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| I couldn't stand most of the characters. They were so lame. |
| Rely on nothing under heaven |
| This movie is ridiculous... and not really in a good way. Other than the obvious Gurren Lagann comparison, territory this seems to want to revisit without understanding why it worked there, the traditional Japanese firefighting references and oddly placed mecha brought to mind Batman Ninja of all things. If you're dead-set on watching it though (some of the action scenes are fantastic after all), I'd have to suggest skipping the prequels since they don't mesh well with how events play out here. |
| This anime is so stylish, HOT damn |
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| The visuals are really cool but the plot is really nonsense. And not the good rule of cool nonsense. Just bad writing and plotholes wherever you look. Such a shame really. Many things are easily fixable as well |
| I finally got around to watching this! The animation and visuals were amazing! <33 The story was a little confusing at times, but it was still good. I would've loved to see more of the side characters too. (Also, this reminded me a little of fire force) |
| I can see why many people were complaining about this being a Fire Force rip off lol but that's so not the case. While it's true the start was same as Fire Force everything else were entirely different. Galo is very similar to Kamina and I like the guy. Lio was a great guy too. The characters on the good side were pretty well written but sadly the villain is one of most overused type. Destroy the world to save a few and become a hero lol. The plot twist about him being a Burnish was predictable too. The soundtracks were lit af and they synargized with the fights really well. Pretty great movie overall, some of the plot twist like the flame being aliens was great and a happy ending is always welcomed. Liked this movie a lot more than I thought I would. |
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| I think that this title would work better as TV series not a movie. Oh well, still solid anime. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| The wackyness is on a cosmic level! my comment on the whole movie: THIS IS SO UNREAL! OST by Sawano Hiroyuki was superb! i didn't like the yaoi part lolz 5/5! 9/10. just look at the staff, so many Key Animators! visual department is unreal! |
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| I just watched this movie, and I nutted over the soundtrack. Tbh, I wasn't at all surprised by the absurdity of it all. They just went the farthest with everything. I hope the studio had so much fun putting this together. The 3D artistry was really gorgeous as well.....now I have to return to my sad quarantine life... |
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| I didn't give a shit about the actual core of the story really but the style of the narrative AND the characters was perfectly in tone with the rest of the movie. It unabashedly played into itself and every trope it could hamfist into there. in short this movie was fuckin' rad. Having watched a shit ton of arthouse cinema lately where much of the movie is sacrificed for symbolism, messages, or, social critique, something just straight up fun like this was super refreshing. |
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| Finally got to watch this in the Cinema, was refusing to watch any of the free online versions and it was a great experience, pretty cliche movie, felt like a combination of Gurren Lagann and Fire Force XD but i had a good time at the cinema, as usual 10/10 : ) |
| Well, even though I loved TTGL and KLK, it seems that I'm not into Trigger anime anymore, because since KLK ended I only enjoyed Space Patrol Luluco a little bit and nothing more. Promare has a cool animation, cool soundtrack, Sawano a genius as always, but the "Trigger style" is not for me anymore. |
| Predictable start, easy to tell who the real bad guys are but the alternate universe was a nice twist. Ofcourse the weapon created is called "Deus X Machina" The fight scenes were amazing, that's something Trigger's been good at, by using the art they do they allow themselves to get some crazy animated scenes. OST always makes it sound bigger than life itself, same with Kill La Kill, it just pumps up the scenes even more. 9/10, just a fun insane enjoyable movie ^^ |
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| It's nothing that hasn't been seen before, the ending reminded me of Kill la Kill while the rest were references to TTGL and other Trigger anime. I'm not going to mention obvious things like the lack of screentime for secondary character because it's impossible with the length of the movie: +Unlike BNA, the issue of coexistence between different races was better treated and was not given much attention. +Burnish origins were obvious being Trigger but at least they didn't leave it unexplained. +The animation, fights, choreography. +The movie executed Fire Force's premise better than Fire Force lol. Even the designs. +Galo, Lio and Aina are quite cool! -The movie to some extent implied that Kray was genuinely trying to save humanity by sacrificing a lot of Burnish and I was even expecting a flashback as it was shown in the movie but one when he actually saved Galo from the flames that he caused, with this the character is not so exaggeratedly evil and at least he can have a genuine connection with Galo. -Heris was a terrible character. Except for a scene where she feels compassion for Galo, her prominent trait is being Aina simp. Also this is for the duration of the movie more than anything else. -Vulcan character is annoying and being a recurrent villain is worse. Very generous 7/10 for the movie. |
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
