The much awaited first part of the live-action film Attack on Titan based on the manga of the same title hits the screen last 01 August 2015.The film receives mix reviews from fans and movie critics but the movie currently draws more negative publicity.
"Shingeki no Kyojin" ("Attack on Titan") originally written by Hajime Isayama for manga opened the Japanese cinemas with 603,466,200 yen or about $4.8 million with 476,000 ticket sales on its first week, Forbes reports. Despite being a box-office, the movie is dragged by several negative publicity by Japanese movie critics and fans themselves.
Attack on Titan Part 1 is a huge detour from its original material. The deviation would have been beneficial to the plot of the film and could have been executed well. But according to Rocket News 24, a well-known Japanese movie critic named Yuici Maeda said that the changes from the manga did not help the film, instead it just made the story more unreal, detaching the story from the audiences. He even mentioned about siding with the titans instead of the protagonist.
The characters have the same names but the personalities were different and those differences do not tailor on the whole plot of the movie. In addition, Maeda dished out some situations which he thinks do not make sense such as the sex scene during an attack of the titans in the city, Eren yelling during an offense which breaks the number one rule of beating the titans, and third, the characters are just doing stupid things.
The negativity continues off screen as some dismayed volunteered extras shared their dreadful experiences as they volunteer to play as a titan and townperson extra, in a separate Rocket News 24 reveals. Both extras described the production crew as arrogant, disrespectful, and lacks manners. It is no surprising for them if the film did not meet the hype as they saw what went wrong in the filming and production, both extras added.
However, Crunchyroll article writer Komatsu praises the movie as it is visually engaging and satisfying but still will not recommend to the die-hard fans of the manga, as mentioned, the film is different but not in a good way.
Attack on Titan part one is still showing on cinemas in Japan. Attack on Titan World Premiere launched in Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles last 14 July. Stay tuned for more Attack on Titan news, updates, and premiere dates.
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