hikari (etc) πgaaaaaaah lines like βyou're not the only one who's got it toughβ (kaji's remark to shinji) really piss me off because they rest on a conception of a character that doesn't feel consistent with the actual world of the film
i don't like the new visual direction in this film, the visual readability and comprehensibility of what's happening on screen is a lot worse than both the previous movie and the original series, our brain can't process what's going on in these action scenes
computer graphics were a mistake
β¦i'm clearly too tired and agitated to reasonably keep going right now. i'm at the 37 minute mark. i'll wind down, go to sleep, and continue after that
it's so tempting to use the word βslopβ for the heavy 3dcg stuff but that's not quite what this is
time to return to the ιγγ‘γγ γγ mines
the way they're still repeating old shots and lines in this from time to time even though it's not even trying to be a remake anymore feels so strange
strange is not a strong enough word. jarring. I don't like it
I think we last (first) watched the first three rebuild films ten+ years ago, so we don't remember much, but we definitely were frustrated that they felt essentially skeletal, lacking the depth of the original series and falling back on presumed viewer familiarity with it
and I mention it because I'm feeling it really strongly again this time. I'm trying to be open-minded, I really am, but it's getting at me. it doesn't bother me as a technicality, it's not critical pedantry, it bothers me because I can't process the world being presented as real
basically this is how it's making me feel
(though mostly about asuka)
the way the characters keep remarking on the fact they're being unusually sociable too⦠it hurts our brain
what drugs do i need to be on to enjoy this movie
the dummy plug entry plug crushing incident didn't land for me, am i just in a bad mood
the vocal performances in this are weaker than the originals, alas
okay the final act is a return to form and i did enjoy that
I guess I can respect the whole trippy bizarro world preceding a breaking point concept
I think I'm going to be unpopular in considering 1.11 to be a stronger film than 2.22
given I complained about Asuka twice, I should add that Rei's characterisation was similarly grating, and she isn't ostensibly a "different character" in this movie. I think Shinji's probably would be too if he weren't so protagonist-shaped (I don't know what I mean by that)
this is a truly insulting comparison so I must apologise for making it, but in essence I disliked Evangelion 2.22 for similar reasons to why I disliked Chou Kaguya-hime. they are both incredibly uncomfortably hypertextual, if in very different ways.
okay that's all I gotta sleep
time to Evangelion 3.333
"N2 reactor" lmao
why am i making posts that are almost thirstyβ
(remembers kanbaru suruga is in our brain somewhere) hmmmm
did we forget we're a lesbian or did kanbaru steal all our lesbian energy and she's just only around occasionally hmmm
i should've tweeted this earlier: Akagi Ritsuko here looks straight out of one of those Deutsche Demokratische Republik Γ¦stheticposts
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the Near-Third Impact made Akagi Ritsuko criminally cool
we're reaching new heights of βthis totally isn't nuclear technology guysβ, they're ejecting what look like nuclear reactor cores and intentionally blowing them up(?)
oh my fucking god they're [rot13]creznaragyl sbhegrra lrnef byq
can't help but compare the Near-Third Impact to a psychotic episode
mari is calling shinji "γ―γ³εγγ" oh my god
that opening act was excellent, I'm absolutely loving this. I was hoping the third movie would be where the Rebuilds would shed the troublesome legacy of "trying to be a remake" and really shine in their own right, and so far it's delivering
they've also refined the art direction and use of CGI, it's a lot sharper and more coherent
this film is visually stunning
the cinematography in this is really gunning for our heart
i'm suddenly reminded of an asexual friend's remark that playing music together is more intimate than sex
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this is⦠subahibi?
this tray-swapping animation and sound is⦠obviously meant to remind you of the SDAT player, isn't it?
I should note re: the Kaworu/Shinji stuff that our outlook on life is once again more on the asexual side of things these days and this is really quite comfy in that light
whoa, Fuyutsuki spells out what happened to Yui directly, I want to say in the original series it's only sort of implied
Mario Kart Double Dash
I love how the quasi-physical interior of the dual-entry EVA unit has these musical motifs in it, reminds me of some of the sequences in Madoka
An die Freude!!!
information-theoretic death!!!!!!
that was great. very excited to watch the finale soon!
currently watching the final movie, 3.0+1.0, irl with two friends. we've never seen the movie before, one of our companions has. this is really really cool. thoughts to come later perhaps
I MUST KILL ANNO HIDEAKI
this is like a 100/10 jesus christ