Review of Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

I have a hard time writing reviews for things I particularly enjoyed, as I fear I would be doing them a disservice, but I'm going to attempt to review this movie anyway. Many people have criticized the third Evangelion movie as being far removed from the original series. Respectfully, I would agree to disagree. The second movie has almost nothing to do with canon, yet is the highest rated media from the franchise. Regardless of it's intention, I did not enjoy the non-canon fanservice trash that was the second rebuild movie, and I will die on that hill. I am told the first is supposed tobe an accurate portrayal of show, the second is supposed to be the creator's interpretation of the fandom/the fandom's interpretation of the franchise, while the third is how he himself views it. If this is true, then man does the fandom have a scary interpretation of the franchise. The second movie ends with Shinji throwing away his own life in an attempt to save Rei. The third movie only builds off of what was already established.
We start off with Shinji finding out he has been essentially out of commission for the past 14 years, and is nearing age 30. He threw away his adult life in an attempt to rescue Rei, ever the metaphor for waifu culture and escapism. Despite wasting his adult life, he has not aged. He still has the body(and mentality) of a traumatized 14 year old boy. I fear this probably hits many hardcore anime fans a little too close to home. Shinji leaves his responsibilities behind in an attempt to seek out his escapism(Rei), only to find out that his waifu is hollower than ever. She does not have thoughts, feelings, or wants of her own; she is a doll. He begins to seek out escapism in other ways after finding out his waifu was never real, where we finally encounter Kaworu. One of my biggest criticisms of the original franchise was that we only got to see Kaworu for one episode before his tragic death, and that I wished we had gotten more characterization. Man, does this movie make up for it. Kaworu is a nihilist, but not a negative one. He more or less chooses to accept his fate as life continues to throw him for loop after loop. He is calm, affectionate, and friendly. He is the friend we all wish we had, and it is easy to see why Shinji turned to him for his escapism. I see Kaworu as a character bound by his own idea of fate, believing that he cannot change his purpose in life and must follow what he was created for and this movie is no exception to that interpretation. The one time Kaworu attempts to change his fate, he is punished for it, in yet another tragic and gory death.
My biggest criticism of this movie is that immediately after Kaworu's tragic death our emotions are interrupted by a completely unnecessary boob jiggle scene. I really don't know why the animators thought to put the one fanservice scene there out of all places, but damn did it ruin an otherwise amazing movie.
I've seen a few people complain about how Shinji ruining everything over and over is not canon/accurate, but I would agree to disagree that this was the exact kind of feeling the original franchise was attempting to convey with the infamous Hospital Scene; the feeling that one has messed up so badly that they can never make up for it. While having Shinji cause the third impact is much less controversial/offensive, I do understand why many feel like that is exactly why it may not have the same emotional impact. We see him beating himself up, but it's much less relatable to the audience. While we can all relate to the feeling of thinking that we ruined everything, we can't relate to literally doing so. I think the Hospital Scene may actually do this a lot better. Shinji was misguided and traumatized when he caused the third impact, but sexual assault is an unarguably unforgivable act, it is objectively disgusting, and it is a stark contrast to the Shinji from the beginning of the show who was extremely guilty about accidentally walking in on Rei changing. It allows us to see exactly how the character has degraded over time. It reminds me a little bit of Breaking Bad, where we see Walter White writing out a list of pros and cons in the first season on why he should or shouldn't kill someone who wishes to kill him, but by the last season he has no guilt whatsoever about poisoning a child in order to trick someone he abused into helping him kill someone who wants to hurt him. Yes, I dared to mention a piece of mainstream media in an anime review, please don't shoot me.
Overall, I enjoyed this movie a lot, and I can't wait to see what the 4th and final one has in store.