Shin Ultraman

What a movie!! Shin ultraman is a love letter for a ultraman fans and even if you are not a fan, This movie is just amazing and treat to watch!! Great CGI, nostalgic evil Characters and most importantly the direction!! Everything was just amazing and really new to watch!! Worth giving a try for not a fan and ofcourse for the fans.. this is a must watch for you guys!! And yes! Nagasawa masami is a MVP!!!

5 episodes crammed into almost 2 hour of duration! For a non-fan and first timer (meaning first time watching the original ultraman or it's modern reincarnation) like me, it's quiet annoying and confusing since it doesn't give us much time to know, root, or sympathize with any of the characters. But for the fans of the original series (the 60's version), it's quiet probably gonna be a nostalgia trip with all the namedrops, the designs, and even the fight choreography that pay homage to the original source material. Love the fact that the Anno made sense some of the elements from the original series to appeal to the updated modern science and technology while making sure the movie doesn't lose its fantasy status. It's always a win to a science enthusiast like me everytime a filmmaker gets the science right or at least sounds plausible to audiences with different levels of science comprehension even though it's beyond applicable in real life.

7.5/10.

All those kinda negative review is almost all true and happen to me. But still there something we can enjoy like several first fight is interesting but not that memorable. CGI also not that bad its still comparable with shin godzilla. Maybe with less destruction effects. Just hoping this movie gonna revived Ultraman but for me it gonna be hard to gained new fans from this movie. Is hard because sometimes the story is good and had nice pace. But then there's some unnecessary scene, plots hole, also those romantic wannabe is really bad. Also how the camera capturing main female is disturbing for me it just really unnecessary.

The CGI is passable, the acting is passable, the fight scenes are decently choreographed, and the filmmaking is exquisite. However, almost everything about this film has a caveat.

As someone who'd watched all the original Showa series, the sound effect/art homage decisions were extremely welcome. Unfortunately, as with the rest of the film, nothing is ever perfect. Instead of giving the fans a completely faithful Ultraman with all the shticks we've learned to love like the color timer, the grunts, the human-like exhaustion-staggering, they decided to cut all of that in favor of a "shin" (new) design claimed to be based on the original concept art of the late designer for the original Ultraman. This new design, unluckily, isn't memorable or aesthetically pleasing in the slightest. I simply don't understand how they can have such immaculate attention to detail on the references of the original sound effects, poses, special moves, and art splashes, yet completely undercut what matters most in the visual design.

The story is surprisingly unpredictable. Although it utilizes many tropes, every time I thought the film was about to have its penultimate final fight, the fight ends abruptly and suddenly there came a bigger threat. This is what I appreciated about the story. And yet, again, the shortcomings are impossible to ignore.

The characters are incredibly bland and one-note. Neither the characters or their relationships were built up properly. The film doesn't even attempt to give a reason as to why the SSSP team would have an attachment to Ultraman's extremely unlikable human host, and yet they do anyway. The film does however like to shovel blatant exposition down the viewers' throats to move the story forward.

Of all its faults, the cinematography was pretty great. There weren't spastic unnecessary cuts in the fights. Even in the most boring of scenes, there was always something to appreciate about the unique angles the scene is shot at.

After waiting for more than 5 months waiting for an international release, finally here it is, Shin Ultraman, and a review of it.

Shin Ultraman starts with a really great introduction to its universe, the problem they're facing, human characters, and our hero Ultraman himself.

The introduction is short but the director succeed at showing the audience everything in less than 2 minutes, even for the people who have never see Ultra-Q or the original Ultraman series can understand it very well.

The film pacing feels great up until the end of the first phase. All of a sudden the plot became very rushed and it feels like some elements from the original series are cramped into the script only to please the fans who have seen it.

CGI was an OK, still need a lot of work in some scenes, especially with the motion of the characters, but the rest are just acceptable.

I believe it will be a much better film is the duration is at least 20 minutes longer.

Conclusion: For the fans of old era's Tokusatsu, especially Ultra series will undoubtedly love this film with all of its references, but for those who's not a fan will probably struggle to reach the end of the film~