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Sep 21, 2020 8:44 AM
#51
| The action looked a bit like Rebuild of Eva - hope this isn't the new trend |
mvetSOct 5, 2020 7:25 PM
Sep 25, 2020 2:56 PM
#52
| Pretty good idea to have this theme for this film. Pretty fun fan-service (the first notes and scenes reminding immediately of the initial Hosoda film), not too strong. Pretty bad idea to have AGAIN an unknown female ex-Chosen Child be the problem or a part of it. As soon as she appeared (even before we could notice the shared butterfly motif), I knew she was "a bad one". Pretty weird idea to ignore almost entirely a product they spend so many years on, annoying "fans" with it. Pretty stupid to have something contradictory to the ending as emotional core. And then making it even true ! The simpler chara design for humans seemed way too simple at times. (those eyes !) Enjoyment: 5/5 (partially because this is my first Digimon at the theater, too bad it wasn't one of the Hosoda) Score: 6/10 Pretty sure I'm too nice only because we are getting so many bad things under the Adventure brand nowadays (Tri, Adv : ) @FMMatron Is it me, or is the "what will you do tomorrow" scene a big joke on the fact the audience was expecting from the moment the "broken link" problem was told that nothing would happen (because of the 02 epilogue) ? I NEVER felt any danger about it and suddenly they were gone: it didn't even affect me because I wasn't anticipating at all. XD Also, can we talk about Gennai? Who was the Tri Gennai then? I walked for 2h to come back to the city (stupid remote cinema complex) then 30 to reach the campus and I still had no idea when I put a feet in my room. Renkini said: Taichi writing he wants coexistence with Digimon in his career survey in the epilogue. One last nitpick is that the subs I watched suck. They used localized western names like 'Matt' and 'Izzy' which are a bit confusing. Wait, wasn't it a thesis paper? xD (it seemed strange to me for a young student but since they were official french subs) About subtitles: we got the same problems here: half-US adaptation (names of characters, humans and monsters, "digivolution"). Plus we went from Patamon to Patmon... @mvetS What trend? To recycle an EVA film for each new Digimon Adv. film? PS: @phantomfandom What is this Parasite idea? How could the son "fix everything off screen" once everything was irremediably broken? September 28, 2020 @Renkini More like I gave up a few wekks ago the computer the university gave me to pass the exams in May and July. ^^ (I usually watch videos and some TV channels on my Nintendo, but for simulcast websites I need an actual computer) I was given the laptop back a few days later because "this semester (and probably the full year) will be 90% of online/video courses" but I can't even for the love of studies open this damn PC and work on my own, isolated in a stupid student room, thinking this will go on for at least 2 if not 7months (while all my comrades in the same path but from a year above have 100% of their formation in real life -_-, despite being a class of 35 people against my own class of 25 students). It just makes me sick. So, no school work done at all and no anime. Just me, my bed, and my disgust for myself. XD Sorry, ranting for nothing. (I almost missed the bus for this film, because I depressed to the point of being sick XD) January 23, 2020 @Sakarii Yes, finally a bit of text from you about that... thing. Agreeing with you on everything (although I liked the fact they went with that theme, it sure wasn't coherent.) The 02 kids were what I got the most fun out of, too. I rated it "nicely" only because it seemed mainly bent on being a nostalgia fan-service show and, in that regard, works. Since you made a note about Gennai but not about how he simply appeared as good old Gennai, as if Tri never happened... did you understood why? May I learn more about this divorce of the original series director? January 28; 2021 I had written some lines to answer you and react. Of course, the website didn't bother to record them (neither do I put them in memory) so i'll go with a simple "thanks". |
Rei_IIIJan 28, 2021 9:16 AM
Sep 26, 2020 8:23 AM
#53
Rei_III said: Yes, it is. I'm perfectly aware of that but not sure why I said career survey. Maybe because I keep forgetting they're uni students now and unconsciously stuck in my mind somewhere that they're still high school students thanks to Tri and most anime's setting that usually takes place in high school.Wait, wasn't it a thesis paper? xD Been a while, Rei. Did'ja give up watching the reboot or what? :D |
Sep 27, 2020 8:15 AM
#54
| the animation, man! dammm so good. the 1st packed action in early movie was so good, I couldn't help it but watched more than once!!! the last evoluation take me in suprise! but why no shot for Wargreymon :''( overall, I ejoyed the movie, nostalgia feelings. plus, it felt really true ending of the 1st series. |
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Sep 28, 2020 9:23 AM
#55
| I can't understand how anyone who is a fan of the original Digimon Adventure can like this movie. This movie is a complete dumpster fire. Everyone has been shafted in favor of Yamato and Taichi. Sora especially. I can't believe how dirty they've done her. She was just tucked away in her house the whole time lmao. And you call this a worthy sequel lol. They made everyone else look so damn weak by getting their conscience taken so easily. Taking the "conscience" away like that is a stupid concept in the first place, but whatever. The villain sucked ass. How one dimensional can you be? Is there nothing else there in your life except a Digimon you've been friends with? Parents? School? Work? Do you see anything outside of just being friends with a Digimon? Just because of that you come up with a dumb plan to entrap everyone in a fake world to be happy with their Digimon as if nothing else in life exists. That's boring af. This villain is GARBAGE. Next, partner Digimon are yet again just puppets instead of actual characters. They are faced with disappearing from existence, which, again, is a lame idea that they would disappear just because the children grew up, but whatever. Do they worry about just vanishing into thin air just a little bit? Nope. Their lives don't matter really. They are just puppets who are happy if their partners are happy, bark when their partner tells them to, and die when their partner tells them to without any opinions of their own aside from wanting to eat and serving their masters. Honestly they are just pets that can talk in essence. This was a bit of a problem in the original too but it seems the writers aren't really interested in improving things with these sequels so yeah. Boring. The ending was complete garbage as well, which is a recurring thing with this movie. Everyone just wakes up, Yamato and Taichi are running and make an ambiguous remark that leaves the possibility of Digimon still being alive, but I mean, who cares? Digimon themselves sure don't care lol. Gennai just appeared out of nowhere to info dump too. But whatever, nobody cares about Gennai anyway. Why even try to make him into a better character when you can just beat a dead horse with Yamato and Taichi again? The only good things were the animation and 02 kids were actually fun to watch. And the first 30 mins where they showed some of Yamato and Taichi's daily lives was interesting, seeing them cope with changes. That's pretty much it. Everything else is shit. IMO, the movie sucked ass. 2.5/10 |
Sep 30, 2020 7:59 PM
#56
