Okay done with the 2nd movie, major improvement from the first... though that's not much of an achievement...
The biggest problem with the first movie is how it feels like the story of Camelot is rushed even for Movie standards and the biggest problem of the 2nd Movie is the fact that the first was too rushed out, alot of what should have been established wouldn't be able to work well.
For example, they force in Reverse Tristan's idea... but forget to show WHY the Hassans want Tristan dead in particular since he doesn't actually savagely kill as we see him do in the game with Intoxicating Hassan. They try and fix some of this by giving more development towards Fujimaru, Mash, Bedivere and even Lancelot, it doesn't really work well due to the rushed nature despite the movie being two hours. It unfortunately truly requires you to play Camelot in the Mobile Game unlike the Babylonia Anime which still included the main beats but can be seen as a true adaptation(For example, Sherlock Holmes is COMPLETELY removed and Tri-Hermes is somehow placed INSIDE of Rasseum Tentryis which legit makes the Atlas Institute weaker than it should be in canon... atleast it was Bedivere who told Mash she is Galahad immediately rather than "She should discover it on her own" nonsense)
On the other hand, it's also obvious that the main setpieces from the movie seem to be something they actually wanted to do with FGO Camelot but couldn't do due to VN limitations or was thought of later(We actually see how the "Tower At The Ends of The World" truly work outside of the ingame map and truly start eroding the entire World, the fact that Model Camelot truly is Rhongomyniad as well which is just stated ingame but the movie shows how it truly should look once activated and how Ozymandias' Reality Marble Main Temple can fly and functions like that) or how we get the fights we couldn't see ingame(Like Lancelot vs. Agravain though we don't see how Agravain won) or how it would happen in the different timeline(Sanzang vs. Mordred).
Sanzang in particular was done surprisingly well despite how the Camelot movie cuts her off at the knees(It's all but stated the Sanzang we see in Camelot is in fact the one we meet in the Journey To The West Event and she even alludes to it and she loses her biggest contribution into opening the Gates of Model Camelot) by further expanding on her abilities(to the point she even gained Sun Wukong's duplication ability) and even taking Clarent Blood Arthur to the face twice against Mordred(which fits her being able to match Lancelot in a fight) meanwhile having a more serious demeanor but not sacrificing entirely her main personality.
Ultimately, I feel if the first movie was done better, the Camelot duology could have actually worked despite the changes but the biggest problem was the first movie entirely.
I'll be doing Mandricardo's Archive at long last today but I'll probably watch either the Heaven's Feel Movies next week or finally watch the Babylonia Anime(no, I have never truly watched it, just saw highlights) instead.
EDIT: Okay, now I'm really laughing to myself because of course Ozymandias is Weather Report in the Dub, no wonder he sounded so right.
The biggest problem with the first movie is how it feels like the story of Camelot is rushed even for Movie standards and the biggest problem of the 2nd Movie is the fact that the first was too rushed out, alot of what should have been established wouldn't be able to work well.
For example, they force in Reverse Tristan's idea... but forget to show WHY the Hassans want Tristan dead in particular since he doesn't actually savagely kill as we see him do in the game with Intoxicating Hassan. They try and fix some of this by giving more development towards Fujimaru, Mash, Bedivere and even Lancelot, it doesn't really work well due to the rushed nature despite the movie being two hours. It unfortunately truly requires you to play Camelot in the Mobile Game unlike the Babylonia Anime which still included the main beats but can be seen as a true adaptation(For example, Sherlock Holmes is COMPLETELY removed and Tri-Hermes is somehow placed INSIDE of Rasseum Tentryis which legit makes the Atlas Institute weaker than it should be in canon... atleast it was Bedivere who told Mash she is Galahad immediately rather than "She should discover it on her own" nonsense)
On the other hand, it's also obvious that the main setpieces from the movie seem to be something they actually wanted to do with FGO Camelot but couldn't do due to VN limitations or was thought of later(We actually see how the "Tower At The Ends of The World" truly work outside of the ingame map and truly start eroding the entire World, the fact that Model Camelot truly is Rhongomyniad as well which is just stated ingame but the movie shows how it truly should look once activated and how Ozymandias' Reality Marble Main Temple can fly and functions like that) or how we get the fights we couldn't see ingame(Like Lancelot vs. Agravain though we don't see how Agravain won) or how it would happen in the different timeline(Sanzang vs. Mordred).
Sanzang in particular was done surprisingly well despite how the Camelot movie cuts her off at the knees(It's all but stated the Sanzang we see in Camelot is in fact the one we meet in the Journey To The West Event and she even alludes to it and she loses her biggest contribution into opening the Gates of Model Camelot) by further expanding on her abilities(to the point she even gained Sun Wukong's duplication ability) and even taking Clarent Blood Arthur to the face twice against Mordred(which fits her being able to match Lancelot in a fight) meanwhile having a more serious demeanor but not sacrificing entirely her main personality.
Ultimately, I feel if the first movie was done better, the Camelot duology could have actually worked despite the changes but the biggest problem was the first movie entirely.
I'll be doing Mandricardo's Archive at long last today but I'll probably watch either the Heaven's Feel Movies next week or finally watch the Babylonia Anime(no, I have never truly watched it, just saw highlights) instead.
EDIT: Okay, now I'm really laughing to myself because of course Ozymandias is Weather Report in the Dub, no wonder he sounded so right.
