[ZeoRangerV]

So I finally saw Madoka Rebellion last night, and it was not worth the wait.

Most of it was wonderful, but that last 15-20 minutes were a massive slap in the face.

So the good - it's not surprising that this film was Oscar shortlisted, it was absolutely beautiful. The story was well told, seeing the girls in an idealised magical girl universe was great too. The film also propelled Sayaka to hands down my favourite character of the franchise, all of her emotional scenes were heartbreaking. Sayaka X Kyoko for life.

But that ending was so goddamn unnecessary. I'm not going to argue that it went against Homura's character or anything like that because it didn't. In fact it was a bold twist to show that nothing she's ever done has really been for a noble cause. But to just pull a reverse series ending and negate the show's fantastic conclusion? Horrible. All it did was make Homura an all-powerful overly-attached girlfriend and tease that even if Godoka rises again Demon Homura will just try to take her down once more. Blah.

Nagisa was also a big disappointment. Bebe was really cool, but she either needed to be in the film way more or actually have a reasonable explanation to her other than "witch gone good".

Since the first part was so great I struggle to call the film bad, so "completely unnecessary" will have to do.