This movie was supposed to be some kind of "revolution" in the Japanese movie market: great actors, great story (based upon an icon of animation from the 70-80ies), great CGI...BUT only CGI should be considered good. The acting is too mediocre especially Kimura Takuya whose presence is in 95% of the footage. There is absolutely no believable romance between the main characters, the last 20 minutes are dull, amateurish in both script and acting. The only good part is the CGI but you will see it only in 5% of the movie as i said before the other 95% is occupied by Kimura Takuyas face...To recap in short:The Good: CGI,the fact that its based on a successful anime series.The Bad: acting, story, the last 20 minutes, lack of battle scenes involving the Yamato, dumb and very stupid aliens.