| So I enjoyed this movie for what it was. A movie about saying goodbye and growing up. I did shed a tear at certain parts and I was okay with the lack of battles. It all really did feel like the Digimon crew was changing. I was glad to see 02 crew since they are my favorite! Now negatives. I also liked that we got to see Wallace and Meiji! I agree with everyone that they did the other characters especially Sora dirty. Like she couldn’t even be with her friends or at least finial digivolution herself? I’m not too mad though cause after watching Tri I’m used to it being a Tai and Matt show. Overall it was enjoyable. Not the best but I watched it for what it was. |
Oct 3, 2020 3:52 AM
#57
| The movie is pretty good. How can anyone hate it? Specially after the Tri disaster? The only problem I had was how little attention Sora got knowing she just lost Biyomon aswell. |
Oct 4, 2020 11:20 AM
#58
| I imagine being a Sora fan must be the worst feeling ever, seeing how she didn't do anything the whole movie, hell she doesn't even gets attacked by the mas produced Eosmon (whose power level is all over the place, to the point that you see a Numemon beating one), she just stays on her room and then her digivice petrifies. And how come everyone forgot about Joe the oldest digidestinied who is not dealing with any of this problems, if becoming older was the issue how come they never asked him anything? And if losing your way was the problem, how come they never realized that when Ken was the digimon emperor he never lost Wormon? And how come they never asked Genai about dark Genai and what he was planning? And how come Davis and Ken and the rest of the cast who have shown having an evolution stronger than Omegamon, never got involved despite being able to make digi gates at will? even if Tai and Yamato failed, the rest of the cast could have come and fix things up, Tri was trash, but at least they made up a reason to nautralize the 02 cast. Why is all of this troublesome? because when Izzi and Joe lose their digimon, Davis and Ken still have their, but Joe should have been the first to lose his, and Izzi should have lost his at the same time as Davis and Ken. But lets say that age was not a factor, but potential, the Izzi should have never lost Tentomon, or should have lost it first along with Sora. But the movie never focused on this. Oh look Wallace/Willis appeared with both Terriermon and Lopmon, which means there was another guy that was able to solve the whole thing who did nothing. So once again the Adventure sequels neglects its entire cast to focus on some nobodies that appeared out of nowhere trying to recover their lost partners and fail, this time instead of killing them or sending them to the dark ocean, they get arrested, which is better, but is still a repeat of something nobody cares about. At least we didn't introduce a new powerless kid who would eat all the screen time while being the victim of misfortune after misfortune just to lose their partner at the end. With that said... hahahahaha they brought Michizuki back just to shit on her one last time, i don't know what the character did to the writers, but she got one last "fuck you" just in case. We don't even know what happened to her on the present, she had 6 films dedicated to being a victim, and we don't even know if she recovered, she was send back home, without partner, and without friends, sure they probably call her every now and then, but what was of her life? what was the point of her character? all she did was cry and scream and she watched being unable to do anything, she got molested by the villian of turn, and then en the next movie she gets her consciousness kidnapped? is she even getting her life together? did she manage to graduate high-school or did she flunked out because she had to move out again? The movie of course doesn't answer this, they just briefly show her to reminds us that the girl just can't catch a break. While the new digi evolutions looked nice, the fights were short and i am not a fan at all of the new evolution for Gabumon, it took away everything that made him special, it reminds me of the criticism that Cherubimon made to the world itself in Digimon Frontier, how come all the power is left to the humanoid digimons? what about the beast digimon? can't they have anyting? well the answer is, they can't have anything, even Gabumon ended changing sides. Oh and the biggest growth happened in the credits, Yamato decided to become an astronaut off screen and starts visiting Jaxa, just like how Tai decided on a career path off screen between Tri and this movie, if you are going to have the biggest character changes happening outside of the movies, for the 2 characters that are getting all the focus, then what is the point of the movies? And we already know that they all meet again, and what they become, but the entire point of these sequels was to see how it happened, the fact that we didn't got that is quite disappointing, Yamato and Sora end having kids together, but they hardly interact in this movie, and in the previous one they broke up, and Sora was still deciding between Tai and Yamato, so we end at the same spot having to fill in the blanks of their relationship. There's one good thing tho, since it was shorter and simpler, it managed to focus and explore Yamato and Taichi better than Tri, it was more explicit and direct and actually gave them a closure that made sense, by giving them a real risk to their relationship with their partner digimon, even if the danger was an artificially created, coming out of nowhere, and directly contradicting the experience that other characters in the same universe are having, at least unlike in Tri, the conflict on this one is done and solved, without leaving any open plot lines to milk in the future, there's no Dark Genai the sex offender planning a second strike with this one. And that made this movie definitively better than Tri, it has one mission, and it goes and does it, problem of course is that it accomplishes it by throwing a bunch of things down the drain, i still don't think these movies bring anything to the table that merits mentioning, you watch the epilogue of Adventure 02, then come and watch these films, and you end with the same questions. How did the pairings form? we don't know. Yolei and Ken end with 5 kids, when did that happen? how did that happen? How did x character end becoming x thing? we don't know. Suddenly Mimi is already an entrepreneur and Koichiro is a company president, Sora had her own arc off panel, and all we got is hearing Yamato saying that she really got into flower arrangement... what is Yolei studying abroad anyways?} And when will Ken decide to become a detective and start looking for Ryo by traveling the dimensions between the digital world and the normal world? HOW COME WE STILL ARE NOT ANSWERING THAT!!!! at one fucking point Ken becomes an inter-dimensional detective, and we still have zero fucking clues to how that happens! And then suddenly Yamato decided to be interested in space exploration? seeing how he decided for that life path would have been a joy to see, but nope, last we saw he was thinking about taking music again, he bought and harmonica and was looking at street musicians, and now he is looking at rockets? Do we even know what course he was taking at his university that led to him becoming an astronaut? we don't, hell the side background characters were even saying that the popular rumor around campus was that he was going to join the JSDF, rumors that he of course denied. The only one who we could see a change on screen was Davis who is on his ramen tasting world tour al ready expressing how he wants to open his own shop (why a food cart, and how does that become an international brad? no idea). And Tai who went from not knowing what to do once he graduated, to suddenly being put on the spot of choosing a theme for his thesis on the next movie... what is he even studying, political science, sociology, law, anthropology, biology? philosophy? and he was working at a casino half time, a casino of all places? with that said unlike