Story (5/10) Mediocre
More Specifically (5.75/10) Good
The story for Mobile Suit Gundam NT was mediocre, it follows a tri-protagonist story about three children known as the miracle children that were known to predict an upcoming catastrophic event that happened during the time 0079. This causes the future of these three children to be used and manipulated for the ravages of war between the Earth Federation and Neo Zeon. I thought the overall execution was good but this movie definitely requires a hefty knowledge of at least Gundam 0079, Gundam 0087 Zeta, Gundam 0093 Char's Counter Attack and Gundam 0096 Unicorn. For a heavy Gundam fan this is fine but for everyone else that is indeed asking a bit much as this movie will constantly flashback to scenes of the series or movies that I mentioned. So if you have no knowledge of them the call backs will indeed fly right over your head clean. It's indeed a double-edge sword but seeing as this was only in theaters for 1 day, Sunrise assumed only hardcore Gundam fans would be there for this so it is what it is. Nonetheless I thought it was wasn't anything worth complimenting.
Art and Animation (8/10) Very Good
More Specifically (8.75/10) Very Good+
The art style I felt for this move was very good and so was the animation. Although the mech fights were cool at times it would get so chaotic sometimes, you could easily loose track of what's going on. So it can get high maintenance to keep track of everything when the going gets tough. The CG animation on the Phenex Gundam wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but it is a tinsy bit weird to see everything else hand drawn while the Phenex is in full CG and sometimes it'll go handdrawn itself so the consistency between that, I wouldn't be surprise if it bothered people like it did me.
Sound (9/10)
More Specifically (9.50/10) Great
The sound in the movie was the best thing about it, the background music ost of VigilaNTe made every scene it played it two times better to me, I watched it in English dub and I thought every voice actor did a great job, nothing outstanding but definitely nothing big enough to complain about to any degree.
Characters (6/10) Good {Minor Spoilers}
Like I said in the story section this movie is a tri-protagonist movie, which was a new different take for a Gundam. At first I didn't really have an issue with the three but after a bit of hindsight, Jona Basta didn't really showcase any good characterization to really care commend. He wasn't a bad character but he definitely wasn't anything to compliment, we was just there continuously talking about his mission where you could see his character wasn't right in the head for basically the entire movie (and also his piloting skills weren't all that either). Rita is a bit more interesting as she was positive with hopes and dreams 24/7 but you know where that usually leads you in a Gundam series, nonetheless I thought the little dialogue she did have was interesting enough to say she was a good enough character. Michele is the one that surprisingly gets the most characterization and character development of the three as her actions causes her to go down many different paths through the movie one of jealously one, one of self discovery for both herself and humanity and lastly one of redemption, she may be the least likable but from a character standpoint I would definitely say she's got the most depth to her. That antagonist of this movie I felt could have been handled a bit better as his backstory and reasoning behind doing what he does wasn't really explained as well as it should have been in my opinion, it was hard for me to care for anything he did.
Enjoyment (8/10) Very Good
As I watched the movie, all I wanted to see was some good ole Gundam action, but I also did get a decent enough story and characters. The many call backs I appreciated and the return of "you know who" at the end of the movie.
Overall (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.60/10) Good+
Overall the movie wasn't very good but I wouldn't say it's bad either. I thought it was enjoyable for the most part and that's mostly probably because i watched it on the big screen.
Can't wait for Hathaway's Flash!
