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Eziprez said: This would not have bothered me if not for the fans who lied to me and told me I needed to watch Zeta beforehand.I also felt that they didn't tie it in with Z and ZZ enough, and they kind of jumped from 0079 straight to this. |
| その目だれの目？ |
| I wasn't prepared for how much of this movie was a single battle. Overall i liked it. I thought the OST was spectacular, and the animation is gorgeous. I really liked Chan, and would have loved to see more of her. She turned out to be kind of a hidden badass when she destroyed Quess. Was sad to see Astonaige be so unceremoniously killed off. Kayra's death made no sense to me. For a highly trained and highly experienced pilot she sure seemed to pile one stupid decision right on top of the next when she was attacked by Gyunei. I know Quess receives most of the hate, but man....Hathaway, what a terrible, absolutely spineless and entitled kid. I don't understand how anyone thought he'd be worthy of redemption after he killed of Chan who was trying pretty desperately to save him and earth's population from Quess' insanity. The only Hathaway sequel that feels appropriate is the Trial of Hathaway, that would with him being executed or locked away for life. >_> |
| Beep boop |
| not a bad movie RIP amuro you were my favorite character |
| very good movie, animations were top tier and the story was so much intriguing that i was glued to the screen, but oh *** hathaway and quess were really insufferable. i think that the ending with amuro and char missing in action was a good conlcusion for their character arc, but poor amuro deserved way better, i will miss him so much. even if this movie has it's problems, especially how it handles the characters, i loved it. |
''Touch the darkness inside me'' |
| A little contrived and disappointing, but still better than zz. i just wish it could have ended with zeta. |
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| I think nothing in this movie made sense. Quess is the most annoying of all the random kids they had in Gundam. I mean, she is still a kid, but even they rarely behave like that, especially saying stuff like "i hate kids". And then the nonsense Char spouts about her in his fight with Amuro. One moment Amuro treated her badly (for not putting up with her whiny and entitled behaviour) and the next Char is like "i see, i treated her like a machine". ??? The whole story doesn't make sense, even without Zeta/ZZ. Char even contradicts himself. The top officials are still as stupid as always, nobody except Bright and Amuro ever tries to take action, Earth never defends itself when they are the "good" guys. Hathaway is almost as bad as Quess, for a military operation in space security is still absurdly bad (with Hathaway easily getting around in the base, onto the ship and stealing a Gundam, or Quess also easily switching sides).. Kayra is never properly introduced before dying, neither is Chan (who of course dies, can't have Amuro having anything else i life except Gundam), Amuro has a new Gundam which he never gets to actually show off, partly because he still freezes up then moment it counts - he could easily have shot Gyunei, even just shooting the arm off, to rescue her. He also lets himself get captured in the triple-electro-net AGAIN, like he does in every single battle someone uses it against him. And they still haven't isolated the frame itself or the cockpit from the frame. I thought Amuro mostly designed the Nu-Gundam himself, and Chan, his lover, helped? They also introdude a whole new ship(class) (which is still basically White Base, nothing really changed, any new features are arbitrary, especially when there is no history of how it came to be that it has a new feature and they use a completely different but same, but different... ship every single series/movie), their new unit and a colony without actually introducing it, it's simply used all over and one has to guess what they could mean. It's like they took the worst issues from all the existing Gundam series and movies, and put it all in one movie. |
| It's called Char's Counterattack but Char isn't in this movie?? Did I watch the wrong one? Maybe it's a translation error. All I saw was a blonde guy LARPing as Super Space Hitler. If I'd had seen this in the theater in 1988 I'd have asked for a refund for false advertising. Overall it wasn't an awful movie since the animation was nice, but I think they should've called it something else. And at the very least they should've put Char in, especially as a lead role, since he was absent in ZZ. I came into this expecting to see what he had been up to during the time of ZZ, and maybe get some resolution with him and Sayla since she only got a three second non-speaking cameo in Zeta and only had about five sentences in ZZ. It seems like they should've had a final meeting to settle their issues. I'm surprised both of these major characters were left out of the movie but yet Amuro got back in. At least he was cool, as usual. Also Quess was a complete psychopath. After five sentences she's wholly convinced to eradicate the Earth and she kills her own father without batting an eye. Absolutely savage and schizo. She acted like she was five years old. No wonder the mother didn't want to deal with her anymore and ran off at the airport. |
