Diagonaldi Very well executed

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Platypuschow The DMC anime was memorable, quirky and really damn dark and despite it's flaws I certainly enjoyed it. The live action takes the story and compacts it including only the major scenes and that both works in it's favour and detriment.For a start the lead is really quite bad, I have no idea why they insisted on making the character so excessively camp but I didn't like it. Top that with the whole thing being played down (Especially Krauser) that it could pass for a 12 rating easily.If you've seen the anime then I'd say don't bother with this, if you don't like anime then this will have to do at getting this great story across.This live action isn't terrible, it's just inferior to something released the very same year! The Good: Great soundtrack DMC is still a great concept Unlike the anime we actually have structure in the storyThe Bad: Lead is stupidly camp Things I learnt from this movie: Nine times out of ten Anime beats the hell out of it's live action counterpart

coligny Bad clichés, misogynist beyond anything that could be considered as humour or hidden statement. I've seen scat-vomit midget porn movies that were less insulting to human intelligence or film-making.Stick to the manga, not a masterpiece but much less of an embarrassment...It's not just so bad that it's good, its 'star wars Christmas special' bad...(spoilers warning, because just reporting how crippled this movie is can be considered as revealing most of its core).The kind of jokes, homophobic clichés, patronizing attitude, might have been all the rage... somewhere on this planet... certainly long enough ago to have been forgotten. But nowadays. It's borderline on criminal.My comment refers to the original Japanese version, and not to any enhanced/censored translated version. I've seen more than often rapes jokes being totally erased in English version, because you know... only Japanese people can understand how funny gangraping can be... (in case you are thick headed, I was being cynical)

8thSin I don't like death metal, I thought Matsuyama Kenichi is a weak actor who can only handle supporting roles, the main character reminded me of "Densha Otoko" who annoyed me very much, and they went overboard with the comedy. Personally, nothing was going right for this film, but it turned out to be one hell of a movie.The theme for this movie is "Dream", and it is cheesy as it sounds, as expected of a anime-based movie. However, the movie had the energy and its fast pace in addition to the interesting setting quickly drew me into the story. It is apparent a lot of effort was put into the SFX and production of this movie.Matsuyuki Yasuko seemed totally out of place in a bad role, but she was absolutely hot. There were many stupid moments, but I found myself constantly laughing, even at dirty jokes. This film has the magic, there is no other way of explaining it. Other than its excessively cheesy "showdown" scene at the end, this movie was perfect in every way. Good enough to satisfy even the harshest doubters (i.e. me). Highly recommended.

Harry T. Yung Noticing that the only two comments on IMDb are from users who have watched DMC at the TIFF's Midnight Madness, I can't help but regret that I didn't go for it then and there. The sheer atmosphere in the cinema would have multiplied the enjoyment manifold.Both meanings of the word simple are intended in my summary line. First, the plot line is reduced to bare necessities. An innocent country boy Soichi Negichi goes to Tokyo for university ends up being the lead singer of a heavy metal death band. The irony is that his passion is for saccharin-sweet love ballads, which he writes and sings at street corners, very often to a lone audience of a little dog, that is, when he is not in his alter ego Johannes Krauser II, garbed in grotesque costume, complete with long wig and a face painted death-white. Secondly, this Jekyll-and-Hyde protagonist is portrayed by Keniche Matsuyama with exaggerated idiocy (facial expression as well as body language), and it works. Negichi becomes instantly lovable and that goes a long way in gaining the audience's acceptance of the movie, even those not in the targeted age group, as one comment points out.The identity charade is exploited to the fullest in this movie, and successfully so. Those who have read the immensely popular manga also vouch for the movie's authenticity. You just can't praise enough Matsuyama's superb performance. And one does not have to be a heavy metal fan to be swept along by the exciting finale of a musical duel between Soichi and the reigning global heavy metal king Jack II Dark (played lovingly by Gene Simmons of KISS, after which DMC is modelled).There is no need to philosophize the purported probe into the duality human nature or the universality of music. DMC is a movie to be enjoyed, and simple does it.