By Ethan
Attack on Titan part 1 is a Japanese film with English Subtitles. Personally I didn't mind this but some people may not like it as it takes a lot of reading and may sometimes district you from the action. It is based on a manga and anime of the same name. The story follows the life of Eren Yager as he seeks revenge on the Titans who destroyed his town.
The film lasts 1h 39m. It has a great pace and rarely feels like it is dragging on. Surprisingly there are hardly any filler scenes and most of it is relevant to the plot. However there are some scenes which really did not need to be included and some scenes that last much longer then they should have.
They Changed the setting from Germany (in the anime) to Japan (in the film) the plot is based on the manga storyline but does not follow it completely, meaning that if you have read the manga there will still be some surprises. If you have read the manga / watched the anime there will be parts which you recognise. Personally I like when they take scenes straight from it because you get to see the scenes come to life.
The CGI was great and this aided the experience a lot as a the main aspects of the film really rely on CGI. Like for instance when they are using the ODM gear and fighting the Titans. However there were some rare occasions were it was not so great, this was during huge fight scenes - which is understandable - but you think they would have spent more time polishing it up as the big fight scenes is what the audience came to see.
This film is great for fans of the manga and tv show. Some fans, however, may not like it because it strays a lot from the original story and there a lot of minor changes that may annoy them. But I think most fans will like to see a new take on a story that is familiar to them and finally get to see it come to life.
I give this film 3.5 / 5 because although I really enjoyed this film it was not perfect and there are parts that I would like to see tweaked or improved, like the CGI in huge fights and the couple of unnecessary scenes.
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