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| Finally got my hands on watching this and it was great! Cant believe it took me so long I feel bad! Anyway great animation with an amazing story that makes you really hooked for more. Ikari at first was annoying but understandable given that he has been always alone with no family or friends so it was good to see some development in that with Misato, Rei and the 2 guys and school but of course the most important would be the father which I dont understand why he has been so ignorant towards him all this time until Angel attacked which he decides then to make him the pilot? He seems to have disowned him as a son. so would like to see more background on their relationship in the next movie. Also is there a reason why only he and rei were chosen? arent their other options of pilots? also the fact that the nerv team were reluctant to make rei pilot of Uni 01? Although there were some questions up in the air I still really enjoyed it! 9/10 GREAT! |
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| The animation in this movie was fantastic :D |
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| I actually like this more than the tv series :o! |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| I haven't seen the original series (well, I watched the first episode ages ago). I thought it was kind of good but not great. I'll probably watch the second film at some point. 7/10 |
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Fabrice said: Also is there a reason why only he and rei were chosen? arent their other options of pilots? also the fact that the nerv team were reluctant to make rei pilot of Uni 01? 9/10 GREAT! Probably too late for you to see this, but in case you do: For Shinji: Do you know what Unit-01 actually is? The soul and body of Shinji's mother, Yui Ikari, is inside it. This is the result of her volunteering to be the test subject of the Contact Experiment for SEELE. Her absorbed body is the LCL, the liquid Shinji breathes and bathes in when piloting Unit-01. In this way he physically and mentally connects with his mother. She is a determining factor in how the unit responds to Shinji, and a key player for Nerv. She protects Shinji many times, whereas anyone else without that spiritual connection to the unit would have surely died. When Unit-01 goes berserker mode, that's triggered by Yui's soul trying to protect her son. This is why Shinji was chosen. That's the brief summary, anyway. ------ *edit* As for Rei: Gendo tried to "extract" his wife from the EVA after the Contact Experiment, and Rei is the result of this. |
ex_necrossApr 30, 2014 9:10 AM
| Although there's a lot of changes here, Evangelion 1.0 still rocks. |
| The world shall know the truth soon. |
| Great movie! I like the new animation. Everything is basically the same as the TV series except with a few changes, like Kaworu making an appearance at the end, hinting at End of Evangelion already? I'm off to watch the 2nd movie now! |
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| finally got around to watching the first movie. of course compared to the series it feels a bit rushed and shinji's struggle was done better in the episodes again simply because there was more time for it. everything else though very enjoyable. production quality obviously higher than the series the angel encounters were better in the movie. |
| Cinematography and OST were fantastic. I liked how they changed the artistic effects in many of the older scenes. The addition of jazz music and remixes of the famous timpani OST was also nice! Since I still had the story fresh from my previous watch of the two cour anime, it wasn't that interesting, but still worthwhile. 2.0, you're next. |
| Wow ... a breathtaking moment there !! Poor Shinji though. No one cares about him. |
| I saw the anime show and movies a couple years ago and I just finished watching 1.11 (Blu-Ray)and it was amazing! It was fun finding all the new stuff that they added and the visuals OMG! The end theme song "Beautiful World" by Utada Hikaru was really good (time to go download it!) now time to watch 2.22 XD |
| Animation was gorgeous, but I still prefer the series. Even though this first "Rebuild" doesn't stray from the original material, it feels like fast-food to me. They made Ramiel even more OP, nice. I've always thought it was the coolest angel. I'm interested in interpreting the Rebuilds as a possible continuation of EoE. |
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| Never knew the rebuilds were like a remake of the original series (at least 1.11) hehe, that said I didn't minded it at all, it looked beautiful and the ost as always was amazing and especially that last fight was really well done. |
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| There are some little but major differences from the tv series. I got bored while watching this because i had watched NGE twice already but it is a solid movie with very cool animations. I'm glad to hear that second movie differs from the original. |
