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| Just finished BD Version today, and yahh it was great movie... Why Shinji father doing all these. And also Maki ended up with Shinjhi? last scene???? Where's my Asuka? |
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| The worst movie I've seen in my entire life. |
| Hope Anno never works again. The whole Rebuild project feels like a concerted effort to desecrate the Evangelion name so badly that no one can take it seriously going forward. They took great care to rape every single character, image, music track and sound effect from the original, by associating them all with this monstrosity. I don't know what sustains Anno's seemingly endless spite for his own creation, but he seems to be more profoundly insecure now than he ever was in the 90s, and he should have been sent to a therapist rather than allowed to express his incoherent bitterness through these films. |
| After a long time, I finally watched this movie. Took a long break "after the 3rd movie) Great movie, but even though I hate Shinji, I did hoped Asuka would be with him. Overall, I enjoyed the movie. |
| That was simply breathtaking. Would’ve been absolutely crazy to’ve seen that in theatres, but I suppose 2 years later and on a 14 hr flight to Taiwan also works. Really glad that Touji, Kensuke, and Hikari didn’t die during the near third impact. Also let’s go, Touji and Hikari got married and have a kid! Loved that so much. I could honestly not be happier with how this movie wrapped up the rebuild series. And that ending was straight crazy, Shinji saving Asuka and Rei while staying in the anti-universe waiting for Mari to come for him. Also, seeing the two grown up living a normal life made for a very fitting end to the film. With that being said, bye-bye, all of Evangelion. Update: The melancholy feeling of finishing an anime is hitting especially hard for this series. |
arcticmontysNov 27, 2023 9:13 PM
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| Pretty nice seeing gendo in a positive light. Shinji growing up was pretty cool, and the Mari end caught me by surprise. I thought it was a cute couple. Probably a less toxic relationship than with Asuka which I kind of expected. Rei was pretty great this movie. I wanted to see more of the afterstory, but this movie was pretty stellar. 8/10 from me. |
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| I enjoyed this movie the most of all the Rebuilds but not as much as End of Evangelion. I really liked how this movie dealt with finding your own identity and moving beyond the past as demonstrated best through Shinji and Ms. Lookalike aka the clone Rei. The music was another strong point of the movie. My main gripes are the CGI Evas, and I still dislike how Mari barely feels like a character but more like a plot device. |
| waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much CGI in the first nearly 2 hours of the movie. plus it amounted to a whole lot of flashy battle fluff. And don't get me wrong, flashy battle fluff is fine... but not when it's CGI. this ain't a Pixar movie I mean damn what happened to anime man? that being said, last 40 minutes or so was really really good, maybe even really great, possibly amazing. really wish this movie had been another hour and a halfer, two hours at most, and like, a LITTLE bit more actual animation would have been possible then? then I'd have said I loved it. sadly it was just kind of a snore to get through until the fantastic finale. but yeah, finale was fantastic for sure. |
| so it's the end. All the girls are dead except Mari. |
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| Please, more slice-of-life, less mindless action. The first hour of this was golden! Enjoyed it a lot. Another Ayanami was very cute and precious. The collection of sad Shinji shots was amusing as well. I mean, in a good-natured way. I'd love to give him a hug, that's all. Explaining of the major points was done well enough, okay, fine, I can finally see the picture behind all those important dudes and their Big Plans and Magic Spears. Too much too long too boring battles though. The conversation with Father is something Shinji deserved, although I can't bring myself to sympathize with Gendou as a character at all. He's still the worst father. But his realization about finding Yui in Shinji was beautiful and so obvious, I'd almost pity him, if I didn't despise him. As someone who experienced the manga first and preferred manga ending over EoE, I appreciate this ending. The movie gave more exposition and build-up for that version, although I'm not sure it was better done this way. Maybe some things better left not spelled out remaining for the interpretation... Mari is the character I don't understand at all or her significance... like, at all. Considering, this is a continuation of the 3d movie, which I didn't like