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03-13-2019, 12:48 PM
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Kurona
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I don't really like how it undoes a lot of the consequences and victories from Build's ending (everyone regaining their memories; Evolt still existing) for... less than satisfactory reasons that don't feel adequate enough to revert the status quo. I get the feeling - largely due to the new form - that they brought Evolt back to represent him as one side of the same coin Banjou is on, and in truth some of their scenes together are the strongest in the movie; but it ultimately doesn't culminate in much character development or interesting elements. Banjou's journey in the movie and his emotional core is about his growth from someone who just fought for himself and his friends to someone who fights for everyone; so scenes with Evolt are disjointed from the rest of the movie and become essentially irrelevant and unnecessary in that framing.
Which is a shame, because that would have been a fair bit more interesting. Because while I love the idea of someone growing into the idea they have to protect everyone rather than just what's personally close to them; which is a pretty mature message and one I think stands out a fair bit... we already
had
that journey for Banjou in Heisei Generations Final, and to be frank I think it's done a
lot
better there as he keeps running into Kamen Riders that embody these ideas.
Dealing with the grief and consequences of his former actions is interesting on its own at least, but unfortunately that's not what's focused on -- it's all about how he's better
now
rather than taking responsibility for the mistakes of his past and trying to understand them. And it certainly is not enough to merit a very shoddy, generic romance which feels a lot like someone up top got in a panic about how some of us might see Sento and Banjou's relationship rather than a natural development between Banjou and this new character. This is essentially a movie where the main character learns nothing, and we're just told that he's already learned things; which we've already seen because I can't imagine many people watching this would not have watched Build beforehand.
I want to say Killbas was at least a really cool part of the movie, but he straddles that line between so-weird-it's-cool and so-weird-it's-annoying a little too much for me. I like the concept and certainly some of the execution - it's really funny and creepy seeing Rabbit/Tank move like that - but ultimately I don't think it was done as well as it could have been.
There's some nice fight coreography in this movie at least, and like I said the new Cross-Z form is fucking cool and the best Cross-Z form since the original imo, but aside from that this movie just feels very redundant and pointless at best and outright flying in the face of the series at worst.
Also why and how are there three Sclash drivers, didn't the Genius bottle kinda get sacrificed in the old world, how are the Jellies and Crocodile Crack bottle here etc. I mean it's kinda feasible that Sento could have rebuilt them all; but he seemed preeeetty staunch in "this world doesn't need Kamen Riders" at the start of the movie. I'm fine with them being around, but not even lip service being paid to the how and why they're still around makes it a little distracting.
pps come oooon let Utsumi be part of the squad. Meanies. He's earned it, let him be the fifth rider. Bring on Build New World: Mad Rogue
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