Otaku_Critic
How to end a good trilogy? By making a great and awesome third movie of course! Rurouni Kenshin The Legend Ends is great. Shishio, again, is our villain in this one but it also has a new character Hiko Seijuro which is Kenshin's master. This movie probably has more action than the first two which makes it more awesome! There was this one part in the movie where Kenshin was washed up on the shore then his master picked him up. Right after Kenshin woke up, he asked his master for a training. Kinda like Star Wars Episode V where Yoda trains Luke. The characters of Yoda and Hiko share some similarities. Like they were former fighters and or they both don't intervene with our protagonist's battle. Very interesting if you think about it. Before I conclude, my favorite part of the movie would be the final battle.In conclusion, Rurouni Kenshin The Legend Ends is awesome. A good ending and a good trilogy!
immanuelg
As an advent fan of the Kenshin animated series, I found this film and other the films a great live action adaptation. Everyone played their role spectacularly. I rarely write reviews but I felt that it was worth mentioning and I hope their sales do extremely well. One of the best things I enjoyed about the movie(s) was obviously the action sequences costume designs and how the settings mimic'ed Tokyo & Kyoto was portrayed in the series. It felt like I was in that time line. Some hardcore fans would be disappointed that it was not EXACTLY like the series as far as the plot but how much can you condensed from a series into a 3-part movie. I thought it was well done. The biggest difference between the anime series and the movie is that, in the series they focus on how techniques work and analyze fighters style in great detail & length. There is none of that in the movie which was not a big deal whatsoever. I would LOVE to see if they could make a movie of the OVA series with Kenshin being the Manslayer (Hitokiri Battousai) and tell the story of the cross scar on his face. Any one else agrees?
minseok-eric-kim
It was somewhat disappointing. Although, I enjoyed every live action that came out. I felt some of the characters were not shown that well. I can get why they made Sanosuke like they did, but it was so bad in my opinion. His clothes and face were always dirty. His fights were just lacking. The monk fight was so much more than that! They made him appear to be a bit dumb and obnoxious, but the guy is pretty badass and fairly smart.Although it was cool seeing all of them fight together, I think it would have been better to just have that huge one on one. There was so much going on and I think it really took away from the original fight.Kenshin and his master's relationship was a bit more conflicted than what was shown. Their ideology collided when he went to learn that final form. I don't think they even showed his actual past on why he met his master in the first place and why he was making graves. I think that was a major mistake on leaving that out. Although, the message was the same..I felt that it went past that portion too quickly. Probably one of the most memorable parts of the anime.I guess you can't expect such a long series to be exactly portrayed, but I wish they could have kept some of the parts from the original. Although, on it's own and to the people who haven't seen the anime or read the manga, I think you'll enjoy it. The fight scenes are pretty neat and at least some of the characters are okay.
pabochorom
Disappointing! This third movie really gives you an anticlimax storyline. Really it doesn't have the feeling of rurounin kenshin that i've known from manga and anime. Well, i know limitation in time is the biggest problem to be faced in this long epic story, unfortunately this film producer/director/story maker, you named it... really can't get any better solution for that problem.1. There is no point for Kenshin meeting his teacher. Really it's not make any strong bond in here, sadly it's quite long in this part, Did he learn something new technique in here? big NO. Its just talking, talking and talking. it was really boring2. Ultimate technique? i don't see any differences The ultimate? gee.. there is no different from the usual. It's so plain, nothing special in this so called ultimate Why don't you just say "the more confident kenshin" technique At least, please put some effect ! in anime there will be some kanji and light circle effect, why they don't do that3. Not meaning character. Aoshi really not important character in this film, not even feel fit into the storyJyuppon Katana The 10 strongest man of Shisio. Yeah the strongest was beaten with just one hit.. eat that! Kaori she is just sleeping, wake up, running in the beach, then go back to Tokyo. WTFSanasuke He is just a clownSaito his part is so simple.. just smokingI like the first one even more for the second one For the third one, sorry.. far from the expectation My score is 5
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