Audience reviews
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AnikiXvi
I want to write this review right after watching the movie because my experience on YouTube made me realize that people seem to 'hate' the movie...? I haven't watched their opinions and prefer not to let them influence my review. So, here is my honest opinion based on having just finished the movie.
First, and most obvious. The movie is a visual masterpiece:
It is called the "Ghibli FMA" movie for a reason. and it delivers!
Every frame of this can be a wallpaper, and I have spent embarrassingly way too long reversing and replaying the scene frame-by-frame and screenshotting it. In short, the visuals are not just 'good'; they embody what is meant by the term 'Art' with a capital letter. Sure, to each their own taste, but if anyone ever complains about the visuals, the animation, the dir…
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It felt like a dream
It feels like it happened but in reality there is no such thing
Everything is somehow related and familiar or is it just a feeling? In other words what if I'll wake up and think that all of these are just a crap and a unlogical variations of conditions of my reality
And the people that I know is somewhat robotic and gives synthetic reactions in the opposite they usually give
They can look but felts me that they can not see
But
The animation, and the aesthetic of the universe is good
Basically, it is 5 out of 10 for me just because of it is an extension of a beautiful original series and the alive universe
Read at the sourceLandyra
I'm a bit torn on this. All in all it was a fun movie, but I couldn't help but think that with a little rewriting, this movie could've been completely standalone and wouldn't even have necessarily played in the FMA universe. Ed and Al are there and do their thing, but I can see the movie playing out more or less similarly without them. I'm not saying they were useless, but rather that the movie seemed disconnected from the rest of the story - not like an OVA episode that plays in-universe but disconnected to the main plot, but rather it seemed like the chracters where taken completely out of their universe and placed in a different movie script (which kiiiiinda happens on a smaller scale). Mustang, Hawkeye, Winry and Armstrong also show up, but more or less only as a cameo - which did feel…
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Even after all these years FMA still is one of those amazing anime that will last through the years. Even if this is just a side story from the main series. It still is a wonderful action pact anime that really connects to me.
For the story, it was quick paced to throw us into the new area with some great action. With a bit of the dark side of things to start, it gives the views a better understanding of who to watch out for. Even with some very cleaver twists and surprises. This movie had me on the edge of my seat for a good portion of it.
Always loved the action of FMA. The magic of alchemy was always intriguing. They way they animate it was wonderful and is still amazing here. The fights always got me going with many highs and lows. With the realization of death making it more real th…
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A good time for a Fullmetal fan.
Although it is common for anime movies based on series to be inconsequential, this film was interesting due to the in-depth exploration of the political fued between nations and the family caught in the middle.
I can't remember why Ed and Al must clap their hands to use their transmutation powers. It would have been nice if they gave a quick explanation as a reminder because it bothered me to see others using powers without having to do so.
I liked the wolf chimeras. I don't remember if they were a part of the main series, but they are cool and fierce in this film. Their speed and strength is conveyed in well animated action sequences. Although they're powerful, it feels grounded, they're not just crushing through everything.
I liked how the featured ch…
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Music: The music was well made but it didn't have that more upbeat feeling that I wanted comparable to the tv show, this movie felt more moody at times. It was just a bit above average.
Visuals: This was a pretty big one. The animation wasn't bad the characters felt fluid and alive but I didn't like the art style.
Plot/ Pacing; The plot was alright there were some questions that I had, the pacing was well done, at certain times they would give you a breathing room from all the action and drama and wasn't too slow or too fast.
Dialogue: The answer and questions the characters talked about made sense and I didn't find anything off from their dialogues and speeches.
Settings: The location, people, and the backstory of where Milos came from and came to be made sense. But was pretty short s…
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Curse me for being a completionist.
This movie is bad. Very often you get milking attempts which end up as complete wrecks, trying to keep the hype train going and get a few dollars more out of a franchise that already hit it's peak.
The worst part of this unnecessary movie is the story. It's in no way connected to the main series, doesn't have a proper set up, has a very weak world building, it's riddled with cliches and doesn't leave any impact on the main characters after it gets resolved. There was no sense of danger, mystery and/or tension which were so prevalent in Brotherhood and that made it very boring.