| This is a kind of movie that made me want to say... BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF THE SALTY BORING WEEB CRITICS BURNING THEM TO MIDDLE OF THE SUN AND LET IT EXPLODE! this movie is SPECTACULAR. Don't fool youRself, Trigger is a studio where staff gather thinking: "how can we make something the most EPIC and HYPE possible?" PROMARE is the awnser, reuning all the bingo elements that Gainax/Trigger PROUDLY repeat as a brand: - ROBOTS - TITLES - DRILLS - ACTION - COLORS - KAMINA - ALIENS - RACE CONFLICT - THAT SAME PLOT TWIST - BANGER SOUNDTRACK Now elevated to the state of art. And you are there bitching for a non-sexual gay kiss? An easy 10/10. -------------------------- Man, i imagine they writing the script: "And when everything is lost, they discover that same wise old scientist that reveal revelations and teach they how to win... how can we name him? DEUS! And his Deus Ex Machina plot device Robot? DEUS X MACHINA! HUAHAHA, how not to love Trigger? |
Rob7Feb 13, 2021 9:32 AM
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| The animation is litttttttt |
| trigger never fails to amaze me!! |
| This had to be one of the dumbest things I've ever had the misfortune to watch. I was expecting to really enjoy this given this comes from the same place as TTTGL and Kill la Kill but it didn't work out that way. Perhaps something with as stupid a premise as Promare (fire is interdimensional aliens? wtf?) needs a series to flesh out the characters to help me overlook that. I mean Kill la Kill is just as absurd but I can actually care what happens after 24~ episodes as I come to enjoy the cast. With a 2hr film all I have is the stupidity and it made this fall flat for me. Generic characters led by a ripoff Kamina and the same kind of fights I've seen already from TTGL as well. 3/10. Only reason I'm not giving this a worse rating is because the animation kept my eyes focused on the pretty colors but brain can't ignore the lack of substance. Disappointed to say the least. |
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| I was looking for an anime that would be an over the top thrill ride that would just blow me away, and I found it. It’s simple, straight forward, and bursting with blinding visuals and high octane action, I couldn’t ask for anything more |
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Equallady said: gswelcome said: This had to be one of the dumbest things I've ever had the misfortune to watch. I was expecting to really enjoy this given this comes from the same place as TTTGL and Kill la Kill but it didn't work out that way. Perhaps something with as stupid a premise as Promare (fire is interdimensional aliens? wtf?) needs a series to flesh out the characters to help me overlook that. I mean Kill la Kill is just as absurd but I can actually care what happens after 24~ episodes as I come to enjoy the cast. With a 2hr film all I have is the stupidity and it made this fall flat for me. Generic characters led by a ripoff Kamina and the same kind of fights I've seen already from TTGL as well. 3/10. Only reason I'm not giving this a worse rating is because the animation kept my eyes focused on the pretty colors but brain can't ignore the lack of substance. Disappointed to say the least. "Ripoff Kamina" LOL. It can't be a ripoff if both characters were created from the same person. I loved Gurren Lagann, but Kill La Kill was meh at best. None of the characters really clicked with me and I didn't like the story very much until near the end. You can ripoff your own material, easier than creating anything new after all. Should try and do better than a straight copy/paste though. |
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| The phrase "Over-the-top" took a look at this movie and decided to retire. It's not very original and not all of it is great but damn, if it isn't just entertaining as hell. Characters weren't that deep but they got the job done. I think what serves this movie well is that it never takes itself seriously. If they had decided to dwell on morality or the consequences of what they were doing for very long, I think the movie's flaws would've been that much more highlighted. However, everyone involved in this wanted to make this a balls-to-the-walls action movie and they succeeded. 7/10. |
| It seems like most of the negative reviews here just hate fun lmao |
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| It was okay I guess. The action scenes were the best part. The lack of shadows in animation sequences made it confusing to follow however. I wasn't impressed with the story. Too predictable and straightforward. Not as good as Gurren Lagann and Kill la kill. |
| This time they didn't even try to put something in there besides "style". And at this point with all these references it just feels like blatant recycling. The only thing to praise here is the visuals, although low fps 3DCG in some scenes still ruins it for me. |
| That was a surprisingly good movie. The first 10 minutes were pretty terrible, and both the animation and art took a bit of time getting used to, but it ended up being pretty good overall. Also, I'm not one to often talk about ships, but in this case, I just wish Lio and Galo ended up together. |
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| Protagonist was pretty awesome. soundtracks and voice acting were really good. It was action packed, but not much logic. Also side characters are underdeveloped. Story is average. Movie format was clearly working against it. Not to mention the colors in animation were too distracting. Overall decent, nothing special. |
