when you find yourself skip through large segment of a film just to arrive at something vaguely interesting and you know it doesn not have the longevity you want it to . x be decidedly niche which i believe to be a positive and but in it attempt to constrict a manga series down into the constraint of a mere ninety minute and you know youre not go to create the desired effect and and youre more than likely go to end up with an equivalent to evangelion death and rebirth without the extra something which make you not skip forward large chunk . i will state ( and prepare for the negative backlash ) that i have not see and but would very much like to and the accompany mangas and series and because there be something about x that lurk in the background amidst all the fault that be desperately try to get out and and desperately try to impress itself upon you a the viewer and but just doesn not quite make it . but be that enough . give that the director new of these time constraint and could they not have create a film which do not cater to those like myself that hadn not know anything about it and and just plunge you straight into the world . too much time in x be waste on idle dialogue which be disguise a plot development but be as tedious a read an instruction manual on how to work your dvd player . yes the explanation of the dragon ( i will come to this shortly ) be necessary but in the film open five minute two character wage an all out mystical battle and eventually both fall . now during this sequence they have unnecessary banter and i know this can be common place in manga but if you wish to produce a slick opening and try to set these character up a long time enemy who we should feel a connection for ( because many reviewer have claim theirs to be an epic rivalry ) only to have them kill two second later be madness . there be no logic behind it . this lead me to think that perhaps this be a film specifically design for those which have a great knowledge over the x saga and but i would have think the director would wish to be inclusive rather than exclusive ( i refrain from use the inane x pun ) . there be positive however and one be the creepy gothic animation which apart from be utterly unique in my experience lend itself to a creation of a sinister and severely dark overtone inevitably benefit the film . the notion of the oppose force of good and different good ( i hesitate from say evil ) use the connotation of dragon and i. e. the good be the dragon of heaven who wish the world to continue see a it be he from heaven that put them there versus the dragon of the earth who wish mother earth to regain her rule and be clever and again be unique . the mean by which the dragon of heaven defend the planet through the usage of shield and the construct in which they work be also an absorb premise a these sequence provide the high point but and unfortunately and it not enough . the trouble with film like x be the content they must squeeze into a short time span and it therefore be inevitable that chance be it will not succeed at be able to tell it story fully ( try compress broken saint into 90 minute ) and and here be the issue . i be privy to that the director want to create this film regardless and but they need to make a choice and either completely forgo the notion of try to be exclusive and create a film entirely for fan of the saga disregard all outsider thereby please the contingency of fan that have do the hard work and or the alternative . the second choice be that the director must create a film which explain everything to everyone and be completely inclusive and they must lay the construct of their world bare on the table and let people try and come to comprehend their universe while and unfortunately they do a little of both and to no great success . i want this film to give me more and and if i now want it to i have to put in the hard work which after have view the film i do not particularly want to do and and to do it this way around isn not a much fun either . no pun about miss the mark and x not be where the treasure be or wordplay about the film be xtremely disappointing and it simply a shame .