but i went to the theatre sort of expecting the subtlety of the oavs and... wala siya don. the fight scenes were amazing though!

and i saw it with good friends! and i met awesome new people because of it hahaha

me at the movies: "this is so unsubtle for a japanese film. AT BAKET PURO FLASHBACKS." but it was really enjoyable. AND SATO TAKERU PLEASE CONTINUE STARRING IN MANGA/ANIME ADAPTATIONS.

but i conceded naman na it would be difficult to condense a lot of information into one movie, so there. go watch it.

grabe sa sakit sa puso yung oavs, pero gusto ko lang yung setup ng subtlety at atmosphere. sato takeru's face is perfect for that, lol. sorry pero love ko kasi yung tsuiokuhen.

YES that hannya-chemerlie naguluhan ako sa kanya. anyway, keri lang naman yung mixture ng comic relief at slight jamon acting kasi yun naman nga yung rk talaga

BUT it's another medium, i guess? and everything was there, cinematography is good actually, pero parang may hesitation sa aking heart of hearts para mahalin ng lubusan yung adaptation

AND THE FILM WAS BANKING ON THE VIEWERS' PAST ~ENCOUNTER~ WITH THE SERIES.

idk if i expected it too much, but i sort of wanted to see how it will try to establish several things with "new" viewers. kulang sa emotional setup/dev't para sa ibang characters. lahat ng feelings ng--

-audience naka-center lang kay kenshin. and it would've been interesting if the movie didn't resort to cheap tricks/expository dialogue to make us care for the other characters.

nakakainis yung expository dialogue ng mga non-kenshin characters sa totoo lang. SORRY PERO WALA PA RIN AKONG PAKIALAM KUNG MAMATAY KAYO.

walang investment of any sort ang audience sa non-kenshin characters! ang hirap kasi never sila nagkaroon ng chance ipakita sa atin na well-rounded, three-dimensional characters sila.

sample na yung kay megumi. walang masyadong maiiba sa pelikula pag wala siya don. si kaoru, wala rin masyadong silbi kasi pwede namang poster na lang siya ng "killing is bad" or something.

pero sige na nga, dahil rurouni kenshin ang title ng movie, i-center na lang natin lahat ng feelings natin kay kenshin.

fan ako ng series, pero naisip ko lang na yung adaptation hindi kailangan maging linta (orchid? bulate?). actually i'm treating it as a standalone story so sayang yung opportunity-

-na napresent ng live-action medium. in terms of the writing of characters, nasayangan ako.

siguro ang over-critical ko lang pero i believe that it should be able to stand (well) on its own. pero at least nakuha naman yung feeling na hinihintay mo lagi kung ito na ba ang kalaban-

-na makakasira sa pledge ni kenshin na wag nang pumatay ever.