I wanted to like this movie... I really did. It had everything down right. The SFX, The actors, the over the top acting, the beautiful ship sets. It had so much going for it... Then you get the actual story....
The story is not bad per say... It's just not interesting. It's meant to encompass and cover 26 episodes (of the 1974 first season of the SBY series, I know because I'm a fan of it.) in a 2 hour time frame, which anyone knows is a pain and a real struggle to make a good movie from.
The film however tries to throw everything in along with the kitchen sink. And 2 hours is not enough time to cover the story from earth to Iskandar and back to Earth, and try to cover other minor character sub plots.
This is what hurts the film. Because they are trying to cram in as many characters and sub plots from the anime as we can. And it takes away from the film making it drag and be sorta boring. I do understand and realize that Space Battleship Yamato was a character driven series. and you had more moments on the bridge rather than in battles at times. But in 2 hours you can't really have everything from the series.
If the film had been cut down to a sorta trinity... Susumu Kodai, Okiti, and Yuki Mori, And focused on the 3 of them and the trip to Iscandar and back to earth, I think the film would have been tighter and pulled together better.
Because the way the film goes right now... It should have been broken up into either a trilogy or a quadriology. So you could tell more story and focus on more of the characters from the series.
As a Space Battleship Yamato fan... I couldn't recommend this to fans or people wanting just a fun film to watch. Look into the original series or even the remake "Space Battleship Yamato 2199. You'll enjoy those more than this.
The story is not bad per say... It's just not interesting. It's meant to encompass and cover 26 episodes (of the 1974 first season of the SBY series, I know because I'm a fan of it.) in a 2 hour time frame, which anyone knows is a pain and a real struggle to make a good movie from.
The film however tries to throw everything in along with the kitchen sink. And 2 hours is not enough time to cover the story from earth to Iskandar and back to Earth, and try to cover other minor character sub plots.
This is what hurts the film. Because they are trying to cram in as many characters and sub plots from the anime as we can. And it takes away from the film making it drag and be sorta boring. I do understand and realize that Space Battleship Yamato was a character driven series. and you had more moments on the bridge rather than in battles at times. But in 2 hours you can't really have everything from the series.
If the film had been cut down to a sorta trinity... Susumu Kodai, Okiti, and Yuki Mori, And focused on the 3 of them and the trip to Iscandar and back to earth, I think the film would have been tighter and pulled together better.
Because the way the film goes right now... It should have been broken up into either a trilogy or a quadriology. So you could tell more story and focus on more of the characters from the series.
As a Space Battleship Yamato fan... I couldn't recommend this to fans or people wanting just a fun film to watch. Look into the original series or even the remake "Space Battleship Yamato 2199. You'll enjoy those more than this.