i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

I watched this and wondered if it was as good as the classic series 'Escaflowne' and to say this was a disappointment for me would be one HELL of an understatement because really they changed the characters too much.Frankly I barely recognised any of the characters in terms of their personalities I loved Hitomi in the series but I really didn't care much for the Hitomi of this movie.I also despised the Allen Schezar in this movie they turned him into an arrogant, egotistical prick who within minutes of his introduction I really wished he would get killed.All in all the characters were changed and NOT for the best in fact they were changed in a very annoying way and the plot failed to interest me.All in all a dreadful movie version of a classic anime series!

I saw this film for the first time two years ago, and my general opinion of it wasn't cemented until I watched it again. It really is a beautiful work; the animation quality is very enriched, and the narrative, both simple as a groundwork is able to create a sense of many layers under its surface. I have never seen the series in it's entirety, but the movie alone works well as a fantastic adventure, if not an often violent one, and the heart of the work; the maturing love between Hitomi and Van touched me the most. The last scene made me cry.I will often value a movie great when it stands out on several levels, and in this case the strongest feeling I came away with was a sincere empathy for the characters. Really great movies will do that, and I think this is one.

When I first heard about this movie in a magazine, it was the most popular motion picture since the series. I wanted to get this for my collection, and I did. My father bought me the collector's edition for Christmas and I enjoyed it.I know that this movie does not follow the series, and the storyline is different but is not the same as the series. It was cool to see some of the characters from the show, and of course the Guymelef Escaflowne. I know it's a shame we never get to see Allen's Guymelef Sherazade in the movie, and of course the flying ship, the Crusade. Another thing, I liked about this movie is the music. I do like the Escaflowne theme, and some of the new music that was never used in the series. The movie also have the same voice cast that did the series and I do believe they did a good job. So in closing to this review,if you like the series,then you got to see this movie. You'll see what I mean,and it's the best.

I have to say as far as the animation goes the movie was well done, great art work, but the plot itself was poorly thought off. The movie might resemble the series with the characters and the setting but the plot itself was not the same. So if you guys are expecting to be like the series, is not, I found it to be a waste of time, and for those who think that the movie was good, it was just a knockoff of the series just to make money of you.