Edward and Alphonse are completely out of character and behave and feel nothing like in the main series not to mention that they look very bad compared to Brotherhood because o…
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Warning: This review is NOT spoiler free and may contain spoilers for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
It happens to just about everything that gets popular. Creators realize they have one sweet cash cow and they want to milk her dry. So many horrible things like the Star Wars prequels and Cursed Child have come from those abused cash cows and now we get to add The Sacred Star of Milos to that ever-growing list. Mediocre at best and an absolutely awful film at worst, SSOM is a shameless attempt to capitalize off of the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise. If you couldn’t tell by the score I gave this movie, it was a pretty lousy attempt.
Animation:
You’d assume that they’d at least get the animation right. Haha nope. The animation uses a somewhat different style from Brotherhood and it… doesn’…
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Update: upon watching some truly atrocious anime, I've decided to bump my rating of this up two notches, mainly for the art and characters. Make no mistake, I still support everything else in this review.
Having finished FMA '03 (FMA), Conqueror of Shamballa (COS), and FMA Brotherhood (FMAB), it was only natural to move on to Sacred Star of Milos (SSM). While I still have my gripes with the ending of FMA and COS, they provided a reasonable ending to that story, if not a completely satisfying one. As COS was a film, I had certain expectations of it regarding production quality, and I was not disappointed; Sacred Star of Milos, however, did not rise to any of those expectations, to put it mildly.
Story-wise, this movie is filler; while it uses some concepts and characters from FMAB, it doe…
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the fma series is very popular in both the original and the re-adaptation and i can say I'm one of those fans. although most reviews go into detail ill keep it short.
This movie is 2 hours wasted of your time. the "plot" is not connected to the main story and the premise is based around the philosopher's stone (or the star of milos in this movie.) the animation and sound was good enough for any casual fan to get by but the plot was absolutely dreadful due to uninteresting characters being boring and never leaving an impression. the climax was decent as it did have a plot twist later to be twisted out of control by revealing the character had been alive this whole time.
Basically stay away from all fma movies as they will leave you as hollow as alphonse.
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A great sub-story addition to the world of FMA: B. I enjoyed the increased quality of art and animation that was present in this movie. Definitely worth a watch if you have seen FMA: B. I think the story got a little bland, however since it basically just copied the same idea from FMA:B another bad guy, more people dying to create philosopher's stones. I love the characters from FMA:B so this movie won me over still. I would recommend that you watch this movie after you finish watching FMA: B if you have not already. I did enjoy that the writers for this movie decided to explore an area of the world that had not been previously explored in the series.
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I really enjoyed this movie. It had the same feel that the anime series did, and in my opinion could easily fit in to the plot of the actual series without much problem. It was full of some stellar fight scenes, and some great pacing which is one of the reasons I love FMA:B in the first place.
There were quite a few new characters introduced and they're pretty interesting and for the most part well developed. The animation seems to be turned up a notch from the anime, which is normal considering its a movie. The OST is fine, nothing to write home about but isn't terrible out of place.
The story throws out concepts that fit perfectly into the FMA:B universe and has some introspections into things that happen later on during the series.
As a person that absolutely loves Fullmetal Alche…
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and the original manga Fullmetal Alchemist together is one hell of a series. It has always been and continues to be my favorite animation, manga, and story. Today I re-watched the movie that followed the end of the Brotherhood series, Fullmetal Alchemist: the Sacred Star of Milos.
The movie tackles the usual themes of Fullmetal Alchemist: the value of truth, imperialism, death, and hints of feminism. I believe this movie, especially after having seen the Brotherhood series multiple times, concisely captures these themes. It shows us the dangers of blindly pursuing the truth, and how it can be corrupted by power and greed. It shows us the devastating impacts of imperialism through the plight of Ishvalans, alluding to the wars of Afghanistan and Iraq. The mo…
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Even though it's from the Brotherhood timeline the writing is far better than the BH series.
