This is, without a doubt the best anime movie I've watched so far (fight me). I loved every second of it, tears where in my eyes from excitement in fight scenes (while I don't even like fightscenes in the first place) and the more slow-paced moments were absolutely gorgeous.
Story 9/10:
Evangelion is one of those shows where I try to keep up with the story, but at a certain point I just give up and go with whatever they throw at me. 'Divine stuff that people can't comprehend and defies logic as we know it', that's what satisfies me for not comprehending the full story. I'm not dumb, I know what's happening in general, but some parts I just accept that I don't understand.
Art 10/10
What a gorgeous movie. The more slow-paced SoL parts are absolutely stunning. I heard a lot of people complain about the CGI in this movie; I myself absolutely can't stand CGI in anime and think it's ugly, but it didn't bother me one bit: it was done well.
Altough I did see that they blatantly re-used some scenes from the previous film, nothing really bothering, but it stands out.
Sound 10/10:
"One Last Kiss" was immediately added to my [Anime Music That Hits Me In The Feels]-tab in my MAL-description. My God, the ending theme hits so hard when the movie ends. Some tracks from the original NGE have an appearance as fanservice, wich is really cool!
Music aside, the sound effects are on point. Intercoms give you this cool something-big-is-going-on feeling you only get when done well, fighting scenes wouldn't be as epic without its sounds and the voice acting is perfect.
Character 10/10:
Mari Makinami Illustrous, my favorite newcomer of these rebuilts, has a more screentime than the previous 2 movies combined, wich I absolutely adored. Gendoh gets a surprisingly good character revelation wich I didn't expect at all and of course Shinji goes through an expected change as well; as well as a lot of other characters.
It's so satisfying to see these character we know and loved for so long and their relations at their peak: reunions, forgiveness, love, confessions,... it's so heartwarming.
Enjoyment: 10/10
A lot of people won't like slow-paced part of this movie, since it could be called boring. I'm more of a SoL-guy and they did this so well. There is worldbuilding is this movie wich... tells a bit more of the world: what are normal people doing after 3.5 impacts? How does the world look like now? What effect has this? It's done so well I don't even know if they did this in the past or not.
Fight scenes are bloodpumping, character development is heartwarming and the ending is so satisfying. I even got a major WTF-moment at a certain part where 'references to a past-(maybe-future?) are made".
Overall
As I said before: this is the best anime move I've seen so far. And I'm so happy my hype was satisfied. I keep rewatching the last 2 minutes of the movie, it's so well done and really conveys: Evangelion is over.
I really enjoyed my stay. NGE is what got me into anime earlier this year, and now I'm right on time to finish the whole series. Thanks to the rebuilds I respect the mecha-genre and fight-scenes more.
