After many years of waiting, after constant delays, and an additional few months of waiting for the english version of the movie, it's finally here, and Evangelion, at long last, is over, also watch out for some spoilers here and there, probably.
Now, before I get to the review itself I'm gonna say this, when looking at it from an objective standpoint, atleast personally, I don't think the story itself was too amazing, it's pretty decent but not that great, it was really convoluted and I don't really understand some of the things that have happened during the movie, and there was simply too much information for my baby little brain too handle, animation looked really iffy at times, but in the end, I thought it was a really enjoyable watch, and it executes the story it does tell really well, and I don't think they could've really done it any better. It was a fantastic end to the franchise, and probably the best of the rebuild movies. And now, let me get to the specifics.
THE STORY
Probably the strongest aspect of the movie, pretty much everything was tied up very nicely by the end, and while still having a few questions about what exactly happened with some specific things, that's mostly just me not having the brain capacity to really remember everything that happened in both 3.0+1.0 and the previous movies, those questions aren't exactly something that hinders my experience in any major way as these are only really minor tidbits that I can probably find out if I search the wiki a little bit, but other than that, I haven't found any major flaws within the story.
THE ART & ANIMATION
Now this is a bit of a mixed bag, some shots are simply incredible, brimming with detail, animation being fluid as hell, but at the same time you'll have some shots that just feel rushed, the CG shots being the biggest example of this, with some (not all, surprisingly) shots just not looking up to standard with some of the other scenes in the movie, it's most noticeable near the end of the movie, in the scene where,
THE CHARACTERS
I really like the characters in this, they've really developed them quite nicely over the span on the film, with pretty much every character having their personalities and everything fleshed out and really make them feel like they've matured since the beginning of the series. There's really not much to say aside from this, aside from maybe the designs of both the characters and Eva's, and that hasn't really changed too drastically, but there were some new pretty interesting designs I quite liked, I really love the humanoid look of the Eva units and I don't think I'll ever get tired of that type of mecha design (yes I know, they're technically not mechas, it's just easier to call them that.)
THE SOUNDTRACK
The soundtrack, like in pretty much every Evangelion movie, is just top-notch, with some classics returning here and there, there's really nothing bad I could say about the soundtrack, it's great all-throughout.
And that's probably the end of my review, overall it's a really fun watch, it's not perfect, it's not a masterpiece, but it's not terrible, it ties everything up quite nicely, leaves no loose ends, and just leaves you with a little smile at the end, it's incredible just how much Evangelion shaped not only the anime industry but just every piece of media in general, and it's wild to think that it's almost been 3 decades since the anime originally aired, and almost 3 decades of really bizarre merchandise you wouldn't even know you could make merch of, but they sure did find a way.
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