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| Alright alright, what kind of insanity did I just witness ? That was completely crazy. My brain exploded. Twice. Okay so, what can I say about this movie... I'm disappointed to be honest. There are two important qualities : animation and ost. Both were awesome. But those are really the only two real qualities I can think of. The first half was far from perfect, but it had a lot of potential. The story seemed pretty interesting, and Lio's character particularly promising. But after Lio's "defeat", everything lost absolutely any substance (and it already didn't have much), and it just became hype, hype and hype again, hiding an intense amount of stupidity. I understand the movie never intended to be deep or whatever and is just supposed to be exciting, but even with that, it had the potential to be so much more, that's so frustrating. Lio particularly disappointed me, because as I said I found him very promising at first. Definitely not a truly great and wonderfully written character, but a very charismatic and compelling character nonetheless. I really was looking forward to more scenes with him. And then... And then what happened ? He lost everything that made him interesting in my eyes only to become... Fanservice ? That's really all he was ? And I'm talking about him because he at least had the potential to be pretty great, but that's just to say that as expected from a movie that privileges style over substance, all the characters were ridiculously shallow. The villain was the very definition of ridiculous, and Galo was really annoying. Of course I'm not even gonna talk about the side characters who could have been literally anyone else and the result would have been the same (and I can't believe they really wasted a unique design such as Lucia's for that). I think what really lost me was when, during the characters presentation in the ed, I saw this random lady and realised she was supposed to be taken as an actual character. I laughed. So yeah, I'm really disappointed. And frustrated, because if you are so ambitious when it comes to style, you can also be ambitious when it comes to substance. It's a real shame we couldn't have both. With all that said I still enjoyed this movie, and in the end it doesn't pretend to be more than pure fun, so I don't have the heart to give it less than a 5. But I also can't give it more than that, unfortunately. |
FafetteSep 17, 2021 2:27 PM
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| The Gurren Lagann vibes were real lol wtf... Felt a bit too forced, and I did not like the art style at all. PLus they could have gone a somehwat different route with the lot that would have felt more satisfying, even if only just slightly. The music felt out of place and just didnt do it for me either. BUt at least I got a kick out of the similarities from Lagann ( wether intentional or otherwise). 5.5/10 |
| rewatched this last week, this anime is just what would happen if you let arc system works do anime lol, its really interesting to see cgi used like this. Well, its trigger, they been using 3d gaphics on a substancial amount of their shows and people didn't even notice for how good it was 90% of the time. This movie even tho really chaotic is just probably like a tech demo of what they can archive if they put all they have into a production. Also to show that doing arc sys style animation in an actual anime is something that can be done without dying in the process |
| 2nd time watching this movie. Happened to be airing at anime society event so I was like why not. Got nothing better to do other than a shit ton of uni work fml :((((( Great movie, absolutely wild and fun, you could tell the animators had a ton of fun making this. This movie is so wack that it doesn't even make sense at times are is really just an array of events waiting to have its moments explode. I mean a literal robot called "Deus X Machina", couldn't get any better than that with plot armour and other unrealistic bs that happens all the time. Movie visuals slapped every single damn time, I kinda don't get why I put this so low on my list. It is really good stuff so it is cool I had time to rewatch this based Trigger movie. Kinda like Fire Force but FF isn't even that based. The movie isn't even that similar, only on a superficial level which is like the beginning only. Overall, time well spent, in terms of me rewatching and Trigger just making some mad hype. Mecha doesn't look so dry with Trigger around. |
| In a sense its classic Trigger. Atleast by the end, when it gets decent. The first half of the movie made me wonder if I accidentally watched whatever netflix wants to push as "anime". I really got bored during the first fight already, what was that, 10 minutes in? The colour scheme was completely off putting for me. Felt like watching some kids cartoon. Some scenes looked good but by that time I already subsciously gave up on ever liking it. What is it, 3D animation with panning shots and camera POV changes twice a second? And a lack of detail but washed out colours? Both TTGL and KLK look more visually pleasing and they are shows, the former a decade older than this movie.. Im seriously worried about Trigger, after DitF I already thought that but now its confirmed. They either recycled half of their better productions, namely TTGL (Galo literally looks like Kamina, same with the mecha design), or they overdid the fanservice. You can certainly throw in callbacks to beloved classics but this is like ecchi in anime, half the content, when its done to hide the lack of plot. You would think Trigger doing their one trick pony time and time again would refine it and ultimately result in their best possible one trick pony, but instead its like they are burned out. Sticking to the format, doing what you would expect of Trigger but without the passion and excitement which make you rewatch it over and over again. I would rather rewatch TTGL or KLK for the dozenth time than watch this. Oh and of course they managed to make it about aliens again. Its not even surprising anymore. The 2001 homage at the end was neat I guess. 6/10 edit - frack it this looks bad and is boring, a glorified tech demo but the tech looks bad 4/10. Git gut again Trigger, pls. |
Comander-07Jan 28, 2022 3:41 PM
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| Music was great but this shouldnt have been a movie the pacing was terrible. |
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