Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

paigebensinger Look the CGI was fabulous and on point and I mean they got the characters looks down and correct but the point of the movie is that it's based off of the series it shouldn't have major plot diversion which is what it had.Roy Mustang didn't meet Ed while he was dealing with father cornello, nor did Ed choose to leave Alphonse with shou Tucker, who basically completely Alters one of the major plot lines and while I understand it's physically impossible to cram a 50 something episode TV series into a 2-hour movie I don't expect so much Cannon Divergence.

jamesbgeorge I actually enjoyed the original anime series more than the Brotherhood reboot which told the original story, but both deserved respect. What always made FMA great wasn't just good production quality, but larger, deeper dives into what it means to be alive, human, and flawed. It is no coincidence that the homunculi are named after the 7 deadly sins. FMA reminded us in a beautiful way that all choices have consequences we not only have to accept, but have to live with - and die with. And also, the line between sin and redemption is closer than we think.This movie does NONE of that. It's a pure fanboy vanity piece that completely misses all points. While it surely had to leave out major characters and story arcs for time, the fact that it does completely strips away all subtlety and existential plot. They likely realized that just trying to write a 120 minute script, but didn't care much because they were so dead set on just making a movie regardless. It shouldn't have been done and it shouldn't have been made knowing that from the beginning. I could LARP the Bible in 120 minutes sure, but let's not pretend the result should even be within 9 stars of the original. This movie is what happens when LARPing meets fans meets monied film producers.The opening sequence reveals all the bad special effects. The monsters keep damaging the ground and it's all repaired in the next shot, smoke keeps clearing inexplicably, or lack of it. Winry is god-awful, and is closer to japanese female stereotypes than the actual one-of-a-kind genius she's supposed to be. And OMG did they seriously just stick Gluttony in a horrible tooth costume and have him run around chasing people that are easily outrunning him, and reacting like he's Godzilla?!Watching this movie is like reading the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, then listening to them recited by Justin Bieber. The idiots all love watching some gussied-up pop icon looking deep and meaningful. The rest of us with a lick of sense realize we're just watching something great being completely appropriated for money and vanity. It's absolutely disgraceful. If you insist on making anime into live action with so little care or thought put in, like ALL anime is equal and just candy for kids, then stick to Pokemon or some crap. At least I'd laugh watching that than cry as you ruin something that was already great.

mongo-34444 I've never left a review before but this film was so terrible I signed up just to warn people. Big fan of the anime and this film is nothing like it. Terrible acting terrible cgi just dear god it's awful no redeeming quality's at all. Anyone who has rated it higher than one star was watching it whilst on crack

paigemaska I grew up as a hardcore FMA fan, so this was something I had to see. I don't have high expectations of live action movies, because they can't quite grasp the effects of an anime, but when it came to character appearances of a European-setting with an all Asian cast, they did pretty well. I was pretty disappointed on the emotion of this movie, it wasn't nearly as moving as the anime, I feel like rather than almost following the original script with slight little plot twists, the story should have been written on a small segment of Ed and Al's journey, it wouldn't have been as rushed and they could focus on details. I think Ed's character was decent, yet he wasn't as loud, rebellious, and mouthy as the anime version, he was too serious most of the time. Al felt really distant as a character, and when it came to characters like Mustang, there was a lost connection. It would have been nice to see more action too, at least have an actor or stunt double that knows martial arts to play in the fight scenes, that would have helped liven it up. Overall this movie was better than I anticipated, yet there were a lot of holes in the story, if they were filled/changed it would have been fantastic.