By now the audiences would know that if they are here for a close adaptation of the anime/manga, they will not get what they want. I have only seen the anime and was not much of a fan (especially season 2). But I did not hate it that much either. Part 2 strayed quite far from the original concept, even more so than part 1. The setting was considerably different in the movie, leading to different transportation methods, weapons and characters.This movie basically takes all the chess pieces presented in the original manga/anime; gives them new identities and appearances and then mixes the story up to their own preference. To sum up, apart from the huge span in era from pre-WW1 to WW2 to post 2000s and that white room which did not fit at all, it was still quite a pleasant watch as far as mindless action flicks (with some story) goes. This movie will require the audiences to have some knowledge of the anime/manga to fill in the gaps and it will definitely need audiences loyal to the original franchise to keep an open mind to enjoy it.

I really enjoyed the first Attack on Titan live feature, which may have not always been faithful but was pretty exciting. The second movie, on the other hand, is a nonsensical piece of tripe with little to recommend it.There shouldn't actually be two movies. These were filmed at the same time and the second movie is full of flashbacks to the first one, so you could easily tighten these two 90-minute movies into one that was under two and a half hours. Alas, this wasn't done.This movie makes no real sense from the first scene, in which Eren is tied up in a weird way and a mad commander screams. There's a surprise early on when the movie actually explains how Titans came to be, something the anime series has been dropping hints at for years without giving any real answers (no idea if the movie's answers will be the same in the anime or manga).Outside of that, the movie is just a fairly incomprehensible story involving a bomb and some big titans that feels disjointed and poorly thought out. Characters do incredibly stupid things (as they did in the first movie) and no one's motivations make any sense. And the big action sequences in the end are less enthralling than the best action of the first movie.I do enjoy Satomi Ishihara's comical take on Hange Zoe, but the other characters are virtually devoid of personality. Had the big action scene of the second movie been allowed to build out of the action of the first movie it might have all worked, but the producers clearly wanted to get two movies out of one, with very bad results.

Or maybe not, as the second part of "Attack on Titan" is curiously devoid of the big people, who seem to be busy somewhere else.The first part of the manga adaptation differed a lot from the original source but was still a fun enough time at the movies, with acceptable action, passable CGI and a pervasive feeling of fear and threat, the titans and the story behind them scary enough to forget the over-the-top moments and some not very good acting. The second part, though, just feels like someone decided to fill one hour and a half of randomness. Oh, and Satomi Ishihara's Zoë Hange shouting. Non-stop. For the whole movie.We were left with a surprising moment at the end of the first movie: Eren could become a titan too. The second movie starts just afterwards, with him in chains and the leader of the army not very happy of seeing him. From that moment, any chance of the movie making sense jumps out of the window. Sadly, any atmosphere, sense of fear or cool action go out too leaving the viewer with not much.That the plot is very random and the explanation of the titans kind of really-you-couldn't-think-about-anything-else? could be forgiven if anything else made sense. It is not that the actors overact and chew through their scenes as if there was no tomorrow; it's that they don't have many other options, as the dialogue is terrible, and the direction lacking.All in all, the movie fails, and it's a pity because it could have been quite an interesting study of militarism or society control. It can be mildly entertaining, and it is short enough that it never becomes terribly boring, but it's just purposeless and empty.

Disappointing for me as a fan of the original anime, either it's how the anime story is intended to be developed and then this movie is not only a gigantic spoiler but it also totally kills it or it is quite a clever end-it-all/explain-it-all twist that I could buy into but then I'd have needed at least another movie, with visuals instead of long winding speeches & flashbacks, it's supposed to be a movie after all and not a radio-show. All the awesomeness that was barely grazed on in the first movie is gone from the second one...there should've been the gas-canister flying feelings much like the Raimi-Spiderman + the combat training AND fight- scenes both on ground and aerial and finally the Titans themselves rendering everything useless but for the efforts of the truly gifted warriors like Mikasa and squad leader Levi, where was all that ? Naaah, very sad, don't bother with any of them or finish it if you must since you've seen the first movie already.