Reviews

I was going into this with little to no expectations. I was pleasantly surprised that everything in this movie was so satisfying. I felt 0 sympathy for any of the villains or scammers in this movie and it was euphoric to see them get their due reckoning. Of course Jason nails it and makes ever kill and brutal take down very satisfying

One thing I will say is that the lore behind the Bee Keepers was interesting enough to keep my attention though corny with the hive talk at times it works as world building. I'd recommend this to anyone who is a fan of action movies and likes satisfying conclusions.

This movie was more entertaining than I thought it would be but it wasn't really the type of horror that grips me. I absolutely hated the characters in this movie and all of them are completely unlikeabpe and come off as selfish and nasty and I'm not sure if that was really intentional or not.

Where I have to give the movie credit is the fact it kept you invested till the end because you know it was going to end badly but not EXACTLY how bad. So in that regard the movie does its job of maintaining intrigue from the audience. I don't think the performances were really good or anything to write home about and I wouldn't want a continuation of this story since to me it blew its load and wrapped up nicely.

My take away from this movie is that the wardrobe and sets were awesome and the preformances were decent but the story is atrocious and so were the way the characters were written... the twist and conclusion lacked satisfaction.

With all of that being said I can't really see this movie really offering much or having any staying power. I mostly watched on a whim because I have an unlimited pass and watch everything anyways. I admit I wanted to see Harry Styles performance but now having seen it I'd say it was serviceable but I don't see it as memorable but that's most likely due to the bad writing that plagues this movie.

I've loved this movie for over 15 years and I come to rate it highly because it's a crime this has the same rating as Eva 4.0. This movie is superior to that movie in every single aspect x10 from visuals to sound so the fact that this is rated the same personally offended me.

The CGI is awful. Not a single good action sequence compared to the originals or even 1.0 or 2.0. The movie is overly long and drags HARD. We see the "redemption" of a character nobody has ever liked or cared about as the conclusion which had me face palming. Really 3.0 and 4.0 are their own breed. The terrible second half of the rebuild series. I knew that these movies were going to go to a dark place as soon as Mari in 2.0 entered the "beast" mode. I thought that was stupid at the time and didn't belong in Eva but oh boy 3.0 and 4.0 are basically that but on steroids and all the time. Really the second half of the rebuilds don't feel like EVA at all. But that's okay we still have the originals and the manga. This really is just like the Disney Star Wars movies just forget about them and enjoy the originals.

All of that being said I didn't really care for the message which boiled down to "move on/grow up and get a girlfriend". As someone who has never been a shut in depressed Otaku like Anno his message falls flat. Yeah sure that's good advice to someone like him but it has no depth compared to his original message in NGE which was "how you feel isn't permanent you can change for the better and form better relationships with those around you". To me thats a much better message that can apply to anyone. Overall the Anno of the 90s and his works in EVA are above the modern Anno and if he wanted to disrespect his works of the 90s he should've ranted about them in interviews and tweets instead of making 3.0 and 4.0 to throw mud on his own legacy and having us wait years and years for the displeasure.

To end on a positive note Sagisu knocked it out of the park with the soundtrack as he always does when in comes to EVA. It's a shame his standout orchestral track wasted on one of the most uncanny scene, a scene that directly tries to copy End of Evangelion's Third Impact scene but falls flat on every level and reminds us how the 90s did it better.