everyone else you can see why he decided to become a digimon diplomat, or at least how he decided on the theme of his thesis (Human Digimon coexistence), this is not much but is the only thing that the movie did well, it lets you see how one of the members of the cast decided to define his life goals. With that said we still don't know how he became a digimon diplomat. How did they recover their partners? how did he convince the UN to give him an official position as a public official and international diplomat? what was his thesis even about? he came to an answer and they never fucking tell us what was it! his paper was on human digimon coexistence, but until the very end the solution to dealing with troublesome digimon was not diplomacy, but using a stronger digimon to beat the shit out of the troublesome one, when does this conflict resolution dynamic change from fighting to negotiation? the movie of course doesn't tell you. Obviously we would need more movies to cover all the things, but by this point is clear that the movies have failed on answering any of these questions. The only thing i really loved about the movie was the soundtrack, they nailed that part, the music was on point, the remixes were great, it almost carried the entire thing for me. 5/10 |
DoomroarOct 4, 2020 12:59 PM
Oct 7, 2020 10:21 PM
#59
Doomroar said: With that said... hahahahaha they brought Michizuki back just to shit on her one last time, i don't know what the character did to the writers, but she got one last "fuck you" just in case. We don't even know what happened to her on the present, she had 6 films dedicated to being a victim, and we don't even know if she recovered, she was send back home, without partner, and without friends, sure they probably call her every now and then, but what was of her life? what was the point of her character? all she did was cry and scream and she watched being unable to do anything, she got molested by the villian of turn, and then en the next movie she gets her consciousness kidnapped? is she even getting her life together? did she manage to graduate high-school or did she flunked out because she had to move out again? Well... we know that she was taken like the rest.... and only those WITH digimon were taken (which is why Sora wasn't)... So... that means she still has a partner... which shits on tri's ending with Meicoomon dying for real. I liked the movie more than you did... but I wont for a second say it doesn't have problems... It's still pretty hard to buy into the lose of their partners knowing how it all ends thanks to 02 epilogue. Really... the 02 ending was the biggest mistake Digimon ever made... no tension at all because we know, no matter what, how it all ends. I hate most of 02 and it's terrible ending. |
Oct 7, 2020 11:40 PM
#60
Draconalis said: [ell... we know that she was taken like the rest.... and only those WITH digimon were taken (which is why Sora wasn't)... So... that means she still has a partner... which shits on tri's ending with Meicoomon dying for real. It would have been nice to know how that happened, as far as i knew Meicoomon died because she got killed don the real world, but now she is back? How? Are we actually missing an entire movie in which we see Meicoomon resurrect, and in which we see the choose children choose what to study in college? and we see Joe go to med school, and Mimi make her shop, and Sora become invested in flower arrangement? Because it feels like i missed an entire movie. So then what about all that drama about Tai and Yamato killing Meicoomon and having to awkwardly send her back to the countryside? was that just artificial since Meicoomon just somehow defeated the laws of the series, does that mean all that stuff the group from 02 went through by having to deal with actually killing digimon is nullified too? since they can just come back regardless of where they die? I am completely fine with the ending of 02, it was a good epilogue that gave us closure, it tell us that they all had good lives and a happy ending, i specifically liked how Ken becomes a detective and is hinted how he is searching for Ryo, who is in another world. I am fine with that, my problem is that years later they decided to make these movies, and they filling the blanks really poorly, like most of the stuff is still in the air, we already know how it all ends, and we are still blind on how things tie up. At this point the end of Digimon Fusions with Quartzmon has done a better work than both Tri and Last evolution when it comes to dealing with the ending of 02, and that sucks, that sucks a lot. |
Oct 9, 2020 6:20 PM
#61
Doomroar said: does that mean all that stuff the group from 02 went through by having to deal with actually killing digimon is nullified too? since they can just come back regardless of where they die? Ah... one of the few things about 02 that I actually liked... But no, in that regard, I don't think it was a matter of killing them in the real world was the issue, it was killing them in general. Everything up till then were artificial fake digimon (which... I mean... Blackwargreymon kinda makes that moot too) Doomroar said: I am completely fine with the ending of 02, it was a good epilogue that gave us closure, it tell us that they all had good lives and a happy ending As an epilogue, it was fine... but it also tied the hands of sequels to come.... exactly as it currently is. Like... Even if the "how did they get there" was actually done well... there's still no tension... because we know everything turns out okay. Take last evolution as an example... I got sorta misty eyed and had some sniffles... but I never really broke down crying because in the end... I know it's a fake out. |
Oct 9, 2020 7:14 PM
#62
Draconalis said: As an epilogue, it was fine... but it also tied the hands of sequels to come.... exactly as it currently is. Like... Even if the "how did they get there" was actually done well... there's still no tension... because we know everything turns out okay. Take last evolution as an example... I got sorta misty eyed and had some sniffles... but I never really broke down crying because in the end... I know it's a fake out. I get you, the conflict never made sense because we all knew that it was just a bunch of lies, which is why i think they should have come with a better problem that the fake out of "You will never see your partner again!" A better one would have been something like "they will never be able to evolve their partners again, so now all of them have to sit and watch (not just Sora) forever", that way we know that they keep their digimon, like the epilogue showed, but since they can't evolve them now they cant contribute to help with new problems. And now we have a new conflict, now other inexperienced kids are being dragged but they keep failing, and it is up to the 01 casts to try and do something even if they can't do much, they have their doubts and their growing pains that come with becoming a young adult, but now they have to show that they are still relevant and that they can still fight. That is not spoiled by the ending and gives you a sense of risk, it makes you fear that "well they are still around, but? was that how it went? did they just fade out in the background as the next generation took over, did they really became just background characters? or did they actually got a chance to fight back? what happen in those years?" Enter the movies showing you what happened in those years, simple. Enter the movies showing you that actually no, they didn't became background characters, they were about to become background characters, they were about to lose relevancy, they were about to give up and leave everything on the hands of the 02 cast, and focus on their lives, but they decided to fight back and get involved and saved the day with their partners even if