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11-06-2021, 05:12 PM | #871 |
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The thing I remember most about this movie was poor Momotaros getting stuck in the past again and having to work a strenuous job to survive. That conflict was much more interesting to me than anything to do with Yuto/Airi/Sakurai, which I really didn't need a movie about after the show bored me with that subplot already.
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11-06-2021, 05:15 PM | #872 |
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I feel a bit bad saying this right after someone else also said basically what I'm about to say, and it concerns a movie you clearly loved; but this one also didn't do much for me and I don't remember much from it. But! That's also because Zeronos himself didn't do much for me in Den-O, I was very much there for everything going on with Ryotaro and his group of Imagin. I think you put across in this thread a bunch of reasons why that would have been the experience for me and possibly others; as the Zeronos plot - no matter its quality - does contrast a little too much with Den-O's usual tone.
Also, gosh, I don't ever want folks to feel even a bit bad for having a different take on these shows! I'm looking for conversation, not consensus. Quote:
But! But but but. More important but than the last. I loved reading this review because it made me come around on certain things going on with the character, and I really get why you liked this story and this movie. I think it's the sort of thing I might appreciate a lot on a rewatch these days; and rewatching Den-O definitely does not sound like a bad time
And, yeah, Den-O rewatch! I can't imagine you'd feel it was time wasted.
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11-06-2021, 05:17 PM | #873 |
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The thing I remember most about this movie was poor Momotaros getting stuck in the past again and having to work a strenuous job to survive. That conflict was much more interesting to me than anything to do with Yuto/Airi/Sakurai, which I really didn't need a movie about after the show bored me with that subplot already.
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11-06-2021, 05:20 PM | #874 |
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I recall that was a part of it as well, but your memory would be more reliable than mine here, with you having just watched it. I definitely remember that Momotaros had it rough in this movie though.
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11-06-2021, 05:26 PM | #875 |
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Oh the 'homeless Momotaros' thing was in this?? I LOVED that! That was so fun. I couldn't quite recall which movie it was in though I was pretty sure it was in this trilogy
Oh, I know; I just didn't want it to feel like... it was coming down on you, y'know? Few things worse than expressing how much you liked something and then getting a bunch of people telling you how bad it is
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11-06-2021, 07:01 PM | #876 |
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You just don't see a lot of other Rider movies willing to have a five minute scene consisting of nothing but two characters chatting over coffee, you know?
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11-06-2021, 07:22 PM | #877 |
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(I am very happy to have this thread to distract me from some very tedious weekly ordering with a vendor!)
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Movies like this one... god, it wouldn't bother me if everyone in the world hated it, because I still had my experience with it. It wouldn't be any less special if people thought I was a sap for enjoying it. Quote:
It made me extremely happy to see you giving such well-stated praise to this movie for the stuff it does with Airi and Yuuto. I recall you being ~significantly~ less enthusiastic about all the wistful Time Nonsense stuff with them in the series than I am, so it's nice to see Den-O telling a story about that that finally managed to land for you. I don't think there's anything I can really add here, besides saying "yeah, I liked this one too!" Not that I even need to say that when I've made it more than clear what a huge Zeronos fan I am.
You just don't see a lot of other Rider movies willing to have a five minute scene consisting of nothing but two characters chatting over coffee, you know? My favorite motif in the film is how the telescope is Sakurai now, and how both Yuuto and Airi feel the weight of him/it as they try and have their little coffee date. Those guilty glances from Airi, the way Yuuto withers a bit under its perceived judgment... it's so good! It's shot and acted so well! And then the whole metaphor of Yuuto's distaste for bitter drinks! And how that's not what Sakurai would do! And maybe someday Yuuto will drink his coffee like Sakurai! And how that's incredibly unfair to Yuuto that he should have that pressure put on him! And how trapped Yuuto is in his development! And how unfortunately culpable Airi is in maintaining that prison! !!!!!!!!! Best scene!
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11-06-2021, 10:09 PM | #878 |
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No, he didn't. Imagine can only time travel when they've completed the contract, and Kintaros never completed his. It's the entire reason he almost disappered.
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11-06-2021, 11:49 PM | #879 |
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ahhh the Cho Den-O trillogy in which TOEI took this franchise's still warm corpse and pissed all over it
ok red is not good but acceptable, blue's actually decent, yellow on the otherhand was almost as bad as the Cho Den-O movie |
11-06-2021, 11:51 PM | #880 |
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Interesting take! Honestly, Red is the first post-show piece of Den-O content that feels vital to the themes and characters of the show. I thought it did a great job of creating an epilogue to Yuuto and Airi's story. Sorry it doesn't seem to have worked for you!
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