| The animation was amazing, I was blown away multiple times throughout the film. The difference ten years makes (since EoE) really shows. |
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| More Eva is always nice. 8/10 |
| Ramiel is my new favourite angel. Seriously. It screamed! Animations was great. Music was amazing! Loved it. 8/10 |
| "Not the Third again." ^HOLY SHIT. This movie lost some of the characterization, especially with Kensuke and Toji and their relationship with Shinji, but it gained a hell of a lot with the "wow" factor. So many more little details everywhere you look, from showing more shots of the world and the people who inhabit to the giant spent shells crushing cars in the street, and it looked and sounded great. The re-imagined Ramiel was badass, along with its shrill screams. That whole Ramiel sequence was a serious upgrade from the original series. I still need to watching 2.0 and 3.0, but I'm interested in the direction it's taking. |
| Hmm.. well, having quite a collection of Evangelion soundtracks, and upon the recommendation of a friend, I decided to watch this movie, despite not being a mecha fan. I wasn't overwhelmed by the depth of the characters or the story, as portrayed here. It seemed a bit rushed and too many deux ex machina battle endings. But hey, it's a movie, trying to compress a whole series' happenings into less than two hours--I get it. Some of the animation was quite impressive, as with the city rising from the ground, but at times there were too many still scenes with characters frozen in the frame. The depth of the characters didn't seem all that great, but not having seen the TV series, I can't claim the movie is a fair representation. My overall reaction was that this is a shoujo anime. For me, the best thing about the movie was the music during the end credits roll. Utada Hikaru's "Beautiful World" was something that grew on me over a span of just minutes. It's electrifying. It's got a pulse. It feels just a bit retro, but has a 'je ne sais quois' that places it in unknown territory. Like Shinji's "another ceiling I don't know' it was another song I don't know. But I like it. |
| Brilliant... absolutely brilliant. I was going to post here complaining about people who complain about this losing sight of the fact this is a completely new series, not a recap but a reimagination of the show, but I do not have words that can adequately express this. Somehow this captured the essence of what makes "Evangelion" Evangelion, honed in on it, and still laid the groundwork for a new vision of an iconic series with the potential to be as iconic as the original vision. Plus, all of the cheesiness that made the show a bit facepalm-inducing at times has been completely eliminated. Honestly, this is arguably better than the TV series' depiction of the same events. I must sincerely wonder if this alternate vision can climax with the same impact as The End of Evangelion. |
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| I loved this. There were a few scenes I don't remember seeing in the TV series, so it was nice to see them (again) this way. I enjoyed it visually and it reminded me of all the reasons why I love NGE <3 |
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| Loving the new visuals for the movie. No idea how much they rushed/skipped but I still thought it was decent on it's own. Shinji was still being Shinji :/ |
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| The visuals are indeed amazing.They changed quite a few things of the original series but I'm not sure if they will make major changes of the original story of Evangelion. If thats case I'm not sure if I will like it :/ . I also think it's probably better to start watching the original series first if you are newcomer of this anime. The reason is that major events of the original series might lose some of the epicness if you see those events in the rebuild movies first. |
SilentSword114Jul 24, 2016 7:41 PM
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| Those people saying that this Movie is better than the original series don't know what they are talking about or just been born on the early 2000's. |
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| Even though i just watched the original a couple of days ago, it feels like i'm watching a new series with this updated visuals and 'angelic sounds' for the angels, especially the 'Ozma' angel, HUGE HUGE improvement from the original. Even with some removed scenes, I think I'm going to enjoy these rebuilds more than the original. |
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| It appears this movie series will follow a different path than the anime. I thought EoE was pretty much perfect, so I wonder just how contrasting will this Rebuild be. I don't like how rushed the events, but the animation was amazing and the soundtrack was definitely noteworthy. More Asuka and Shinji is always welcome, curious to see if their relationship will be changed somehow. 7/10 |
FragOutFire said: Why am I a Berserk fan? All I ever experience is pain. We are in the eclipse and Miura has sacrificed us |
