I just watched the movie the day before yesterday, after having it on my comp for months. I had heard it sucked, and I really was afraid to watch it and be disappointed (again, like after the end of the anime). So due to this, when I finally watched it, I went into it with the mindset that it would br TOTAL CRAP, and I just watched it as if it were some fanfiction, really.

And to be honest, it was b/c of this mindset that the movie ended up being better than I expected. I liked the movie...until the end.

I watched the movie at first. I wasn't terribly inpressed, but I liked it. As it went on, I started ot get into it. It was actaully kind cool to see the charcters' counterparts in the real world. Adn as it started ot get closer to the end, I really wanted to see what was gonna happen. And I have to say, one of my favorite quotes is the one Alphonse H. says to Ed as he's about to leave in that jet-like-thing. It just caught me off guard, and I have to say, my opinion of the movie went up A LOT.

And then Ed finally gets to go back. And that's when it gets crappy.
That reunion between Ed, Al, and Winry is the most ANTICLIMATIC reunion EVER. So, yeah, we get a little EdWin with the hug, but Ed doesn;t return it. An dyou would think that the big build up, the final reunion between the brothers, would be the biggest thing in the series. Hugging, crying, who knows what. But no. They just say crap to each other and smile, and then AL runs off.
WTF.
Then the movie becomes so ilogical and incohenrent I can no longer just brush it off. It starts to get to me. But I keep watching becuase I got that far, and I was gonna finish.
I almost wish I hadn't.

The ending was disappointing. It was so bad that it tainted my view of the rest of the movie. Without the last (hmmm...let's say) 20 minutes of the movie, it would have been pretty good. If it had just ended when Ed got back home, it would have been REALLY good, even great. But it just had to end that way. Ed and AL were together, but not at home, and they pretty muchy gave up on th eidea of trying to get back home. Since when were thye ever like that? When would they ever give up? It made no sense to me that Ed even went back to "our" world. And what about WINRY?! *sigh*

And then there's Roy. He was so depressed, it upset me. He would just come up on the screen with those dead eyes, and I'd just feel icky inside. And what about Riza? Wasn't she taking care of him? Why would they spilt? And you only see Riza in the movie for, like, 15 minutes, if that. They should have had more time together.

At any rate, I can't really say the movie sucked. I enjoyed what I could of it, and that was a lot. In fact, if I really think about it, my impression of it was like my impression of the whole series wrapped up in 1.5 hours. Okay at first, then it gets better, then it's really good just before the end, and then....it turns to utter crap that destroys my mind.
If only the ending hadn't been so bad, I would have called it a great ending to the series. But now,...*sigh*

At any rate, I know I'm bellowing and complaining about it, but I wouldn't tell anyone not to watch it. It's watchable, at least.

And personally, I though that NoahxAlphonse was the pairing that jumped out at me. Ed seemed to be so absorbed with going home, he didn't want to hook up with anyone.