Dear baby jesus that was bonkers.
I haven't seen anything that insane since a Jodorowsky movie.
It wasn't as "horrific" as End of Eva, but it was probably weirder.
Spoiler:It's long. It's REALLY long. The first half or so is Shinji, Rei, and Asuka living in this peaceful little village run by their junior high friends...all grown up. Remember Toji? He's the town doctor. Shinji just acts like a whiny little ***** though and just mopes there, but Rei discovers what it means to be human. It's a kind of boring extended sequence that's very much like a Ghibli film.
Then stuff gets real! It's the all out final battle between WILLE and NERV and the last half of the movie is essentially a remake of End of Evangelion, but less horrific and more WEIRD. Things all kind of play out the same with the Giant White Rei emerging and everything....
But there are a few twists that make things different, and it ends on a much happier note. I can REALLY spoil stuff if you want, but that's the general gist of it!
Geez....where to start.....
I can REALLY spoil stuff if you want, but that's the general gist of it!
All told, I still prefer the original TV series and that crazy gonzo End of Evangelion.
These movies were fun, but they really were pretty pointless once you get down to it. Especially the first one.
It was cool as hell to see it in the theater, but I don't think it's gonna have a lot of replay value. The best one is still 2.0.
Spoiler:asuka goes beast mode again in 02? whats it look like?
Just my opinion, but this one blows 3.0 outta the water.
There's the looooong village interlude which is indeed slow and dull, but man, the last third of the movie is as insane or more so than anything that's come before it in Evangelion.
Spoiler:Asuka's beast mode is essentially this giant glowing astral projection, very similar to how Eva 01 looked after it fully awakened at the end of 2.0/ Glowing and radiant, like pure energy with no body holding it back.
All told, I still prefer the original TV series and that crazy gonzo End of Evangelion.
I think it has a satisfying ending, but it's hard to please so many people that want so many things.
I also disliked 3.0 and thought it was a huge bore for 90% of the movie and that the characters felt all wrong.
This movie has an extended "slow" sequence but it's a lot more pleasant than 3.0. It's a little dull, and very very slow, but not bad. All I'll say is the entire first third of the movie feels like a weird Ghibli movie, not an Evangelion movie.
Then in act 2, things get really crazy and weird and frantic again.
It's not as good as 2.0 in my opinion. To me, that was pure, unadulterated Evangelion. But this is the next best thing....much much better than 3.0 and I think it felt like a decent conclusion.
Well, with the hype of seeing the movie, and fear of missing out, I went ahead and ordered the DYNACTION Eva 01
Yes. I enjoyed the philosophical dialog that many think is crazy. It is not crazy at all. I liked that they used sephirot in the End of Evangelion, as they were present all along.
I also enjoy Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. series the most. The movies never got me interested, they are visually pleasant, but not as fun as the series. I also actually like the new Netflix series (everything but Motoko redesign).
My DYNACTION Eva 01 just arrived.
Dear god, it's BIG.
Where the hell am I gonna put this thing??
Spoiler:the EVAs are not robots, or even armoured - they are shackled man-made pseudo-gods, horrific Frankensteinesque creatures (in the sense of the book), homunculi if you like, which I don't think every release catches.
Spoiler:The only spear of course in the 1995-7 NGE is the 'Ronginusu no Yari', the Spear of Longinus and its SEELE replicas.
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