sound art and characters are all typical to the Fairy Tail name, so that being said it is the story and enjoyment that bring this movie down.
spoiler alert. don't read below if you haven't seen the movie.
there seems to be this popular thing with the Japanese that if someone dies and they show happiness, it is accepted and improves the impact of the story, but the way it was used here just felt unnecessary and just furthered the negative moral of the movie.
to state that magic only brings sadness when the series is based around magic and then give nothing to rebuke it, is just a poor choice of plot. this would have been a more acceptable turn of events if the rest of the series wasn't as upbeat. if it was something like darker than black, full metal, or angel beats, where death had a deeper meaning and more story built around it, it would not have been as out of place as it was used here.