Imperialdramon paladin mode is way OP, that didn't mean that everyone else just sit did nothing at all, they actually helped. This works twice as good because on the epilogue the only one that is shown with an evolved partner is Ken with Stingmon, so now you wonder is is just Ken? or can the others evolve their partners too? now you have some suspense back. Instead we got a fake danger, and people literally doing nothing at all, even new characters do nothing Meiko is the most useless character in the entire franchise, all she did was cry and apologize, she even gets kidnapped and molested, and then we have Sora who for an entire movie holed up in her room... You can't blame that on the epilogue at all, it is a billion percent the writers fault, they already knew how it all ends, and still decided to ignore it and lie to people telling them that this was a tie in, but little to nothing has been tied. We already know that they get their partners back, but do we care how? i don't, they took them away with a bullshit reason that made no sense, people arbitrarily were losing their partners regardless of age, mental clarity, status in life, and potential, they literally got a new evolution and Agumon and Gabumon went away anyways, thus they can bring them back with a bullshit reason that makes no sense. |
Oct 10, 2020 6:43 PM
#63
That's not bad at all... works within the confines of the epilogue while still maintaining tension. Pretty good. Doomroar said: they took them away with a bullshit reason that made no sense, people arbitrarily were losing their partners I looked over at my wife as their time was winding down and was like, "I've had a digivice when I was young. This is where you change the batteries out and start over from the egg. Why are they so upset?" And that's how much it mattered.... I was making jokes. |
Oct 11, 2020 9:42 PM
#64
| Eosmon reminds me of this Link Monster |
Oct 13, 2020 2:14 PM
#65
| They could have made the good bye more emotional. like Agumon and Gabumon vanishing while saying good bye and remembering the past together or smth... That was dissapointing :( |
►"The deeper the darkness the more dazzling the light shines." ◄ ►"As you live you lose reasons and hope. But as you keep on going, you pick up new reasons and hope."◄ ►"If I don’t stand up here… If I don’t reach higher here… When am I ever going to do it?"◄ |
Oct 14, 2020 6:43 AM
#66
xSayumi said: They could have made the good bye more emotional. like Agumon and Gabumon vanishing while saying good bye and remembering the past together or smth... That was dissapointing :( I’m surprised you feel like that. I feel like when you lose a loved one it can be so sudden and the way this handled that aspect was quite powerful. Besides, Matt playing the harmonica was surely remembering the past? Please don’t take offence but I feel like what you’re suggesting is a bit of a cop out.. A generic anime trope of having flashbacks to evoke a feeling in the viewer before a character dies. This hit me harder because it hits home the fact a loved one can be there one minute, and the next minute they’re gone. |
Oct 18, 2020 6:34 PM
#67
Nick-Nick-Nick said: xSayumi said: They could have made the good bye more emotional. like Agumon and Gabumon vanishing while saying good bye and remembering the past together or smth... That was dissapointing :( I’m surprised you feel like that. I feel like when you lose a loved one it can be so sudden and the way this handled that aspect was quite powerful. Besides, Matt playing the harmonica was surely remembering the past? Please don’t take offence but I feel like what you’re suggesting is a bit of a cop out.. A generic anime trope of having flashbacks to evoke a feeling in the viewer before a character dies. This hit me harder because it hits home the fact a loved one can be there one minute, and the next minute they’re gone. Maybe that is just personal preference then. Yes the harmonica was the only "nostalgic" thing that happened. Plus I watched the season maybe 7-8 years ago I think. Perhaps It would have impacted me more If I had rewatched seasons 1&2. But I can handle a sudden death better than a slow one. Even in RL. I am just that type of person I guess. Nonetheless: I enjoyed that movie! Thanks for being kind! |
►"The deeper the darkness the more dazzling the light shines." ◄ ►"As you live you lose reasons and hope. But as you keep on going, you pick up new reasons and hope."◄ ►"If I don’t stand up here… If I don’t reach higher here… When am I ever going to do it?"◄ |
Oct 20, 2020 11:02 PM
#68
| Oh shit! They playing Bolero! Dat car accident. Oh shit! Its Parrotmon! Angemon. Takeru. Hikari. Angewomon. Who is that wearing goggles? Taichi!!!!!!!!!!!! Agumon. lol at Taichi dodging. Koushiro. Oh shit! A new digivice? Shinka da! Dat theme! Agumon shinka! Greymon! Greymon vs Parrotmon part 2! lol at Taichi's face and fingers due to parrotmon about to hit the building. Garurumon. Yamato. Dat theme within the theme! Chou-shinka! MetalGreymon! Parrotmon got sent back. Taichi's got class. Yamato's busy. Dat Butter-Fly!!! Sora. Mimi. Jo. The digivice. The girl next to Yamato is cute. Political Science? Taichi working. Taichi's digivice and goggles. Taichi and Yamato. Jo is doctoring. Mimi launched an e-commerce startup. lol at Palmon. Koushiro's a company president. Sora's doing flower arranging. Ayaka collapsed. July 20th on the article. Izumi Corporation. Presidents office. Dat message. Menoa in the flesh. Her assistant is.... OnoD!!!!!!! Dat Engrish. They're all chosen children? An unidentified digimon? Eosmon? We back in Cyberspace! Bokura no War Game style baby! Team Bokura no War game! They shinka'd. Eosmon. Eosmon shinka'd. WTF! They created Omegamon from Greymon and Garurumon? Imura knows Omegamon. Taichi's digivice. Omegamon! They degenerated. Eosmon is trying to escape. Koromon got X eyes. The problem lies with them? Their growth? That ring of light is the last link? Takeru and Koushiro dont have it. Yamato does. Taichi and Agumon. lol at Agumon saying Taichi's home is small. OH SHIT! TAICHI GOT THE PORN MAGS! LMAO! Taichi looks at his old digivice. Taichi's laptop. WTF! It's Gennai! A gun. Agumon will vanish? Mimi. Hikari. Takeru. They're being watched. Jo. Mimi's in the hospital? Menoa with a digimon. Sora and Piyomon. Taichi puts on the goggles. Taichi goes to Menoa. Morphmon. Their partnership ended 8 years ago. She was 14. There's no one named Imura. Aurora. Message from Hikari. Takeru and Hikari are tied up! Imura. Menoa. Takeru got his consciousness taken by Eosmon. Menoa wants Koushiro's list. Eosmon was created by Menoa. Oh! She bat shit crazy. FBI? Yamada Kyotaro. Menoa been on the FBI radar for years. Eosmon! Koushiro!!! Taichi. Koushiro's message. The train. Its frozen. Hikari and Tailmon. Takeru and Patamon. Mimi and Palmon. Jo and Gomamon. Koushiro and Tentomon. Meiko and Meichan? Welcome to the Neverland! Dat Engrish! Agumon and Gabumon. LMAO at Menoa saying Oh shoot! They shinka'd. WTF! All dem Eosmon! All those kids. Eosmon appearing everywhere. Taichi put the goggles on his head. Shit is about to get real. Omegamon! Menoa's eye. She'll become a goddess? She was absorbed? Taichi's bleeding. Leomon. Sliced the cannon. OMEGAMON!!!!! Sliced the sword arm. They split. Taichi and Yamato getting fucked up. Susumu nda! Dat whistle blow! Dat flashback! Sora calls Taichi. They're back to normal. Sora's digivice. Kore ga oretachi no... saigo no shinka da! Dat light. The digivice. Dat shinka! Eosmon getting sprayed! Menoa's memories. Menoa is arrested. They all wake up. The last light. Taichi and Agumon. Yamato and Gabumon. Dat question. They're gone. The digivice. Wait... Sora's looked just like that. Dem tears. Taichi and Yamato. They'll meet again for sure. Dat ending. Dat thesis. And that was the end. What a movie! I was not expecting