The characters are ok, but with the way the opening went it was one of those "Who are these people and why should I care?" but stuff hit the fan very fast from the get go. They use a very simplified means of Alchemist that turns out to be way more dangerous and seemingly more unstable than the stuff we're use to.
I don't know why Roy, Riza, and Winry had to be there. That was just annoying to me. They really didn't do anything. I will ending was surprising and I like it when the characters have a resolve.
I suggest the dub over the sub.
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To cut to the chase, Fullmetal Alchemist is my favorite anime of all time. Both of them. The individual great concepts the series share and have unique to themselves combine to create my ideal series, and obviously I don't necessarily take offense at creative liberties, or in another words, deviations from the "canon" so long as it's a place worth going to. Unfortunately, the non-canonical side story movie Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos neither possesses the same distinct qualities of either series and the superficial bases it copies aren't taken in any fresh directions. In other words, it's a pretty average non-canon anime movie made for a buck.
These sorts of movies are gener…
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A Review of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
Initial Review for Newcomers: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos is a not sequel to Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood but is a side-story. It
takes place in between Episodes 16 and 20 of Brotherhood. The movie does not add many new things other than a few characters and different variations of what was seen in the show. Feel free to watch it either after you finish the show or during it. It doesn't really matter since the feel of watching the movie is like watching another episode or a very long deleted scene.
Dub or Sub?: Both. They used the same voice actors and the new characters had good dubs as well.
Story/Characters (7/10): The movie is a lost episode. Its made well enough to be counted as another episode of the…
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Prequels and sequels are known to be tough to do well. They're dependent on and constrained by the original work (because of 'Fate/ Stay Night', we all know that certain characters in 'Fate Zero' have invulnerable plot armor). Still, there have been examples of such works that earn high critical praise. However, there is a third type of '-quel', the 'Interquel'- a story that takes place during an existing story. To my knowledge this type of story has NEVER produced an exceptional work. Not even Fullmetal Alchemist, though 'Sacred Star' does make for a decent time for existing FMA fans.
-Story-
'Sacred Star' is set during the 'Brotherhood' storyline, but feels like it came out of the original anime- for all the wrong reasons. The plot is basically a movie length version of "The Elrics fin…
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FMA's final bout is Milos no Seinaru Hoshi, a movie that should have been Ed and Al's final goodbye to all of their loyal fans. However, this films suffers from the lack of what made FMA one of the greatest anime in the history of anime, the Elrick brothers.
The only reason, and I repeat, the only reason I watched this movie was to say a final farewell to Ed, Al, Mustang, and Riza. These characters were the reason why I personally loved FMA and was so intrigued by it. This movie gave me everything except for these iconic characters. I mean, sure there were the odd brotherly love between Ed and Al but not nowhere enough to what I really wanted. This movie focuses on Julia and her brother, Ashley, and their journey, as well as the journey of the people of Milos. One thing that I really fou…
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Sacred Star of Milos was made in mind as a final cash-in for Bones to milk off their rebooted adaptation of FMA via Brotherhood. As a stand-alone film, Milos is a decent anime-only storyline with Ed and Al having to tend to a complicated conflict occurring in a valley town with hostilities between nations, with a pair of alchemist siblings involved with those living in Milos Valley fighting to reclaim their homeland. There is enough time within the movie to flesh out details on this conflict and the two major movie exclusive characters where you can grow to care for the conflict that takes place. Unfortunately, the quality of the film's second half does take somewhat of a hit when more cliched storytelling elements come into play with the motives concerning one major character which play o…
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I have to say, as a loyal FMA fan from the beginning, this was like saying hello to an old friend for the first time in years. Addicted to the original series as it came out, I saw a small portion of Brotherhood and just couldn't get into it very easily, so after finding out that this movie was directly linked to the original series, I had to see it right away. This movie feels like something clear-cut from the original FMA, it feels like every aspect is all there that made me love it so much--aside from a few unavoidable changes. Everything changes with time, but this was a change that was easily welcomed to one of my favorite anime of them all.
Fullmetal Alchemist: The sacred star of Milos is a gem in the franchise, outshining the previous movies and OVA's with a well-written story and…
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