Hey guys,
A year or two ago, TrueCoolGuy recommended the Berserk movies to me. I FINALLY got around to watching them, and I'm a little disappointed - not with all three movies, but the third one which just generally ruined everything.
The first two movies were good. Loved the animation, the story, the music, the dark gritty feel and the action. All was well. My only issue was that the lore was not properly explored and explained. Demons were given no background, Griffith's Behelith was not explained (and who gave it to him? Just some random lady? Or was that a demon in disguise? If so, why choose Griffith?), what was Griffith's relationship to the king in the second film, and at times I felt like the conflict between the kingdoms could've been better explained.
I expected the third movie to clear this stuff up, but it didn't. Instead, it made things worse. So the behelith just HAD to be lying there? There just HAD to be an eclipse and all that bullshit with the demons, without any prior proper explanation? Man, I really wish they'd done a better job at explaining the lore and stuff. Totally ruined things.
Are things better explained in the manga? Should I start reading it?