as much, this was overall a better experience. More coherent storytelling and deeper dive into characters' psyche, something I had a complaint about in the previous movie. The character development was done well, especially for Shinji. He really grew so much. I'm proud of him. All in all, I think these rebuild movies are a good way to strip Eva of its untouchable mysterious (pretentious) image... like it's some high standard philosophical piece of art that no mere mortal is able to comprehend. It lacks the complexity of original but it's straightforward in delivering its major ideas and concepts, and more approachable. As a version of a version within a version (for additional impact, lol) it surely has the right to exist, providing more background and motivation to certain aspects. As a separate thing... weeeell, it's pretty entertaining but hardly a masterpiece material. |
TenApr 8, 2024 5:00 PM
| just finished. honestly just speechless. Goodbye, all of Evangelion. |
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| The worst movie i've ever watched. |
| Great movie. I'm a big Evangelion fan since the original series and End of Evangelion is probably my favorite anime movie of all time. I was scared before watching the fourth movie, I've avoided it for years... and now I'm satisfied. It's not perfect, it's a 9/10 because the ending is convoluted and it seems more of Anno's ramble about animation and anime fans than a real ending for Evangelion. It's okay with all Evas destroyed, I remember something similar in a Gundam series so it's perfectly fine. I don't know why the world is still rebuilded at the end, it should be destroyed at least in part! For every Rei and Asuka fans... we all know Anno would never got involved in a Rei vs Asuka ship, he always disliked that stuff. The animation was great. 2.0 is my favorite in the Rebuild series and End of Evangelion has an ending which I prefer because it's more depressing. But I really loved the "New Genesis" explanation and Shinji's commitment to save Asuka and Rei. I repeat: 9/10. It'd have been a 10/10 with a different ending, but I'm fine with it. Shinji x Mari was unexpected as a couple but it's okay. She was an original Rebuild character after all. |
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This is a lot to digest. It appears the loop theory was true after all. Some questions that will be keeping me up tonight:
Shinji telling Rei he is going to create a "Neon Genesis" where Eva's don't exist has me stumped. Why display the quick images of the original series when the world they end up in at the end is not NGE.
Why is Mari not present in the original series when she was an acquaintance of Gendo and Yui, and took some sort of part in the development of Eva's? (correct me if im wrong)
Why was Asuka a series of clones? What happened to the first Asuka Shikinami? Was she a real human originally?
Imaginary Lilith?
Shinji telling Rei he is going to create a "Neon Genesis" where Eva's don't exist has me stumped. Why display the quick images of the original series when the world they end up in at the end is not NGE.
Why is Mari not present in the original series when she was an acquaintance of Gendo and Yui, and took some sort of part in the development of Eva's? (correct me if im wrong)
Why was Asuka a series of clones? What happened to the first Asuka Shikinami? Was she a real human originally?
Imaginary Lilith?
| @incogitant Has someone answered you? I have the exact same questions. Asuka being a clone, it just felt so wrong, part of what was HER, her character in the original, was her being "real" human and the mother storyline. And the series, for decades has built their main focus on the trio, Shinji, Rei and specially Asuka they had been together the entire work trying to overcome their traumas, both. And then that random girl appeared out of nowhere and she becomes more central then Rei or Asuka? Estabilished franschise characters for decades the time the movie came out. I didnt like it. But i did like the movies, it made me "peace" and the characters with alot of dark themes of the original. But that is the point, the darkness, the vibe of the original, well, this felt like a diferent thing. This made some things better, like the Rei arc, others worse. |
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Just finished BD Version today, and yahh it was great movie... Why Shinji father doing all these. And also Maki ended up with Shinjhi? last scene????
Where's my Asuka?
Where's my Asuka?
| @Syureria Asuka is out there in the world. But not with Shinji, maybe they will find each other, but Shinki made his choice i guess (makes no sense but okay). |
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@Syureria Asuka is out there in the world. But not with Shinji, maybe they will find each other, but Shinki made his choice i guess (makes no sense but okay).
