It's boring even by Kiva standards, honestly most of Decade arcs are more enjoyable if you haven't watched the original. Since the AU riders are rather hit or miss.

Oh hey, was Ouja beating up Gills' actor? Isn't there a rule about beating up characters much better than you are?

Yep, that was him. All of Agito's core cast appear in the movie.

If that was a rule, Super Hero Taisen's first 45 minutes wouldn't exist.

That's true.

Also Switchblade got it, whateverherface/Naomi and Agito popped up. Also, Femme is really touchy-feely. Kind of at odds with her tough look.

BTW, has there been a Figuart of her?

Neat. Is it out or yet to be released?

I got side tracked from the movie again, almost forgot I was watching it. Oh man, I think I like Femme kinda. She killed Ouja! Well, kind of. I dunno, his death in the series was REALLY good, and for such a cool rider design Femme is kind of not that strong. The only reason she killed him was because of that Black Ryuki. Would've been better if she, y'know, actually beat him herself and not got knocked around. Also blank Ouja is apparently just Ouja with the saturation turned down. I was surprised when he started choking her but, really? He can hurt a rider in their costume? Aren't they, like, better protected? Especially under contract? How can a dude's hands hurt her, unless she was just surprised but that was a long time to be shocked.

It seems my praise for Femme was premature, she's visually cool and an interesting character like Zolda, but she's... physically weak. Why are women always weak? Granted Ouja has cheap-o plot power but that is even more reason for her to be able to stand against him, show off how cool this new rider is by going toe-to-toe with too-lazy-to-write-convincingly. She beat a bunch of monsters, but everyone can do that. Not everyone can beat Ouja, save for this Black Ryuki who has a pitched-down deck and visor so you know he MEANS BUSINESS.

Japan has very different and more conservative perceptions of gender roles than the West.

I still think Femme is awesome, though. Her scenes with Shinji were my favorite parts of the movie and a big reason why she's still my favorite Movie Rider.

I don't think that's what conservative means.

Archaic is a more apt word. I've never seen a girl in Kamen Rider that wasn't, in some way, a damsel at some point. And I don't mean just in jeopardy, I mean a women reduced to being helpless and in need of saving at SOME point.

Seriously, she got attacked in rider form by a dying Asian Willy Wonka. That's BS man.