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Summary: Now I get it!
Review: Even with all the Judeo-Christian mythos and strage societal minutae, I came away from this film with a much simpler interpretation than most of the thousand-or-so which are mulled-over on the 'net regarding one of Japan's best anime events.Here it is: The story is a convoluted parable of one boy's inability to deal with puberty. All the giant robots, strange aliens, and militaristic government hoo-ha all boil down to the fact that Shinji couldn't reconcile his own guilt at being a confused, sex-crazed pubescent boy. I've been there myself, but at least I didn't destroy the world! I think the first and last scenes of this excellent and visually-stunning anime lend creedence to my new theory: We open with a scene where Shinji is rightly ashamed of himself for masturbating beside Auska's broken body lying in a hospital bed; and end with his damnation to spend eternity haunted by the adolescent embodiment of heavenly beauty in a female form encompassing the three strong feminine influences in his life. Maybe my interpretation doesn't fit with much more complex versions, but it does serve to illustrate much of Shinji's problems. Since Shinji is, arguably, the central character in this strange story, then it goes a long way toward explaining why he seems so threatened by all the women in his life!
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Summary: A Complete Epitome of Genius and Intellect
Review: - It is not suffice enough to say that The End of Evangelion is the work of a genius. Most people, after seeing The End of Evangelion, fail to recognize its true meaning and discard it as the ramblings of emotional disturbed man. They fail to comprehend and simply cast it away as failure. Once director Hideaki Anno was quoted saying: If you dont understand it [Evangelion] then it is your own problem... That is exactly how Evangelion is, it was deliberately made for one to question, and Anno certainly has succeeded that with The End of Evangelion. It is the ending where SEELE finally instigates Third Impact using the completed Eva Series with Unit 01 as their medium. It is the ending where limits will be tested, where all souls will be merged, and where the human race will complete its ultimate step in evolution. The TV series eminent Judeo-Christian references, seemingly to have been weaved throughout the story from its beginning, will come full circle. The answers to understanding everything are right here. The full meaning of the film lies in relating its unique symbolism to biblical references and applying them in context with your ideals. The issues raised by the movie span everything from the origin myth, to Freuds psychology, to moral values. The way Eva forces you to think in new ways is uncanny, anyone who is human deserves to see this film. If you have the intellect to interpret The End of Evangelion, I guarantee by its end youll be left stricken with a thundering philosophical and moral statement, forcing you to question the meaning of your life and your surrounding world. The movies impact is incredibly profound. If youve not seen Evangelion in its entirety, go, get up and pay what ever you have in order to see this series. Im telling you now its one of the most worthwhile things you can do. Also, if you dont understand Evangelion it means you havent been faithful enough to it. Watch it again, take what you can from it, and look up what others have figured out. Theres a plethora of websites, books, and information devoted only to interpreting the inter-workings of Evangelion. Once fully understood itll make more sense to you then anything else. The End of Evangelion is worth more then its weight in gold, it is a film that will forever stay with you, check it out or you will never have seen anime at its best.
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Summary: Very good
Review: I have never seen this movie dubbed and i never want to. the english dub for evangelion was NOT good. I am a fansub purist and prefer the most accurate translation possible. Most people say this replaced episode 25-26, but i always say it takes place at the same time. The last two episodes are entirely in the minds of the characters as they realize their purpose in life. These thoughts seem to eminate from the character's actions during the movie(although i do not think there is a link between the episodes and shinji's "happy scene" at the beginning. i think the writers just wanted something that wouldnt fit the tv series, but i think it was a little weird that shinji is simply exploding with emotion in the movie, while in the episodes that took place just prior, he was just agitated and depressed. If you are a mature teenager, i highly reccomend this if you liked the series. if you are younger than twelve, wait a while. It IS rather adult in some parts, but if you look beyond that, it is a great end to the series.
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Summary: A Masterpiece!
