Reviews

People call this raw, but it's just aggressive. It's not for lack of trying though, after all the movie was made to make even more obvious what the series strove for. Yes, it does "answer" some questions but not without creating new, showing it wasn't Anno's intention for everything to come together. In essence EoE is a broad stroke that takes Eva's initial message to the realm of arthouse, if you will. It begins with a fairly action-packed first half, including one of the finest fights ever which gloriously displays Iso's best sakuga period. I chuckled at the choice of Bach, but if it suits Anno let it be. Then you have something and something is definitely the word for it. When Anno wants, he draws some of the best storyboarding around. The amounts of creativity and plain insanity contained in the second half cannot be understated. I'd honestly have enjoyed the picture a lot more had it shown more spears entering colossal forehead vaginas. That is because the movie doesn't have a lot to offer contentwise. People treat the character arcs in this as if they push the boundaries of storytelling, which is hilarious cause they don't even do that to those of visual storytelling. EoE shows a lot, but it's not like most of its subtext isn't endlessly overstated and essentially laid bare towards the viewer. For such a serious title it's pretty juvenile, like a loud teenager screaming his lungs out, which to me will always be a hilarious sight. Aside from the gorgeous presentation, the only improvement on the series I see is Shinji getting punished for making a selfish choice, which sadly occurs by tossing all subtlety away.