this to be the sequel to the GOAT, Bokura no War Game. They brought back Team Bokura no War Game with Taichi, Yamato, Koushiro, and Takeru going into cyberspace. I loved the callbacks to the movie.The computer screens appearing from above in cyberspace. When Omegamon was going for the finishing blow on Eosmon, they showed the exact same scenes from the movie with Yamato and Taichi yelling. Even with Eosmon escaping through the exit. Gllad they kept Koushiro's obsession with Oolong tea until the very end. But before that... They brought back Bolero from the movie when it didn't even play in tri and they did Greymon vs Parrotmon Part 2. I know they wanted to show us Greymon vs Parrotmon Part 2, but Parrotmon is a Perfect level. They should have went into MetalGreymon sooner for the 1 on 1 fight. So its currently July 2010 (3 months after the Sora prequel). Menoa met Morphomon when she was 9 and it disappeared when she was 14, which was 8 years ago. So Menoa had a digimon in 1997, but she's currently 22 like Taichi. What? Oh, and during the OP with Butter-Fly playing, I saw the book on Eos and knew it would be important later on. lol Anyway, the sakuga in the opening part of the movie was amazing. Best in the series since Hosoda. I love how the characters look how they did back in Adventure. Yamato looks like Yamato unlike in tri. They redeemed Angewomon after ruining her in tri. Thank you. This is the best looking Sora in the series. So beautiful. Taichi had on some Ghost in the Shell looking goggles, which was cool as fock. They brought back the old shinka scenes and it looked amazing. I cried when Agumon and Gabumon vanished. Interestingly enough, before the opening song played, Agumon and Gabumon said "And they're gone." after Taichi and Yamato left. The new shinka forms were cool as fock. Hearing Butter-Fly during the beginning... I wish Koji Wada was able to see this movie. The ED song reminded me of One Punch Man ED 1. Also, nice that Hiroaki Hirata did the narration at the end. With that said... Digimon Adventure movie: Baby Digimon Adventure: Child Digimon Adventure Bokura no War Game: Adult Digimon Adventure tri.: Perfect (Yes, yes, irony) Digimon Adventure Last Evolution Kizuna: Ultimate The adventure was always evolving, but now it ends with its last evolution. This was a great journey. Kore ga oretachi no... saigo no shinka da! Original watch date: 10/17/2020 |
RobOct 21, 2020 8:20 AM
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Oct 21, 2020 5:19 AM
#69
Rob said: Who is that wearing goggles? If you're referring this guy: ..... don't tell me you're actually being serious here. Do you even watch Adventure 02 before? There's no way in hell you doesn't know him especially if you had watched all Adventure-related series. |
Oct 21, 2020 8:04 AM
#70
| @MahiaErebeaNegi lol This is the problem when someone hasn't watched something in months. Here are the mistakes you've made: 1. You read what I said, but failed to notice that I was reacting to the scenes in the exact order they appear from the start of the movie. 2. The answer is exactly under the question. 3. Those are not goggles, but sunglasses. 4. There's only 1 character in the film who wears goggles. 5. You thought of an irrelevant character before the main character. 6. The time it took you to make that post could have been used to check my anime history to see if I watched a show or not. |
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Oct 21, 2020 9:13 AM
#71
Rob said: 4. There's only 1 character in the film who wears goggles. I don't recall there's any character other than Taichi and Daisuke (Yeah he does wears sunglasses in this movie, my bad) would wear goggles in the Adventure series lol. Maybe I need to rewatch the movie to find which character you're referring. Rob said: 5. You thought of an irrelevant character before the main character. You dared to says Daisuke is a irrelevant character? Lol Rob said: 56. The time it took you to make that post could have been used to check my anime history to see if I watched a show or not. Do I need to look at your history when your previous post does seemly mentioned each Adventure series (Which you didn't mention 02 despite 01 casts also appears there) you had watched so far? Lol True, I could use my time to check your list (Apologies for my attitude), but with the way you wrote your previous post does gives me an impression that you never watch 02 before, the character question you asked earlier also causes me to misunderstood you as well. |
MahiaErebeaNegiOct 21, 2020 9:33 AM
Nov 2, 2020 5:04 PM
#72
| awe man, the 4th-5th grade MEMORIES this brings back also, i LOVE how the Digimon movies are CANNON, even with that whistle scene thrown in anyone else notice Willis and Terriermon on the beach? |
Nov 24, 2020 7:58 AM
#73
| I was disappointed with Tri but am amazed that this movie is so good! WOW! MahiaErebeaNegi said: Finally watched the movie with low expectation and it ended up surprisingly good, considers with how awful the Tri. movies was. Certainly enjoyed this movie much more than Tri. as a whole. I must says the scenes where Agumon and Gabumon "lost" at the end was quite emotional. Although I don't like how they keep spamming Omegamon like if it's Digimon version of SSJB, the new evolution's designs are fucking garbage and it look like a rip-off of Spirit Digimon's design from Frontier. Oh and also 02 casts were barely relevant in the entire movies (Though they still have more screentime than half of 01 casts, especially Sora, Mimi and Joe). This movie kinda makes the 02 ending no longer canon lol (Assuming if Taichi and Yamato's last line aren't hinting an another sequel). I won't give this movie a 10/10 since there's a few things I don't like but it's still deserved 8/10. Kiev said: and after 20 years long they decided to warp the series up, and i must say this is a job well done. Eh...... do you know that there's a anime reboot currently airing on TV? That's hardly count as a warp up lol. I think it's canon. Somehow, someway, the gang figured out a way to see their gigimon again. It's an amazing feat. From start to finish they manage to put the little references and make an awesome movie. |
KanameFujiwaraNov 24, 2020 8:06 AM
Dec 19, 2020 7:25 AM
#74
Dec 26, 2020 2:55 PM
#75
| this film got me all emotional with the messages that the film is trying to portray here. solid film and a step up from the tri movies imo. kinda sucks that this is basically a tai and matt focused film, but their stories needed to move on in a sense. i'm glad the gen 2 peeps got a cameo this time around. |
Jan 18, 2021 1:29 PM
#76
| *sigh* It's all so tiresome. Apparently the LN contains (what I would call essential) information that's not contained in the movie. Such as Yamato's decision to go to space: he had a romantic dream of going to space with Gabumon (no, seriously) and the LN explaining the plot device more clearly. I haven't read it yet, though, so YMMV. There's also the shorts that explain more of the other characters but I haven't watched it nor will I take it into consideration for this. Fyi: if your movie requires me to read outside material to understand information important to the plot and/or characters, you have failed in making your movie. And I'll admit, at first I did like this movie. It's like if Our War Game had a baby with tri. and the OWG pandering got me... until the middle where the spell broke, but the ending sorta sucked me back under. Now after some time passing, I can look at this movie and truly say, it's not that good. It's pandering through and through with one of the worst messages Digimon has ever given. Btw, if anyone is interested in seeing how many references this movie makes (it's a LOT), you can check this video. Gotta give credit, the director knows what's up in terms of nostalgia baiting. Okay, let's go.
