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01-02-2021, 11:10 PM | #461 |
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I second the Wizard in Magicland praise. The movie knows exactly what it wants to be, how to use the characters and it executes it pretty much flawlessly. My absolute favorite Summer Movie!
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01-02-2021, 11:10 PM | #462 |
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Well, just to prove how much that's never going to happen, allow me to express further sympathy in the form of praising Wizard, which had a summer movie I consider pretty much a gold standard middle ground between both the usual movie formulas, getting to explore weird stuff in a wildly different setting while also keeping it all super keyed in to the TV show by having a very strong, explicit focus on the Haruto and Koyomi we know and... well, I mean, I love them, anyway.
But I looked up the Wizard summer movie, and yes, Magic Land is great... mostly because it funded the creation of Magica Land, which is the greatest Net-Movie series of all time. I recall Magic Land being very fun, too! (I also like Haruto and Koyomi! My occasional dismissals of Wizard are either related to some decisions around pacing or are just me being flippant! I do like those kids!)
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01-02-2021, 11:15 PM | #463 |
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Oh! I was only thinking of summer movies after hearing that question and just realized I completely forgot to mention Movie War Mega Max, which is still, nearly a decade later, the (subjectively) objective best Rider movie ever made in my mind.
Some of the greatest, most frenetic direction Sakamoto ever put to screen, a killer OOO epilogue, a fun Fourze adventure, and more Showa love than you can shake a stick at (as if Die cares). It's got something for everyone and it moves at such a great clip while it's at it. You couldn't ask for a better anniversary celebration.
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01-02-2021, 11:27 PM | #464 |
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...Oh, movie in general
If that's the case, I'd go with Heisei Generations. It doesn't have the Movie War format, which is just great in and of itself and it is actually really, really good! The characters are used well, many fun ideas, one hell of a final fight. It really feels like Kamen Rider Avengers ins a way and I'm all for it. Sorry Megamax, but haveing the better structure just makes that a no-brainer for me.
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01-02-2021, 11:28 PM | #465 |
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Oh! I was only thinking of summer movies after hearing that question and just realized I completely forgot to mention Movie War Mega Max, which is still, nearly a decade later, the (subjectively) objective best Rider movie ever made in my mind.
Some of the greatest, most frenetic direction Sakamoto ever put to screen, a killer OOO epilogue, a fun Fourze adventure, and more Showa love than you can shake a stick at (as if Die cares). It's got something for everyone and it moves at such a great clip while it's at it. You couldn't ask for a better anniversary celebration.
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01-02-2021, 11:29 PM | #466 |
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...Oh, movie in general
If that's the case, I'd go with Heisei Generations. It doesn't have the Movie War format, which is just great in and of itself and it is actually really, really good! The characters are used well, many fun ideas, one hell of a final fight. It really feels like Kamen Rider Avengers ins a way and I'm all for it. Sorry Megamax, but haveing the better structure just makes that a no-brainer for me.
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01-03-2021, 01:16 AM | #467 |
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God Speed Love is a movie I like basically as weird popcorn spectacle, which admittedly isn't too far from my general thoughts on Kabuto the series, but the movie is really on a whole other level of 'my brain could not turn itself on for this even if i tried'. There's nothing to the story of this one, but I'd still rank it above the likes of Missing Ace which had neither a story I liked nor distinctive visuals.
Just want to give a quick shout-out to Caucasus. There are technically three movie riders but he's the only one that matters, really. He lacks any meaningful character (they can't all be Kabuki, I guess), but (over)compensates with gimmicks and a wacky performance. I'm not likely to remember much about G4 or Sorcerer beyond what they look like, but I'll always remember this golden bug man and his thing with petals. I think my favourite summer movie is probably A-Z: Gaia Memories of Fate! Just a really solid and high-budget adventure where our heroes take on a colourful group of bad guys. Kamen Rider Joker in particular is a pretty novel outing filled with cool fistfights all over the place, but it all leads to W's great climax against Eternal that caps off when the winds of the city (the people's cheers) turn to his favour. (Though in terms of over-the-top sentimental yet exciting moments, nothing for me beats the Fourze movie's scenes of handing switches to all the supporting characters and then the sequence of counting down from all 40 switches.) Favourite movie in general though is probably still always gonna be Heisei Generations FINAL. I love Build and Ex-Aid, I love the nostalgic return of everyone else, especially OOO who got the biggest slice among the legend riders. And the big speech about what Kamen Riders are about at the end might be generic, but it's also perfect to me. (Helps that it caps off with a really stylish double rider kick) |
01-03-2021, 05:12 AM | #468 |
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I’ll be honest, I don’t have much to say about this movie. Just that Caucasus reminds me heavily of Odin from Ryuki.
So to fill this comment out, I’ll discuss the various ways the video game changes up the plot of the film * Kabuto's fight with Ketaros is staged within the water dam instead. Ketaros' death was also altered, which he died by fighting instead of being crashing into the earth. * Caucasus was defeated by both Kabuto and Gatack instead. * In Story mode, if the team-up fight alongside Kamen Rider Hercus is won without changing to Rider Form, Kamen Rider Kabuto will appear riding the Kabuto Extender in its EX Mode while still in Masked Form. * Ketaros is able to use a Rider Beat finisher in the game, despite it never being shown in the movie. Also worth mentioning that while not shown in the movie or represented on the toy, the “Kabutick Riders” (the official names for our Movie Riders) do have a Masked Form. It’s only in the form of the action figures released alongside the show. You can see the, at the bottom of that link below this paragraph. https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/Masked_Form As for the favourite movie, I cannot say due to a mix of a) not playing favourites and b) to avoid breaking your “no spoiler” rule. |
01-03-2021, 07:51 AM | #469 |
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MegaMax may have been the first actual Kamen Rider thing I ever saw, so I guess you can blame that for me sticking arounf so long. I have the vaguest clue what was going on, and it was great.
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01-03-2021, 08:45 AM | #470 |
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The first toku thing I saw outside of powered rangers was super hero taisen on youtube without subs
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