I was pretty excited about seeing this movie at first. I figured that since the series was pretty good, I could trust the makers of the movie to not screw up. But what I did not expect was to see an incredibly boring movie that served only to ruin the great Madoka series.
Art: I think they really improved on this aspect compared to the movie series. I still have some issues with the art style--I think the characters have football heads--but other than that the style is pretty great. I thought the creepy witch art was needlessly excessive, though. Still, I'll give this an 8, with two points subtracted for the aforementioned reasons.
Sound: I'm not sure how to rate this because I don't really pay attention to background music while watching a movie. But the music was very nice, so I'm going to give this an 8 as well.
Character: This is where everything starts to go downhill. Characters like Kyouko, Sayaka and Bebe didn't even need to be around--especially Bebe. What on earth did she even do in the movie? Absolutely nothing. They could have thought of some other reason to make Mami and Homura fight very easily instead of wasting money on a pointless voice actor. I don't think anyone can deny the fact that she's out of place and useless.
Madoka and Mami were okay, but by far the most important character in this movie is Homura, and they completely destroyed her. She acted way out of character. Why would you become the embodiment of evil and become the foe of the person you love just so you can be together with them? If she really were in love, I think she wouldn't want to fight the person she loves. Also, it's quite selfish and inconsiderate of Madoka's feelings. I really liked her before seeing this movie but now she's easily one of my least favorites. 5 points off for Homura, 3 for Bebe and 1 for Kyouko and Sakura not being around much.
Story: I think the story was interesting up until the part Homura became evil, and I think I explained why Homura becoming evil is out of character and not necessary for the story. But there are a couple other issues with the story that stand out. For example, Homura's quest to find out who is creating a witch's labyrinth is honestly a little boring, and it takes most of the movie. Not much happens. Why didn't they just go with the movie trailer they showed at the end of the TV series? They decided to do something completely different instead.
Also, there are a few unanswered questions. Why did Homura consent, if at all, to Kyubey's experiment? If she didn't consent, then how did they get her? What happened to Kyouko and Mami during this time? What happened after the end of Madoka? What exactly is the Madoka in the witch's labyrinth? And so on. The creators just totally skipped over these questions and we aren't going to get an answer in the future. I'll give this a 2, with 1 point given for the witch's labyrinth thingy being slightly interesting.
Enjoyment: I liked to look at the cute art, but that's pretty much all I enjoyed. As mentioned before, they totally destroyed Homura and the future direction of the Madoka series. I can't possibly enjoy that. I'll give this the same point as the story for the same reason.
Overall: This movie is incredibly overhyped by, in my opinion, rabid fanboys who are just excited to have another Madoka thing to watch. The hype will die down and people will eventually start seeing this movie for what it is. 2/10