tl;dr Once I got past the prettiness and baiting Kizuna brings, I find myself more and more disliking this movie. -Its lesson and attempts to trying to say goodbye feel more like an insult to a healthy adulthood (accepting your inner child and its interests because happiness isn't dependent on what others consider "adult" or "childish"). -Its villain is another repeat of what we've seen multiple times and brings nothing particularly noteworthy to the table (and yet has a whole movie dedicated their uninteresting story). -It ends with an unnecessary sequel hook because they added another "separate from your digimon" excuse that once again only affects the Adventure kids because 02 kids are never allowed to have digimon partner issues. -It panders left and right. From Our War Game to having the 02 kids; is this movie supposed to be one last goodbye or an attempt to make up for tri. being awful? -Gods forbid you aren't a fan of Taichi and Yamato, lol. You hardly get anything. For one last hurrah to this universe, it sure ended on a pitiful whimper. Once the nostalgia wears off, I wonder if Kizuna will last the test of time. I doubt it. |
SakariiJan 18, 2021 1:33 PM
Jan 19, 2021 5:33 AM
#77
Such as Yamato's decision to go to space: he had a romantic dream of going to space with Gabumon (no, seriously) Reading this and I was like WTF at the "romantic dream" stuff but he and Gabumon going to space wasn't something new as it was already mentioned back in 02 epilogue (Whether or not that ending is still canon is different story, however). "evil villain who wasn't a Chosen Child but was interested in digimon" Assuming if you're referring to Oikawa, wasn't he also a Chosen Child as well? It's just that he never got the chance to go to Digital World and meet his digimon like Taichi and the others do until near the end of 02. |
Jan 24, 2021 5:23 PM
#78
MahiaErebeaNegi said: Reading this and I was like WTF at the "romantic dream" stuff but he and Gabumon going to space wasn't something new as it was already mentioned back in 02 epilogue (Whether or not that ending is still canon is different story, however). Assuming if you're referring to Oikawa, wasn't he also a Chosen Child as well? It's just that he never got the chance to go to Digital World and meet his digimon like Taichi and the others do until near the end of 02. I know, but the career has always been out of left field, narrative-wise, so that none of animated stuff bothers to explain "why" is a negative, imo. The romantic dream part is the cherry on top. I don't think so? He never received a digivice (or else he'd used that) and that's mandatory. From what I remember, he and Iori's dad were just two kids that learned of the Digital World and/or Digimon and wanted to visit. There's no real reason why they never got to go, if they were CC, not unlike Ken (who is iffy anyway). Rei_III said: Yes, finally a bit of text from you about that... thing. Agreeing with you on everything (although I liked the fact they went with that theme, it sure wasn't coherent.) The 02 kids were what I got the most fun out of, too. I rated it "nicely" only because it seemed mainly bent on being a nostalgia fan-service show and, in that regard, works. Since you made a note about Gennai but not about how he simply appeared as good old Gennai, as if Tri never happened... did you understood why? May I learn more about this divorce of the original series director? Glad it was worth the wait. xD ngl, if I rated purely on how well the nostalgia worked, it'd be a 7 or 8 (if I ignored the middle). Yeah, but it's something involving the behind the scenes: I recently learned that tri. did quite terribly over time in Japan and I mean, it got bad in terms of how much money each part made. It's not just us that we're pissed by it, the Japanese hated it too until they labeled a black mark. It's enough that Toei had to do damage control, which is Kizuna (and the reboot, most likely). (Thus the heavy marketing on the 02 kids.) So anything tri. related is Bad (according the post even having the Meis mentioned got negative criticisms from fans, haha) meaning all the plotlines introduced in tri. will effectively never be brought up again. Could this be untrue? Sure, always take with a grain of salt. But it's believable. Sure! Here's where I got the info about tri. above. And here's the quote translated. |
SakariiJan 24, 2021 5:55 PM
Jan 25, 2021 1:47 AM
#79
Sakarii said: I don't think so? He never received a digivice (or else he'd used that) and that's mandatory. From what I remember, he and Iori's dad were just two kids that learned of the Digital World and/or Digimon and wanted to visit. There's no real reason why they never got to go, if they were CC, not unlike Ken (who is iffy anyway). Well, it has been a while since last time I watch 02 so I'm not exactly sure why he never goes to Digital World or if it ever explained in the anime itself, but I clearly remember that Oikawa literally meet his digimon (And Pipimon said he has been waiting for Oikawa's coming for so long) just right before his "death" at the last episode: |
MahiaErebeaNegiJan 25, 2021 1:55 AM
Jan 25, 2021 11:22 AM
#80
MahiaErebeaNegi said: Well, it has been a while since last time I watch 02 so I'm not exactly sure why he never goes to Digital World or if it ever explained in the anime itself, but I clearly remember that Oikawa literally meet his digimon (And Pipimon said he has been waiting for Oikawa's coming for so long) just right before his "death" at the last episode: Good find. Unfortunately, this is sorta proves both our points? With 02, it establishes everyone is a "Chosen Child" to the point that the term no longer has any meaning. (And by 02 it already deviated heavily from its Adventure's meaning.) It's never stated whether everyone also gets a digivice or not, but before Oikawa this is true for the Dark Seed kids (iirc they got D-3s, even). It's odd that Oikawa didn't get one. I noticed how it flashbacked to them playing a game when Oikawa says "I know you". It's very much a Tamers vibe rather than how all the others were "Chosen" (up until this point). This would be the first step to the dissolution of "Chosen Children" as a concept. So, I believe that's what this scene was - not "Oikawa was a Chosen Child the whole time" but that adults, too, can have a partner digimon if they believe/wish. It's only at the very end, when he's in the world of making wishes/dreams come true, does he get what he wanted. tl;dr Oikawa wasn't a "CC" up until this moment, imo. |
Feb 5, 2021 4:20 PM
#81
| I was personally fine with them focusing on Taichi and Yamato, forcing screentime for every 01 character was one of Tri's issues. A movie needs a more focused plot like this one and there was plenty of nostalgic fan-service (like the choice of Parrotmon as the intro's enemy). The only thing missing for me was the Digital World. I realize that's where the final fight took place and that they even showed the monorail cart, but it didn't look and feel like the Digital World. I really wish the final goodbye scene would have taken place in an iconic place for each of the pairs in the Digital World instead. It always feels to me that the later Digimon franchise entries focused on the Digital World less or just had a boring version of it like the "it's the real world with some pixels floating around once in a while" ones. |
Feb 28, 2021 5:11 PM
#82