| @Viriathus ahhh I see, thank you for the explanation |
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| One Last Kiss. To Evangelion. |
| Not a good film, and on the whole, not a good reimagining of the series, but I can understand what Anno was doing with it, and I'm happy that he's happy. He can put Evangelion behind him now for good. |
| despite not liking everything about this movie, I found myself enjoying a lot of what happened, but I have conflicting feelings about this. I feel like I loved the movie, but deep down I didn't. It definitely was an amazing experience, even if I'm not fully convinced about some plot points, like mari and asuka. |
| ''Touch the darkness inside me'' |
| Goodbye, Evangelion!!! You are timeless. This feeling I'm having, the end is near. It's sinking on me. |
| Ok so, I was fairly disappointed with 3.0, and that got me worried that this rebuild would also be a disappointment, but I'm happy to say that wasn't the case! This was a mighty fine movie, and a good sendoff for the rebuilds! First off, one of my major complaints about 3.0 was how seemingly everyone was being mean to Shinji, and thankfully, that doesn't happen here. Instead, we see his friends trying to help him out, letting him know that despite his flaws, and despite what he unintentionally caused, he is still loved. That's what the WILLE people, especially Misato, should've just told him at the beginning in 3.0!!! But, whatever, I'll move on from that. The scenes where Shinji was sulking in despair and shutting himself off, those got me. I've always liked Shinji as a character and defended him from the haters, because I understand him, I see some of myself in him, and when Shinji broke down due to his friends being nice to him, even though he felt like he didn't deserve that kindness, oh man, that broke my heart... That was such a great scene! Unfortunately, not all of the characters redeemed themselves here, particularly Misato. She still just doesn't act like, well, Misato. I get that a lot of traumatic shit happened to her in the 14 years, but this just doesn't feel like the same character we've come to know and love. Shinji's friends also went through the same traumatic shit, but they actually act like themselves, a more mature version of themselves, but Misato just feels like her entire personality got swapped with a different one, one where she's cold, overly stoic, and militant. In the original series, Misato did get serious, especially when she was doing her job, but that wasn't her only mood. Outside of work she was fun, playful, and a bit silly. The second half of her personality is completely missing in the rebuilds. One really good thing about this movie is the runtime. I say this because 3.0 had a short runtime, and I think that's part of what harmed it. It felt like they didn't have enough time to flesh out all their ideas. Thankfully, that wasn't an issue with this movie! Now for the issue of Shinji's romantic relationship... for as much as I would've loved to see the internet fall apart by having Shinji end up with either Rei or Asuka, I think him ending up with Mari is fine, actually. Mari is good wife material for Shinji, and I think they make a good couple. Plus, this just means the Rei vs Asuka waifuwars can now keep going on indefinitely!... ReiShin or AsuShin being confirmed would feel just as wrong as Half Life 3 actually being released. I think the message of the movie is good. It is basically the same message Evangelion has always had, but here it feels a bit more hopeful than in EoE, which I don't mind. As a die hard Evangelion fan, I'll always prefer the original series, but I think the rebuilds do hold some merit. I did lose some hope with rebuild 3.0, but this rebuild exceeded my expectations, and I'm glad I took my time to watch it! |
| I feel empty now... |
| Idk what to put for my Signature |
| I. Still. Don't. Freaking. Get it. Maybe it's not meant to be understood... but to be felt. Nonetheless, wow. What an experience. |
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| Wow, what a movie experience it was. If I were to make a list of the worst movies I've ever seen, this movie would definitely be on it. Bravo! (I liked those slice of life scenes, though) |
You have no idea how happy i am after seeing END OF EVA and seeing a more hopeful ending, shinji smiling so rewarding Bye-Bye, all of EVAGELION. THANK HIDEAKI ANNO FOR THIS WORK |
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| I liked the original series, hated EoE and enjoyed the rebuilds Seeing almost everyone grown up especially the duo Touji and Kensuke, and even Hikari was a nice touch unfortunately we didn't see much of Misato and she dies again but at least this time with dignity and not molesting a child like the shitty EoE lol Goodbye, all of Evangelion |
| The first hour of this is perfect. Beautifully meditative exploration of the human condition in a more mellow, gentle way than one would come to expect from this franchise. The last half hour is also brilliant, feeling like the franchise folding in on itself and embracing mixed media in a similarly intelligent, creative way to End of Eva. If everything in between all that was as consistent and less overstuffed, it would be among the greatest anime films of all time. |
Take care of yourself |
| Very good movie. The first half was probably some of the best Evangelion content to date. Though I personally think it gets a little worse when Eva's are the main focus. The music was absolutely fantastic and the animation for the most part was great. (Some janky 3d every now and then though) That final Scene with Shinji as a grown up was beautiful. 8/10. So good. These 4 movies were easily better than the Original Series + EoE. |
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