This remake is a lesson on why pretty visuals do NOT make up for terrible writing
A movie rendition that strips away every emotion, nuance, complexity, character growth the original 1970s anime had, leaving nothing but a souless empty shell. Even the rich historical setting loses all it's meaning in what feels more like a badly put together recap than a proper movie adaptation, add to the already extreamly rushed pacing the random musical numbers that fit exactly zero stylistically interrupting the story every 5-10 minutes and you have the recipe for the most desperete milking of a series ever attemped