I hate to be that person that says "the manga was better", but I swear I'm not a snob, just hear me out:
Do you wanna know why Ito had that aesthetic and those mannerisms? Want a better explanation why Nakoshi was called empty and lived between two worlds? Want a more reasonable story for the flat faced homunculus? And, more importantly, do you want a logical ending? The movie took these three characters from the manga and chose to give them different traumas, possibly to fit the media. Unfortunately, the creators decided to stick faithfully to the original story on the first half and then change everything in the last half. What we got were signs used early on with no explanation in the end, confusing converging plotlines and a main trauma that dragged on for too long. It wouldn't have been that much of a drag if they had changed details from the start to match the revelations in the second half, but I guess that was too much work.
As for the sound, nothing memorable, they could have benefited from adding music to many scenes left silent. The cinematography was alright, and I really enjoyed the CGI. The homunculi were beautifully made and I liked how they treated the yakuza's and the girl's backstories. Pretty good acting, that surprised me.
Not an awful movie, but a waste of a hauntingly interesting source material.
As for the sound, nothing memorable, they could have benefited from adding music to many scenes left silent. The cinematography was alright, and I really enjoyed the CGI. The homunculi were beautifully made and I liked how they treated the yakuza's and the girl's backstories. Pretty good acting, that surprised me.
Not an awful movie, but a waste of a hauntingly interesting source material.