Odd Taxi Movie: In the Woods

Massive disappointment is an understatement. I was expecting 50% recap at most like the Goblin Slayer movie, but this movie turned out to be >90% recap and honestly just felt like a cash grab. The movie is over 2 hours long, but - no joke - 2 full hours is just recap, and the MAL description of "reconstruction" was giving it too much credit: it was basically just all the characters narrating the scenes from the anime series from their perspective without adding that much. Maybe if you dig really deep you could find some discrepancies/omissions in their narrations for some he-said/she-said type analysis, but ... that is a huge stretch.

The only completely new material was the final 10 minutes and even that was not satisfying. Without going into spoilers, the new stuff left me feeling, "That's it? Is that all I waited months for?" They could have easily edited the anime to fit the actual ending instead of leaving it in a cliffhanger so you would have to watch the movie to get the "real ending." Overall, this movie left a really bad taste in my mouth and felt like the production company tarnishing the legacy of a great anime for a quick buck. Just save your time and look up the ending somewhere in 5 minutes.

3/10, and the 3 points are just leftover goodwill from the anime series, which remains a masterpiece except for the ending.

Who was this made for exactly? If you have not watched the anime yet, this could be kind of confusing since you won't have the full context behind the story and characters and you may feel like the story wasn't too fulfilling, but if you watched the anime already this does not add anything to what you already know. This is just one giant waste of time. A 2 hour film consists of 90% recap with some commentary from the anime's characters giving personal recounts of their experiences. The last 20 minutes shows what happens in the end of the anime, but even then nothing ... much happens that you can't guess yourself. Nothing but a cash grab.

finally I was able to watch the film that I most awaited but it was a slight disappointment but I still remain a fan of this wonderful day that I savored unfortunately the film is quite short few highlights especially its extremely short end but I remain indifferent I would have liked more time for this film which is generally a commercial failure but I can already tell you that the anime is highly recommended, however if you are a fan like me you can greatly appreciate this brilliant work it would be beforehand to be able to view this film briefly my impressions of ... the film were superb I loved what I have but the end left me indifferent sorry olm and pics for daring to criticize one of your most ambitious projects but this film remains a disaster but I respect the work