Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

markcasa-63624 Wow I knew that i had to watch this movie as soon as I was done watching the show. The show was good but then after episode 16 things became all physiological. There some good episodes like episode 18 and 19 which are some of my favourite episodes from the show but then theres other episodes like episode 16, 17 and 15 which are just kind of boring and when I saw them for the first time I just skipped other them. Those episodes were nothing compared to the episodes before episode 16. Well this movie is kind of like that. Its a film who's first half is action and the other half is a physiological trip. Kind of like the show in a nutshell condensed into 90 minutes.Now basically the film is kind of confusing the first time I watched I was just trying to remember everything they were saying in the first half of the movie like when Misato was talking about what really happened in third impact. I kind of got it, it was like writings notes down for a test. Then there was the second half of the movie and it was like trying to write down a years worth of what my english teacher is telling me, but I barely pay attention.The first half has an epic fight between Asuka and the Eva series, which is the last fight in the show and boy does things get bloody. I loved too watch it we haven't have a fight like this since episode 19 and Asuka is my favourite character so its a perfect match of what I like. To bad she died, but I knew it was going to happen, I just didn't know how it was going to happen.Then theres the second half of the movie and thats where i'm like. Ugh. Because I had no idea what the hell was going on in that half of the movie. I don't really know what to say theres some good animation which is very nice seeing how this is a movie the budget is bigger then what the show cost. The show cost 65,000 dollars per episode I heard. Then the tumbling down song played and thats the best part of this second half of the movie. And then every one turns into goo and everybody dies. And then theres the last and shortest part of the movie. Even before seeing this movie I knew what this scene was. Asuka and Shinji the last two things alive on earth are on the beach surrounded by the dead Eva series and giant reis head. I knew this from a episode form Steven Universe Kike's pizza delivery service where the end of the episode is a parody to the end of the movie. I was like whats next and then Shinji starts to strangle Asuka, he stops and Asuka says "How disgusting". And I was like Hah. And then it ended. I liked the movie a good send of to a great show that had a bad ending. I just wished Gurren Lagann did this instead of condensing the show into two, two hour long movies. But those were awesome too.I give it 9 out of 10. But only because the second half was just weird.

pinkarray OKay, I am an Asuka fan and I am here to complain about Asuka and how she got pushed to the sidelines. She is my favorite character and I don't like what they did to her. It was too torturous, they ruined her eye and her Eva REALLY BADLY and Shinji just got even more hateful by going crazy, crying, and even choking her at the end (gladly, she didn't die).I do not get the hype for this. The movie is boring. Asuka is what made the series better, I would've got bored and I did skip the episodes if she wasn't in them. So, I guess I do not get this movie or maybe I have to watch the series again.So, now we got to suffer an hour of Shinji's pansy butt. Like in the series, he did get more likable towards the end when we learn about his past. I did like Misato more, too. Rei had a more decent ark, but I don't like the end of the world thing at the end. No one else I really could care much for.This movie was just creepy and violent. I was thinking that this would be a great film but it was just very over-hyped. This movie just had me screaming at the computer through. The characters are quite different, Asuka is worrying about her mother and I was wondering if like I heard, it may be because her mother's soul was there or she was just relying on her to try her best to get through this hard battle but she had a really evil face on sometimes during the battle, I understand that this type of facial expression was new for its time but it still looked too evil. Misato seemed to have been in love with Shinji, she might've been this way in the series, too. And I don't understand Rei's arc of being above the world while it was destroyed.I also did not like the new facial expressions for Asuka representing the scenes in the anime like when she wakes Shinji up, she's now more scary and hateful than she was likable and funny.I also do not like the live-action combination in this, even though it did have a good message about reality in dreams.The jazzy song at the end of the first half was okay but it was smoother than Fly Me To The Moon.Gladly, it did not have Hikari in it but it still could do better than this.

