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09-04-2019, 06:42 AM
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So I know the next of the movies in this line-up I've set up for myself would be
I'm Born
, but to be honest I didn't really feel like it. There are so many movies featuring the Den-O cast and I figured since I'm watching these for my own nostalgia's sake, I'd pick one that has a little more resonance with me, so I instead decided to watch
Farewell Kamen Rider Den-O: The Final Countdown
! The last appearance of Ryotaro (as I know him) and the first appearance of New Den-O, Kotaro.
Now, I can't really claim Final Countdown is this super special movie compared to I'm Born. They're both fairly standard Rider movies featuring a never-before-seen threat showing up that are then promptly dealt with by the end. Shiro does have a more interesting backstory and motivation compared to the likes of Gaoh, though not by much.
The big draw of the movie is naturally just seeing the Denliner crew be themselves, alongside following the shiny new, um, New Den-O. Kotaro's arc in this movie is a very standard thing, but I found it perfectly satisfying for his character growth in just a few scenes. We don't learn anything about Teddy but I guess that's because they knew he was going to be in more movies ahead of time.
The big action pieces are maybe a little less bombastic than these movies usually offer, but they're still plenty of fun. Seeing absolutely everyone transform like some big sentai reunion was great and I didn't care at all whether it made sense or not. The whole film might not necessarily feel like the big Den-O finale it claims to be, but the satisfying story alongside the themes of moving on and trusting in the future make it a fine send-off nonetheless. ...Not that this actually was the end of Den-O but whatever.
Much like Kabuto's movie,
King of Hell's Castle
distills a lot of what I remember about Kiva into a one-hour package. It's just that I have a lot less affection towards these characters, and also a lot of what I remember includes 'shockingly easy-access time travel', 'Megumi and Yuri getting sidelined', and 'melodrama that is not nearly as effective as it thinks it is'.
But! It also included plenty of showing off Kiva's unique and awesome style in terms of visuals, sound and action. That Mummy Legendora is wonderfully creepy, and our two(!) movie exclusive Riders are each novel in their own way.
Speaking of Rey though, his whole subplot (if you can call it that) with Nago isn't just under-developed, it's barely there. Normally I just let that thing slide because these movies are all about introducing one-off ideas that are dealt with before the movie ends, but this one felt particularly egregious in how it's talked about in one short scene and then never touched on again even up until the end where they fight.
The climax is CGI nonsense of the highest caliber. Kiva turns into a bird made of PS2 graphics, flies through the city to play Starfox with Arc, and then combines with Castle Doran to turn into a gigantic flaming Kiva to do a rider kick. I don't even know if I'd describe any of it as objectively good, but I don't think I'm going to forget it anytime soon.
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