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| Started a bit slow since the movie skips the second, third, and fourth volume of the LN and they needed to explain all the key points (it was still very interesting to follow though). The second half of the movie was just awesome. Interesting & epic boss battle as well. Mito. |
maplesyrup47Oct 23, 2022 5:20 AM
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maplesyrup47 said: Started a bit slow since the movie skips the second, third, and fourth volume of the LN and they needed to explain all the key points (it was still very interesting to follow though). The second half of the movie was just awesome. Interesting & epic boss battle as well. Mito. I don't think they Introduced Kizmel, did they? |
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Anayan_Kashyap said: maplesyrup47 said: Started a bit slow since the movie skips the second, third, and fourth volume of the LN and they needed to explain all the key points (it was still very interesting to follow though). The second half of the movie was just awesome. Interesting & epic boss battle as well. Mito. I don't think they Introduced Kizmel, did they? Unfortunately, no. I would like to see her though but it is what it is. |
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| Watched in a cinema here in Italy (yes, it's already out in Italy). I liked it more than the previous movie. Nothing amazing, as I expected, but it was a good experience overall, especially regarding the animation quality and the OST. |
| Just got back from watching the movie in Hong Kong. I missed the first premiere yesterday due to an exam this morning, but I was lucky to be able to catch one of today's screenings. I honestly didn't remember much from the first movie, I watched it about a year ago when it came out in cinemas and I thought it was fairly good. About this one though, it felt a little too slow or SOL-ish during the first half and I couldn't keep up with some of the endless convos because of no English subtitles and that certainly hampered my experience. I'm surprised to hear that they skipped certain parts of the story, I was under the impression that they were over-adapting it by padding it with original scenes. Regarding the fight scenes, however, they were sometimes too short until the showdown between Asuna and Mito but all were crisp and gorgeous looking. In the second half beginning with the aforementioned battle, they turned it up a notch and it was a heck of a spectacle from there on. Especially liked the final battle there, felt like a puzzle game. Don't know how Mito appeared from the face of the golem but we'll let that pass for the entertainment value delivered, xD. One of the coolest scenes of the movie was that imagery of Asuna catching a glimpse of Kirito's back and the guild members bashing him right beside him, I haven't been the biggest Kirito fan but I really respect how far he goes to ensure things smoothen over by just him playing the bad guy role. Definitely want to see that scene again! Looks like there's a traitor in the group though, that ambush scene was freakin' creepy. Credits to Asuna for fighting back there though and catching the "obvious" PK player off-guard. Asuna x Kirito definitely going somewhere but at a very steady pace though. I feel like I should rewatch this when the subs are out and maybe watch the first progressive movie alongside as well. But, for now, I'm sticking with a solid 6/10 here. |
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| Is there any post-credit scene or it end right after the ending song? |
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| Amazing. Glad I started with the movies rather than the series, the animation is just so good. Little bit confused as to why they skipped to the fifth floor, but they managed to make it flow well enough so it's all good. |
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| skipped straight to floor 5. with how it goes, they probably wont introduce kizmel wont they ? they'd likely go with something else between asuna and mito |
| Another really great SAO movie. Even if the seasons aren't always great, at least the movies have all been fantastic. I enjoyed the plot with the two guilds and the PKs, even if it was rather simple. Seeing Mito again briefly was also nice and I'm glad she and Asuna made up. The animation was the real highlight of the film as usual. Now I just hope they make a sequel because that ending definitely left me wanting more. |
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| Alright so even as the resident Asuna hater, I liked this. A lot. I actually think it was better than the first movie which based on scores, I’m guessing I’m a minority on. I really enjoyed the pace and political dynamic of the guilds in aincrad. Argo stole the show and was the highlight of the movie too. Every scene she was in she dominated and it really makes you wonder why the hell she didn’t get more attention in OG Sao. Amazing character Asuna and Kirito relationship was actually.. ok for once for me, didn’t mind it. Obviously Alice master race but the characterisation Asuna has got in the first two movies is nice. They really let Mito come out of nowhere as an anime original character and become one of the best characters in the franchise too lmao I need to see more of her maybe in UR and beyond. Boss fight was insane, it never ceases to amaze me what A-1 with a healthy work schedule(looking at you aniplex) can do. Beautiful blend of 2D and 3D. Sound design was amazing, sakuga on point. Alicization tie in with vassago as well, man no complaints. |
