Reviews

There are memorable death scenes happening constantly throughout this entire movie. Like, "the mobile suit legs are just for show; the brass will never understand that" was a HUGE brained line that casually pointed out they had thought this space war stuff through, but they just spent the whole movie iterating on what it means to die in a space war to drive that home in as gruesome a way as possible. Amazing.

The story was a little too disjointed for me, though. Not necessarily in a bad way, but I felt like I was drowning in all the exposition about the ongoing battles and missed a lot of the background motivations. So the revelations about Char didn't hit as hard, and, honestly? Neither did Lalah's death. I wasn't expecting that to be an incidental event in the middle of the movie. Of course, "I've done something I can never atone for" after the GORGEOUS mental connection between Lalah and Amuro dad excellent. But then Amuro and Char just fight as normal here, mostly. Albeit with huge brained space combat damage.

So, I dunno. It didn't seem that deep to me—certainly not as deep as the other two movies—but it was a great ride. And perhaps I need to take into consideration that I watched this during the 100+ degree heat wave the Pacific Northwest experienced in 2021. I know this whole movie has been mined for greater depths, especially in connection to "Zeta Gundam" and "Char's Counterattack", but I'm just on my couch trying to stay hydrated, y'know? I'll probably watch this again sometime before I die, though. Maybe then.