When the third season was announced I was ecstatic, and when it was announced that it was being made into a movie I was skeptical, knowing they had a lot of ground to cover and that 90 minutes may not be enough. When I found out it was only 50 minutes my heart sank. I knew it was going to get botched.
Essentially this is much like the original ending of Evangelion. A random story arc (although I wouldn't go as far to say that this really had much of an arc at all) that doesn't answer any of the problems or mysteries set up by the previous movie and 2 seasons.
Right from the cold open I knew what was in store. It would have made no sense had you not read the manga because it wasn't even explained throughout the film.
All this was was a mish-mash of sequences taken from the half-finished 3rd season strung together into a choppy, no-plot mess with no real resolution at the end.
The art was new and not really my style. I liked the old style better.
The characters were still their good old lovable selves, so I'll give it that. All except Tomoki. I don't want to spoil it, but let's just say Tomoki's reasoning on a decision he makes in this movie do not make sense AT ALL because of something that was already made very clear in the earlier seasons regarding the Combat/Computational/Emotional levels of the 3 original Angeloids. Hopefully those who have already seen this movie know what I'm talking about and understand what I mean.
But in the end, if you wanted closure, you're not getting it here. You might as well not even watch it and just go read the manga from where The Angeloid of Clockwork left off. At least then you will know what the hell is even going on.