| Yeah, that "digimon disappear after you grow up" thing was a mess. First of all why are Yamato and Taichi just losing their parters at 20+ yo when that girl lost it when she was 14? Was it because she had her "life figured out"? Because if that's the case, Gomamon should have been gone long ago. Joe had his future figured out even before going to the Digital World and he followed it to a T, so what's the difference? He even, apparently, lost Gomamon after Yamato and Taichi... Also: if you lose your digimon after growing up... Oikawa? He got his digimon as an adult at the end of 02. Even if we take out the 02 epilogue in which by the end every person got his digimon partner, that doesn't explain the Oikawa situation. Also 2.0: "evolving makes them disappear faster!"... why, tho? And again... *sigh*... "The Yamato and Taichi Show". Since in Tri the 02 kids were kidnapped and had to be rescued by the og kids, I had a teeny, tiny, minuscule hope that this would turn it around at least for a minute. The 02 kids coming to the rescue!... But, of course, no. They were they just to be there. Yamato and Taichi, like always, taking the spotlight. That having been said, it was entertaining and better than Tri (at least we didn't have to endure that annoying girl again). And it's also WAY better than the garbage reboot that's airing. Some things I enjoyed: - Hearing the old songs one more time. I was hoping Yamato would play his harmonica and he did! - The whistle scene was my favorite. It sent chills down my spine. Nostalgia at its finest. - Ken was always my favorite character from the series (and I had a HUGE crush on him when I was a kid lol), so seeing him again made me really happy. Even though he didn't do much :P - Digimon is THE anime/show from my childhood and the ending of the movie with Agumon and Gabumon disappearing really hit me. It was like closing a chapter and saying goodbye for me too (even tho I'm well past my childhood lol) Will this be the last movie for sure? Who knows. By the looks of things (careers wise at least) it looks like they were aiming at the 02 epilogue, so if that's the case they need to go back and explain how all of their digimon came back and how is every person able to have a digimon partner. But, I don't see that likely, to be honest. |
Mar 6, 2021 7:37 AM
#83
| great movie 9/10 for me as a digimon fan, i think i liked this movie more because i didn't watch the 02 epilogue (or at least don't remember it) so i didn't really have too many plot holes or other stuff that contradict it, i think this movie should be seen as the cannon ending to the first season of digimon the prequal and the first movie (when omnimon first appeared) i honestly don't care much for 02 stuff and probably never will. |
SwagarotMar 6, 2021 7:41 AM
Mar 23, 2021 11:08 PM
#84
| estoy muy triste, no puede terminar asi, es una patada al corazon, el reset del tri me hizo mal pero esto es peor |
Mar 24, 2021 9:07 AM
#85
| this one's so good *sobs*. I hope we go back to 2000s |
Mar 28, 2021 2:16 AM
#86
| Wasn't tri already about losing their partners? Did they have to pull that card AGAIN? |
Jul 14, 2021 4:11 PM
#87
| Well, even though I'm quite a fan of Digimon, it seems that I am one of the last to join the party ... I didn't know what the movie was really about, but something inside me was delaying the moment of seeing it, as if something told me that the moment to say goodbye was approaching, just as it happens to the chosen children ... I also grew up with Digimon, 20 years ago, and I feel like a chosen child, who has experienced the experiences of the chosen children themselves. I think this original Digimon finishing touch is amazing, as deep, thoughtful, intelligent, emotional and transcendent as it was meant to be. This is the perfect example of how an anime we've grown up with evolves with us, where its protagonists go through the same stages as us, or we go through theirs)) The truth is that I would not mind if the film lasted 3 hours, or that there were several parts, because it was too short for me, for such an important farewell. Even so, everything is perfectly developed, in such a short time, but I wish we could have seen more of more chosen children and the digimon world. I am very sorry and sad that it ends here and that the digimons "disappear", but it has to be like this ... we have to keep moving forward, we cannot take refuge in the past and in our happy memories of children for life. How the film expresses this feeling... it is simply, sensational and it is its true strength, the facing of the future for each chosen child, the construction of a life project... I also think that we will always be together and we will see each other again. Until then, goodbye and thank you. |
Jul 19, 2021 11:50 PM
#88
| A better movie than Tri for sure and a good conclusion for Adventures. Menoa as an antagonist may share similar motives as Maki from Tri but she got the better end of the stick in terms of resolution. Another form of Ultimate Evolution for Agumon/Gabumon is surprising but not undeserved like the ones everyone got in Tri As a coming of age story, it's excellent too but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't make sense as 02's epilogue shows that everyone still has their Digimon event in adulthood. Also Oikawa got his Digimon when he was an adult so Kizuna's "you'll lose your Digimon when you grow up" made even less sense Adventures really went off on a high note with this movie if only Tri didn't exist. Now where's the sequel movie for Tamers or heck a reboot? Toei pls |
Aug 26, 2021 4:27 AM
#89
| Thank you very much for all this time and goodbye. Hopefully we'll meet again. |
Feb 20, 2022 7:06 AM
#90
| This was a great conclusion to the Adventure series. True to its predecessor, Tri, pretty much still the Taichi and Yamato show lol but in a good way. I'm honestly not sure how the other kids would've fit in the story they were trying to tell in less than an hour and thirty minutes without it getting repetitive. They did what they can and I'm satisfied with the result. I did notice they reused elements from Tri like Menoa not getting over losing her Digimon like Himekawa did or the whole losing your Digimon forever situation which is already a common plot point in the franchise to be fair but hey at least they're better executed this time. Menoa was a good antagonist and had motives that actually made sense. I'm honestly really glad they chose to focus only on a few characters for this movie cause it helped the story flow better. Anything else is just unnecessary load. I see that some people are really iffy about the ending cause it contradicts the one we already know from 02. I swear all their problems would be solved if the writers just outright admit they wanna retcon that ending nobody liked lmao. It's very obvious they never really looked that far ahead into the future of the franchise when they made that ending but they're sticking with their decision anyway so whatever. What's done is done. I see where people are coming from when they say this movie wanted to create drama for the sake of drama by introducing a whole new concept this late into the game and there were also disagreements behind the scenes that could possibly support this but I don't care anyway. I see their vision for this movie and I liked what they did with it. It's time to move on. Things can't stay the same forever. I don't really wanna go into detail regarding the whole "adulthood" stuff because it's a very complex matter that doesn't have a set criteria to judge with and I'm sure the writers left it vague for that very reason. Is it about age? Personality? Who knows. At the end of the day, some of the cast did lose their Digimon in the ending credits so does the order of who lost theirs really matter at this point lol. They also left enough hints that could potentially lead to 02's ending like Yamato standing beside that aeronautics thing or whatever. The timeline gap is big so lots of shit could happen in between so who gives a fuck if it doesn't directly connect. My only gripe with this movie is Sora. The writers are clearly stuck with what to do with her character. I haven't liked anything they've done with her after the original Adventure. She was weirdly annoying in Tri and in the reboot she's just... there and now she's become useless and completely separated herself from the group. I hate it. I don't like how they reduced an actual great character from the original to this. All that development just went down the drain. Now that it's announced there's a sequel, they did kinda bait us into believing this would be the last movie but it makes anyway. The 02 cast are technically still part of Adventure so them having their own movie is justified and it could help bridge some loose ends and stuff and expand on the whole concept they were going for in this movie. Overall, this was a good farewell to a beloved season and I'm happy we finally got a great conclusion to Adventure. 8/10 |
