Audience reviews
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Inuyoujo
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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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.
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'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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This is going to be a Johnny-Come-Lately review, but after watching FMA: Sacred Star of Milos, I realized something about anime movies like this--non-canon movies about an established franchise stuck somewhere nebulously within the main plot--that's been bothering me for a lot of years now, and I felt like I wanted to share it.
When I got done watching the movie, I didn't dislike it necessarily and I wasn't gushing about it. I barely had any reaction at all. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I thought the same thing about a lot of these non-canon movies (e.g. the Cowboy Bebop movie, the Trigun movie, a lot of the One Piece movies). I don't hate them, but I don't love them either.
That's when I realized that there are systemic story problems with non-canon intra-story…
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Tambien la encontraras en español.....(Sorry for my English is not my native language)
Personally expected more from the movie, but I was entertained and not think it's a waste of time looking at it, I leave you with a feeling that nothing happens beyond the classic adventures of the Elric brothers and encounter more similar to the way in which the story is told at the first anime adaptation.
The story is promising, within the timeline of the series history has no coherence, as a separate chapter, in my opinion this is the main error, see again the armor Alphonse and Edward with his automail, I think if history had developed within the journeys of the brothers, would have much more impact. The world and the situations between Crete and Amestris, are nicely detailed, but poorly exploited…
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This is kind of loosely based off of Fullmetal Alchemist and yet… the addition to Julia seems as though it was a fan character brought into the show. The story brings the Elric brothers far from Central and the areas where they are normally are in both anime. Unfortunately, it is the same story line we almost always have. Apprised people trying to get their land back. The story feels kind of old when you keep making it all about a hunt for the philosopher’s stone.
There are a couple inconsistencies that happen within this show like the fact that there is a Chimera that has some human in him but yet it seems that he isn’t having any problems with his body unlike every other Chimera that we have seen.
I’m not sure, but Julia seems to be a Mary Sue character in a sense. Everything bad is…
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When you searching for something that could be useful to you do you understand consequences of it.
FullMetal Alchemist was really great series and I enjoyed watching it. And the first movie
Conquer of Shambala was very good maybe a little better than series so how good was this second movie.
Story:
We have dramatic story it's shares despression and sorrowness quite a bit but it also has natural points describing old times.
This is also interesting one because you can learn a new things from alchemy and it's history. But can story like this be a great one?
Answer is: Yes, It's story that will make viewer to feel characters despression and their own personal feelings towards the characters.
I think right grade for this story is 9/10
The Characters:
We have our fateful travelers elric…
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Dairy farming isn't something that one would normally associate with anime and manga, especially as there's nothing really entertaining about looking after or milking cows. There is, however, a rather improbable connection between these seemingly disparate industries, and nowhere is this more apparent than when dealing with popular franchises - like Full Metal Alchemist.
With a successful manga, two anime adaptations, two movies, six light novels, two series of drama CD's, around a dozen video games across several formats, and a mountain of merchandise ranging from art books to key chains, Arakawa Hiromu's tale of two brothers is undoubtedly one of the most profitable titles of recent years. That said, the jewel in Bones' crown does lack the marketing clout of long-running franchises like…
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I watched the dub version as I am a fan of Vic Mignogna's work, and I feel this movie did not disappoint.
From the beginning, I knew that this would be a side-story from Brotherhood, would introduce a new female lead character (of which I did not automatically dismiss as a Mary-Sue as opposed to SOME people), and it would be about a new form of alchemy in some town called Milos.
You get most of that from news articles and trailers. I don't know what else people were expecting and I just don't see why people can't just enjoy it as if they were promised something else that wasn't delivered. All in all, this is a good movie.
The military practices are still here. The lead was bad-@$, especially towards the end. Any hint of romance toward the end was cute, but not unsettling as we all saw…
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First of all, I love everything that is Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, so I was so happy that they made a movie after FMA Brotherhood ended. Story: The story was great, full of suspense to the end with new kinds fights (awesome fights) with alchemy and brand new story which takes place in a different part of Amestries, Ed's country. It is really very good for the eyes because you don't get bored with the same place or area that you have already seen. Art: Well, the art was 90% good. It was not like Brotherhood at all and didn't have that much quality but it was smooth and easy-flowing. Sound: As usual, the sound was great. The opening and the ending themes were fantastic. When you listen to them, you feel they were meant for FMA Brotherhood. They express Ed and Al to the core. The backgr…
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I find it appalling to know these people voted a 5 or below. This movie was great in all aspects. It had me on the edge of my seat the whole time through.
