Great Film overall

Best movie ever!

As Good As It Gets

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

A sincere, concise, energetically paced adaptation that stays faithful to the source material and simultaneously functions on its own merits as a feature film. Wields together the first manga arcs highlights and improves upon it. Top-tier fight choreography on display here. An absolute delight.

This was a great movie to watch! As fan of the anime, I must say it was a delight to see our beloved characters come in to life. However one must remark how amazing the fight scenes were. I found myself rewinding several of them in detail.Kudos to the director and the choreography team - for they provided us realistic sword fights! It must have been quite the task to deliver the fictional "Hiten Mitsurugi" style to an actual life-action movie.So... Why isn't this samurai movie more popular among action fans? One doesn't need to read the manga beforehand in order to appreciate and enjoy this gem! Really, it stands on its own:)

Rurouni Kenshin Trilogy is the best anime based live action movie ever! All three of it are the best. I didn't really appreciated the anime series when I was a kid but then I grew up and I saw the first movie. I was like, "Wow, even live action movies based on an anime is possible!" Because of this movie, I'm now interested to watch the anime series.The story was great, the characters were also great, even the setting. This is the movie that made samurai battles more realistic. As anime fan, I also like this movie from start to finish. The sequels were also great and I might review those in the future.In conclusion, Rurouni Kenshin is a must watch especially to Samurai X fans and other anime fans out there.

So here we have a movie studio attempting a live action version of a manga/anime that is not only popular but well written. The last time I saw one it was the unwatchable Dragonball movie. This time I was actually surprised. Not only was the casting very well done but they managed to condense the first two arcs into one very good movie story line. The overall plot was very good and the movie is highly watchable. Many of the action scenes could have come directly from the manga/anime and in fact much of the dialogue is true to the source material. I checked the spoiler box only for the following parts. First I was highly pleased with Jin-e's look (to include hat and hair) and his eyes. The wasy they did the Shin no Ippo is great. It was nice to see Saito (woulda liked to see his trademark hair but that woulda been hard to say the least) and it was really nice to see a Gatotsu. I admit when I saw that I had a nerdgasm. Kenshin's Hitten Mitsurigi style is spot on. I love the effects that make him look like he has god like speed. The last duel ends just as it should. Few things I was miffed that didn't make it in. The Sekiehoutei was never mentioned for Sano's background. Yahiko's samurai background was tossed out. The epic manga/anime fight between Kenshin and Saito never really happened. They fought but ultimately I found the fight lacking. The Oni Waban group is NO WHERE to be found. No Hikijo, no Hanya, no anyone. No Aoshi Shinomri. I understand Aoshi will be in the sequels but I was disappointed not to have him in with Kanryu. When you first meet Sano he calls himself Sanoske rather than Zanza. Most of these are minor issues that I realize had to take a backseat to story and movie. Overall this movie was well done. Yahiko is brash as Yahiko. Karou is the same. It all works. Kenshin especially. I mean they really got into the dual identites of that character in the Jin-e fight. Well done. Its not easy to take a fantastic manga/anime and turn it into a live action movie but for anyone else who tries THIS is your bar. Its been set high so don't mess it up. Can't wait for the sequels and would LOVE a western release PLEASE!