Story:
The fourth and final installment in the Persona 3 movie tetralogy is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. The story in the fourth movie is nothing short of spectacular. It opens right where the third movie left off, and puts the characters in a depressing situation. They are faced with the end of the world, but not in the usual hollywood movie sense. they know it's coming, and it seems as if there's nothing they can do about it. They face death head on and everyone reacts to it differently. By the end of the movie, you have this feeling that you've watched a complete story unfold, which makes the ending of the film series feel thought out and planned well by the storywriters. I cannot praise this movie enough, it's phenomenal.
Art:
For my reviews of the past 2 movies, I've said that the art is just good. In this movie, however, the art is downright fucking outstanding. The final movie is everything I could have asked for and more in terms of artwork. Because of the depressing nature of the story, some parts have a very limited colour palette, which is really effective at conveying the tone of the story. The world is bleak, and there's seemingly nothing our protagonists can do about it. When the characters are able to find the motivation to keep fighting, the colour style changes into a gorgeous sunrise aesthetic that adds so much to the movie.
Sound:
The music in this movie is an eargasm at it's finest. The ending credits song in this movie is a remix of the game's credits song (Memories of You) and it carries just as much, if not more weight than in the game. There's also the main theme of the movie called My Testimony which perfectly captures the emotions of the movie. There are also many other fantastic songs in this movie, but I won't bother listing them all here.
I also want to mention the absolutely fantastic performance of all the voice cast in this movie. I played the English version of the game, but I have to shout out how effective the Japanese VAs were at making these characters feel alive.
Character:
One of the strongest aspects of this movie are the beautifully written characters that make it shine. They all have incredible development throughout the movie and it's hard not to love them by the end. The main character especially went from an aloof and quiet person in the first movie, to a more open, but still quiet personality in the second, to a closed off and distanced person in the third movie, and now to a complete character who's found his own reason to keep on going in a cruel world.
Enjoyment:
Put simply, this movie is one of my favourite movies of all time. It's an astoundingly good story about the inevitability of death and the meaning of life. while the rest of the movie series may have not been perfect, with rushed pacing and some minor cut content, the final movie in the series is an outstanding piece of entertainment that far exceeds the source material to tell a beautiful story.