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An unfortunate truth about the anime industry is that movies of long-running shounen manga are always trite and unremarkable: uninspired scenarios and forgettable guest characters being among the main reasons why. Though it's not surprising. Why bother thinking up an interesting plot when you know people will be drawn to the popular brand it's based on anyhow?
''Full Metal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos'' – based on the acclaimed manga - is no exception. It's a forgettable if somewhat serviceable adventure flick with some exciting action sequences and a lacking story. No different from the dozens of other films of this type.
It's a shame, considering the plot showed promise; but it's all pulled off too clumsily to ever turn into a satisfying experience.
The biggest problem is th…
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Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, produced by the animation studio, Bones, seems to be your typical 'a down-trodden people' story. The land of the proud people of Milos was conquered by Amestris, and the people were forced into slums in the surrounding valley. The story goes from a rebellion to the creation of the film's namesake: The Star of Milos, or otherwise known as a Philosopher's Stone. Of course, this ties in Edward & Al, and they also venture there to find the user of a mysterious form of Alchemy. The story isn't really anything special. However, Ed & Al really feel like they are side-lined in this film and don't feel important to the plot. Their connection to the events are limited to the Philosopher's stone (which comes around halfway through the film), and their at…
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First off - I'm a massive supporter of FMA....
I rank the manga within the best manga's I have ever read, I loved Brotherhood, the Gecko season 1 and the OVA's.
The prospect of a feature film was something I looked forward to, I wanted to like it...
...and then it came!
Story...
The main character is a pretty (I assume) teen girl with a tragic past, living in a repressed civilasation - her journey begins pretty much just as Ed and Al are on the scene.
We now have a plot, so no need for persoanlity when we have the 'sad and serious' setting in place.
Now, we enter into a story of; mysteries that scream predictability and idealism threatening genuien hardship.
It's difficult to describe the story's content without spoiling it, however, you only need to view about half an hour of it in order…
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If you saw the trailer for this movie then you will be excited to watch it. Full of action packed scenes, drama, and everything Fullmental Alchemist related : )
Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Seinaru Hoshi or The Sacred Star of Milos---
Ed and Al journey to a far away land Cleta. where a war for territory between the inhabitants of Milos and Clieta fight over for the Star of Blood. The City of Milos used to be a beautiful country but now a desolate place being controlled by the Cletans. The Cleatan are searching for the Star of Blood in order to create a new world order. We meet Julia, her family researched the Star of Blood. She and the Milos people are fighting against the Cletans while looking for the Star of Blood in order to reclaim their country. But at a price!!!! Ed and Al must stop…
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I normally don't write Reviews - and im not good at it either - but since i've readed some of the other reviews for this movie, i feel like i just had to write a short review.
This movie got way too much negative critic. Indeed it wasn't perfect, but it wasn't horrible either.
Story: The film starts out with a good mood, Ed and Al is on the run again.
They get involved with some strange man who escaped from prison,
and end up helping a girl and her village (very very short told)
The problem with this story is that theres nothing new really. They are just building on from what we know, Al and Ed searching for a way to get their bodys back, they help some random people, theres some awesome fights and thats it.
Sound: The sound was good enough, the song in the start of the film was real…
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This review is just a brief "summary", it isn't a "great" well-thought out review, it took a few minutes to type on impulse; it's just a brief overview of how the movie is. There's some generalized spoilers, and some creative language.
I started the movie feeling pretty great, it inflected a great mood; I began reminiscing on how I don't credit FMA enough for carrying the shounen genre with a bearable series. FMA in my book, remains the only series to accentuate a "strong" shounen feel, it isn't melodramatic, the characters aren't fucking idiots, and it's logically held with in-depth mechanics. Despite those redeeming qualities, very few of those were prominent in this movie, however, it wasn't necessarily a "bad" movie, it remained enjoyable, but it was objectively mediocre.
Unfortunate…
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This will be a long one...
Anyone who has seen the trailer or was looking forward to this film should know that this was filler, me included. However, it's still Fullmetal Alchemist (FMA) so while I wasn't looking forward to this as much as other things, I still would've seen it as soon as it was released. I wasn't aware of the runtime (2 hours) until before I saw the film. I generally don't care for films this long but I had some faith simply because it was FMA and the franchise hasn't let me down... until now.
Story: Generally in films based on something, they want to broaden their audience by giving a little background on the characters and why they do what they do. If this film was someone's first Fullmetal Alchemist experience, knowing what it's about might help guide them into the…
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