X/1999 is a great manga, it really is. I bought this movie as my
introduction to anime, luckily I didn't let this movie ruin anime for
me. X is the story of a boy who has the power to choose the future by
choosing a side to fight for: the Dragons of Heaven who want mankind to
continue to exist or the Dragons of Earth, who want mankind purged from
the planet like a bad disease. Personally I would've chose the Dragons
of Earth. But enough about me. The move is a short 90mins. Not NEARLY
enough time to squeeze in a huge story like X. The most frustrating
thing about X is that once you're introduced to a character they die
within 10mins or so. The animation however is beautiful, and the girls
who created the characters did an excellent job designing them. The
violence is brutal when it needs to be which is often times a must for
me. But this movie just doesn't flow well. Maybe if they would've
shoved an extra hour in this there would be less confusion. But now
that I've seen the series and read the manga I've got this movie down
to a science. But that doesn't raise the rating. I still love the
ending to this movie, and I love it even more now because the ending to
the series sucked. If one watches this movie about 5 or 6 times they
may start to get it a little more. If one is looking for a dark
depressing movie this should be on the top of their rent list right
next to Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (which out
shines this movie in every way imaginary). Overall, if you've got the
patience to watch it a few times go for it, but the only thing I watch
it for is the ending.
