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Summary: Perfect ending
Review: EOE is the conclusion to one of the most contreversial animes in all history. The movie replaces episodes 25, and 26 of the tv series. The movie starts off from episode 24 where Shinji has just killed Kawauru and Asuka is in a coma. The first scene (which should be known by many who have seen this movie) was disturbing; however it help set the mood of the story, the mental state of the main character. End of Eva sets itself apart from many other animes by the sheer mental beating it gives and the abillity to used songs like Air Symphonic Suite in very gory scenes. End of Eva ironically was not truely different than the original ending. Events and many other things changed, but its essential roots, its message was still basically the same. Considering that the hostile takeover of NERV was originally supposed to happen in the tv series (but they ran out of money) EOE can be considered the same ending as the tv series except a MILLION times more planned out.
Its obvious that EOE had great direction and ALOT of help. (the ending credits listed over 400 names ps Anno Hideaki was listed twelve times.... so thats why he couldn't direct the movie..) Symbolism is pulled out by the truckfull. One can spend hours and hours just figuring out all the symbols used. There are also a lot of little "additions" that could truely only be seen by the DVD version. (freeze framing) This aspect as well as the commentary makes the DVD worth buying. (ps Amanda Winn Lee did a great job directing and voicing as Rei Ayanami and Yui Ikari)
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Summary: At the end of your dream...
Review: The first time I watched this, I had to stop the DVD half way through so I could cry a little...^_^() In all of my life, I never thought someone could put my most horrifying nightmares into reality. Anno acomplished this with no flaw. Though I will admit, the imagery is disturbing beyond imagination, and sometimes down right disgusting, it will only add to its power. I have seen most of the Evangelion series, but not all of it. When I heard how popular this movie was among fans of the show, I just had to pick it up one day while walking around Suncoast. I didn't regret it.The animation and abstract imagery is enough to buy this movie. To Rei's head slowly decending from her body while she is morphed with Lilith, to Asuka being finished off by nine Evas, who cleverly enough have the feel and comparison to vultures. I will say openly, the plot is confusing, and will still be hard to follow even for hard core Evangelion fans. But in a way, the plot never really mattered to me while I watched it. I was too hypnotized by how lively the characters emotions and terrors were portrayed, and I felt deep inside of me turmoil when I heard Shinji's cries for help and screams. To pay attention to who the characters are and what they are basically feeling is what I believe was tried the most to be portrayed in this movie. After all. The people who saw the end of the T.V series were fairly satisfied. The movie itself is brilliant for its deep and disturbing meanings. Not its plot. All in all: If you are looking for a movie with a plot that stays strong throughout it and does not have many ups and downs, perhaps it might be better to look for something different, or open your mind more while watching this movie. But, if you're the kind of person who loves beautiful, if slightly disturbing imagery, along with mind blowing beliefs and mysteries about what everything along with life is really about, then dive right in. This movie is just for you. If I could give one ounce of advice to the world, it would be to just forget about what sense is. What follows along perfectly, what makes sense or not. In the end, it really doesn't matter anymore. And it certainly doesn't matter while watching this movie. This will stay with you for months to come. Enjoy it.
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Summary: A road to love and salvation has yet to be charted.
Review: Having seen the entire TV series, I just had to see this one too. It is clear that this series, for all the technological gimmicks and psuedo-Christian symbols, is ultimately a story of a family disguised as a sci-fi anime. Everyone in the family is hurt deep inside themselves and afraid of getting out of their cocoon to face reality and take it upon themselves. NERV too is a family whose partriarchal structure comes unstuck as things feminine, from the awakening of the Eva to Rei's rebellion aginst Ikari Gendo, start spewing out of everywhere. This movie does not end on a happy note either, leaving too many questions unanswered. I presume that Anno, perhaps to the chagrin of many a people concerned with the production of this series, simply refused to give us an easy, convenient solution. I for one understand his stance as such and hope that he, having shown us the anguish haunting modern man in this series, will someday come full circle to show us a road to love and salvation in one way or another.
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Summary: Pretentious Crap
Review: The first half of the series I thought was really good, but then it started sinking quickly as it got more into the paradoxical psycho-babble. The last few episodes as well as this movie are so disjointed and incomprehensible that many say they are "profound" and I've seen constant praise for NGE as anime at its most intelligent, but I would definitely have to disagree. This series and this movie are like some idiotic Descartian acid trip. Its never absolutely clear in my mind where these angels came from (in a literal sense) or how the EVAs were made. There's never enough science in it to make the plot stick. And boy am I sick of hearing that kid whine! And of all these child prodigies, why does no one have enough familiarity with Greek (or even English) to get the semantic connection between Angels and Evangelion? Shoot, I figured that out before I even watched the first episode. The only people who should watch this anime are the people who, when faced with seeming paradox, contradiction, and confusion simple stare blankly and say "Woah. Deep." I want the 15 hours of my life that I wasted back.
