I'm a huge evangelion fan, and I consider the original anime along with 'End of Evangelion' the greatest piece of art ever made. And here we are: the Finale of the entire Evangelion franchise.
After the mindblowing second movie, and the confusing, ultimately dissapointing third movie, comes the last part of the Evangelion reboot films.
Is it a masterpiece? Yes. Does it outshine nearly any other anime movie in recent years (besides 'Kimi no na wa' and 'Princess Kaguya')? Yes. Is it one of the franchise's best? Well, partly yes. The answer depends what the series meant to you personally.
Without spoiling, the movie is divided into three parts:
1. A long character/world introducing part with very slow pacing, lingering in an almost dreamlike state. This part really sets the tone of 'Thrice upon a time', and demonstrates what the third movie should have looked like, if Anno directed/supervised it.
No one but Anno, could realize his own complex vision. Different from anything else we've seen, but yet clearly breathing the spirit of Evangelion, like an alternate universe Evangelion.
2. An action filled second part, where the anime goes all-out in both mindboggling action, and religious references.
3. The final part, referencing both 'End of Evangelion' and the original series ending, yet building a completely new answer, to the old question: Why do we live?
Obviously this part was directed by Anno himself, as he wanted to answer some of the lingering questions, the viewer/he himself had left for the series. E.g how does Gendo Ikari's heart look like? The answer made me realize for the first time, that Gendo as much as Shinji represents Hideaki Anno's inner world (They even look similar).
The final scenes of the movie easily stand among the best of the franchise in both emotional impact as well as philosophic meaning. It's as if the transition into the real world wants to say: No matter how much you love a fictional story/character, the best thing it can give you, is the courage to face life.
Goodbye anime, hello world.
After the mindblowing second movie, and the confusing, ultimately dissapointing third movie, comes the last part of the Evangelion reboot films.
Is it a masterpiece? Yes. Does it outshine nearly any other anime movie in recent years (besides 'Kimi no na wa' and 'Princess Kaguya')? Yes. Is it one of the franchise's best? Well, partly yes. The answer depends what the series meant to you personally.
Without spoiling, the movie is divided into three parts:
1. A long character/world introducing part with very slow pacing, lingering in an almost dreamlike state. This part really sets the tone of 'Thrice upon a time', and demonstrates what the third movie should have looked like, if Anno directed/supervised it.
No one but Anno, could realize his own complex vision. Different from anything else we've seen, but yet clearly breathing the spirit of Evangelion, like an alternate universe Evangelion.
2. An action filled second part, where the anime goes all-out in both mindboggling action, and religious references.
3. The final part, referencing both 'End of Evangelion' and the original series ending, yet building a completely new answer, to the old question: Why do we live?
Obviously this part was directed by Anno himself, as he wanted to answer some of the lingering questions, the viewer/he himself had left for the series. E.g how does Gendo Ikari's heart look like? The answer made me realize for the first time, that Gendo as much as Shinji represents Hideaki Anno's inner world (They even look similar).
The final scenes of the movie easily stand among the best of the franchise in both emotional impact as well as philosophic meaning. It's as if the transition into the real world wants to say: No matter how much you love a fictional story/character, the best thing it can give you, is the courage to face life.
Goodbye anime, hello world.
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