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05 Oct 2005, 7:03 pm

Never saw the TV series, but I enjoyed the movie. The story was a bit cliched and didn't do much for me, but it was the action/fight scenes and pretty animated special effects more than anything that made the movie what it was. That, and the excellent soundtrack. I didn't like the main character because she didn't do much other than cheer the handsome young hero on. And save the world, but... 'with her heart'? Sorry, cheap cliches like that don't do much for me. But I liked how psychopathic Dilandau was, tho' it annoyed me that in the dub he sounded like a twelve-year old trying to sound crazy, whereas the Japanese voice actor did a good job of making it seem that he actually -was- crazy.
Another thing: the artwork. Alright, the character designs were sort of Pinnochio-nosed, but the way lighting was used was superb. I loved how bright the Abaharaki village was in contrast to the gloom of Lord Falcon's palace. Lord Falcon would be a great character to cosplay as, btw.

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05 Oct 2005, 9:58 pm

I loved the series and the movie mainly for the villians, because they are usually my favorites in science fiction or fantasy books or movies. The music was good too, especially "Dance of Curse", which I finally found online.

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16 Nov 2005, 8:19 pm

Yupa wrote:

Never saw the TV series, but I enjoyed the movie. The story was a bit cliched and didn't do much for me, but it was the action/fight scenes and pretty animated special effects more than anything that made the movie what it was. That, and the excellent soundtrack. I didn't like the main character because she didn't do much other than cheer the handsome young hero on. And save the world, but... 'with her heart'? Sorry, cheap cliches like that don't do much for me. But I liked how psychopathic Dilandau was, tho' it annoyed me that in the dub he sounded like a twelve-year old trying to sound crazy, whereas the Japanese voice actor did a good job of making it seem that he actually -was- crazy.
Another thing: the artwork. Alright, the character designs were sort of Pinnochio-nosed, but the way lighting was used was superb. I loved how bright the Abaharaki village was in contrast to the gloom of Lord Falcon's

palace. Lord Falcon would be a great character to cosplay as, btw.

The Movie was good but the series is alot better you need to see it to completely understand the movie because the movie is based on the series not the other way around

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17 Nov 2005, 9:36 pm

i loved the movie especially the dragon armors and the character allen even though he looks somewhat like sephiroth.

never seen the series never will cause they made allen look like crap trust me i've seen what he looks like and i'm not pleased

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18 Nov 2005, 10:19 am

Jetfox wrote:

did anybody tell you not to judge a book by its cover

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18 Nov 2005, 4:10 pm

sorry i can't help that i like the character to much to see him drawn differently that and i don't know what chanel it plays on or i would watch it to see what it's like. ^^;

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18 Nov 2005, 8:58 pm

Jetfox wrote:

sorry i can't help that i like the character to much to see him drawn differently that and i don't know what chanel it plays on or i would watch it to see what it's like. ^^;

But to truly understand the movie you need to watch to series

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18 Nov 2005, 9:14 pm

Jetfox wrote:

sorry i can't help that i like the character to much to see him drawn differently that and i don't know what chanel it plays on or i would watch it to see what it's like. ^^;

Well, then, try and see if you can rent or buy the series on DVD, since I don't think it's showing on TV anymore.

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18 Nov 2005, 10:29 pm

so it would make more sense ok cool.

or i could download it *evil laughter*
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22 Nov 2005, 8:55 am

Ive not seen it, but peeple say its good.

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