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Summary: Words can't describe...
Review: Watching the entire Evangelion series, and EoE is a profound life experience. EoE is definitely a very fitting conclusion to such a challenging, and brilliant series. This is finale is a surreal mixture of beautiful imagery, and absolute madness all at once. At the point Shinji comes out in EVA unit 1, and see's Asuka lying ravaged, and slain from the Lance Of Longinus, is when this film really requires your utmost attention. While I would like to go into great detail of the third impact, as displayed in this movie; I would be ruining it for those who haven't experienced it yet. I have read a few review's on here that claim EoE is very "violent, and gory"?? Hardly so. I find the violence to be moderate, and placed in the film at appropriate times. Do you expect not to see blood when NERV is being overtaken? Or the battle with the Mass Production Eva's? I found the very end to be quite somber, but it can also be seen as positive, as Shinji finally comes to terms with living, and the world around him. For anyone who feels this is a "kill everyone off" ending, you didn't understand it, and you obviously were not paying attention to the film. This is Mecha done for the thinking man; nothing can compare to the sheer greatness that is Evangelion. The pinnacle of the entire series.
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Summary: An End to a Masterpiece
Review: Before purchasing this movie I would recommend one small thing...WATCH THE TV SERIES!!!!!! End of Evangelion is simply, the end of the Neon Genesis Evangelion saga. Nope there will be no new series, and nope no new movies either. End of Evangelion takes place in a two part episode closure to the 27 episode epic series. Another note: YOU WILL BE COMPLELETY LOST IF YOU DON'T BOTHER WITH THE SERIES AND SKIP TO THE MOVIE!!!! (Click on my name and follow a link to my review of the series). The end of Evangelion is a beautiful well deserved ending of how the series should have ended. Should have ending? your wondering. Well, many fans of the series disliked the direction in which episode's 26 and 27 of the series concluded the story. Basically it's like watching a huge action movie, then once the ending is about to happen you suddenly see "The End" pop up on the screen. The series might not have ending as boring as that, but episode's 26 and 27 gave no indication as to how the crisis of the Evangelion story ending. And so End of Evangelion was created, the true ending of the series, well more like a more involved ending that the series should have concluded with. But I do suggest, if you can sit through it, to watch episode 26 and 27 of the original series too since in a way, both endings deal with the same issue of Shinji acknowledging his humanity. Don't worry, that wasn't a spoiler, the true ending of the series goes far beyond that. Story: The movie begins where episode 25 left off. The final Angel has been killed at the cost of Shinji's metal stability with Third Impact is looming in the distance. The movie begins with the initiation of the Instrumentality Project, the heart of the entire storyline of the series. What happen to the project if it even was implemented was a subject episode's 26 and 27 completely dismissed. As the Instrumentality Project is initiated Nerv is....oh wait, don't want to spoil it for ya. WATCH THE MOVIE!!! Animation: The new animation is excellent. You can see the different between the animation here and those used in the series. This animation, though sometime a bit less detailed as the series, gives more in a way of emotional expressions and real life like fluid human movement in the characters. The action never skips a beat, and the ending, my goodness, you will never see true animation as superb as this once the Instrumentality Project is initiated. Pause the movie if you want to blink, you do not want to miss anything. WATCH THE MOVIE!!!! Characters: You should know the characters by now. But now, we are given more of a brief look into Seele, the organization behind Nerv and their true want for the future of humanity. WATCH THE MOVIE!!!! Conclusion of Series: Many people might disagree with the ending since, in a way, it takes some of the negative aspects of episode's 26 and 27, though shorten. But the overall ending is well done. Almost all your questions will be answered. What is Adam. What are Angels. What is the Instrumentality Project. Who and what is Rei. Her purpose and role in the Third Impact and what the Third Impact is. So many issues were perfectly addressed in order to give this superb series a glorious ending. Don't look any further folks, this is it. Read the title, this is the End of Evangelion.
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Summary: I'll go middle-of-the-road here...
Review: This movie tends to polarize people like no other. I've heard and seen it repeated over and over; either you hate it for its obtuse philosotheological nonsense, or you love it for its sheer style, or you think the message actually is profound. It's a lot like the latter two 'Matrix' movies. I don't think much of the 'message,' myself; it just seems too diffuse, obscure and pretentious. Still, this is Evangelion, and it deserves at least two stars for that. I'd watch anything involving the Evangelion characters, even if it were just Shinji and Asuka standing on an empty stage reading the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. Evangelion was the product of a group of brilliant minds, and it would take incredible power, some kind of anti-brilliance, to obscure that. Then there's the scene where Asuka goes berserk and starts kicking. She needed that scene. On one hand, also, I did get some enjoyment from the trippy 2001-esque sequences; on the other hand, though, some things in the film are just sloppily handled, like the choice of music at certain points. It is worth seeing, but the series deserved a much better conclusion. For me, the ending will always be the final episode, and not this thing.
