I wrote a review for it
I think I should start by stating that Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion is a spectacular audiovisual experience. The movie revolves around surrealistic visual effects that can please us a lot, and generally speaking it's an awesome ride that can let us experience both aspects extremely well: sound and animation. However, unfortunately the movie fails to deliver a substantial story with a fine characterization that could live up to the audiovisual experience.
Animation – 9/10
As previously said, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion is a spectacular audiovisual experience, so is to be expected that this work of art delivers a great and steady fluidity to its motions, as well as a nice variety of color shades and tones, with beautiful effects and nice images that fill the environment with tenacity and plasticity, which provides a very good and mysterious surrealistic aura to the movie.
Sound – 9/10
Concerning the sound, the movie delivers some of the most stupendous tracks, granting beautiful and melodic tones of a fine variety of soundtracks, providing an experience that is almost oneiric and go along very well with the imagery of the whole movie.
Characters – 2/10
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion is a direct sequel of the series, which is basically sustained by the very same cast. Nevertheless, the movie fails right in the characterization, insofar as almost the whole development of the plot is supported by Akemi Homura. Although it may be interesting to see Homura-chan and her ecstatic passion, it's painful, absurd and overly convoluted to be verisimilar to an extent so we can relate with. The rest of cast is ultimately secondary and serve the volitional aspects of Akemi Homura.
Story – 2/10
The story had the potential to be interesting at some point, but I can barely remember which one. Unfortunately, in the end it isn't something worthy of its magnificent audiovisual aspect. The surrealistic atmosphere is lost from the moment that the dialogues and characters' thoughts express basically everything that is happening within the movie, explain even the minutiae, almost as the viewer was stupid enough to come up with his own conclusions. Little is left to the imaginative discretion, spoiling what could be a truthfully surrealistic experience. Notwithstanding, as everyone already knows, by the end of the original series Madoka was pretty much a superhuman entity: God. To uphold this absurdity, the movie is pretty much obliged to create an equally absurd plot that could be able to conceive the capacity and potentiality of goddess Madoka.
Enjoyment – 3/10
Generally speaking, it isn't a bad movie, not at all, and is indeed possible to appreciate as a fine audiovisual experience. Howsoever, the story is sustained by an absurdly appellative plot, with an overmuch poorly characterization that can impair the overall enjoyment. Nevertheless, in the end it can be an interesting experience, and that's fine.
Overall – 5/10 |