[Thessair]

I'm finally caught up! Yay! I never thought it would happen, but Magiranger has grown on me quite a bit.

As for the movie, it reminds me I need to finish Dekaranger. This seemed like a nice blending of two pretty dissimilar series. The Kai/Banban tension-to-acceptance arc was entertaining. Honestly, I think all the character moments were handled quite well. The cameos made sense and the cross-dressing bit was hilarious. I only made it about a third of the way in Dekaranger before the Kamen Rider bug hit hard so I may not be as up on some things as I should. Did the fourth wall breaking derive from there, or is it just a movie thing?

Mostly the special effects were done well, except all the flame stuff about halfway in. Yipes. It really stood out. That DekaMaster/Wolzard fight was darned awesome, though. Oh, man, the Nai/Mea, Urara/Houka, Jasmine/Umeko costume switching scene was completely adorable. I'd watch a whole series of just new variations on that segment. That last bit with the flowers seemed like a bit of a downer, though. I know it was about love, but it seemed almost funereal.

Granted, I've only seen a handful of the VS movies, but so far I'm thinking this might be my favorite.

(Also, Jasmine rocked that short hair! There was so much adorableness in this I almost couldn't see straight. )