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Kamen Rider Zi-O: The Movie! Over Quartzer discussion thread.
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I ended up writing a more general review of the movie than I expected to, so now that I've seen it a second time, I'm going to call out some random specific things I feel like talking about
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- I always love the bits with huge crowds of extras in Rider movies, and this one doesn't disappoint. Actually, I'm pretty sure they didn't even have to direct most of that scene. Everybody there was probably legitimately that pumped to hear Keisuke Watanabe tell them to rejoice.
- The subtle joke in Geiz saying they've changed their outfits enough to blend in with the past and then
immediately
zipping up the collar he never takes off is amazing. I don't think that thing blends in with
any
era.
- See also: Krim's hologram pondering what to do with a cup of tea.
- That fight in the woods with all three Riders together would've been an
great
spot for Trinity to get an appearance. Could've highlighted the bond between the Riders before Woz betrays everyone, even. This is actually one of my biggest complaints with the movie, believe it or not. They got pretty much all the other major upgrade forms in there somewhere, so why stop there? Fans of the Decade Armor and the Heisaber will be similarly unsatisfied, but I think they're used to that by now anyway.
- One thing that becomes readily apparent on a rewatch is that in the first third, a couple important lines get a reaction from Woz, signified by that usual Zi-O ticking clock sound effect, that foreshadow both his turn to villainy and his eventual change of heart. Another nice bit of cohesion between the Nobunaga adventure and the rest of the movie's plot.
- It's unfortunately quite short, but I really like the remix of Geiz's theme music that plays when he steals back the Ride Watches.
- It's sure nice to see the trend of Grand Zi-O being completely worthless holding up even in the summer movie.
- Which isn't too much of an issue for me, because, hideous Ride Watch forehead pimple aside, I like Oma Form's cleanly design more anyway.
- During the sequence of all the Riders transforming into their final forms, Den-O Sword Form is punching the buttons in on his phone as though he were about to use Climax Form. Mind you, the whole point of Liner Form was that Ryoutarou used it when the Imagin couldn't possess him, so to begin with, showing anything except Plat Form there is technically inaccurate. Not that any of this matters when that shot is so amazing.
- There's a particularly cool touch in the little music video during the credits in that the two bits from the end of Zi-O's opening where all the old logos flash by are used, with
all
the logos flashing by, rather than just a few per set of episodes like on TV.
- Being familiar with Aruto for 20+ episodes now, the very first thing he does in his cameo here being to horribly overshoot his jump and smash headfirst into a wall is definitely very in-character for Zero-One's debut. At least he didn't break his ankle this time.
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