Ok so I really liked the anime for the most part though I hated the end and I was completely prepared for the end when I finally got to watch the movie. I was so happily surprised by the movies end I had to give a higher rating because of it even though other parts were disappointing. I guess a lot of people didn't like the end because it wasn't like the anime. That was one of the things I hated about the anime. So personally I was very thrilled this ended different.
I do wish it had more romance and more passion and a better chemistry with the leads though. There were some changes but I liked some of them (like the end). I had to watch the end again just because. Not that it was fantastic, it wasn't at all but I was just so happy they changed the ending it didn't even bother me that it was like a minute long and I wanted a more finished thorough ending.
If I hadn't seen the anime I might have been more lost or more disappointed I don't know but you can't pack a whole series into one movie without losing something. Also the actors didn't really look much like the characters from the series either but they were cute. I guess they felt they had to tone it down a bit. George, yeah left something to be desired but I think some of that was because they left out all the sex and touchy feely parts. The anime Georgie was a poker face and I was never sure what he was thinking since he never said how he felt. In the movie I thought he expressed his feeling fairly well considering they never had sex in the movie. I will be watching it again.