Review of Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

The third movie in the Rebuild of Evangelion quartet does not disappoint. Being the penultimate film does not cause it to flounder in any way, as is common in series longer than 3 installments. The fourth film is set up nicely while providing an exciting and well made story. The animation, as with the previous 2 films, is gorgeous. Even if you are not a fan of the Evangelion series, you should watch these films just to appreciate how beautiful they are. One of my favorite things about these, which occurs again here, is how animation is to its fullest extent in ways live action couldnever do. Besides the intense and stylized fights and the fantastic creatures and scenery, the animation changes, getting choppier and more frantic as the walls of reality break down. I have seen similar techniques used in fight scenes in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Casshern Sins, but I believe it is most impressive in the Rebuild of Evangelion series.

I’m afraid I can’t comment on the voice acting, as I watched the film in Japanese. The previous two films’ English cast has been astounding, and from what I could gather, it is the same in their native tongue.

The film is not perfect, though. It takes a while to set up and I often found myself questioning what exactly was going on. This is something one comes to expect from Evangelion, though, despite the reassurances that this new movie series would be more “accessible.”

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