Space Battleship Yamato (2010)

Space Battleship Yamato: Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. With Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki, Toshirô Yanagiba, Naoto Ogata. In 2199, the crew of the space battleship Yamato embark on a dangerous journey to the planet Iskandar to acquire a device that will rejuvenate the war-ravaged Earth.

“While Iu0026#39;ll grant you similarity in the setting of a space cruiser named after a famed WWII ship in space (USS Enterprise was a famous WWII air craft carrier, senkan Yamato was a famous WWII battleship), beyond that, nothing about Yamato has anything to do with Star Trek other than Matsumoto Reiji may have been inspired by it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThat said, no further invocation of American media landmarks is necessary in discussing this title.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film was entertaining. I didnu0026#39;t look at the clock until the end. At times, the film was a bit melodramatic but all-in-all the movie was good.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe special effects were very good. Iu0026#39;ve heard it said this was a low budget film. I can accept that assessment. But the story telling was decent and conveyed the starry-eyed intensity of the comic nicely!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere were some downs but the only one Iu0026#39;d bother with was the romance between the main character and the ace pilot. It hit me like a pizza delivery scooter from outside my peripheral vision. Never saw it coming and didnu0026#39;t quite understand it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn the end, I enjoyed it and Iu0026#39;d recommend people familiar with the comic/anime series check it out.”