Review of Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

Let's Start by Saying that I Review things from a film perspective, not a personal perspective. If i do have something personal to say it would be (written inside brackets like this) Alright Let's get this over with! [Story] 4/10 - To Avoid spoilers I wont say anything about it. Though I will say that the story is followable, it makes sense and is fairly decent. The newer concepts in this film make it much better than it's counterparts ie SAO series. It is rushed, which makes it a lot worse. If the pacing was slower this would definitely be ranked higher. [Art] 9/10 - Throughout the series andinto this film, SAO has yet to have horrible art. It still makes it's mark by having amazing graphical scenes and images. I would like to go deeper into the Art Section as usual so im splitting in into categories.
[Animation] 8/10 - The battle scenes in the series and in the film are still wonderfully animated. Though some of the animations in the more story related scenes could be better, it's still not very distracting.
[Design Choices] 9/10 - I have never faulted SAO for having horrible design choices. It's characters and strange monsters/beings have yet to be horribly designed. This would be a 10 if some of the monsters were so simple.

[Sound/Music] 9/10 - This is amazing! The choice of music and sound is perfect in this film. The best and most notable feat of sound is during the more serious/somber scenes. Sometimes no music at all during scenes makes it hit harder and this does it perfectly. I was never taken out of scene due to its music choice. Oh yeah the songs are pretty good too. None of them are weak, they all make sense and fit with the film

[Character] 7/10 - SAO's initial problem was character development and it still is their weakest and most noticeable problem. There are around 8 main characters throughout the whole series. And developing 8 characters can be really hard. I would have loved to see more into certain characters, which is why I absolutely loved the GGO arc of season 2. Where they flesh out a character over multiple episodes. Since this is a film however, you have to develop characters within a certain time frame. Smaller scenes where the characters are just talking to each other would be nice. More one on one situations would have been nice. But this film shows just enough for it be good. It's definitely better that most of the series, but this still is a lacking department in the series. (I really hope the creators improve character development in the future)

[Enjoyment] 8/10 - I had some time to spare so I decided to sit down and watch this by myself. It was rarely boring, I had a few laughs (though they were mostly laughing at how bad some scenes were) It was a roller coaster of emotions. I spent time to admire the art, admire the music and re-watched some battle scenes. It had my attention for a long time, though during around the 40-ish minute mark I started to get a bit distracted. This is a personal section of the review as I cannot look at enjoyment from a critical point of view. But I can say this. If you love action, This is the movie for you. If you love some touching scenes, This is the movie for you. IF you are a fan of the series, then definitely watch this movie!

[Overall Score] 7/10 - It was really hard to go into depth of the movie, especially since I cannot spoil it. So i wasn't able to point out most of the bad parts of the film. This film accels in it's art/design and sound/music. In fact it's one of the best i've seen in that department. But this film lacks in the story/plot and the character development department. There is alot that's great about this film and a lot that's bad about this film overall leading it to being a devently good movie, it's still balanced around a 6/10 to a 7/10 for me. Really depending on if I wanted to get all nit picky with the film. But I will say this. It's a good movie, probably a good one if you want to watch it with friends. You guys will most likely have a great time watching it. Do i recommend this film? Yeah... While i may not recommend the series in itself, I do say that this movie really is worth it. I'm glad that it wasn't rushed and they took time making this. If you are in a good mood and want to watch a good movie, put this on.

Thank you for reading my Review! Have a nice rest of your day!