One Piece Film: Z (2012)

ridiculous rating

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

I remember back when I first heard about "One Piece". I didn't care for it because it looked kind of dumb with the goofy character designs. I've read some of the manga and seen two movies and honestly? I think it looks great now! Nami is so hot. The "Z" in the title actually refers to the name of the main villain. His full name is Zephyr. The title isn't shown on screen until 15 minutes in! I'm not used to these characters, but I was still able to really like them and I'm no longer turned off by their designs. I guess it just took some getting used to. There's great action to spare and very nice pacing as well. I'm glad to get to remember the names of the main characters. ***1/2

I do know why this movie gets a lot of hate. First it centers around Z and the navy and not the straw hats. Second if you never seen one piece this movie will not make any sense. That being said if you are like me and have seen every episode and every Sunday morning you look forward to the new episode this movie is excellent. Sure the straw hats could of stayed out of the movie but I guess they cant have a one piece movie without them, even though id be fine if they did in a future movie. (The history of Monkey D Garp would be an example) This movie builds around the Marines and gives us a good view of them. They are usually the enemies but in the movie their protecting justice and giving us a background of their pasts with Z their old friend and master.

I think every fan of One Piece, even just anime should watch this movie. I absolutely loved everything. To be honest the end was so touching i got a little teary... And that's from a guy who usually never cries at movies. I thought it was funny, while still epic and the battle scenes were truly awesome. At times the animation makes it look lie you're in a 3D movie and the drawings are incredibly precise and beautiful. The music was also really good, Kuzan's song was perfect. At times I'm not a big fan of anime movies, but I think Oda and his crew really manages to pull it off every time! This one though.. Oh boy, this should receive an award or something.If you haven't seen it yet... WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!!?

this film is focused more on fan-service, the use of camera and other beautiful effects to cover their flaws. Their fights are very simple and nothing amazed me(except the good use of camera). it has simple plot, too, and the bad thing is it's too easy to see this fact. Nothing leaves me deep feeling, I don't sympathize with the character at all, it feels like something is missing and untold. Furthermore, except Luffy, others' fights are very weird, they didn't struggle to win at all. The first time the enemy appeared, they were very strong and dangerous. However, later, without much effort, the others can win easily, which makes the enemy looks like clowns. Z and Luffy's fight is also weird to me. It didn't show much of Luffy's and Z's skills in the fight, it shows the skills of the animators instead. Some points of the movie are confusing as well. This film is about Z, a character who we officially not allowed to 'know' yet, I think that's the reason why it lacks of many things to make a good movie. They're not allowed to be spoiled and it's an unknown event, that's why it's hard to make. The skills of animators in this movie is really great, in combination with the fan-service (which is very obvious and used a lot) I would rate it 7/10. However, if it's about rating this movie(which must have a good plot and convey it well), I can't bring myself to rate higher. I'm disappointed.