Review: After extreme disappointment with the 26-part series,I decided to give Evangelion one final try. End of Evangelion has everything the series didn't have...Smooth animation, better music, great battles, lots of violence,a (somewhat)coherent ending,and good enemy character designs (maybe you liked the series' villians, such as a big floating cube, or a goofy rectangle with eyes, but I sure didn't) The only negative thing I have to say about this DVD is that it requires you to have seen the series, which is really not worth the cash.
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Summary: Definitly cleared things up...
Review: Truth be told, I saw End of Eva before I saw the series.
And as I am writing this, I've still only seen 8 episodes of the series, including the highly contreversial "ending". End of Eva still doesn't make as much sense to me as it probably does to many, but it still awes me every time I watch it (which is often... still waiting for my Evangelion boxed set to arrive in the mail ^_^). It's simply brilliant! I love an anime series that makes you think, and after the disappointing ending to the series, is a welcomed addition to the Eva series (pun intended). I was actually a fan of the ending of the series, I thought that Shinji's contemplation was clever and while not providing the closure that End of Eva provided in a sense, was still good.
I would definitly not recommend End of Eva to the kiddies, o'course, when I watched it I let out my share of "ews" and "oh my gods". But one thing that shocks me is that some people in their reviews stated that End of Evangelion was poor because it of its cryptic nature and all the questions it surfaces, not to mention its less-than-clear ending. I have but one thing to say to this- if you were looking for something that ties up all loose ends and gives you a positive ending, then why did you watch Evangelion in the first place?
For a series like Evangelion, the possibilities are infinite! After all, isn't one of the many on-going themes of Evangelion that life is what you percieve it to be? End of Eva provides no less, and no more. ^_^ A must-see, that is for sure. Now excuse me while I go watch it once more...
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Summary: NEON GENESIS END OF EVANGELION HAPPYNESS OR INSANITY
Review: I remember when I first saw this movie I got insanity for like a month THANK GOD THERE HAVING A THIRD NEON GENESIS EVANGELION MOVIE COME OUT IN JAPAN OTHER WISE I WOULD OF ALREADY KILLED MYSELF AM SERIOUS RIGHT AFTER I SAW NEON GENESIS END OF EVANGELION I WAS ABOUT TO STAB MY SELF
LIKE THREE TIME I WAS DOING PRACTISE STABS TYRING TO DO THEM SLOW BUT EVERY SINGLE PRTACTISE ONE CAME OUT FAST I ALMOST STAB MY SELF THEN SO WARNING BE CARFUL AFTER WATCHING THIS IF YOU HAVNET SEEN IT but it is a good movie ^_^ :) ;) %_% $_$ *_* @_@ !_! )_( &_&
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Summary: Ah, now THAT'S more like it!
Review: My name is Sam Allen. I bought this flick soon after it came out and have had it for more than 9 months and still love it! Don't get me wrong- I don't just love it for the shock value, but I, along with owning Death And Rebirth and the series complete collection, now fully understand the plot of this movie. These are the episodes 25 and 26, but they are redone (and make ... a lot better ending than the last two television episodes, which I liked even so), uncut, put into movie form, and begin where episode 24 left off (no spoilers). Oh yeah, and it is VIOLENT! Although the series isn't kid appropriate to begin with, this is so amazingly disturbing that kids would be either of three things: scared out of their wits by some particularly horrifying scenes (like one EVA after it is knawed to pieces), in a lot of trouble if their parents caught them watching it, or nauseous because of all the gore. However, this does NOT mean that it is a bad movie: I was wowed the first time by the astounding art and CG's (and still am today) and having watched the tv collection through and through, I got it better the second fifty times around (not literally with the fifty times part). An added goodie is the fun (and funny) commentary track by Jason and Amanda Winn-Lee and Talliesin Jaffe (all three of whom are actors in this film and much more). Like the tv series, the dub is somewhat hazy, but I'm a sub enthusiast anyways, and no true fan could resist having the legendary Megumi play... a VILLAIN! If you are an anime fan and have good cash on you (200 bucks, to be exact), buy the series box set and this together, and wait on D+R. Either that, or buy the series now and wait for the film boxset to come out in September.