| That was cool :D Glad they have not changed much from the source material (or did they? I hope what they say about 3.0 isn't true). Animation: 9 (Fast-paced combats, good attention to detail, specially in enviroments) Sound and Sountrack: 7 (Great sound FX, but a generic soundtrack) Characters: 6 (Not much room for character development outside of Shinji. I'll be subjective from here... Man do I dislike that kid, at least I like him better in berserk mode) Story: 9 (As a whole Evangelion is confusing as hell. One big mindfuck. Once you understand what the hell is going on, Evangelion becomes 10x times better. From start to finish, the whole story is great) Enjoyment: 8 (Subjective again. It's evangelion... I'm always more invested in the story and events rather than the development of the characters. Quite entertaining, but it didn't made me fell any sad, happy, angry, surprised or scared. A bit excited maybe, during the battles) Verdict: 7.8/10 Very excited for 2.0, I've heard it's the best one of the Rebuild. |
Dr_Manhattan95Mar 7, 2017 3:33 PM
| Well, that was boring as usual. Love the updated graphics, though. Gives it a really cool atmosphere, at least. |
| Not bad. Not Great. It was fine. Watching it on Blu Ray was very nice though. |
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| I liked it very much. The music and animation were amazing, it was interesting to watch, all the important scenes were there (except the train station one), and Lilith already appears! 5/5 and 8/10 |
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| A nice retelling of the 5 first episodes of the TV series displaying far too much CGI. But those CGI sometimes allow more creativity, obviously. It introduced discrete little elements to start the divergence from the original show. Enjoyment: 4/5 Score: 7.5/10 |
| I enjoyed it! Of course it still can't really compare to the original, but the astonishing animation and overall quite exciting pacing more than make up for any shortcomings. Overall I wouldn't recommend to watch the movies instead of the series, but for those who liked the original these offer quite a treat. At least this first movie is pure fanservice (in the positive sense of the word - I am a fan, and damn I like it). I think I liked the new visuals for the fight against the geometrically screeching angel the most. Not only the angel itself, but the whole power grid shenanigans and proton cannon. I watched the German dub, and many voice actors came back for the dub again. It seems that they put a bit more effort into it (as is often the case with movies), but at the same time I always cringed when they said "-kun", because they pronounced it like 10 different ways over the course of the movie. And adding honorifics in the dub is something I am not too fond of, I think it's better reserved for subtitles, or in romances I guess where that shit matters. I gave NGE a 9/10, and I'll give this rebuild a 7/10. And that's a really good score. |
Tetsuoshima666 said: what are these scenes they removed that prevent this from being a masterpiece. The fact is the rebuilds are quite a bit better than the original. Pay no attention to those hepper than thou.Man this was horrible it's like they removed every scene that made the original evangelion a masterpiece, also the colours in this movie look so bright which doesn't match the tone of evangelion at all. I have no idea how someone that enjoyed the original evangelion can also enjoy this trash. Also fuck CGI |
Tetsuoshima666 said: the colours in this movie look so bright which doesn't match the tone of evangelion at all Maybe the "1.0" version would please you more in that regard. It's the one where the angel's halo was not yet implemented, its picture was darker. (The TV series had bright colours for most outside/school scenes , especially in th ebeginning.) |
| Very nice Movie 9 out of 10 |
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 Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
| Amazing movie. The animation was very good. They showed Shinji's struggling, I didn't expect that. 8/10 |
| Wow, just wow! That running /chase scene was so hype I could not stop grinning. Holy shit! He is here! |
| --AbiSa-- |
| The explosions were top notch |
| definitely the animation you need after watching original :), love both shinji an rei in the end. |
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| This is the only Evangelion that I have watched. So for me, this was an excellent movie. The things that impressed me: 1. The sounds. I could really feel the city being raised, doors opening/closing, and that last Angel changing shapes. 2. The artwork was outstanding.... not just for the year produced but as any animation. The deployment of armament, weapons, buildings, and the Eva made me feel the size and weight of them. 3. The story: it pulled me in without me understanding very much of the background. It has universal themes and they were done well. 8/10 and very pleased to have finally watched this movie! |
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