Feb 25, 2022 5:33 PM
#91
| It was a good movie, but the villain was lame af, I would say as bad as GM in Takt Op Destiny, this had a lot of potential but it was wasted, but the kids growing and moving forward was a good message. |
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Aug 14, 2022 10:12 PM
#92
| The only big but that I have is the repetitive plot of a crazy girl with a plan cause she lost her digimon time ago, from digimon adventure tri, that and Menoa’s plot and plan wasn’t interesting, the countdown issue and the bonds with the digimons made the movie for me. Speaking about the animations, it was beautiful, much better than adventure tri. The characters felt like real characters, the battles were dynamic, Davis’ group appeared and thinking that they ignored adventure tri, Meiko had a cameo. OMG, as a closure, the movie is beautiful, great music and the final scene was very sad, strongly hoping it is a true ending for Tai and Matt and where their new lives started, Matt became and astronaut and Tai a politic if I’m remembering right the ending of 02. |
Sep 22, 2022 8:54 PM
#93
| I heard about this movie when it was first announced, but I didn't keep much track of its release because Tri was such a letdown. But Digimon, being a childhood staple that it is, found its way back into my mind again and I ended up realizing that its now been out for 2 years already? I had an intuitive feeling this would be a good watch, but I didn't expect to bawl my eyes out the way I did. I remember watching Digimon and playing with Digimon toys when I was 5 years old - now I'm 27 and I can definitely resonate with the growing pains that the writers were trying to depict in this story. We have to say farewell to some parts of our lives as we get older, but we still find strength to move forward and live full lives. My only complaint was the rest of the Digidestined (ESPECIALLY Sora) really took a backseat in this movie. I get why they did, but I just wanted to see more of my favorite Digimon appear for fun - I really love Lillimon specifically and Mimi fell into a coma after like her 3rd shot in the movie lmao. With people talking about the 02 ending, I guess this technically doesn't retcon it since everyone could still be reunited with their Digimon in the future somehow. But honestly, I wish the 02 ending was retconned lol. The "everyone is straight, married, and has children" ending is so...uninspired. And it feels kinda weird to make that the crux of a series finale when those relationships weren't that crucial to the actual series (like, I don't think Mimi and Izzy are even canon in the 02 ending but their romance got more development in Tri than Ken and Yolei did throughout the entire franchise). Like not even on some fujoshi shit, but Tai and Matt would make the most sense as a couple out of everyone in the series. They actually exemplify what it means to have trust and care for another person. But I don't need them to get together or anything lmao they can stay best friends too (as they most definitely will since Digimon is originally a shounen and foraying into gay shit between main characters is taboo). Regardless, I think the relationship between Tai and Matt is a good foil to the relationships they have with their Digimon. Tai and Agumon said it best at the end of the movie - "Taichi, you've gotten so big" with Tai responding to Agumon, "And you never change." I think that's what makes this ending (and a potential retcon to the 02 ending) so beautiful. Digimon are portrayed as unchanging entities that are intrinsically tied to childhood, so eventually the Digidestined have to outgrow these parts of their childhood no matter how much they don't want to. It goes without saying that Agumon will always be a part of Tai and Gabumon will always be a part of Matt - that's undeniable. But even though they have to say goodbye and move forward by carrying these lost parts of their adolescence in their hearts, Tai and Matt do still have each other (which is why I thought the parallels between their ending scenes with the sakura petals were so nice). Tai and Matt can remain in each other's lives by not resisting change but, instead, actually moving forward and changing together. Menoa's failure to understand all this is what caused her to emotionally spiral out of control. The 02 ending is nice in the sense that everyone stays with their Digimon, but I think it's a more powerful message to leave with what this movie is trying to communicate - some parts of life we have to grow out of, even when we don't want to, but we can still have special people in our lives to genuinely grow with as well when you stop resisting change and start embracing it. |
ChanaynaySep 22, 2022 9:04 PM
Dec 2, 2022 4:45 AM
#94
| Very good and emotional movie. Definitely my favorite Digimon movie. |
Feb 5, 2023 5:47 PM
#95
| I put off watching this because of how awful the Tri movies were and how mediocre the Adventure reboot was. I actually enjoyed this quite a bit. It's not perfect but the bittersweet ending and the tasteful amount of fan service really carried it. Also unless the 02 movie (whenever they actually finish it) changes something then yeah 02 epilogue is a different timeline. |
Feb 24, 2023 2:15 PM
#96
| id say this movie was just fine, some of the OG protags got a bad deal an did nothing other than needing to be rescued an the whole Digimons die once their partner grows up is just dumb, the action scenes are just ok despite being well animated an the villain just sucks, definitelly nostalgia carried this movie 6/10 |
Aug 29, 2023 3:20 AM
#98
| god this film was actually heart wrenching as someone who grew up with digimon, honestly feel like I've grown up alongside the 01 cast watching this. The goodbyes and especially the "y'know tai, you sure have gotten big" by agumon were absolutely gut wrenching. The film really feels like a love letter to the fans who were kids watching 01 way back. I'm also so glad the 02 cast returned and exactly in the role I imagined them having in tri, in a sort up back-up digidestined role and supporting cast. I still feel like the way tri handled them was strange (like no mention at all until the last film) and I think they could've been included without detracting from the 01 squad as the main cast! That said tri was still enjoyable in the end, but this movie totally eclipsed it! What an emotional farewell to our childhoods! |
JVskunkapeAug 29, 2023 7:41 AM
| I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers |
Dec 1, 2023 2:26 PM
#100
| This was literally a rehash of the Himekawa plot from Tri, only this time it had nothing interesting going for it. Anyway, I liked the animation (Tri had the better designs but subpar everything else) and music. I loved seeing the 02 kids all grown up for once. And the throwback to the very first movie was cool. I disliked everything else. All the girls were pretty much useless and played no role here, which sucked. Villain was a rehash of a previous, more interesting character from Tri, Meicoomon made an appearance which destroys the whole Tri series. Gennai is good again, dunno whatever happened to Not Dark Gennai from Tri, and we will probably never do. And the final scene of Yamato and Taichi breaking up and crying unintentionally made me burst out laughing duo to how forced all the drama came off in this movie. Like guys, you do know Savers is a thing, right? Overall, meh. |
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