MoPoshy
Absolutely brilliant
Taha Avalos
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Ginger
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Dave from Ottawa
Whenever one of the psychic warriors in this bit of fluff goes into battle, his long hair shoots straight up as waves of power radiate out. This happens a lot and the visuals here are pretty cool, but everything else is a negative.The story comes off as weak and derivative: Psychic heroes battle bad guy psychic to prevent mayhem spree. Yawn. Seen it. There are multiple psychic factions caught up in the main conflict (Dragons of Earth, Dragons of Heaven, two competing sisters, etc.) which makes for a multi- fronted war, and (I suppose) is meant to add complexity to the drama, but really it just makes it harder to keep straight who is doing what. There are so many competitors the viewer needs a scorecard and it does not help that nobody has much more life or individuality than characters in an arcade kick-boxing game. They fight. They pout. They bicker. They fight some more. Not a bad time waster but the viewer won't take much away from the experience.
PepsiZacksLover
At the very first time I've watched this movie when I was little like nine years old with my brother, and I can't get my eyes off this movie. I mean the story is pretty simple, and has very wonderful drawing. After this movie, I was so shock when my brother said "It is suck, all about one story". I could tell that the X movie was my favorite of whole anime movies I've watched. Well I better close my blabbing.This movie is about seven angels of the Dragons of the Earth and Dragons of the Heaven each fighting for the future of the world. Also there is one dreamwatcher each for the heaven and earth. The dreamwatcher see what will happens in the future and warning its group. The Tokyo city are the shield of the world where the Dragon of the Heaven protects, and Tokyo city are also where the Dragons of the Earth are staying, and destroy at first before whole the world.Those characters in this movie are very wonderful because those characters are reasonable characters, especially Hinoto, a dreamwatcher, Kamui, one of the Dragons of the Heaven, even more! There is about, I guess almost 20 characters in this movie and every of them are good characters. Also later when I keep watching this movie, there's a girl, her name is Satsuki, her power is a cable of digital world, like fighting with the cable wires underground. I never thought a character with power like this.Also reason why this was my favorite of all anime is because of the beginning when Kamui's mother killed herself to give the sword to Kamui. It's hard for me to explain, but I really like the cherry blossoms flying around, how Kamui and mother stare each other, and how his mother get the sword out of her stomach. It's just so beautiful.All I can say, try it out! Don't be afraid. Also this has half sad and half good ending if you want to know.
FilmOtaku
I'll say it straight out: I'm an anime fan, but the anime has to fit a certain niche. I'm not a big fan of comedy, so it can't be the silly anime, and I'm not real big on fantasy or science fiction. Like, at all. So when I mention that I love anime, those who know me aren't completely unsurprised. "X", a full-length anime feature directed by Rintaro was recommended to me by a hard-core anime fan who knows my limited criteria because of its utter lack of comedy and its fairly straightforward storyline.The fate of Tokyo lies in the balance (when doesn't it?) when two sides, Dragons of Earth and Dragons of Heaven fight to gain control. The Dragons of Heaven want to protect Tokyo and its inhabitants, and the Dragons of Earth want to go back to a nature-loving society, where the people don't matter, and the Earth is at peace. Kamui is asked by Hinoto of the Dragons of Heaven to help their cause since he has other-worldly powers. By joining the other six warriors, they will be able to protect Tokyo and its citizens from the seven Dragons of Earth. Led by Hinoto's younger sister Kanoe, the Dragons of Earth soon are joined by Kamui's best friend Fuma who has been designated as Kamui's twin; whatever side Kamui joins, Fuma has to join the other. All Kamui wanted to do was protect Fuma and his sister Kotori, and now he's got Kotori in a coma and Fuma fighting him for the domination of Tokyo.While the story is fairly simple, boy is chosen to protect the world while his best friend unfortunately fights against him (For just one example see Wars, Star in your local library's card catalogue) , what isn't simple is the number of characters involved in this story – at least 17 if you pair it down to just the two sides. Over the first half of the film is spent establishing the back story and the characters, so by the time the real action started, "X" was starting to really lose me. Basically, I wanted them to cut the novel and make with the action. When they did, I was not disappointed, and the film ended well and not without a few surprises, but I think that it was just a little too late for me to make the film anything better than just "okay". Additionally, and this is just a purely aesthetic criticism, but I am REALLY not fond of the animation style in "X"; I believe it's pretty standard in Clamp anime, but the pointy chins and ginormous eyes of the character designs are just not my cup of tea. Hey, I'll admit that it's a pretty minor quibble, but anime has to be held up to the same stylistic standards as live action films and as a lover of art I tend to look at character design when I watch my anime. "Cowboy Bebop" and even "Evangelion" or "Lain" contain some really slick animation where I can really appreciate them as "art". As minor a consideration as it is in my overall assessment of the film, I just didn't feel this way with "X".It probably looks like I disliked "X", but I really didn't. If I had I would have felt that I had wasted my time watching it, and that is far from the truth. There just was nothing that propelled it from average to great, the way I perceive most of Miyazake's films or recent animation offerings like "The Triplets of Belleville" or "Perfect Blue". "X" is seen as a classic anime and all of the elements are there if you're a die-hard fan, and it should be seen if you do enjoy anime. I'm glad I did, but I honestly don't need to see it ever again. 5/10 --Shelly
joker_113_17
The movie was great. I love Manga, and when i saw the movie i was very impressed. Not only was it delightfully gruesome, but it had an intriguing story that wasn't filled with a lot of unnecessary adult themes. The action was great the characters were great and the story left you thinking even after the unexpected end. I've watched it over and over and it still impresses me, a revolutionary vision for its time.Even though it was dragging at points it X still made it abundantly clear that it was a well planed movie. I think even though this movie wasn't quite as good as akira it should still receive kudos for the way it was put together. 10 out of 10.
