Story - 9/10
Before watching any of the movies I was under the impression after talking to a lot of people about them that a lot of stuff would have been changed. I'm here to reassure everyone that nothing of terrible importance changes (I'm especially happy that the ending is the same because I'd heard that it changes somehow but that is not the case) and the story is treated about as well as possible given the limitations of the movie time frame.
The story picks up where the second movie left off, with the Black Knights preparing for another assault on Tokyo Settlement after allying themselves with Xing-Ke and the Chinese Federation. The plot from there follows the OG series plot pretty much point for point, some scenes are left out because there are only 2 hrs 20 mins to fit everything in. Some new scenes and dialogue are added that help explain some things from the series that might have caused confusion if one did not stop and think terribly hard about it. Other than that one can just sit back and enjoy Code Geass' story once again. However I can't rate the story 10/10 because of the scenes that are cut but that's not really anyone's fault; it was about as good as it could have been.
Art - 10/10
I will only address the animation for the new scenes because if you've already seen the OG series you know that the animation is fantastic and there's nothing more to be said.
Some scenes are reanimated and those along with the new scenes are sometimes obvious because the animation is actually better than that from the series. The colors are clearer and the animation is smoother. On a few rare occasions the characters looked slightly different than they do from the rest of the animation but it was hardly noticeable and not enough for me to care in the slightest.
Sound - 10/10
Code Geass' has a fantastic soundtrack and the movies, especially this one, don't flinch from taking full advantage of it. They take the liberty of adding insert songs in new places, including new insert songs, all of which I loved and thought fit perfectly. In some places I would have preferred the OG music choices but that's just personal preference and it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the scene.
Character - 10/10
One of my favorite things in Code Geass is how good the characters are. Unlike in the first 2 movies, each character receives enough screen time to keep their...uh...character intact as it is in the OG series. That's about it, nothing really changes in terms of how amazing the characters are in this movie.
Enjoyment - 9/10
Like I've said, the movie limits how Code Geass' story can be treated but it does about as good a job as possible. I'm rather satisfied with the recap movies overall, I think this one was the strongest one of the 3, with the second one being the weakest having lost a lot of the emotional heart of what makes the events in it great. However, I absolutely recommend watching these three to prepare for season 3 because as far as I know s3 does pick up from where they left off and there are easily enough new scenes and events/dialogue that changes/is added to warrant watching these.
