[Daikaijuman54]

I finally watched Shin Kamen Rider last night! I enjoyed it very much!

One thing I absolutely adore about this movie is how much they tried to make it look like a Showa Kamen Rider Show with how some scenes are shot and choreographed, heck the overall feel and atmosphere had a lot of that at many places throughout.

The tragic hero of Takeshi Hongo is probably the biggest highlight to me with how right off the bat how violent (boy, I wasn't expecting THAT much) and grotesque he's become and how it weighs on him. I always got a sense he felt resigned to his fate and just wanted to make the best out of it in the trailers and I still got it here. Very well played.

The action and suits are amazing, mixing the goofy and sometimes grotesque monster looks and the mechanic aesthetic of the Augs, and "K's" very robotic movements, some of which are edited like stop-motion in a way giving an inhuman and Showa feel to him.

I honestly lost track of time while I watched the movie and thought the movie still had more to go after Hayato appeared (really enjoyed him). It kind of surprised me when it ended because I thought "That didn't feel like two hours!"

I may do a spoiler discussion at a later date, but for now, I enjoyed it. Although... This may be controversial of me, but I think I still like Shin Ultraman a bit better. Not saying Shin Kamen Rider did anything wrong, but for some reason, I don't know if I love it more than Shin Ultraman, despite all my praise of this one. Maybe I'll need to rewatch them a couple more times, but that's just me.