Review of Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
THERE WILL BE LIGHT SPOILERS ON THE CHARACTER PART. When I saw the name SAO, I taught is going to be another disappointment after the release of two seasons. However, SAO ordinal scale improves in certain parts that keeps me going till the very end. But the show can be quite flawless in terms of plot and characters. Story:6/10 The story was quite amusing in the beginning where they introduced us to a whole new game that is full of new challenges that players have to face greater foes in order to be rewarded. But then you will feel that the story can be quite puzzlingtowards the end of the movie as there are some unexplained question that needs to be answered. And the whole antagonist plot is just something that is not too devilish enough compare to the other antagonist from the previous SAO anime films such as death gun. It can be a little bit predictable in someway especially towards the end. Well, the bright side of this movie is that the romance seems like a huge development as they focus more into the two main characters. On the other hand, the action sequence was superior great and stunning especially towards the end. The story is mediocre but at least it has great and solid action sequence moments. The emotional moments of this movie is quite decent enough but is not that great compare to season 1.
Art:10/10
No doubt as the anime has wonderful and splendid arts. The art works perfectly fine with the characters especially the female characters in it.
Sound: 8/10
Well the ost is basically Swordland but they manage to have some new music that is much darker and there is more beat into it. And the ending song was perfect as much as I can say.
Character:6 /10
There will be light spoilers for the antagonist part about Eiji. Well there is no more harem type as Kirito and Asuna are together most of the time in the anime. The other characters like Sinon and Klein are great but there are bunch of annoying characters in it such as Silica, Yui and Liz. I just really hope that they reduced the screen time on this three characters and give more screening time for Sinon and Klein. About the antagonist, (There will be light spoilers in it) Eiji was a bad ass dude but then I could even predict that he was going to be duped or manipulated by the main mastermind which is almost towards the end. And they do not focus on him after that. They just throw him off like a piece of garbage as he was not important to the movie. I wanted Eiji to fight Kirito as the final showdown as Eiji was quite powerful in the anime. But then after when Kirito defeated Eiji almost towards the end, we get some strange final boss in the end just like Batman versus Superman where they throw in doomsday inside as the final showdown. The evil mastermind on the other hand has its own motivation but the motivation is something that is not sinful enough to reconsider him as the best villain.
Enjoyment:7/10
Well I have a good time with it especially the action sequence in it. The movie has tried hard in terms of improving the action sequence rather than making it duller which is a positive sign. If you are a SAO fan, just turn a blind eye in everything you are doing now and watch this movie because you are gonna love it. But if you are not a SAO fan, you should reconsider before watching it. To me, I enjoyed it but it is definitely not a masterpiece for me especially when I compare it with Kimi No na Wa
Overall:6/10
The movie is not that bad despite all the flaws in it. But it is still a good popcorn flick movie to watch .