Nov 1, 2020
I just wanna say, this was a complete and utter waste of my time. Because I had watched Fate/Stay Night and UBW, I had foolishly thought that Heaven's Feel would be a lot like them, albeit darker. I should've noticed when the first movie didn't meet up to expectations.
It really feels like the people behind Heaven's Feel asked, "Hey, so poetic cinema consists of pretty lighting and people staring at each other without saying anything, right?" and no one corrected them. Of course there were some good moments in the movie! But overall, as several reviews have pointed out, this was ultimately an anime
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based on a porn game. I have not played this game, nor do I ever intend to, but I really just wonder. Why?
Here's Heaven's Feel, going all out with the hyper-sexualization of some high schoolers. In my opinion, this absolutely did not add to the plot or the characters at all in a meaningful manner. In fact, I think it destroyed my respect for certain characters, even though it's very clear that that's not what it was supposed to do. It was unnecessary and unwelcome for such a person as I, who expected something more along the lines of UBW or Fate/Zero.
Good points:
Music, still as awesome as always. Aimer must be my favorite singer at this point! And a lot of the music reminded me of Garden of Sinners, which suits the dark tone of this route.
The animation, of course, is also very pretty. I really like some of the sunsets. Lots of nice colors.
I also like the tone, which almost felt more like horror as opposed to a fantasy battle royale.
Bad points:
Everything else. The pacing felt okay while watching, but looking back on it, I feel like I didn't really gain anything in the end. What's going on? What was the plot? Why should I care about these characters? Everything falls apart.
I couldn't stop sighing and rolling my eyes throughout the movie as I yelled at characters to stop doing stupid things. I respect Rin, Saber, Rider, and Ilya. Shirou is okay, but he's still as bland as always, which makes sense considering he was the perspective from which people played in the original game. If he weren't bland, it would be harder for people to project themselves onto him.
But Sakura, who's pretty much the main focus? I liked her well enough, but I simply couldn't bring myself to stay interested in the development of her role in the plot. So many people also disappeared for the sake of the plot, too. Obviously, in Heaven's Feel, we're focusing a lot more on Shirou and Sakura, and yet, two movies down, I really couldn't tell you how these two characters have developed, or how they are interesting.
To conclude, this was such a massive waste of my time that I decided to write a review for the first time in my life in order to say how much I hated this movie. I came in with what I thought were reasonable expectations, and I have a pretty low bar for anime in general. I like to be generous when rating things I have watched or read. But this movie went so far below the bar that it dug straight into the ground. I feel bad for Sakura, that she had to be written this way. I really believe she deserved better. Thanks for reading this amateur review written by a severely, irreparably disappointed Fate fan.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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