This is a terrifically disturbing conclusion to the series, but is definetely for a mature audience (I was only 13 when I bought it, knowing perfectly well how disturbing it was after reading that the violence was too graphic for the tube), ...
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Summary: Mind Blowing
Review: I am in awe right now. The deep meaning and imagery in "The End Of Evangelion" blew my mind. This was the true end to the story. I don't understand why people would not like this. I really don't understand why they think that this was an alternate ending. The end of the series was not with the show. It went beyond the story by saying just because the battles are over it doesnÂft mean the war is. The viewer must pay attention to detail to understand what happened and why. The secrets are revealed in " The End Of Evangelion".
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Summary: Pain in the Brain
Review: Up to episode 23 or 24 of the series is great. It's somewhat light hearted with some serious issues being dealt with.
The last episodes of the series seem more like switching vehicles than switching gears. I don't know what the director was trying to do or where he was trying to go but in the end the change was to drastic from the overall feel of the series for this to work. And it answered nothing. The first half of "Death and Rebirth" is nothing more than a summing up of the entire series via quick flashes of images and shorts that establish where everyone is and how they got there. The second half is another switching of gears as the government revokes all the special rights of NERV and sends in the Special Forces to kill them all. Gritty and graphic with intense violence all directed at the people who had been risking their lives to save humanity. In the end it was man and not the Angels who imposed the most death and destruction on NERV.
And in the end... There was no END. There was simply a set up for something else later. You have Shinji curled up in a ball in a car and Asuka back in her Eva surrounded by 9 flying Evas the government sent in to... well, I wont say why they are there. "The End of Evangelion". My thought is if you have watched or are going to watch the series then skip "Death and Rebirth" and go straight to The "End of Evangelion". The first half of "End of Eva" is the last half of "Death and Rebirth" pretty much scene for scene. Since the first half of "Death and Rebirth" is nothing more than a sum up of the series there is really nothing there to see unless you are really a die-hard. "The End of Eva" at least puts things at a conclusion even if you don't like what that conclusion is. Everybody's cards are laid on the table and Third Impact finally arrives. And everything rests on Shinji - the weak willed little indecisive introvert. I had gone through the whole series looking for him to mature and grow but in the end he is just as weak if not more so than when he started. I suppose whether we like it or not this is the end. And the way it ends lets you draw your on conclusions on what happens or what it means. The director had three shots at a decisive ending and even though "The End" is decisive it is also open for a great deal of interpatation. You may wish for more or for something different but I think that one of the points the show tried to get across is that life doesn't give you that (and the show stays true to that point). I have to say that I like it. In the end, even though it may hurt the brain, it's a good ride.
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Summary: I liked this movie better than original ending
Review: because I left out with a lot of question after I finished watching the TV series. For example, "Who is Rei?" "What is the H.I. project?" So watching this movie gave me a lot of clue. I agree with another reviewer about Shinji and Asuka. They become Adam and Eve of a new world. This can be confirmed by the picture of the package as well. The picture cynically represents the scene that taking place after the end of the scene in the movie. This movie still lack some qualities to be a great ending. Comparing with the happy ending of TV series, this ending is not really leaving us in a secure mood nor with satisfaction. The ending is dipressing and shocking. Furthermore, I was expected to see Eva unit 01's actions since the unit 01 had become very powerful in the episode 19. I didn't find any beast-like action after the episode 19 nor in the movie. However, overall this movie has more logical story continuity from the episode 24. And some details are shown implicitly in the movie. I found out a couple of stuffs after watching this several times. Definitely, this movie must be seen. I guess Director's Cut Episodes will be released soon make us understand about the plot a little better.
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