Freak Idiot End of Evangelion is a film unlike any other, and mostly not in a good way.In short: there are individual bits in End of Evangelion that are very effective, exciting and often horrifyingly disturbing. Yet they're bound together by chunks of nothing, and it gives the film a schizophrenic feel, much like the series. If you start to think, pretty much nothing actually happens in the first half, and when things start to happen during the second half, they do so in a way that will leave most viewers scratching their head and going "WHAT?"If you were bothered by the constant esoteric and weird dialogue in the series, you're not going to like this. When we are thrust into Shinji's mind in the second half the imagery on-screen truly defies explanation. In short: if you didn't like the last 2 episodes of the series, End of Evangelion has that same stuff and then some. There are multiple scenes where you could arrange the dialogue lines in any order, and it'd make exactly the same amount of sense, i.e. next to none. So much of the film is taken up by either tedious or incomprehensible things that it just doesn't work as a movie.But there are individual parts that work, and oh boy, do they ever! Asuka fighting the mass production Evas, Misato saying goodbye to Shinji and the physical presentation of Third Impact among others are all effective moments, and visually outstanding. It is best to just drown in the visuals and the unique atmosphere than try to figure out anything that is going on. The second half features numerous "money shots" that would make excellent movie posters purely on their own. The animation is top-notch, and does the job excellently. The film also has a very unique atmosphere of strangeness and bottomless desperation.Much like the series, I admire the concept of End of Evangelion. There are few films that paint such an effective picture of the apocalypse as this one. But it's constantly bogged down by the same problems as the series: incomprehensibility, pretentiousness and inconsistency. For example: why does SEELE constantly barrage the GeoFront even after having defeated the NERV personnel? My guess: the makers wanted the movie to have explosions.But, I still recommend seeing this film, because it will provoke some sort of (and likely a strong) reaction from anyone, even if it's just shouting "WHAT the HELL was that about??" out loud.

dabute WARNING!!! I am going to discuss the ending of the series as I feel it is crucial to providing context to the events of the film. Although I will not spoil the film itself.The final instalment of the now notorious Evangelion saga goes way to overboard...Firstly I just wanted to make this clear, I loved the series and quite controversially it's original ending. I loved the slight ambiguity of it though not so much it's build up of 3 episodes breaking down each characters Psyche in order to explore there place in the world and the reasons for their behaviour-that grated a bit on my patience. but that final overcoming of Shinji's depression was a truly mesmerising and heartwarming scene seeing everybody cheering and congratulating his decision, even his Father. The film takes the events of those 3 episodes and accounts the ending literally instead of in Shinji's psyche and it still manages to be five times as pretentious. It's like a 1st year film student has gone mad with symbolism and imagery. With crosses, Halos, angels and foetuses flying into your face unashamedly throughout the entire course of the film. It's silly and childish even in comparison to the series, and that had a scene where Shinji Shows his genitals to a penguin. Saying that, Anno's heavy use of visual metaphors does create an incredible spectacle. I am tempted to recommend this film just for the visuals alone. The use of vibrant colour and the top quality animation make this some of the most gorgeous eye candy. But that's the problem, this film creates so much style and substance that it ends conveying barely anything to the spectator, the substance ends up so convoluted and in your face that it cannot be taken seriously.And don't get me started on Shinji in this film. In the series he was a self proclaimed coward but crucially had good reason for being angsty due to the massive amount of pressure put on him and the amount of loss and betrayal he had suffered. And I was sympathetic towards his character. Those of you who thought Shinji in the series was an annoying, whiny little girl (I know there are plenty of you out there) you will definitely want to give this a miss. Shinji literally huddles in a corner and cries for half his screen time... That is not even an overstatement... He has to be physically dragged to his EVA and even then just sits in it and cries. I know he has suffered an unbearable amount yet there are better ways of showing a characters descent into depression Anno. In summary, this film is like a whining baby wearing Polka dots and glitter waving glow sticks. But a good whining baby wearing Polka dots and glitter waving glow sticks. If you find the film to pretentious just disengage your brain and admire the gorgeous production. That is what I did. It fails what it intends to achieve but still remains entertaining enough to sit through.Positive: Inspired use of sound/soundtrack, Jaw dropping visuals, oh I forgot to mention well executed and downright awesome EVA battles, Basically every bit of productionNegative: Pseudo psychological and religious symbolism delivered far too heavy handedly, Unlikable protagonist, Fails to convey anything of substance even though that's what the film sets out to achieve, The film itself is pointless the ending of the series was sufficient enoughP.S. How does Tokyo get rebuilt so quickly after every single EVA/Angel battle???