Talk:Gantz (film)

ANN review, movie 1
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/gantz/by-theron-martin

As Japanese live-action versions of anime and manga properties go, this adaptation of Hiroya Oku's long-running manga, which covers roughly the first 90 chapters and equates to the first 21 episodes of the anime adaptation, is among the better ones. Admittedly that's not saying much, as such adaptations have a well-earned reputation for being awful, and this one does not give any immediate indication that it will be much different. But the movie never actually becomes a disaster, and there are three main reasons for that. The first is that it actually tells a decent and well-paced story based on an interesting concept, one which simplifies the content seen in equivalent anime and manga scenes by trimming out several lesser characters and minor side stories, eliminating most of the crassness, and altering how certain events play out (though not so much their final outcomes). This results in the basic story structure being the same as the source material but with many altered details, which in some cases is actually an improvement; the greatest fault of the earlier versions was a needless tendency to stretch and pad the story, and this movie version does not do that. ...The second reason is the skill with which the action scenes are staged. The movie credits a separate “Action Director,” one Yuji Kimura, and he knows what he's doing. The second and third games in particular have a zing and credibility to them that live-action anime/manga adaptations generally do not achieve; these are full-blown stunt sequences instead of just staged scenes made to look like something action-oriented is going on. With the aid of an effective musical score ramping up the tension, they can provide viewers with a suitable amount of thrill. The third and perhaps most important reason is that this movie actually looks and feels like it had a budget. The special effects – and there are many – can almost pass for Hollywood-grade, giving the animated aliens a greater sense of credibility than non-human opponents generally have. ...The Japanese cast members physically fit their assigned roles quite well, with Ken'ichi Matsuyama (who performed wonderfully as L in the live-action Death Note movies) anchoring the cast as Kato and the model-like Natsuna Watanabe (a TV actress who also co-starred in the live-action version of Kimi ni Todoke) being a suitably voluptuous and vulnerable-looking choice as Kishimoto. The acting is never better than mediocre, however, with Nishi in particular being grossly overacted. ...Like with the Death Note live-action adaptation, this one was lengthy enough to be divided into two movies, and the one included here is only first; the story continues in Gantz: Perfect Answer, which has come out in Japan but whose North American release is still pending at the time of this writing. Even so, the movie still clocks in at a little over two hours. The break point is a good one, though, and the story is self-contained enough that even non-anime/manga fans and those unfamiliar with the franchise could still enjoy it as high-end B movie-level entertainment.

--Gwern (contribs) 14:46 2 September 2011 (GMT)

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perfect answer plot
...is complete bullshit. they managed to get even that one paragraph wrong — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.140.149.198 (talk) 05:28, 31 October 2018 (UTC)