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| 8.
One Classy Bloke  
This is just one of those movies you have to see. As a replacement
ending for the series, it is a much darker and more violent than the series. It's
easy to see why some people hate this movie, while others love it. The
animation has been knocked up for this movie, and everything is a lot cleaner
and smooth. You no longer get the long amounts of talking with a single frame,
mainly because there's no time for it all. This is all about the killing and yelling,
which is always fun. Anyone whose seen this movie
already will tell you that this is a very confusing anime. I would recommend that
you see this movie with the subtitles at least once, as it is much easier to understand
this way. I'm not gonna touch on the religion influence, as that's been mentioned
before. The music follows the same pattern as with
the series. Some of the music is straight from the classical world, which works
well surprisingly. The orginal music is very good, which comes off even better.
Just one more thing, the audio commentary is once
again brillant, which comes with my favorite line ever: "The end of the world
is definely a bad coffee day." |
| 7.
Yogi 
I LOVE Evangelion the TV show. That being said, the
movie is BAD BAD BAD!!! If there was an opportunity to put someone out of character,
that opportunity was taken. If it was possible to get more confusing than the
TV ending, this makes the TV ending look like "Curious George" in comparison.
If there is an ending more nihilistic, please e-mail me the title as I seriously
want to know. Everyone dies. Twice. Because of a boy who was transformed to a
confused person trying to search for his place in life while dealing with the
slings and arrows of misfortune, to the world’s greatest loser. This is Dubbed
Dragonball Z bad, Scarlet Letter movie bad, Second Season of Mahoromatic
bad. Not only because it is inherently bad, but also because it butchers something
incredibly good. |
| 6.
Olmanek 
It's brilliant. if you understand it. Try to get past the superficial
nature of the crosses and esoteric Jewish scripture, along with references to
other religious texts and artefacts, this is primarily based in and around psychology,
Jungians more so than any others, the religious aspect is just a surface, one
which unfortunately too many people couldn't get past and so disregarded the movie
and the series as sacrilegious taking offence where no offence was meant. Of course
I understand that most people probably won't like this movie, but don't do anything
absurd because of inane trivialities, if you sat through the series just watch
this to help you understand things a little better, a lot of mysteries are made
clear and various things are elaborated on clearly so that they can be properly
understood for the first time. This is a beautiful
rendition of the destruction and preservation of the world, it feels nihilistic,
but it offers something far beyond the norm, a definition of what it is to exist
and to want to exist, Shinji shows the greatest understanding of the self, of
what it is to be, of the inherent pain and loneliness that comes with existing
and of his general nature as a human, it's all quite brilliant, I'd go further
into it but I wouldn't want to spoil anything. Something
probably of important note, to properly appreciate the ending, pay very close
attention to every word that is said for the last 30 minutes, of course you can
get a slight grasp in the last few minutes, but it would be such a shame to have
something so great offered and to only appreciate it in the smallest sense. Unfortunately
and fortunately for some, the enjoyment of the movie depends largely on your understanding
of the series, of objects in the series, of the characters and former events,
of the ideas presented during the series, of religious artefacts, symbols and
texts, and of Jungian psychology, and even then it is still a challenge to understand
completely. The ending is heart warming, rancid with realism and cold because
no one wants it, but, it's a far more satisfying ending than most series out there
offer, and offers us the glimpse of a greater hope, one not nearly as superficial
and contrived as what others offer. |
| 5. Tyrenol
Director Hideaki Anno, as well as Gainax, wanted
to end this world of Eva so they can move on to make other shows. The
end product can basically be compared to hip-hop artist Eminem's second
album "Marshall Matters". As the movie marks the "grand
finale" of Eva, it gives the audience as much action and industrial
magic to keep them glued to the screen. However, the teen angst that was the main
focus of Eva prevails as the line about "pleasing oneself with inanimate
objects" gets used. I also like to note the
use of live-action clips within the movie. Gainax is crowned king, "Otaking"
mind you, when it comes to creative filming. Never mind that it's part of Mr.
Anno's creativity extending its middle finger back at fans who demanded
more. I neither find angst nor general meanness entertaining.
I don't like the idea of entertainment being reduced to a person, or a group of
people, running around with anger and embitterness that hadn't been dealt with.
And I'm in vehement disagreement with this movie, the series before it, and the
fandom that surrounds it. |
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