Stylistically this is an excellent film, the choreography is epic and the storytelling is very well done. As a film in and of itself I don't have many complaints, it set a new tone for onscreen combat and the characterisation was interesting (with some exceptions).
Now for the bad part, I think it has a few key failures as an adaption. First and foremost, as a huge Sanosuke fan words cannot express my disappointment that he was made into cheap comic relief. This was basically character assassination and I definitely hold it against the movie. Furthermore, Kenshin as a character is not nearly as broody as the movie (and its sequels) make him out to be, though I understand this was a part of the transition to live action. Certain anime conventions don't sit so well with outside audiences.
All in all, it's a good watch, but I have issues with how they handled the translation to the big screen
Now for the bad part, I think it has a few key failures as an adaption. First and foremost, as a huge Sanosuke fan words cannot express my disappointment that he was made into cheap comic relief. This was basically character assassination and I definitely hold it against the movie. Furthermore, Kenshin as a character is not nearly as broody as the movie (and its sequels) make him out to be, though I understand this was a part of the transition to live action. Certain anime conventions don't sit so well with outside audiences.
All in all, it's a good watch, but I have issues with how they handled the translation to the big screen