Review of Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

Just attended the premiere tonight in Las Vegas, and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised at how much both I and the entire audience enjoyed the film. I'm not a huge SAO fan, although I did enjoy the first arc of season 1, and kept on board until the end, but skipped season 2 because it seemed like it would just be a lackluster repeat of the same. That being said, watching this film without at least having seen the first season would leave you completely disconnected from the cast, as this film has no character development to speak of, and is insteada total feast of eye and ear candy.

This is THE blockbuster anime film of the moment, and is essentially a standalone 2 hour episode of SOA in which the main characters have yet another crisis on their hands.

There really isn't much else to say except "enjoy the ride", and know that you are basically going into a film of visual eye candy that serves as a Thank You to all the SAO fans out there.