[Fish Sandwich]

So I just watched Carranger VS Ohranger. Maybe it's just because the last VS movie I watched was pretty lame, but, wow. I mean, dang, by the standards of such things it's pretty much a masterpiece. Thoroughly entertaining.

Of course, it also has the advantage of starring the Carranger cast. And I do mean starring them. The Ohrangers are distincly the guests here, but frankly that works to the film's advantage. I guess if you're a super duper huge Ohranger fan it might be disappointing. Is anyone a super duper huge Ohranger fan though?

Anyway, the whole movie is just a super fun romp sort of thing that knows its purpose is simply to have two Sentai teams on screen at once and not much else. It's a quick, well paced little thing full of some good action (even working a car chase in there!) and tons of great humor. Also Signalman is in it, which is always a plus.

I mean, I missed these dorks so much. This movie is a shining example of what makes the Carrangers such an awesome team. The Ohrangers are pretty much just here to give them a straight man to work off of, and work it does. I think pretty much anytime a straight-laced team plays off a more off-key one, it makes for a more interesting movie (see also Shinken VS Go-On). The plot point of having Red Racer attempt to protect a monster from them really embodies why I love the Carrangers so much. They're simultaneously the most heroic ("Carranger doesn't judge people on appearances!"), and the most dumb ("I should've judged you by your appearance, after all") team you'll ever find. Also they're sort of a bunch of stubborn and/or lazy jerks, sometimes. Three-dimensional!

The movie's so simple I can't even say much more about it short of just recapping the whole thing, but I liked it a lot. I'll probably genuinely want to watch it again at some point, which for a Sentai movie I think is saying something.