I feel that I'll be hating from all NGE's fans for the mark I give, but let's explain that !
The end of the TV show was essentially in Shinji Ikari's mind, and brings phylosophics, psychologics and morals question.
But as I said in my previous Review of the TV show, we didn't know "what happened in the real life".
And this end corrects this !
General Review :
The animation is at the top ! The fight scene is really flowing, and offered to the second part of the movie so many possibilities to express all the metaphors animators wanted for this end.
OST are as good as in the TV Show, with a chorus insert song which slice between the seriousness of the situation and the angelic dimension of this universe.
Voice acting always perfect, with all this feelings especially for the voice of the main character !
So, for me, all "technicals side" are a success, so, why only 8 ?
If the first part was in the continuity of the TV Show, the second part is a bit more special.. To not say weird
I was very open-minded with the end of the 2 lasts episodes of the serie, but here, we have to be open-minded from another point of view.
If in the serie, we had to understand the choice of "reflect" from the point of view of Shinji, in the End of Evangelion, it's a bit more complicated.
As I said before, the first part is "normal", but the second, has used as many metaphore possible to express the destruction, and the creation, and, I had difficulties with the visual choices for it.
It was freaky seeing Asuka pure (and smiling) face on ugglies Eva's faces, vagina which represents the beginning of life, Lilith through Kowaru and Rei's features and so one.
Really it was the most difficult point to accept for me, because the message behind this : the choice of Shinji to accept the unification of all Human's souls or not was really cool, with great metaphore, in theory, a bit less in practic from my point of view
Two-Three criticisms like some characters personality's twist and motivation all suddenly for exemple (I was writing a more precise text about thisbut I remember the rule about "no spoil"), I hope you will know what I'm talking about.
But there is also good surprises like all current, but secondary characters who had their own though and desire, action and behaviour of some characters.
So, yes, this end is good and conclude better, looks like more an anime's end than the lasts episodes of the serie, and is good, but not perfect for me.
