Why do people call this show 'one of the best of all time', again?
So when I originally watched it I was like "wow! this might be a cool mecha show." and for the first half, it was. But... I'm really not a fan of this. Like, at all.
First 20 episodes are alright. Like, there's some cool mecha stuff (the Dance Dance Revolution one is among the best in the series) in the earlier episodes, and I was having a great time.

However.... don't even get me started on the last two episodes (26 and 27). you're going to tell that me after getting impaled by the Angel, shinji is 'okay'?? no. mm-mmm. that's not how it works.
In the alternate episode, it's somehow even worse. it just makes me upset how they knew the first ending was bad (the congratulations scene is kind of sweet. too bad it comes out of nowhere and I'm soured when I look back at it) so they made an alternate one in the form of End of Evangelion. And I really, really don't like this movie.
When I first watched it I remember being so disturbed. Now, it only makes me so, so angry. you're here to tell me shinji's father suddenly 'cares for him'??? rei is the bringer of the apocolypse?? There are crosses in the sky and the 3rd impact is made out to be the second coming of jesus??? nuh-uh. you can reference the Bible and Christianity all you want, but then having it ruin your kinda-cool mecha show from 20 episodes ago????
Every single character... I just don't like them. It's hard to root for Shinji when he's a coward (Although a very relatable one, he and I are basically the same person) that whines too much and never wants to do anything. Asuka is a jerk for??? no reason??? She obviously has a connection with her mother (who is implied to have killed herself prior to Asuka joining the Angel-fighting cause) and I wished they spent more time delving into her psyche. Instead, the show focuses too much on Shinji and Asuka's character is left out to dry, making her out to be way more unlikable than she probably is. Rei is emotionless and never does anything until she starts being awful to shinji too for never doing anything (which, she is in her right to do. but she never acts either so its hypocritical!) Misato comes close to being cool but then she starts getting mad at him for no reason, too. Gendo is a meme. Ritsuko is actually pretty neat, unfortunately her time to shine comes too little too late.. sees is stupid. (pen-pen is the best, though)
I just... I don't get the hype for this one. Maybe I went in expecting something cool. What excited me turned into something disturbing, but then just turned into something that makes me too angry when I look back on it. I'm no 'anime connoisseur', so I'm sure my opinion on this isn't that good anyway. But, I just wanted to share my thoughts.