Review of Digimon Adventure tri. Loss

Warning: much spoilers, much don't care, much proceed at your own risk. I honestly don’t know what to say by this point. What is this? The numbskull director can’t possibly be trying at this point. A movie filled with incomprehensible tone, plot contrivances, half-baked plot points, over 50% fluff of a script, a cardboard-cutout villain, the waaay-too-obvious side-attempts at shipping chars, and a laughingly horrendous Sora/Biyomon drama subplot--I could go into detail of course, but then we’d be here for days. So, instead let me talk about the reunions and gradual re-bondings between the Digidestined and their partners. The one minor aspect that was executed somewhat decently wasthe subtle, different ways each character acted towards their reborn partners and the one-off scenes of their interactions. Emphasis on one-off; as soon as the script started putting more emphasis on particular interactions, things just go downhill. Yes, I’m talking about Biyomon’s strange, uncharacteristic, and TOTALLY-NOT-FOR-THE-CONVENIENCE-OF-THE-PLOT standoffishness, though Taichi--his overexaggerated insecurities about not being able to evolve somehow linking to “things can’t go back to the way they were”--deserve a shout-out too.

See, the peculiar thing about these movies is that, in retrospect, one can look back and reason out all the character development that supposedly happened. “Oh, over time Biyomon came to see how kind and endearing Sora is. See Biyomon giving the girls fruit? That’s her still caring for Sora. She’s starting to care for the annoying girl chasing after her all this time.” But during the movie, any actual sign of character development is absurdly vague and poorly directed. Oh look, Biyomon is now best friends with Sora again! What’s with the one-day 180-degree heel-turn? Oh right, because plot!

Ok, and I just have to say, Sora may be thoughtful enough to bring bento boxes, but wouldn’t you think that she’d be smart enough to pack more than one meal’s worth? Or at least snag some survival supplies in the time it took for her to make all those bentos. Or maybe she did come prepared (a damn heavy bag that’d’ve been then) and the director just didn’t bother to tell us. Typical Tri director. Only giving us the bare minimum of world-building and attention to detail. Typical.