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05-30-2017, 11:21 PM | #21 |
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I loved the henchman with the sword. All her out-of-suit fights had some impressive choreography and she just oozed badass. Wish she had been the main villain; Dr. Pac-Man just didn't have the same style. The other two henchmen were also more exciting than their boss.
Seeing Gaim, Wizard, Drive, Ghost, and Ex-Aid all transform together was great. So were all the individual fights, though I preferred the villains when they fought un-transformed. Hearing the opening themes of Wizard, Gaim, and Drive was a nice touch for their particular fights. Unfortunately, the victim of the movie wasn't a compelling character at all and I didn't care about him. They should have used someone from Ghost or Ex-Aid's cast; hell, even use one of the old Riders. And as I mentioned before, Dr. Pac-Man himself was just boring. His motive wasn't interesting, his backstory wasn't interesting, I didn't care at all. Overall, it's a fun movie, but purely for the fights and the fun aspect of seeing Haruto, Takeru, and Shinnosuke interact with newer characters; the actual story isn't much to talk about. |
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Probably doesn't have many Phantoms left to fight. He might be screwed when Super Phoenix shows up.
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06-04-2017, 03:57 PM | #23 |
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Finally had time to sit down and watch this. Some thoughts, in no particular order:
- I could tell within 90 seconds that Sakamoto directed this. The girl in hot pants doing slow motion kicks was a dead giveaway. - Going back to early Ex-Aid was kinda weird, but not as bad as I'd feared. Not having Nico tagging along with Taiga was the part that felt the most bizarre. That and seeing all of those Level 3 forms again - they've been gone from the show for so long that I honestly forgot some of them existed (apparently Snipe had a jet game power up). Knowing where the show has gone did add a lot more meaning to the surgery flashbacks. - The big focus on Ex-Aid at first let me temporarily forget that this was a Ghost crossover. Sudden Takeru caught me unpleasantly off-guard. That said, as TokuNation's premiere Ghost-hater, it was fun to see most of the characters get absolutely wrecked. Takeru, in particular, got the shit kicked out of him so many times in the space of 90 minutes. Loved it. - Shinnosuke and Haruto were great. I liked seeing Shinnosuke's story get some update and it does make me want to go back and finally watch the Heart movie and maybe even the Drive/Ghost film (not now, though; I've had enough Ghost again for awhile). Haruto was just cool; pretending to work with the villains for about five minutes was a cute trick. In general, I really liked having the last few Riders teaming up, even if Gaim was just a suit and old voice recordings. I always like it when older Riders come back to help, and the fact that some of these guys had previously met while others hadn't made it even more fun. - I loved the victim kid's Pearbook. - Of course the lady in the tiny shorts with all the Xianghua moves inserts her Gashat into her leg. Of fucking course she does. - The fight scenes near the end really highlight how much better Excite works as an insert song than most of the other recent theme songs. Just Live More kinda worked, but Surprise Drive and Life is Show Time do not work as the background music for action scenes. I did find it really funny that someone in production decided that, even as badly as those songs fit, Ghost's theme was such a bad match that they didn't even include it. - The form spamming in all of the older Riders' fight scenes was impressive, if a little silly at some points. Did I miss something, or was that ice tire that Drive used brand new? Overall, I enjoyed the movie a lot. I'd say it's not the best Movie War (which will always be Mega Max, of course), but definitely up there on the list. Last edited by Switchblade; 06-04-2017 at 03:59 PM.. |
06-04-2017, 05:07 PM | #24 |
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- Shinnosuke and Haruto were great. I liked seeing Shinnosuke's story get some update and it does make me want to go back and finally watch the Heart movie and maybe even the Drive/Ghost film (not now, though; I've had enough Ghost again for awhile). Haruto was just cool; pretending to work with the villains for about five minutes was a cute trick.
Heart/Mach special is decent. The Heart half feels like wasted potential even if I liked it (I really wish it ended a different way), but the Mach half explains an important aspect of the character. Shinnosuke doesn't appear much in the special though. Last edited by Toxic Blade; 06-04-2017 at 05:14 PM.. |
06-04-2017, 05:29 PM | #25 |
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06-04-2017, 06:28 PM | #26 |
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Edit: According to the wiki, Kamen Rider Ghost has 11 official riders not counting the stage show ones. That means that only four of those have a unique name. That's... kind of hilarious. Last edited by macblo; 06-04-2017 at 06:37 PM.. |
06-04-2017, 10:41 PM | #27 |
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Just watched this. Probably would have been better fresh, this was like watching a skipped episode in a lot of ways. Choreography was fantastic, the extra Riders were superflous, Takeru is Takeru, sound design was obnoxious, Dr. Pac-Man was a total rando tie-in. I'm probably gonna sound like an old fart but, I found the whole thing kind of exhausting.
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