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Next is the story, for a story arc with so much content, how they came up with such a ridiculous rendition is beyond me. What?! Lastly, Pisces gets the worse death, he gets about 30 seconds of screen time and then gets thrown out of a building and the other Saints just say 'It's Aphrodite, he's dead." End scene. Lastly, Shura doesn't die! Not that I wanted him to because I always did like character but he was killed in the original fight yet in this movie, he is alive. In the movie, he becomes a singing baboon and dances around like he was on Broadway. Deathmask was a sadistic murderer who killed simply because he could. Not that I'm sexist, but there was no ambiguity with Milo's gender yet somehow he has since became a woman? Then came Deathmask. Some characters even got a complete sex change like Milo. Pretty much no one is given any kind of character development or background aside from Saori Kido and that was half-assed at best.
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This movie was just as bad if not worse than The Last Airbender. When I was finally able to sit down and watch the movie, every second of the movie was more excruciating than the last. There were many scenes I was familiar with and others I had no idea where they had came from. Then the trailers came and little by little, I started to wonder what this movie was going to encompass. I went to the website daily to find out what the next Gold Saint would look like and even though some of the renditions were disappointing, I was still very excited. **SPOILERS AHEAD** I was so excited for this movie when it was first announced.
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On a side note, the Latin American dub used almost all the voices from the original series for the movie, and I think that was a nice touch for the nostalgic fans. I wasn't expecting a 100% faithful adaptation (That would have been impossible in such short time) but it could have been a far more memorable experience with its own merits instead of being a merely watchable flick. While it was moderately entertaining to watch "Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary" had the potential to be something much better. (Hey, I watched the original series several times, and I still found some parts of this movie to be confusing and not very well explained) The short duration of the movie (90 minutes approximately) is simply not enough to cover the 73 episodes of the Sanctuary Arc from the original anime, having too many characters which aren't properly developed (Case in point: Pisces Aphrodite, who only appears in this movie to be killed off without doing anything relevant to the plot.) Some moments lack of the same emotional impact that the original anime had due the rushed narrative (For example, the duel between Camus and Hyoga, which isn't as memorable as in the 80's series, since their whole master-disciple relationship is merely referenced, but not explored) Visually speaking, the film is very impressive and well done, though I'm sure that the comparisons with the Final Fantasy games will be unavoidable.(Specially taking in consideration the transformation of the main villain near the end of the movie, which reminded me the final boss battles from those videogames) The soundtrack was decent, but in my opinion the soundtrack of the original series was far more memorable. Not as muddled as in movies like "Final Fantasy: Advent Children", but I think that some scenes will confuse those viewers who never watched the original series. As someone who grew up watching the original "Saint Seiya" anime, I found "Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary" to be a mixed bag at best: The first half of the movie introduces the story and the main characters in a decent (albeit a bit rushed) manner, but during the second half (Specifically, after the Taurus House part), the plot turns muddled and hard to follow.
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