Yu☆Gi☆Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions

Yugioh Dark Side Dimensions is a movie that by all impossible odds should not exist, but it does. A movie that breaks the cliff ending tropes most franchises and anime shows end in. This is the Yugioh movie to satisfy all Yugioh fans of the original story.

If this movie came out in the 2000's, it would be a cult classic. But because it came out in 2016, it does both good and bad in it's modern upholding, though surprisingly, it's flaws don't have anything to do with the actual lore itself, but the direction that the new movie plot went.

This movie, if you asked a ... real Yugioh fan, would be easy to list the see the wrongdoings.
-absurd main villain with plot armor powers and convenience.
-a lack of actual dueling throughout most of its screentime.

Like most people say, if you skip through the main villain scenes that were red con placed in for plot armor sake, you would get a very enjoyable movie that looks like a good length film about the original Yugioh cast and their motives.

But instead, you get the main cast always being under shadowed by what the main villain and his absurd god powers are doing.

So, the pros are:
-awesome part in the story that helps finish the main anime of the original cast
-awesome modern designs and fan favorite monsters get their movie fan fare
-awesome animation and aesthetics overall
-awesome first fight between Kaiba and the main villain
-awesome tension about Yugi being asked to do the impossible
-awesome ending fights and plot reveal

Sins:
-absurd villain with plot armor
-every scene around the main villain is boring, including Joey and Bakura
-not enough dueling

Overall, the pros greatly overmatch the very horrible cons. Thus, when you watch this movie, just like in the 2000's you would love the overall movie. Big monsters, huge tensions, amazing art and sound.Compared to the older movies, this was a 2 hour love letter despite its huge mistakes. Someone out there really understood the main cast. Bravo.

I can say with confidence that this film is good, though not spectacular. The animation is the best in the entire franchise, with smooth execution and beautiful visuals. Fans of the series are aware that the animation has not always been top-notch, but this movie had a larger budget, resulting in slightly oversaturated yet breathtaking animation.

However, the story could use improvement and is the only aspect I would critique. The plot seemed scattered and confusing, and some scenes appeared unrelated. This may be because of the short run time of the movie, causing important plot elements to be overlooked.

Nevertheless, the movie is still enjoyable for ... franchise enthusiasts despite the pacing issues. Although not action-packed, the satisfying conclusion is in keeping with the franchise's time period.

This movie was made to cash crab on my childhood and failed really badly since I've outgrown DM years ago. There is nothing worth talking about this stupid movie since it was never worth the hype. People only told me it's gonna be good but I end up sleeping halfway in it so I had to go back to watching something I actually prefer than this shitfest. The creator made this movie just to please his ego and not care about the newer fans. This movie sucked to hell and always was shit. You wanna know a little secret about this movie. Believe or ... not, this movie is terrible because i can't enjoy anything in the 2010s anymore because of real-life problems I had at that time.

Canon or Not:
For starters this is filler and no matter how much they try to make it seem like it’s canon, it’s not since the events are never mentioned in the series, nor do they fit somewhere in specific. It feels like a filler movie that made no sense when you think about it. It doesn't tie in with the anime, but the manga that nobody talks about since it was made years ago. The manga was more decent, but the anime in which it anime it was made has been always stupid and never made sense since people lacked critical thinking and IQ to understand how it worked. The creator wanted this to be a final departure for this series only to never explain why steal money from a good anime that came out that year. But even as a standalone story it doesn’t make any sense since there’s too much going on without proper build up. Most of it happens because the plot said so and not because it follows some sort of logic. This is where I begin spoiling the plot so if you don’t like that, stop right here.

Production Origin:
The whole reason it was made goes back to 2014 when YGO ARC-V was still new people loved that show, but of course, it was because this movie had to steal the production quality of that series causing it to make people hate the show. Then was the hate for this movie? Typical YGO fandom is hypocrites as always. No wonder post-5D's era was always known as the dark days of YGO because of bad content like this that doens't even have a purpose in life anymore. This made me stop playing YGO both anime and card games because it was what I call the biggest mistake Konami ever made. Make a movie about nothing other than DM propaganda to promote it to the baby boomers we hate. Look, I've outgrown DM so much and I never went back to rewatch it because I can't be serious anymore with it. There is a reason I can't stand people telling me it's the best YGO series was always DM when they refuse to watch the spin-offs and hate them. When you think about it. People hate YGO because they refuse to listen and not be jerks and complain all the time. There is a reason the fandom is heavily divided even more. Hell, this movie is more nostalgia-clickbait to make people want to stop watching YGO once again. If people hate ARC-V because of its production. Then look no further and go blame this movie instead, but knowing the YGO fandom is sleeping a lot I don't give a damn about their taste.

The Writing:
Most fans refer to this movie as peak fiction, implying its writing is impeccable. They pretend stuff like foreshadowing, establishment, and build-up don’t matter one bit. Kaibe wants to resurrect the Pharoah and some dude named Aigami wants to destroy the Pharoah. What's is with this movie? This is nothing more than badly written fanfic i can write 1000 times better. Heck, nothing makes any sense. This should be a manga, not a badly written film where everything is made for nostalgia that I can't understand.

THE ORIGINALITY:
Thank goodness there is no other story quite like this stupid cash cow. It makes me wonder how lazy was Konami when they made this movie and did not think it thru. It’s the exact same thing and you get to be part of the action only bad action lies in this terrible film. Who thought of making a stupid movie about a show that died years ago was worth all the hype and originality.

THE CGI ATROCITY:
The action in the MOVIE is mostly ugly CGI. Many are fine with the CGI, but it's the fact it looks ugly. I've seen this as just to make me want to vomit. Even Zexal had better CGI (despite i hated that anime so much) that aside, there is nothing to care about regarding the action but badly made animation.

THE SALES
As a final nail to the coffin, I will mention the abysmal Blu-ray sales. Nobody bought this movie because nobody liked the art style which so many were hyping for a year. This movie made no sense as it was not supposed to be good and sold badly only to make people want to support false rumors that don't make sense. So much for hyping it. Nobody liked it, hahaha!

Final Verdict: Nostalgia is toxic and so is your childhood. Let's be real people. We hate nostalgia sometimes and sometimes we don't. It's because this movie was nothing worth the hype or the wait. It's just another cheap attempt to make me care less about future movies because i might not like them. This is purely made for one purpose. Nostalgia and lies. And that was the whole movie. What a shitfest. This is like Dragon Ball all over. Toei keeps making terrible movies because it's made as a cashgrab.

Side Note: The fandom wants you to think this movie is a continuation of DM, but it's nothing but supporting lies and rumors. a common thing the YGO fandom has been doing for years.

2/10