but first! positive things: i loved the animation and the fight scenes. they were so cool. i also really liked the soundtrack and komm susser tod will always be a depression bop. it all returns to nothing babe. i also really liked the scenes with asuka because she is my favorite mean lesbian who doesn't know it yet <3.
things i disliked:
1. it ruined shinji. in the original show, shinji is supposed to be a sympathetic character that people struggling with depression relate to and see themselves in. but this movie put the middle finger up to anyone who related to him by making him a terrible person with regard to his behavior toward asuka.
2. this was a problem i also had with the original show, but it was way too weirdly horny about the kids. please stop doing that. thank you.
3. it made less sense to me than the original ending and was also less compelling. i loved the character explorations in the original ending and that was definitely missing in this version. i feel like i never learned anything about anyone or knew what anyone was feeling at any time. i was also just Confused by a lot of the plot and felt like things weren't explained, but that might be a universal problem of the evangelion franchise.
4. the abrupt beginning. the movie felt like it started out of nowhere and i had trouble placing it in the evangelion continuity. it also gave you no time to get situated and get used to the characters, which is probably just a personal opinion of mine.
5. not enough pen pen. need i say more.
finally, i'd like to close with saying that i don't think this is a good alternate ending. i would have been perfectly happy with the original ending being the actual ending, as it was more interesting and made more sense.