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| Worst SAO installment yet. Too cringy to even look at the screen so I was using my ohone the whole time!! 4/10 |
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| it's been a long time since i saw the first. as it unexpectedly became one of my favorite movies, i still remember most of it; and prefer it. despite scherzo appearing to have a marginally longer duration, it zipped past and i was disappointed when the credits started to roll... there were a few standout moments but i kept on hoping for more action and fight scenes. admittedly, there was a lot and perhaps in reality those expectations formed out of me looking for compensation on the lackluster elements i felt of the progressive sequel. asuna was my favorite character of the previous, however my opinion flip flopped here to argo and mito at the top with asuna at the bottom. don't know what it is. even though her life here was threatened multiple times, couldn't bring myself to care compared to when i was able to grasp that life-or-death emergency current as before - which had made it all the more thrilling. i guess it just didn't hit as hard this time around. 8/10. at risk of offending some people, kuraki yuuyami no scherzo definitely stood out to me as a textbook example of a 'movie in the middle'. i believe that the next movie is going to be far better. instrumental soundtracks were bussing, now that's a 10/10. |
| I definitely prefer Aria of a Starless Night, but this was still a solid watch. The golem boss fight was sick, both of these movies didn't miss when it comes to the action. Asuna vs Mito duel was also great. OST was on point. I'm a little surprised that there was no credit scene like the first movie. Any news if there will be more? |
BlakexEkalb said: agreed, I liked the first movie more, even the animation from the first movie felt better. I think A1 might've had to rush this one with only one year for productionFelt aimless. First movie had the focus on the startup and beginning, so the wandering around was fine. But this one was all over the place from the bandits to hot spring to preventing guild war. Boss fight from movie 1 was a more fun watch, even though this one was “more complex”. Skipping of previous volumes was unfortunate, as while Argo was a fun character her introduction was out of nowhere. Still a fine watch, but not as good as movie 1. |
| I found this movie to be just as great as Aria while the animation, OST, and action continue to be absolutely amazing. Boss was very intense and exciting to watch, and English voice actors were incredible. Character designs are awesome as well, especially Asuna's. |
| This movie makes it pretty clear that it has no idea what it actually wants to be so it turns one of the best novels in the Sword Art Online franchise into an okay movie. A key issue is that too much character progression was lost between not adapting that later half of volume 1, volume 2 and volume 3. The first movie ended with Kirito and Asuna just starting to form a team, and this movie has them working well together with almost no friction. A great deal of the charm in Sword Art Online Progressive is that you have two middle school kids from completely different social backgrounds where both have almost no experience having a friendship with a person from the opposite sex who isn't family forced to work together. They don't see eye-to-eye, they have their fights and disagreements, but their ability to overcome it makes the ending so satisfying. The unfortunate result is that the emotional moments don't really have much of an impact, except events involving the movie exclusive character of Mito. This movie does feature one of the coolest boss fights you can have and the animation does it justice. The other fights were done extremely well and the movie looks really good as expected. |
| Finished watching it. Way too short and don't enjoy and probably one of the least enjoyable anime movies I have seen so far. Have seen mugen train, jjk0, first progressive, scarlet bond. First half didn't feel like proper build up, the pk scenes didn't really add to anything, neither the stones. The golem scene was good but it I like second half and when it is done, the movie has a little and then it is over. So far a short 90 minute runtime, it felt a lot of it was wasted due to the lack of events for a good majority. The visuals are good I can give that. |
| The pacing of the second movie felt like it would fit better as an anime series. I enjoyed watching it, but as a movie in theatres it didn't feel like there was really a big buildup or climax on it's own. There is some plot building up, but how many movies will it take? |
