What I loved most: faithful to the manga, actors and manga characters look alike.

Out of my surprise, the movie is faithful to the manga. Some of the scenes even have exactly the same camera placing as the manga. Changed some of the stuffs to make the movie fast, they did cut some of the parts out of the movie too. But tis is understandable as it's hard for the crew to squeeze around 6-7 books worth of information into a 142 minutes movie. Like the jumping of the yrs in the movie.. 1960s, 1997-2000, 2015. Movies rarely do this kind of scenes as it's complicated, but these scenes let the viewers get some ideas of wat they did in the past and what's going on in the future. CG effect is not bad in the perspective of asia film. The movie oso shows some historical moments of Japan (for example: the Osaka expo 1970). if u guys r watching, please stay after the credit, as after the credit there' trailer for part 2 of this trilogy movie.

What I loved most: The score, it is intense

First of all-I have not read the manga but I have heard the title before. I will base my review with nothing to do with my knowledge of the manga. Making live-action movies based on manga and comics seems to be a trend in japan. Blockbuster live-action movies like Death Note are good. So hopefully, there will be more good adaptation of manga. I say that 20th Century Boys shall be one of the good adaptation and Japanese movie. This live-action movie broke death note box office in japan. That made me more interested of how this movie will fare. I must say it is worth the hype. It is pretty intense and epic to my sayings. The story: It revolves around Kenji and his pals. They built a hideout and shared stories and stuffs. They made a story. When they grow up, the story they made up becomes true. A mysterious cult-leader called friend enters the world and wants to destroy the world. Kenji and his pal save the world. Not so easy. From there, dark secrets are spilled and they search their brains of what had happened when they were kids-their childhood. The plot is quite intense. I do not know whether it is a good apdataion but as a view of a Japanese movie, it is good. Overall: As the plot is interesting and intense, it makes me want to read the manga which I will sooner. If it interest you, do go and watch it. Stay for the cast and credit to finish and there will be the preview of the second part. I will wait for the second part with anticipation.

What I really hated: Boring and very slow paced story

Uninteresting story that can really make you sleep. Except for the visual effect, the rest of the movie is not worth paying. If you are unable to sleep at night, you can try watching this movie