It isn't an accurate adaption of the anime but it is an entertaining sci fi movie
I bought this for nostalgic reasons. I watched Battle of the Planets when I was a kid. I'm not familiar with the story lines of Gatchaman, or any of the other cartoon series.The subtitles weren't great, but you can basucally follow what they're saying. Even the few English words were different in the subtitles. Go figure. Personally, I'd rather see it dubbed over so you can focus on the movie.I wasn't impressed, but I wasn't disappointed either. The biggest letdown was the design of the Phoenix.
I saw this movie a while back on another video streaming site . But could not find it again . I loved it the first time I saw it and I finally got smart enough to check Amazon and wow I found it . It's just an awesome movie . It steers in a different direction than the anime cartoon but I feel that's what made it more interesting to me . It just made it feel like a totally different movie from the anime .
Captioning was either weak or too literal. Sometimes...this stuff just doesn't translate well. But I'm too much of an old school G-Force (Battle Of The Planets) guy to care. I still love it!
I'm a huge fan of the original Gatchaman anime and was very excited to see this live-action adaptation. Sadly, I was very disappointed. As I was watching, I felt as if the director, producer, and writers, have never seen a single episode of Gatchaman. The characters are not true to the original, especially the story's nemesis, Berg Katse, who was a complete disaster in character translation. The actors and actresses they chose to play the parts are hokey and lack any kind of charisma. The whole movie plays off as if you're watching Power Rangers or Mortal Combat. If you've never seen any of the original Gatchaman anime (or Battle of the Planets) then you might like this movie. Otherwise, someone seriously needs to remake this to a more accurate account of the original anime.
