Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Lack of good storyline.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Look the CGI was fabulous and on point and I mean they got the characters looks down and correct but the point of the movie is that it's based off of the series it shouldn't have major plot diversion which is what it had.Roy Mustang didn't meet Ed while he was dealing with father cornello, nor did Ed choose to leave Alphonse with shou Tucker, who basically completely Alters one of the major plot lines and while I understand it's physically impossible to cram a 50 something episode TV series into a 2-hour movie I don't expect so much Cannon Divergence.

Let's just start with the bad wigs. Or bad acting. Or bad writing. Lust should be beautiful, dark and deadly. The actress left a lot to be desired in aesthetics. Someone decent special effects. Winry seems Iike a drunk Kardashian not an overzealous teenage girl obsessed with her work and secretly in love with Ed. Very overdramatic. Now adding in that I've seen both series and read the manga, the stories have to be rushed because of time restraints. Not sure why they changed things here and there, maybe for a more dramatic effect and to tie in plot as much as possible. They wasted a lot of time trying to be cute. Why? It's a dark, sad story teaching them to be strong. The music sounds like it's from a Disney movie. FMA is not a happy, cute or funny story. It's like they tried to make the entire thing light hearted. For anyone who knows the series that's just not a smart idea. Honestly, for anyone, don't waste your time. It's like Brotherhood Cliff Notes made on a very low budget with a Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack. Watch the anime series. Definitely worth the extra time. The movie is just plain awful.

I can recommend this movie wholeheartedly having watched the animated version. It stays true to cannon. The dubs are very good also. I can't wait for FMA 2!

They were going to make a live-action Fullmetal Alchemist one day. It's one of the most well-known and most beloved anime series of all time. It was inevitable. Still, these adaptations have never been what you would call quality entertainment. It's clear that all of Japan's creative talent has chosen to work elsewhere.This movie being no exception. Now, granted, it has a few things going for it. For one, it looks much better than I'd dared to hope. Sure, even modern video games have more realistic textures, at least the best ones, but the effects in this film are realistic enough to please. It also helps that they look exactly how they're supposed to. Alphonse's armour looks frankly beautiful. Sure it's obviously CGI, but the design itself is straight from the anime and works surprisingly well. Likewise with many of the human character designs. Envy, for example, is nigh perfect and Gluttony, while looking a bit different, still retains the essence of the character.They also got a few of the characters pretty well. Some, like Edward Elric and Colonel Mustang are a bit off - with Riza Hawkeye being miles off and in a really uncomfortable way - but Captain Hughes is just about as he should be. If he was given time to shine, that is.And that right there is the biggest problems this film has. It's bullet point storytelling. It's trying to cram half a season into a run-time bit over two hours and it just doesn't work. Half of the scenes feel rushed, there's the bare minimum of character development if even that, and the cool fight scenes take up too much of the screen time. And yet there are scenes that go on way too long. There are odd pauses between lines of dialogues and the film has problems cutting away from a scene, leading to awkward silences. In the hands of a talented editor this could easily have been an hour and a half movie without taking anything away from the story.If you absolutely have to see Fullmetal Alchemist as a live-action adaptation, there are a few good things in this film. Personally I had to immediately go and watch the original classic to purge this abomination from my retinas.