| This was... so good? Coming from ZZ the difference in quality is palpable. Honestly, I enjoyed the movie immensly, my only gripes are with some moments, mostly towards the end. So I knew that Char was going to die in this one, only had no idea about the details or that Amuro dies too. In a way, it was a fitting end for both of them. Although, the whole idea of freezing the Earth just because people are pests who poluted it, really? This was a somewhat random motivation that felt too contrived for Char as a character. The logic of it wasn't making sense and appered too radical. Quess was interesting for about five minutes and then she turned into a total mess of a person. She was jelous of Amuro first, then of Char, killed her own father, went into space without normal suit (???) and was generally the annoying brat. This is understandable considering she's just 13. But what on earth did Char forget tolerating her out of nowhere without any real motivation? Yes, she was talented and all, but she was annoying as well. I don't believe his forces were so weak as to recruit a random child. Gyunei was quite sklilled as well, Quess didn't do much of anything exceptional that couldn't be done by anyone else. I'm shocked about Chan's death the most. She was killed by Hathaway out of sheer frustration, basically because of Quess. Wtf? And we are supposed to think about Hathaway as a good characther? I was looking forward to seeing the movies with him as MC but now it'll be with a grain of salt. This was utterly stupid, he's a naive boy and Chan din't deserve to die like this. She was lovely and I actually liked her a lot, even though it was for a short time, her relationship with Amuro seemed very cute. I don't know what development Hathaway must undergo to forgive him for this. I guess, no one cares since Amuro died and there's no one else left to mourn her other than just as another casualty of war... It was nice to see Mirai, those years on Earth and caring for kids were definitely good on her, she looked so glowed-up for some reason. I'm glad she survived this along with her daughter. Can I just say, how utterly gorgees Nu Gundam is? Probably the most beatiful looking Gundam I've seen so far. And Amuro designed it himself. So cooool. The animation and the overall look of the movie was awesome too. Almost every frame like a piece of art. To think it was made in 1988, amazing! Absolutely amazing. In the end, the clarification about Quess seeking a father figure was alright, at least it made some sense, although I'm not so sure about this actually being the case. As a dumb 13 year old she most likely had a crush both on Amuro and Char, it's just not so easy for them to comprehend because they don't see her as a potential love interest (thank god), so they basically pulled up that explanation. We have too little information about her life though and her relationship with father to analyse this. Yeah, she had a beef with parents fighting and that's why she thought Earth had to be destroyed... but oh well, I honestly don't quite care about her inner workings to this extent. And actually glad she was eliminated. It would have been too enfuriating if she survived. Another baffling thing was about Char seeing Lalah as a mother... like, whaaat? You can't just throw the line at us like that. Him carrying a deep sorrow over Lalah as his one true soulmate, I can get it, I actually loved it, this makes for a beatiful story, and having this as his actual motivation for settling things with Amuro because he never could forget and forgive is alright, far better than just random basic shit about earthians polluting the planet. Why did it have to be ruined with that line? Lol. Nope... Even Amuro was shocked. Overall, I have a bit of mixed feelings. The whole movie was just so enjoyable to watch, like the perfect example of what Gundam should be like, withouth any annoying childish bulshit and cutting to the chase. Sure, some more character development could be done but for the timeframe of 2 hours it was the best it could be. If it weren't for some odd throwaway lines this could be a perfect 10. But ugh. I guess, I'll give it 8/10 for now and maybe correct later after thinking on it some more. |
TenMar 29, 12:08 PM
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| I felt like watching a summary. Hathaway killing Chan makes me angry, I wonder how can he redeem himself in the sequel. RIP Amuro the only decent mc pilot in Gundam UC. I prefer the masked Char over this version of Char. |
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