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Summary: BEAUTIFUL ENDING!
Review: Ok. This was a movie I rented by accident wanting to see death and rebirth first. Well, I wasn't dissapointed! This movie beats the whole eva series! The art is beautifully animated. I do believe that maybe ano had a mental breakdown makeing this beacause some things in the movie are quite disturbing... But don't let that ruin it for you! This movie is one of the best I've ever watched! Perfect for hard core eva fans! But I must warn you DO NOT WATCH THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SERIES OR THE WHOLE THING!!! Because you won't understand it! Although It is one of those movies you have to watch a few times cause I really didn't get it. It'll make you forget about the whole series! Now, I must be truthful. What really disapointed me was that crappy ending... Beacue this movie has no end! so anno just left us in the dust with that ending. But I still give it 5 stars and give it a thousand if I could. I'm 11 but I think 17+ is the perfect age group cause like I said some features are disturbing and it's completely violent. Now don't think I'm crazey cause I watched this at my age cause It was seriously was an accident not knowing what was in it for the fact I rented it. So don't get the wrong idea. But oou of all it's a pretty good movie. Nice aret great music.
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Summary: The End of Evangelion: The Incredible Last Story
Review: I must begin by saying if you are either: a. New to Evangelion's complex world of storytelling or b. You didn't understand Evangelion: The Series, don't watch this. This movie takes everything you've learned in the series and makes it weirder. The movie actually begins where "Rebirth" of "Death and Rebirth" started off. This is a nice little recap and since you already know what happens, your left waiting until they reach the point we all were left anticipating, SEELE sending nine EVAS against the lone EVA UNIT-02 and Asuka, newly recovered from her mental issues. This was a VERY bloody movie, Asuka fights the SEELE Evas and actually seems as though she might win, until she finds out the double-bladed swords these EVAS are carrying actually are Lance of Longinus (See VOL 7 of Evangelion anime) duplicates. The way she finds this out is after she's smashed almost all of them, they regrow limbs and a Lance is thrown into UNIT-02's head, causing Asuka great pain.
Shinji, meanwhile, is still trying to get to UNIT-01 with Misato. She is shot on the way into the vents and just before they reach their target, Misato says she can't go on and kisses Shinji (on the mouth for more than five seconds)before sending him down to UNIT-01. She dies not soon after as Shinji races to the Geofront's surface where he sees a grisly sight: the SEELE Evas have become vulture-like and have ripped most of the biological matter from UNIT-02, meaning we have eyeballs, flesh, and organs sticking out at placing along UNIT-02. Of course, Shinji suddenly goes insane again at this sight. In Central Dogma, or one of those Dogma Sections, Comm. Ikari and Rei are in front of ADAM, the First Angel. Now, Ikari wants to start Third Impact by having himself, fused with the real ADAM I think, come into contact with Rei (I don't know why). Well, Rei says to him she isn't a puppet and fuses with ADAM, creating a giant Rei. This is where the movie becomes very psychological and I found myself asking what I was watching. By the end of the movie, these facts were prevalent: Third Impact had happened but Shinji and Asuka, in EVAS, had been able to escape; everyone was dead (or at least there was no one in the LCL submerged area that was Tokyo-3; Shinji and Asuka are obviously going to have to repopulate the planet. All in all: This was the single most confusing movie I ever watched but if you get past the weird psycho-insanity, you can finally see what happens to every Evangelion member. Five Stars!
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Summary: BEAUTIFUL ENDING!!!!!!!!!!
Review: ok. I haven't seen the whole series. But I went and rented this by accident wanting to see death and rebirth first but I must say I didn't regret it! This made me forget the the series. The animation is beautifully animated. The art is absolutely beautiful! This was AMAZING! I have to say it was a bit disgusting cause well, you know.... but the the amazement of the movies made me forget all that. The plot is really confuseing so I didn't get it just yet. It's probaly something you have to watch over and over again. But seriousely this must have been put a lot of hard work in. The script is great (unlike most dubbed anime...) So get this! or atleast watch it! I'm a HUGE anime fan and I bet non anime fans would like this to!, Yes I am 11 *points* but I think that maybe people should wait till their 13 or older. depends on how you can take it. But this is definitly not for younger people. But still don't let that ruin it for you.
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