| really happy to see Asuna and Mito bond together more. I was half expecting Mito to run off the deep end and get stuck in a negative loop but very relieving to know that isn't the case. (yet. pls no) The floor boss was cool, Mito had the perfect timing to tip the scales. overall good movie for what it was. RIP kizmel and the elf story. Seeing how they jumped straight scherzo, I guess it was there wouldn't be much to say for her... |
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Ryxan said: The pacing of the second movie felt like it would fit better as an anime series. I enjoyed watching it, but as a movie in theatres it didn't feel like there was really a big buildup or climax on it's own. There is some plot building up, but how many movies will it take? Agreed, it felt like it could’ve been a bunch of small episodes. I definitely liked the 1st progressive movie better. Still, I like that they followed up on Mito ditching Asuna. |
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| God my theater sucked... OSTs and sfx's were barely audible. I have no idea why SAO adaptations have to be scuffed in one way or another lol. Definitely a fine movie and way better than most seasonals, but skipping 2.5 novels and making subbing Mito in... Big hurdle. Production and creativity feels bit constrained especially compared to the first film which had some pretty incredible scenes. Camera was definitely less dynamic and the skill shot with a colored background was way overused this movie. And yeah... Gotta introduce a half a dozen characters, setup the context for DKB and ALS, and there essentially is no plot to the audience until Asuna overhears Morte, and nothing comes of it until the meeting with Kibaou, so a good fifth or quarter of the movie was fairly aimless compared to Aria which setup the plot quick and stayed on track the whole way through. Said it a billion times and I'll say it again, why didn't they just adapt Rondo... Overall good movie but definitely not exceeding expectations like Aria was. |
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| It was a decent movie, I preferred the first one by a longshot. Not an LN reader but I remember hearing that each volume was supposed to be 1 floor so I guess they skipped a bit to get here. Animation was good, particularly the art during the boss battle was great, everything was just sharper for some reason. I knew Mito would show up during the boss battle but the way they made her show up felt like it was out of thin air. First half felt a little aimless but it was still enjoyable. The Asuna and Kirito scenes were pretty nice. 7/10, I hope the next installment is more like the first one with a more brisk pacing. |
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| I saw it in theaters last week. It honestly wasn't too bad, but I think prefer the previous movie to this one. Mainly because skipping Kizmel's introduction doesn't sit right with me but here's hoping she shows up in the eventual Progressive anime adaptation. I do enjoy Argo being front and center, however, and she is my second favorite character behind Progressive Asuna. Solid 8 / 10. |
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| I'm gonna be honest, the story was pretty cool and full of intrigue and felt like a fun MMORPG story, and the soundtrack was great too, but man, does the film look kinda ugly lmao. The colors are washed out, and the action scenes are fine at most. There's a few (by that I mean like three) shots that look KyoAni-level types of layered lighting and animation, but it makes the overall product look even more inconsistent. I guess a year wasn't enough to produce a second film. I liked it, but it wasn't great. I enjoyed the first one way more, and I thought the first one also just looked better and less bland. |
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| I just returned from the cinema. Good movie, but the first one was way better. Pacing was way too rushed. I don't know where the opinions above that too much SOL came from. The best (for me) part of SAO, however, will probably be in the 3rd movie. Unfortunately, the Polish translation in the cinema was rubbish (not like I expected something different though), I'm almost sure that it was translated from English Aniplex script rather than from original (which should never be a thing in the first place). I won't elaborate here on what was wrong and why it was so bad, because probably no one from the Anglosphere cares. But I will say this - be glad that in the English official subtitles the only thing you can complain about is the occasional "sus" (as in Nagatoro), occasional lack of suffixes in some series or some minor unintentional mistranslations. I went to the cinema for one reason only - to hear Tomatsu Haruka and the other seiyuu on the theater sound system, and here I was absolutely not disappointed. The animation and soundtrack were great too. A1 at their best. |
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