Ten years after I started my journey with the original series and left finishing 3.33, and now with a proper BD release for this movie, it was finally the time to get this over with.
I m glad I went with no exceptations, I just wanted to have a fun time and I loved the movie, not nearly as much as EoE, but way more than 3.33 or any other previous rebuild movies, thought 2.22 came close.
The pacing felt great to me in the first half, I liked how it took its time outside the action to build Shinji again, and it was interesting to see "other Rei" discovering being an human being and it was sad to see that outcome, well done IMO.
I m okay with the later half of the movie, it is mostly just a retelling of some core EoE narrative, and I m okay with that because I had zero expectations for this movie, since it took too long to be out!!!
It is sucessfull in taking the direction of EoE and delivering a more concrete and digestible conclusion, but it is not covering new ground because EoE did the same plot while being more artistic and impactful about it (also EoE ending is just great way to end).
This movie is about showing the kids that truly grown up and moved on, it was interesting to see both Asuka and Shinji admitting there were some feelings between them in 2.22 but that too long has passed, and to me it felt okay for Mari to end with Shinji, thought my original ship was him and Asuka (and EoE ending delivered it perfectly with its final message), this fitted as more streamlined conclusion for the series, but Asuka suddently ending with that dude just felt random, suddently he is there for her, felt forced, would have been better for her to just find some closure without forced romance (but whatever)...
I rewatched the first 3 movies before this but even that was not enough to recall all the trivia and deeper knowlegde I had from the early days I fully dwelve on the series, but since the rebuild movies are meant to take that plot and streamline it, I understood most of it just from finishing this movie and rewatching the others, but I plan to watch some deeper lore videos again just to relive this series deeper details, which I rather enjoyed back in the day.
Anyway, the rebuild series was not needed and this movie proves it, and I meant that in the sense that this rebuild is just picking up the original plot and streamlining it, modernizing here and there.
As a fan it was not essential to watch this, but extremely enjoyable despite that, to finish this movie, as for new comers, the rebuild movies really are the most digestable way to get familiar with the series.
There were quite some vocal people here when this movie first released, full of negativity about the Asaka and Shinji conclusion and some other details I dont recall but in the end it was just blind hating, great movie, that is not worth 10y of waiting but will provide a good closure for the Tetralogy.
OST this time seemed to have less tracks I enjoyed, but I will have to listen to it fully to make a better judgement, also I dont dislike a later half with less action and more character exposition, but I m not a fan of the better action sequences being early on in the movie and the movie conclusion lacking an EPIC memorable final fight.
9.3/10 = 9
UnknownGhost5 said:A pretty good ending for the Rebuild movies. My only problem with it is that Shinji ended up with Mari, but whatever I guess. Honestly I feel like the movies would have been better if they weren't a part of the Evangelion franchise. But because they were I had very high expectations that weren't exactly met. Overall 7/10.
It is as you said, you had very high expectations and that affected your enjoyment with the movie, to me this movie lost any hyped to it after waiting 4-6 years. |