As the title says, the movie has had it’s name changed. I could gripe about this, but I won’t, because it’s new title is actually pretty cool, and does read slightly smoother for us Westerners than the original.
It also has a trailer, included after the jump. Also included after the jump is me griping about stuff related to this trailer…
I’ll start with a picture;
And after the jump I’ll tell you why this picture seems to support my worst fears for this film. Continue reading
As some of you may remember, a few months back I reviewed Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s light novel All You Need is Kill and bloody loved it. I also mentioned in the review that some Hollywood types had bought the movie rights to it, and were looking to make a film of the book starring Scientologist nutjob Tom Cruise as the protagonist Keiji Kiriya.
Well now the studio concerned (Warner Bros.) have released a release date, and a plot synopsis of their film. And it worries me. The synopsis, not the release date! If you’ve not read the book yet and are planning to, then you might not want to read after the jump, because there will be spoilers…
This book is a first for me; it’s a Japanese light fiction novel which is something that I’ve never read before, but having explored this hitherto unknown region of literature I can tell you I’ll definitely be reading more. To put it simply, I loved this book. You could probably stop reading right now, and go off and order your own copy on the strength of my opinion, but I know that at least some of you will want to know why I loved it.
