I have no idea why clowns on here rate this film so highly, it's pretty abysmal. In terms of faithfulness to the source material it fails dramatically, having a lot of significant bits of plot removed, specifically how Okuyasu and Keicho's father became the way we see. It seems they wanted to cut out any mention of Dio to try and make the film more accessible to newcomers, but in my opinion, it probably made it worse. Having no explanation as to how things happened is a recipe for having people who are new to Jojo just leave the film confused and assuming that Jojo is just poorly written with blatant plot holes. Also, and this could just be a personal thing, but the film took a direction that had an aura of darkness and creepiness that the original just didn't have. I mean, part 4 probably had the most cheery tone of the entire series, using bright colors whenever possible to create a sense of chillness that just isn't present in this film. The entire film is dark and eerie, it feels like a low budget horror movie. In addition to that, the stands definitely felt unsettling which felt very off, though in fairness, I don't think there's any way to translate something like a stand into cg for live action without them being off-putting. Characters also felt pretty far from the originals, the biggest example I can think of is the fact that Josuke felt like he was kinda being a dick to Koichi for no reason. Costumes ranged from passable to downright awful, I have no idea why they felt the need to do the thing where Jotaro's hair kinda merges with his hat, as it felt a little superfluous and took away from the whole, "reality" thing most people go with for live action film. Josuke's outfit was okay, besides some minor things, including the fact that his pins on his jacket felt a little bit too small and like they were just an afterthought. Acting was pretty iffy, awkward pauses everywhere, Koichi seemed to constantly look off to the side, then back to where he was looking for no apparent reason, and several characters noticeably squinted the eye closest to the camera, which I don't even know what they were trying to accomplish with. Cinematography was alright, but every time Josuke used Crazy Diamond to heal someone, it was accompanied by a god awful jump cut. Overall, not the greatest film Ive ever watching, but definitely not the worst either. If you're planinng on this being your introduction to the series, I'd steer clear, but if you're already a fan of Jojo, this is a good film to laugh at because of the poor quality.
