Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary

I've read some absurd negative reviews about this film, here on imdb, and I underline some negative reviews are truly absurd bordering on ridiculous.

Yesterday I saw this film in CGI, I was very surprised by the good CGI, the fluid animations, pleasant music, very surprised by the beautiful armor (they are really nice graphically), many good special effects, the plot is smooth and follows with pleasure, ultimately the film is not a masterpiece but it is not bad either, in fact I would say quite good. It's worth a watch because it's really well made in many ways.

Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary, Good CGI movie...

I think this new take on the Saint Seiya franchise is not bad, while it felt rushed on the last 30 minutes, I think it was solid enough.

The designs, the CGI and the personalities were great. I was gladly surprised to see Aldebaran looking so bad ass, the relationship between the bronze saints were fun and a reminder of the personalities they had on the first season (while exaggerating some qualities for comedy) and the fights were eye-candy. Sadly I feel like it doesn't deliver so well for some fans because of all the changes to the original story (specially the end that felt rushed) but considering this is trying to get the whole anime season in one movie I think it was necessary and expected. Gotta be clear that that doesn't justify the lack of screen time from some fan favorites like Ikki who never got his time to shine in this movie while it had a really important role in the original plot, I think he was the biggest disappointment and probably one of reasons people were so harsh on this movie.

Also I think it was fresh to see some new ideas and some changes like the realization from the golden saints that there was something wrong happening, that the bronze saints may have been right and instead of waiting on their places they tried to actually do something to help.

Overall I was entertained, while the big fan in me was disappointed because I wanted to see so much more, after talking about it with my friends (who also left the theaters a bit disappointed) I realized that I actually really appreciate this film from what it is and while it's not perfect, it's a fun time and a good experience overall.

I can't tell you how much I love the visual quality of this film, the armor is beautiful and well detailed, the characters have well-developed and lovingly detailed visual characteristics, fabulous CGI.

One point that leaves a lot to be desired is the script, it is really weak and disjointed, it has many unnecessary scenes that could have been relevant moments and made better sense, for example the stance of the Knight of Cancer, it took all the refinement of cruelty of his real nature for a comedian. The final battle was extremely fast-paced and lacked detail. If they had left all the flaws in the script and invested in the quality of the final battle and its complexity, the end result would certainly not have been negative. It's important to note that the film is not a replica of the manga, it's a new experiment and shouldn't be taken as a faithful adaptation, but even so it could have been better developed, as there were a lot of holes in the script that didn't narrate much but rather confused.

In short, it's a good movie for those looking for great visual effects, but for those expecting a well-written script or a faithful adaptation of the original work, it's a bad product, and 90 minutes isn't enough to bring out the complexity of the Sanctuary Saga.

I am a big fan, I loved the opportunity to see the heroes in full CGI, great!!! The only thing I didn't like is the whole Saga fused with stones thing... that was out of nowhere... they should have kept it as a crazy warrior with an armor as it was originally... Anyway it was great, I have repeated it more than 3 times, still like the effects and stuff/

The entire movie is Seiya fighting everyone and the other knights just watching his sacrifice. It's very different from the classic animations. For someone who enjoy the other knights, like me, it's kinda boring.