The live-action version of "Fullmetal Alchemist" won the box office in Japan, but the word-of-mouth hit the street and set the record for the lowest rating among all films on Yahoo Japan this year

Koby 2022-04-10 09:01:08

On December 1st, the live-action manga adaptation film "Fullmetal Alchemist" starring Ryosuke Yamada of Guinness Office finally opened, and it was released on a large scale on 441 big screens in 341 cinemas across Japan during the first weekend. With 191,200 people and a box office revenue of 264 million yen, it overwhelmed "Detective Bar 3" starring Oizumi Hiro, which was opened on the same day, and won the first place in the box office chart of Japanese cinemas this week. Starring Yamada Ryosuke, the live-action version of "Assassination Classroom: Graduation", which was released last year with a final revenue of 3.52 billion, fell to 41.3%,
and compared with several live-action manga movies adapted from well-known IPs this year, It is also a lot worse:
"Gintama" attracted 392,800 viewers in its first weekend and received a box office of 541 million;
"Asian" attracted 210,000 viewers in its first weekend and received a box office of 272 million;
probably only better than
"Tokyo Ghoul" in its first weekend. 166,000, 232 million at the box office
"The Kingdom of the Emperor" attracted 166,000 in the first weekend and 214 million at the box office
"Infinite Residence" attracted 145,000 in the first weekend and 189 million at the box office
"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", the first weekend Attracted 117,000 and earned 166 million at the box office,
but the word of mouth of "Fullmetal Alchemist" was very bad from the beginning, and now the Japanese Yahoo score is only 2.19 points, compared to "Gintama", "Asian", "Tokyo Ghoul" Species", "Kingdom of the Emperor", and "The Infinite Dweller" scored 2.96, 4.04, 3.91, 4.21, and 3.71, respectively; even for "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", which received a lot of bad reviews, the Riya score reached 2.96, 4.04, 3.91, 4.21, and 3.71. With a score of 2.72, "Fullmetal Alchemist"'s 2.19 Riya score has set the lowest score among all Japanese movies released this year, probably only slightly higher than the live-action version of "Attack on Titan" released the year before, so the movie The follow-up box office trend will definitely experience a cliff-like plunge, and the final box office may stop at 1.5 billion. For such a big IP work, it is undoubtedly a box office fiasco.
Three days after the release, more than 1,900 netizens have logged in on Yahoo Japan, and most of them gave a low rating of one star. The picture shows that 57.9% of netizens gave a one-star rating. Let's see how Japanese netizens complained:
-- ----- Shame on Japanese movies!
-------This is the scariest movie ever, except for the special effects!
------- Do you have the pride of the creator in producing such a movie?
-------All the actors make people collapse, there is no acting skills at all, as long as the big names and eye-catching, the Japanese film industry can only make money?
---------Although I like the character Elric, I don't like him in any scene in this movie, it's so confusing;
--------Did the director actually watch it? Over the original? I am really skeptical.
--------Why does this movie look like a B-movie?
--------This movie is so bad, it's full of original plot, why is that?
-------It's so boring, I'm shivering watching it in the cinema, and there's not a single place that makes me move, cry, or laugh out loud.
-------Is it necessary to go to Italy to shoot this movie?
------- There is not enough content to support it in two hours. There is always a feeling that the director wants us to fill in the brain by ourselves, which is a pity.
-------Insufficient amount of information, passers-by viewers who have not seen the original said that they do not know what they are watching.
-------To be honest, seeing that everyone's evaluation on Riya is so low, I finally feel that my perception is normal.
-------For me, "Steel" is my favorite manga, so no matter how bad the reviews are, I will watch it. The special effects are very beautiful and amazing, but the characters and the original settings It's too different, full of discord, making fans of the original book very unhappy, and the plot changes completely deviate from the original book, which is neither reasonable nor reasonable, messy, and must be criticized.

The special effects part of the film is still relatively positive:
------- Even if the CG is done well, it can't compare with Hollywood blockbusters.

-------To be honest, I watched the 4DX version, if it wasn't for this version, there's no need to watch it at all, right?

About the actors:
------ Yasuko Matsuki is too beautiful in the film, she can't look directly at the beauty, Nato Hongo makes people want to laugh when she appears, I don't know why, Miss Honda Tsubasa is very beautiful, but once she appeared I can only make people look at her, and I don't feel that it is integrated with the role. The other actors are very superficial, and there is nothing to say.
-----Yamada Ryosuke is simply a restoration of Edward God.
------The actors are also very hardworking, and most of them show the charm of the characters.


Of course, 17% of netizens gave a five-star full score:
------I haven't read the original book, but I think the brotherly friendship and love part in the movie are very good, which moved me, and the human desire part is also expressed Yes, the actors are also good, I want to know the follow-up story and look forward to the sequel.
------In just three days, I watched it twice. I think it is a very good movie as a local Japanese movie. The image is compelling, the CG is excellent, and the actors are excellent. I like it very much.
------ I watched it with my friends, they seemed to think it was quite interesting.
------ Generally speaking, it is not bad. The integration of CG in the scene does not feel inconsistent, but also has a sense of power.
------The story is extracted from the original work and then condensed and concentrated, and it doesn't seem out of place.
------Although it is a local Japanese movie, even compared with Hollywood blockbusters, I think some of the action scenes are not inferior to Hollywood.

The live-action version of "Fullmetal Alchemist" is said to have been introduced by filmmakers, and there are also many iron fans of steelmaking in China. Therefore, although the film has such a bad reputation after its release in Japan, for domestic steelmaking fans, they will go there anyway. Have a look at it?

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Extended Reading
  • Kamryn 2022-04-08 09:01:13

    Cos restoration, it's really hard

  • Kolby 2022-04-09 09:01:08

    The script really doesn't work, and the characters are embarrassing to act. Are you the most embarrassing one, steel or earth? The wings are beautiful but they are not suitable for this role. Except for Koyori, others are not suitable, and the time is short and the content is too emotional. The only bright spot is the cedar Taizi. It's really not as good as shooting the theatrical version of the rumor. The audience wants to see special effects and fights. After reading the comments, Wings took on this role, and it was the worst mistake that was hacked. It is really more suitable for the character in the deep sea fish man.

Fullmetal Alchemist quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Edward Elric: [to his brother] promise I'll get our bodies back.