A Wakening of the Trailblazer. Warning: unmarked spoilers!
To give you an idea of my opinion of this film, in my first attempt to watch it I stopped 45 minutes in. When I decided to finish it months later, I did not start from the beginning.
Lets get the good out of the way:
Animation is top-notch
I like Feldt's new design
Hallelujahs return, however short it may be.
Everything else is on par with 00 season 2 I.E utter crap. The aliens come out of left field and are given a very fuzzily explained backstory and a completely stupid ending (Space flower? Are you shitting me?) The story itself is rushed and underdeveloped, with plot points either getting little expansion or drooped as soon as they are brought up.
Character development is best described as static, no one really develops and no one changes in any real way. They focus a bit of time on Feldt and her crush on Setsuna but nothing amounts to it like everything else in the film and just reminds me of how 00 season 2 didn't use Feldt to her full potential. Half of the characters in the film are completely useless and serve no purpose. The Nena look-alike whatever her name was, gets introduced just so she can give Katagiri blue balls and nothing else (exposition for the audience doesn't count).
The Action can best be described as a laser light show. Seriously this shit is on par with Jesus Yamato's ultimate beam spam technique (A.K.A The Beams of God) at best it's boring to watch after a while at worst it's schizophrenic and hard to follow.
Oh and the new Gundam designs are underwhelming.
The movie just sucked. I honestly can't believe I spent money on this. if nothing else, it's the perfect lead up to the worst Gundam show i've ever seen.
Next Gundam show will be Wing. But first Wolf's Rain.
