Story: 8
Story is good, it manages to do so much in just 2 hours time, though sometimes it felt a little rushed. Story is simple, Char finally got fed up with people whose souls are being tied down by Earth's gravity, and decided to make Earth inhabitable to force humanity to move to space, therefore promoting human evolution into Newtypes. The only thing that stands in his way Londo Bell, an Earth Fedration's special forces. It still shows some conflicts, and some political issues, like how Gundam series has always been, though not very much because it's only 2 hours long. Now some people said that there's a lack of back story here, we don't get any explanations on how things get the away it is. Well actually many of the back story is implied throughout the movies or in the previous series, you only need to watch carefully. All in all, the ending is the best possible conclusion to end Amuro and Char's rivalry, Tomino does a great job here.
Art: 8
The animation here is done well. As usual, still loses to recent works, but still done well. Mecha design is very good. Units like Nu, Sazabi, and even the grunts like Jegan and Geara Doga are nice designs. This movie has many funnel type units, like Nu, Sazabi, and the 2 Jagd Dogas. Expect a lot of funnel actions in this movie. Character design is still good, as usual. Characters from previous series can still be recognized even if they got older.
Sound: 9
One word for the soundtracks: Epic. Really, most of the soundtracks are very epic songs. It's quite different from the previous series. I even cried when listening to the song played at the last scene. (Hell, I even almost cried when writing this and remembered the scene.) Not much differences in the SFX thouh, still the same old Gundam SFX.
Character: 8
Characters are mostly good, though some side characters doesn't get enough attention, but overall it's still good. As usual, characters here is pretty much driven only by their own ideals. Which is a good thing, I like seeing characters with good ideals like Char. Tomino really made a good cast of characters. I find myself getting emotional feelings towards many characters here, whether it's like or hate. Sign of a good anime is that the characters can draw many emotional feelings from the viewers, which is what this movie did well.
Enjoyment: 9
An enjoyable movie for me. Though if you want to enjoy this you need to be a Gundam fan who have watched the previous series before this. Story progression is enjoyable, I can't explain much since it will just give spoilers. Mecha battle is typical UC battles: Great battles. Nu vs Sazabi is pretty much one of the most reckless battles I've ever seen. Recent Gundam works are too weapon dependent, while here they even use fists and kicks, they don't care when their weapons got destroyed, as long as the unit can still move, they'll fight. This makes a very interesting battle.
Overall: 9
A good conclusion to Amuro and Char's rivalry, this a very good watch for any UC Gundam fans out there. Highly recommended to watch if you have watched the previous series.
