It's the same old Chuunibyou we all know and love. It's hard to really have any strong feelings of hate towards it. It was extremely fun and enjoyable. The comedy was just like the original series, and I had a smile on my face for basically the whole movie. My face is actually a little sore from smiling so much. Visuals were nothing too crazy for KyoAni, it's what we have grown to expect at this point, so I don't have too much to say on that front other than it looks beautiful. This movie really just felt like a really long episode from the second season, which isn't really a criticism or a compliment. I'll probably watch this movie multiple times in the future, because it's a way to get a quick fix of Chuunibyou without having to watch the whole series. Comedy, characters, visuals, all fantastic.
That being said, even though I really enjoyed the movie and rate it highly overall, I was still pretty disappointed with it. By far the biggest issue I had with this movie is that they basically retread the same stuff we've already gone through in the main series. Haven't we already settled all of this stuff? I could've sworn all of the "developments" that happened in this movie were stuff that's all ready been done in the first two seasons. It didn't feel like this movie covered any new grounds at all. I guess I baited myself by expecting them to push forward with their relationship a little, but this movie makes season two look like it had insane development. I fear that people will watch this movie and take these very tiny moments that happen and interpret them as major development in their relationship. When in reality it seems like they just covered the same stuff that happened in the last two seasons and tweaked some stuff here and there. I'm a big defender of season two, I think what makes Chuuni special is the comedy and the characters, so lack of development isn't going to hurt my enjoyment too much. That being said, the lack of development isn't what killed it for me with Take on Me, it was the fact that they just kind of did the same stuff over again. On top of doing the same stuff over again, they STILL haven't taken any big leaps forward. Rikka will still be a Chuuni, Yuuta will still love her no matter what, so we're basically exactly where we were at the end of the second season.
I love the interactions, I love the premise of the movie, but I feel like they dropped the ball a little thematically by taking a lazy approach to Yuuta and Rikka's relationship. There is so much room for a unique direction in their relationship, yet they just kind of did stuff they've already done before.
