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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER DRIVE: SURPRISE FUTURE

The line I was talking about earlier was this:



That moment shortly after Belt-san is destroyed, where Shinnosuke ends up at the original Drive Pit with the collection of classic cars it turns out are all a gift to him, from one car lover to another. That simple "ii shumi shiteru ze, Belt-san" is such a cool guy way of expressing approval, but the delivery really gets across the complicated mix of emotions Shinnosuke is feeling, simultaneously trying to process a ton of grief while at the same time being touched by this reminder that he really did have the best partner in the world. I don't know if it's something other people think back to a lot, but this is without a doubt one of my favorite moments for Shinnosuke.

Naturally, I'm quite fond of the movie around this scene, too. I really need to rewatch it more often than I do. I guess I wouldn't quite call it one of my absolute favorites, either, but it's got some fantastic thriller-style drama and a lot of really strong high concepts. You seem disappointed with some of the payoffs, which is understandable, but I feel like you're way underestimating the value in the movie going for the obvious lie about Krim. I'm not sure another Rider summer movie was ever promoted in such a hype way? I mean, you've got promos with Krim calmly telling you Kamen Rider Drive is not justice and trailers prominently featuring Shinnosuke taking an axe to his own partner/belt (way before Gou would smash a belt with that thing, too!), and this sick as heck looking Dark Drive guy complete with his own car and I mean IT WAS AWESOME following the buildup to this film.

Surprise Future really lived up to that "Surprise" in the title, because everything about it just seemed completely nuts, and watching that all somehow come together into a normal Drive story, it ended up being the exact opposite of a letdown for me. The movie knows that you know this all has to go back to status quo somehow, and that was part of the fun before it even came out. Again, I wouldn't exactly argue against it not ~quite~ rising to that absolute top tier status, but I think it's definitely underselling the movie to say it's just okay.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

I remember liking the Ghost Cameo for how different it is

Then every time I see it somewhere I just see people going "If Ghost was like this then it would be good" and I've seen that take enough times to where I just actively dislike this cameo now.

X - "Ghost's fighting style from his summer movie cameo would've made his show good."
O - "Ex-Aid's font for the "HIT!" effects in his summer movie cameo would've made his show awful."