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Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary

Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014)

June. 21,2014
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5.4
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PG-13
| Fantasy Animation Action

Warriors called "Saints" are the champions of hope who have always appeared since the Age of Myth whenever evil threatens the world. In this present day story, many years since the long fought "Holy War" we find Saori Kido, a girl troubled by her mysterious powers. She is saved by a boy, Seiya "Bronze Saint" from a sudden attack by an assassin, through the accident Saori realizes her destiny and mission and decides to go to "Sanctuary" with Seiya and his company of Bronze Saints. In Sanctuary they confront "Pope" and wage a desperate battle against the greatest Saints, the "Gold Saints".

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Pacionsbo
2014/06/21

Absolutely Fantastic

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Kailansorac
2014/06/22

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

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Numerootno
2014/06/23

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

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Erica Derrick
2014/06/24

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Douglas
2014/06/25

The movie tells the story of a girl named Saori, who is the reincarnation Athena, and her guardians, the Bronze Saints, against the Pope's servants, the Gold Saints, who were also supposed to be protecting Athena. The soundtrack has a few nice tracks but nothing memorable or related to the original series. The visuals are decent at best, the 3D characters look lively though their exaggerated expression along with the cheesy dialog makes any non battle scene cringe-worthy. The armors redesign are also exaggerated, specially the Gold Saints armor that have far too many details and/or resemble their original design or the constellation they were supposed to represent. The Bronze Saints are also too far detailed to represent the lowest class of Athena's defenders, and the Silver Saints received no attention at all. The fight scenes are nothing special and the camera angle choices are poor. Some effects are dated like dust and explosions but the film makes up for it with some good looking re-imagination of the cosmos which a relevant piece of the plot. The Sanctuary is basically Asgard from the Thor movies. The plot however, is badly conducted as it is quite linear and leaves nothing for the vier to expect, most of the characters suffer from bad development and other are barely mentioned. Some of them were clearly changed so to not be too unlikable (or forgettable) due to their short screen time. On that, the addition of Deathmask's dance sequence is an odd choice, adds nothing to the plot and only takes valuable screen time. The end is just a mess, with a Final Fantasy like giant monster and bad explanation on what's going on. After finishing one question remains, how something that clearly showed so much effort ended up looking so lazy, the answer is beyond me.

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KO L
2014/06/26

I grew up watching saint seiya and I have always been a big fan of the TV show, but I have always hated the saint seiya movies in the past. The only thing I remember from the old saint seiya movies is the long long scenes of the bronze saints getting beat up much like the fillers in Dragon Ball Z when goku and others would scream for a whole episode while transforming to the next super saiyan stage.Back to the movie, all the designs and small details(Sceneries, Architectures, Armours and the fight moves) in the animation were beautiful and very well thought out. People were right that there weren't much character "development" since its a 90 minutes movie, but the actions and dialogues did a very effective job of showing what each character was about. It is basically the same old straight forward but effective cartoon plot which I expected going in, so I have no idea why so many reviewers are complaining about it.Every little detail might not be true to the original TV series, but the whole movie was very entertaining and the details well well thought out if you pay attention. So, if you are not a super hardcore saint seiya fan and are very much into well done animated film then you should probably give this a watch.

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chameau_supreme
2014/06/27

As far as I'm concerned this is the best Saint Seiya Movie EVER. Okay, it is lacking in:character development - fights - story arc - logic (lol)HOWEVER the people moaning about the fact that it is not a 1:1 replica of the anime should take a trip back down memory lane (on Youtube for example) and realize that those were too lengthy, verbose and that most of the fights were left to the reader as an exercise.At least here, the characters are likable, do not have a never ending death wish or bleed out at each opportunity. Plus the fights, although WAY TOO SHORT (I really wish for a director's cut for once even if the movie should be twice as long), are more dynamic and realistic (well, for a super hero movie that is) than they were back then. I could totally imagine a Hollywood movie (you know with real actors) - which I never could with the Anime - coming out of this. And for once, not a crappy one. Disney/Marvel... Pretty please? Or a TV show to develop what's missing - but unless they get loads of cash - Kickstarter anyone? - I don't know if they'll be able to keep up with the quality - because it is really very good - of this one.It kinds of feel like the upcoming Big Hero 6 (judging from the trailers - Not out yet in France) in a way.Just enjoy it as it is.

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Meliyanto Chen
2014/06/28

**Spoiler Warning** Pros: Good CG. Neutral Opinion: The Cloth Box and Mask. Cons: 1) Poor Script: 90 min run time isn't enough to cover the entire arc, well that's forgivable, BUT there are unnecessary scene for about 10-20 mins, such as Deathmask singing(really hate this scene). 2) Wrong personality of the characters: Milo is woman while the real one in manga/anime is a man! Deathmask is eccentric and sadist, not a comedian! Seiya isn't that funny kind of guy, he is about spirit and friendship, and loyalty, not a funny character. Ikki isn't as cool as in the Manga/Anime. 3) Shaka didn't fight Ikki??? 4) Almost every battle get cut, it only show how the bronze saint meet with gold saint, and then goes to another scene, and when we back to the fighting, it only show the bronze saint execute his final attack, lame! 5) Why they change the characters face? I've played Saint Seiya game, 3D graphic one, and the characters face is identical with the Manga/Anime, but in this movie they all have different face, a cuter one, LAME! 6) They don't have that dramatic moment!!! When Hyoga desperately having to fight his own master(Aquarius Camus) and it turned out that his master actually teach him something.. 7) Saori with short hair?? 8) Changed Script: My beloved battle: Aphrodite vs Shuun is changed.. (Saga killed Aphrodite).. TERRIBLE STUPID LAME!!! There is also no Shura Vs Shiryu (and Shiryu managed to make Shura realize his mistake and Shura give him Excalibur at the last minute of his life). That battle against that Giant Statue is lame and unnecessary. And this movie is about Bronze Saints, but why are the Gold Saints taking the spotlight? 9) The final battle is mehhh. Overall, it's a failed Manga/Anime adaptation. What a disappointment.

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