Re: Brotherhood

[dragonimp]

Finally - finally - FMA: Brotherhood is starting to get good. The pace has mellowed out and they're starting to actually tell the story, not shove it at the viewer in fast-forward. There are little things I could nitpick, but overall, I'm finally starting to feel like I'm watching something that could live up to the Fullmetal Alchemist name. Scar was freaky dangerous, the scene of him chasing Ed and Al through the city actually felt like their lives were in danger. The "stop being an idiot!" confrontation between Ed and Al was perfect, that's the Al I love from the manga.

I just want to pretend the first three episodes didn't exist. They're kinda similar to the Harry Potter movies, where they illustrate the story all right, but don't stand well on their own.

Edit: Ummm, guys? What Hughes/Roy? Seriously, are men not allowed to have friendships?

Comments

[binaryalchemist.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree! For once I was *caught up* in the story, not sitting there analysing it to pieces. And I so hurt for Ed when he sat there in the rain--that 'tear' rolling down Al's cheek was a nice touch. And they have finally established the friendship between Roy and Hughes--probably because they're about to kill him soon...a lot more heart in this one. And that dream sequence in the middle was appropriately horrific. Very good job!

[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

The nightmare came off so well! Especially with watching him hunch over his knee afterwards. They left out the "it hurts..." from the manga, but it was so effective I didn't care. And then during the fight with Scar, when Ed tried to scramble back and fell on his empty shoulder, I just wanted to reach through the screen and huggle him. And having Scar stand over Ed like that...
I have my fingers crossed that they'll continue in this vein ^^.