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Undoubtedly today is the day I will be burned alive by the internet as some kind of heretic... You are about to find out why.

I watched the bluray of F/SN UBW because I wanted to know why everyone was like "OMG UBW COMES OUT TODAY!" and, well... Watching it did NOT answer that question.

I have very little good to say about the movie. In fact, "The sound and visuals didn't suck." is about the extent of my praise. So I won't bother trying to divide this into pros/cons.

First of all, the narrative is almost non-existent. The movie is 105 minutes ... long, and at least 90 of that is action scenes.

No real character development. It's obvious that the characters progress to some degree, but it all feels random and very little is offered by way of explanation.

I was going to bump it up to 6/10 overall, just for a disturbingly brutal death scene, but later disappointments made me knock it back down to a 5.

The animation and art would be high-quality for a terebi-anime, but are not good enough for a gekijouban. (Including some really shoddy CG that did not blend AT ALL and exhibited some pretty bad aliasing in a few cuts.)

I gave it a rating of 'average' based simply on the fact that I was able to finish it and didn't totally regret wasting time watching it. But it has few redeeming qualities and is otherwise SUB-STANDARD.

Fans of the F/SN franchise will probably enjoy it, but as my only connection to F/SN is as someone who enjoys another Type-Moon creation (Melty Blood) the movie did nothing for me.