[Kiwami]

I also watched the R/B movie, I think it was okay. Tsuburaya exceeds at making crossovers fun, so I wasn’t surprised to enjoy the Minato family and Riku scenes as much as I did. Making Katsumi the focus of the story worked quite well too.

I did have some issues with this though. The movie was full of strong messages which for the most part were done beautifully, but one in particular felt disappointing to me. They had a powerful moment with Asahi declaring that her gender won’t hold her back in fighting alongside her brothers, they have an epic transformation scene for Ultrawoman Grigio - and then she's just the cliché, cutesy "I can’t fight all that well and I’m clumsy too, hihihi" token girl hero character. What an absolute letdown that was. I don’t expect her to turn into the John Rambo of Ultraman but come on, if you preach such a strong message then follow it up properly.

Then... Groob. Why wasn't this one a suit? The design is great, all the Minato siblings joining together is genius, but it being all CG ruined it. Don’t get me wrong, the short chase sequence with Tregear was great, but after that the effects were just terrible. It looked awful when they had Groob interact with real life objects.

While we’re at it... Tregear. I really don’t know how you can have a villain be this meaningless. He was just there, with no reason given. I read on the wiki that Tregear created the monster form of Reugosite, yet it isn’t mentioned in the movie at all? Not even as a throwaway line? The hell? This could’ve been an excellent reason for conflict between him and the R/B-crew. He feels so out of place in this movie it’s not even funny.

Oh well, the movie was mostly good, it just kind of all feel apart at the end for me. Much like R/B in general honestly.