Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

ammonfwoods I liked it more than I disliked it, but one watch is enough for me.

erikacunanan29 This wasn't the worst thing in the world but it wasn't the best either. It wasn't horrible but I wasn't impressed. They managed to hit some story right but I don't know what happened after the first half. Things got confusing. However, the cgi was amazing. I really liked the fighting scene in the beginning with Edward and the Priest and the fight between Lust and Roy. The cast was alright for me but they didn't really make me emotional on some heartbreaking scenes. I don't know if it was just because I didn't get attach to them given the limited time that the movie had. The cinematography was beautiful. I did not like that there were vital characters that were missing like Armstrong and Scar. Overall, I did not hate this adaptation but not really going to push others to watch it.

jamesbgeorge I actually enjoyed the original anime series more than the Brotherhood reboot which told the original story, but both deserved respect. What always made FMA great wasn't just good production quality, but larger, deeper dives into what it means to be alive, human, and flawed. It is no coincidence that the homunculi are named after the 7 deadly sins. FMA reminded us in a beautiful way that all choices have consequences we not only have to accept, but have to live with - and die with. And also, the line between sin and redemption is closer than we think.This movie does NONE of that. It's a pure fanboy vanity piece that completely misses all points. While it surely had to leave out major characters and story arcs for time, the fact that it does completely strips away all subtlety and existential plot. They likely realized that just trying to write a 120 minute script, but didn't care much because they were so dead set on just making a movie regardless. It shouldn't have been done and it shouldn't have been made knowing that from the beginning. I could LARP the Bible in 120 minutes sure, but let's not pretend the result should even be within 9 stars of the original. This movie is what happens when LARPing meets fans meets monied film producers.The opening sequence reveals all the bad special effects. The monsters keep damaging the ground and it's all repaired in the next shot, smoke keeps clearing inexplicably, or lack of it. Winry is god-awful, and is closer to japanese female stereotypes than the actual one-of-a-kind genius she's supposed to be. And OMG did they seriously just stick Gluttony in a horrible tooth costume and have him run around chasing people that are easily outrunning him, and reacting like he's Godzilla?!Watching this movie is like reading the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, then listening to them recited by Justin Bieber. The idiots all love watching some gussied-up pop icon looking deep and meaningful. The rest of us with a lick of sense realize we're just watching something great being completely appropriated for money and vanity. It's absolutely disgraceful. If you insist on making anime into live action with so little care or thought put in, like ALL anime is equal and just candy for kids, then stick to Pokemon or some crap. At least I'd laugh watching that than cry as you ruin something that was already great.

nmn34 The movie feels cheap, there is no other way to describe it. It has polish, it looks like an actual movie that they wanted to make look good, but it seems like they cut some corners that they really ought not have. Coupled with adapting a story that may be too long with too many characters and too many subplots, the outcome is a jumbled mess that may be worth a single curiosity viewing and then promptly forgotten.The CGI throws up a lot of red flags for this movie. While I can't fault the actual models, Alfonse looks pretty true to form, there is something about them that consistently feels off. Something that keeps them from meshing in with the world around them. That thing is textures, there are too many flat textures that draw attention away from what looks good. While I can't fault the meta sheen of Alfonse's armor, the cloth around his waste sticks out like a sore thumb. There is no weave or detail, its a sheet of white hanging over his nethers. It was this reason I'd rather they just rigged a cheaper suit of armor for the actor and special effected him out. Gluttony is much the same way, a character that loses much of his usage because of Japanese distaste towards desecration, they make the big reveal of his true power. And it looks terrible. His chest opens up to reveal long teethe like appendages and the eye of truth in the abyss that makes up his insides, but again completely devoid of texture. Coupled by the characters immobility, he waddles like a penguin with all the speed of a tectonic plate, it kills any semblance of threat that he imposes. The worst offender however is the homonculus horde. They move like zombies but are all pure white to the extent that they could be used as paint swatches with a big goofy eyeball.There are a couple of exceptions, Tucker's chimera looks pretty good as does Lust's fingers, but the failures bring something that the movie doesn't intend. They make it feel like a cartoon. Its like watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but while n that movie the interaction between live action and cartoon is intentional, here it does not. They want the audience to feel that these things are real, that the laws that govern this world apply to them just as much as they do Edward and Winry, but one look at them and the audience knows they are not. This in tun kills the serious nature of their interactions and ultimately reshapes the movie into something it never intended to be.The source also does not translate as well because there is simply too much of it. Fullmetal Alchemist has a ton of characters, lore, and backstories that just can't be fit into the time constraints of a two hour move and as such a ton of key characters are omitted. The problem then arises in how to fill in for them. While Lieutenant Armstrong may not have been as integral a character in the early parts of the series, he provided some much needed comic relief and is a character fans would surely miss. But then there is Rose, a member of a cult that played an integral role in defining Edward early on. A character just starting down the same path as the hero, it is his interaction with her that really fleshes him out as a character. Her omission greatly harms his development as they are left finding a less natural work around for it.Ultimately, the movie just isn't good. Its not a complete train wreck nor does it drive any real animosity against it, it falls in the realm of mediocre movies that no one will ever bother to remember existed. But with all its technical flaws, the one thing I can take out of this movie is the mop they slapped on Ryosuke Yamada's head. To call that natural looking hair is truly the most upsetting thing to come out of this movie.