft and all. I am a one hundred percent Ed/Win supporter, but I'm more of a basic FMA fan. The movie's ending was what I'd like to call bittersweet, sort of happy, sort of sad. Kind of like episode 51. Yes, Alphonse got his body back, but Ed is on the other side of the gate. Movie: Ed and Al reunite--Winry gets the shaft. However, as much as I would've loved to see a happy ending, it just wouldn't fit, especially not in FMA. Equivalent exchange in action...

...So, I'm saying the movie was good. Solid nail in the coffin, to tell you the truth, I'm satisfied.

I have more comments, but I don't want to make this post as long as hell. So I'm gonna leave now.

[Gaara.]

Eh....I hate the ending.

Spoiler:

I keep thinking of something happning later...the end isnt really ends anything. Wirly is all alone in the their homeland and ed with al are locked in the other world without their alchemy that they studied all their time. After all...it seems like the brothers are together but they've lost everything else....friends and their alchemy wich makes me very sad. They should of made an end as if they were to stay in their homeland....I think it would do much better....well...too bad it isnt how i want