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Originally Posted by Powerman293

Kamen Rider the Next

The fuck did I just watch?

This movie was terrible. The focus on the horror aspects ruin the movie more then the dumb kids in the First. The Chicharu stuff was some of the worst Kamen Rider bullshit I've ever seen. Why the hell was she killing those random people? I get the whole nanobot stuff but her plot made no sense. The Riders don't even show up until 20 minutes into the movie.

I wish Hongo and his student's relationship was better developed. i like the idea, it just was tangled up in a bad horror movie. Granted, I like the first 5 minutes, the atmosphere, the creepiness, the suspense but it get used so repeatedly throughout the rest of the movie and so much worse each time after. I can't say anymore because I can't pinpoint as much of my anger with this movie as the First, just because so many bad elements are blended together.

This movie was also hard to watch, from a cinematographic standpoint. Where as the First used Blade's gray and blue color scheme only during the night and it added a cool visual to the night fights, this movie took Kabuto's grey filter and turned it up to max level. It was really hard to watch, both during the day and at night. Especally considering the Shocker Riders look very similar to Rider 2 and with the grey filter, it was easy to confuse them. A lot of the coolness of the costumes are ruined by the amount of grey that's over the movie.

What I liked:

Once again, the Next brought great designs and fights. Granted, a lot less great suits and fights due to trying to be a shitty J-Horror, but still great.

I like V3's redemption, you could see through the horror of learning about his sister getting mutated by the nanobots that he doesn't want anything similar to happen to the rest of humanity.

The world building was also great. Shocker has not only advanced its technology but also is trying more quick and effective methods. Granted, the world building meant jack shit considering there never was a third movie but kudos to them.

Hongo, Ichimonji and Kazami were all great in this movie. Getting old Riders to portray these guys is just great, especially during their interactions. Inchimonji has become a drunk and it's interesting to see him try to overcome his pain.

I understand completely, I felt similar when I watched the film. Granted, I would have still liked a sequel, if only so as to see what Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger would have been like (though I think Gackt and S.I.C. have already shown us what at least Riderman would have been like). Though Ichimonji's death still pisses me off.