Postby minakichan » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:34 pm
20th Century Boys I.
Excellent. The casting was perfect and absolutely spot-on; the characters are all completely recognizable even before they're introduced (especially Keroyon, Otcho, Yoshitsune, Maruo, DONKEY!, young Yoshitsune, young Maruo, young Otcho, young Yukiji (!), young Donkey, young Yanbo/Mabo, and of course, both KENJIs). The movie was absolutely true to the manga down to the shots and lighting. The only issue I had was that the pacing was a little fast in the beginning (and the virus death scenes were accurate but so scary!), and the zombie-like cult members may have been too overplayed, but throughout the movie, I was totally on the edge of my seat. Karasawa Toshiaki was perfect as Kenji!!
And Ninja Hattori mask will ALWAYS BE FRIGHTENING D:
KANNA, KENJI, AISHITERU.
(On another note, I found out that one of my favorite male idols is playing Britney in 20th Century Boys II D: )