The best part of it was how it tied it all up, and confirmed what so many pretty much felt this all was: a time loop.
First off, Mari is Ms. Steal-Your-Mans with how she showed up, and he found peace with a piece like her
He was finally like "Naw, I'm not really about these Rei/Asuka/MIsato tears no mo. Y'all go ahead and find ya own shyt. I'mma scream SHAZAAM and start bussin RAW in Mari
But this was the epitome of epic anime beauty. If you have a gully home theater setup, you were rewarded by this presentation. It was made to be seen on the big screen, and I'mma humble brag about my 100" projecor setup allowing the best possible experience I could have. I don't think there is an animation that hits as hard on feels and looks as visually stunning. They were fukking PLAYING with us when they decided to animate the WATER the way they did. CGI was only sus on the MOCAP 3 vs 13 scrap in Tokyo 3, and that was only a few dozen seconds of it. The rest of the movie was perfectly crafted from a visual standpoint, and the audio was just as amazing as it was in 3.33.
I knew Fakanami was gonna die, but I wasn't ready for EOE-level of her losing her personal A/T field. Once that happened, you knew shyt was about to be about it.
Asuka scumming it up with nudity at Ken-Ken's spot was just grimy. You know he was bussin in that 14 year old appearance she had
It's amazing how the 4th film had plenty of world building to do, and the ground level of post 3rd Impact was interesting as fukk, especially thos headless Evas just Walking Deading the fukk all over the planet.
I'm glad we cleaned up that business of Misato ragging when Shinji showed up on Wunder in 3.33. She was out there cheering his broken-ass on to do shyt for him, then slid back into the bushes like Homer and came out with a new team
Pink bytch and Suzahara's sister were trippin pulling straps on Misato and Shinji
Simply the WORST moment in the whole Rebuild series
GENDO GOT THAT OMEGA LEVEL SCOTT SUMMERS OPTIC BLAST
The fight going through all the old settings could be shyt on, but I thought this movie was able to utilize homages to the point of being important to the narrative. The best part was them tussling in Misato's kitchen
Damn, Rei's essence was still in there, and the scene were Mari was talking about how important hair was set up Rei's appearance flawlessly.
Asuka being a secret series of vessels herself made sense. I wonder if that was planned from OG series. Was she the only one that made it?
Gendo's origin being revealed was the best touch, and Shinji finally being mentally competent was exactly what everyone waited for since the OG series. Excellent growth.
So... Kourou is God? Is that what's implied?
Kaji's role needs to be spelled out to me as well. I'll Reddit that up later.
Kaji and Misato having a child was a nice touch.