As a fan of the Seven Deadly Sins (manga/anime), I had to watch this movie and the 6-month wait was worth it!
Timeline/Plot = 6/10
The movie takes place in between the 2nd season. It's after Meliodas has regained his powers but before Gloxinias and Dolores's competition. This is because, well, Meliodas is very strong and Diane still has her pretty weak golems. The timeline is definitely not made clear in the movie which made me pause the movie, look it up on Google to no avail and made me feel a bit confused in trying to figure it out during 30 to 45 minutes of the movie.
There are multiple interesting new characters in the movie, my favorite being the main villain, Berlion. I also liked the villain group the Six Knights of Black with their powers.
It was said that they were comparable to the 10 commandments, but they were not. That made the lore/story a bit flunky but it is a movie so it's understandable.
-Art- 10/10
The art was beautiful and just like the 1st and 2nd season. The fight sequences were sometimes pretty short but had awesome art and it made me smile. The art made the environment look stunning as well. They added in a bit of fan service so to say and made an emphasis on boob-shots every now and then when hovering the camera over characters like Merlin and Diane, which simply made me laugh cause it's added as a bit of a joke.
-Sound- 10/10
The sound was amazing as always and they made fighting scenes very immersive. They used music at the right time and of course, used a few songs we all know and love, which made the movie even better.
-Characters- 8/10
I already mentioned the villain characters. What was a shame though was them being pretty weak and almost instantly losing Don't get me wrong, they looked awesome and interesting, but they didn't have a lot of story or cool-ness behind them, except for their leader. Berlion. I liked how he looked, acted and his motivation, which was a bit flat but still kind of enjoyable, to me at least.
-Enjoyment- 10/10
Not once did I feel like I was bored or skipped anything. Not once were the fight scenes disappointing. Not once was the music badly timed or just bad. It all fitted and made me laugh countless times like the seasons. As someone who draws, the art style pleased me as always and the attention to detail was amazing. I rewatched the fighting scenes and they were made without flaws.
As already stated I rate the movie overall 9/10. This is because of the flunky timeline representation + sometimes flat story of the demon knights. Those flaws were still overshadowed by the rest of the movie, which is 1.5 hours of pure enjoyment to the Seven Deadly Sins fans.
