Summary: Great movie for a bleach casual fan or new to it
The Good: The Story and character development is good, the Hollows were surprisingly well made, the action was 8/10, the changes from manga/anime story was acceptable. Ichigo was almost spot on, Chad was pretty cool, Inoue is cute, I had my doubts about Rukia and Ishida but they do fit as the character.
The Bad: Netflix subtitling isn't great; some Japanese emotions were subtitled when they just needed expression; "Howl Zabimaru!" became "Hear the Zabimaru roar!"; soul reaper,/shinigami cut to just reaper (reaper makes me think of the hood and the scythe). Costumes were great (except Rukia's latex glove) until Renji and Byakuya. Good costumes for a people who don't fit the characters. I just wish Urahara, was more witty and cocky but i can let that slide.
The Ugly: Renji is MUCH shorter than Ichigo, face is roundish and does not feel like a rough and tumble, fighter and survivalist he is supposed to be. Actor over exaggerated the simplest of emotions and was just awful. Best role for him would be Keigo instead. Best replaced by the current Byakuya which would be perfect. Byakuya should be played by the actor for Ishida or someone more sophisticated and elegant.
I would like to see more but the ugly parts need a lot of improvement since the next portions give these character more pivotal parts in the story.
The Good: The Story and character development is good, the Hollows were surprisingly well made, the action was 8/10, the changes from manga/anime story was acceptable. Ichigo was almost spot on, Chad was pretty cool, Inoue is cute, I had my doubts about Rukia and Ishida but they do fit as the character.
The Bad: Netflix subtitling isn't great; some Japanese emotions were subtitled when they just needed expression; "Howl Zabimaru!" became "Hear the Zabimaru roar!"; soul reaper,/shinigami cut to just reaper (reaper makes me think of the hood and the scythe). Costumes were great (except Rukia's latex glove) until Renji and Byakuya. Good costumes for a people who don't fit the characters. I just wish Urahara, was more witty and cocky but i can let that slide.
The Ugly: Renji is MUCH shorter than Ichigo, face is roundish and does not feel like a rough and tumble, fighter and survivalist he is supposed to be. Actor over exaggerated the simplest of emotions and was just awful. Best role for him would be Keigo instead. Best replaced by the current Byakuya which would be perfect. Byakuya should be played by the actor for Ishida or someone more sophisticated and elegant.
I would like to see more but the ugly parts need a lot of improvement since the next portions give these character more pivotal parts in the story.