[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

And you know, if that was the kind of environment they had to somehow scrape a feature film together in, I guess that means it was even more pleasant of a surprise than I already thought back in the day that I actually really enjoyed this movie? I believe I rewatched it back when you did that Legend Rider thread and felt nothing had changed, even. It's not cohesive at all, and there's obviously no great moral lesson I took away from its complex themes or anything of that sort, but on a moment-to-moment level, I'm usually vibing with what it's doing, and really enjoying myself. Definitely doesn't hurt how many of those characters walking in-and-out of the plot are characters I really like, either.

I certainly prefer the Three Overlapping But Inconsequential Stories approach that this Taisen movie took over whatever the Outsiders episodes are trying to do. At least this one had a few character get through the entire film?

I guess my gripe with this approach is that, if getting the currently-airing series actors to participate is such a(n understandable!) chore, maybe don't make them the focus of the marketing and artwork? This movie would've been about 90% more coherent and enjoyable for me if it had just been a Yoko/Gavan/Gai film, with a million suits at the quarry and a tiny cameo by Wizard and the Samba Dinosaurs.

(Like, it still completely cracks me up that Haruto is like I've Got My Own Mission but completely vanishes, we don't check in with him at all until the climax, no idea what he was doing, might as well have just been eating donuts. They don't even bother to concoct a reason he's not around, he just goes the other direction. Amazing! A+ writing!)