Adapted from the manga series "Parasatic Beasts" written by Hitoshi Iwaaki and an anime television series "Parasyte the Maxim" written by Shoji Yonemura, Takashi Yamazaki directed the live action and separated it in two different parts. He released the first part of the movie entitled "Parasyte: Part 1" last November 29, 2014.
The story revolves around to a 17-year-old Izumi Shinichi who lives with his mother in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo. One night, worm-like aliens called "Parasytes" invade Earth, taking over the brains of human hosts by entering through their ears or noses. One Parasyte attempts to crawl into Shinichi's ear while he sleeps, but fails since he is wearing headphones, and enters his body by burrowing into his arm instead, taking over his right hand and is named Migi. Because Shinichi was able to prevent Migi from traveling further up into his brain, both beings retain their separate intellect and personality. As the duo encounter other Parasytes, they capitalize on their strange situation and gradually form a strong bond, working together to survive. This gives them an edge in battling other Parasytes, who frequently attack the pair upon realization that Shinichi's human brain is still intact. Shinichi feels compelled to fight other Parasytes, who devour humans as food, while enlisting Migi's help.
They arrived in silence and darkness, descending from the skies with a hunger for human flesh. Parasytes - alien creatures who must invade and take control of a human host to survive - have come to earth. No one knows the secret except high school student, Shinichi Izumi, who's right hand has been invaded by a Parasyte. Shinichi and Migi, the Parasyte, begrudgingly form a friendship in the middle of a silent war between humanity and the Parasytes, according to Wessel Pot.
The story falls in the genre of horror and sci-fi (science-fiction) which I definitely fangirl and enjoy watching. Horror genre always give me the chills especially when there is a creepy background music behind it. I know I'm not really comfortable (especially when I'm alone watching) but at least I'm trying my best to conquer it. Sci-fi genre always gives me the excitement and thrill because it generally conform to current scientific reality or possible scientific realities and it always have some aspect of the way science impacts civilization. Both these genre fits the movie because you can actually see the balance of terror and excitement of every breathtaking scenes.
I like the movie for some several reasons, namely its awakening the question of how humanity might exist alongside a species that, while not antagonistic to it, nonetheless quarries on it. The everlasting love of Shinichi's mother when she died saving him; this really made me cry and reminded me of my own mother. The sense of humor and friendship that evolve between Shinichi and Migi; this helped them conquer and solved their problems easier. But on the other hand, it's also a frustrating show because it often focuses on Shinichi at everyone else's expense and to its own disadvantage, while increasingly becoming centered on battles and answering its own questions in an unacceptable manner as the story continues.
I already watched the anime series before watching this movie so in my opinion, the anime is still better. There were some scenes that were different and deleted like Migi didn't name themselves because for the parasytes, names are not logical so Shinichi named him or simply Shinichi should have a father etc. Overall, as a manga and an anime fan, I truly did find the movie highly entertaining, though I wish it would have more depth and focus because there were so many great opportunities for memorable scenes and arousing conflicts.
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Personally, I know that the anime and manga are much better. I'm hoping to hear from a person, who has never read the manga or seen the anime, of their thoughts on the movie, as a movie.
This movie is good, Nice review. Keep it up!
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