Attack on Titan (2015)

Fresh and Exciting

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This movie was picked up by Toho back when the manga was first starting out. It wasn't supposed to be an adaptation of the anime. A fan of something should be open to other versions of the same story. A true Attack on Titan should at least think this movie is descent. It is NOT utter trash. This movie is a homage to the things that inspired he manga in he first place. This movie is not for the fans of the anime, it's for Kaiju movie fans.

Wow! and not in the sense that it was good, wow as in how could you dare pass this off as Attack on Titan. The story strayed so much from the original content that its unrecognizable. I don't mind a retelling or different approach when creating a live-action film but to completely change its context is unacceptable, especially when your target audience are the fans who love the manga/anime so much. Eren's motivation for killing the titans was revenge for how they destroyed his hometown and eating his mother right in front of the poor kid but now its just to ease his own conscious for leaving mikasa out of the shelter to die. Mikasa went from a strong headed female character in the anime to something completely different. And the whole point of not having Mikasa and Eren be together as a couple was a link to their backstory of being childhood friends with their father both having worked together. Armin suddenly creates gadgets. I don't recall that at all. He was more of a strategist. The side characters had more depth than the lead roles. A lot of other characters that trained with Eren weren't featured which was disappointing due to the fact that they helped influence Eren's personality throughout the manga/anime. Then we get to the real thing that pisses me off. Who the hell is this Shikishima character and why is he the armored titan and the General-Commander is the Coloussus Titan. What?! Just what?! No I can't accept such liberal recasting of who gets to be who. The actors didn't play their parts except for the side characters. Everything felt forced liked they were role-playing an anime instead of owning a live-action version of it. I think an American studio would've done a better job considering that not all the humans left in the world were Japanese. I understand that its from a Japanese source but the fact of the matter is that all of humanities survivors were of different races and ethnicities which is what showcased that humanity could put aside their differences and come together to face this threat.I think the first part should've been about Eren's character development and his training then the second part should've been the next attack on wall Rose when Eren seals it with the large rock.All in all it was a huge waste of time and i couldn't wait for it to end. Yet another failure for live-action adaptions.

i had low expectations but not low enough characters 0/10 story 3/10 <-- thats because they change way too much from the original and i especially didn't like the fake levi and this Mikasa hot Japanese girls 11/10SPOILER! the best part of the movie is Ayame Misaki's butt, it's also the most awkward

Being the huge phenomenon "Attack on Titan" is (on manga and anime), a live action movie was always to have a huge problem to live up to expectations. This first part of a two-part shows all the shortcomings fans feared, but at the same time it is fun enough and has a quite good atmosphere.The movie (I would like to meet the person who came up with the weird English title, which is already on the original manga) has a pretty basic story. Titans appeared out of nowhere, humans hid behind walls (three, that separate agricultural, commercial and rich people zones) and 100 years have gone by since the attacks. The movie starts with an attack on the outer wall, and with our protagonists running away for their own lives. This first moments shows the good and bad of the movie. The attack is OK, the fear and desperation of people can be felt, but the actors are a little bit bland, the effects not "amazing" and the plot shows shortcomings (like some characters' actions). If the movie had amazing effects, those shortcomings would be easy to forget for many viewers, but here all piles to an OK start.The rest is more of the same in that respect. Action is OK but not great, effects range from ridiculous to OK, and the acting too. The idea of a hyper-militarized society, with so little space it is forced to reach out to get food to its inhabitants rings many bells... Nonetheless, it all ends up being interesting enough. But the mystery, which in the manga has time to develop, here has to be rushed, and it just leaves too many questions unanswered. Will those be answered in the second part?For now, it will probably disappoint many of the fans (starting with the 100% Japanese population of this world, couldn't they find anyone from somewhere else in the world?, and continuing with the difficult job of bringing the Titans to life). But it is also a good enough movie, that brings some tension, some fun, and a couple of questions (stolen from the manga) to think about.