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Attack on Titan
進撃の巨人 ATTACK ON TITAN
2015 98 min Japan 18+
★5.0
Horror, Action, Science Fiction
Director: Shinji Higuchi
💬 Based on the comic
«Attack on Titan»
byHajime Isayama
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Description
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.
US Gross:
$449,523
Worldwide:
$30.81M
Starring
Haruma Miura
Actor
Kiko Mizuhara
Actor
Kanata Hongô
Actor
Awards
Asian Film Academy 2016
— Best Visual Effects
Saturn Awards 2016
— Best Comic Book Adaptation
Key opinion
The film is widely regarded as a flawed and technically inconsistent adaptation that fails to capture the gravitas of the source material. While some viewers appreciate the visceral, blood-soaked spectacle as a standalone "trash" film, most critics and fans view the character rewrites and poor production quality as a disappointment.
| Production | The production quality is perceived as low-budget and amateurish, with Titans often looking comical or grotesque rather than threatening. | |
| Screenplay | Character development is criticized for turning established icons into flat, unconvincing, or irrational caricatures of their anime counterparts. | |
| Emotion | The film creates a sharp divide between those who enjoy the visceral, gore-heavy action sequences and those who find them crude and poorly executed. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is consistently viewed as incoherent and filled with banal, absurd dialogue that lacks the narrative depth of the anime. | |
| Pacing | The film's pacing is described as rushed and uneven, failing to properly establish its world or character motivations within its 90-minute runtime. | |
| Adaptation | Opinions on the adaptation's deviations are divided; some appreciate the attempt to create a new universe, while most fans feel the changes destroy the essence of the franchise. |