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It's great that they finally tried to do something a little different, but here we are missing everything that made the franchise special or the first two films remotely good. We are at a point in the story where the focus should be finally moved to the characters, but most of them have been suddenly cut out or turned into something completely different. The personalities of the ones who are still around have been strangely flattened, with important issues often being resolved in a short conversation if not a casual shogi game (??). On the other hand, things that should be kept simple are made overcomplicated with no apparent purpose. I dare anyone who is not familiar with the series to understand the point of this film. Shinji's struggle mostly came from the inside, but this time they decided to let the world end earlier so that he could have something extra to whine about for a couple of hours. I was initially pleased to find out that the film would be focused on the relationship between him and Kaworu, as the original series only spends 15 minutes on it. Still, it felt like they could develop that aspect a little more as well. Maybe they spent too much time working on the (boring) CGI action sequences to make people happy. I am confident that "3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time" will be better, but as this is no TV show, each individual film should be satisfying with its own definite narrative arc.

Sub par compared to 1.11 and 2.22. The time jump kinda killed it but it seemed to lose all sense of thrill and excitement 2.22 achieved.

“Even in a world without hope, you can still find something worth holding onto.” This one hits differently. I might not have enjoyed it quite as much as 1.0 and 2.0 on the surface, but the more I sat with it, the more it revealed itself as probably the most underrated piece of Evangelion media. The tonal and narrative shift is huge, and while it’s jarring at first, it’s deliberate, this is a movie about collapse, stasis, guilt, and confronting a new world you no longer recognize. Shinji’s development here is frustrating and painful, but real. Kaworu shines, his character is handled with so much emotional care, and the bond between him and Shinji is one of the film’s most compelling elements. There’s a tragic beauty to the way their dynamic unfolds, and it brings a lot of heart and symbolism into what could’ve just been chaos. The animation is once again gorgeous, full of breathtaking shots and visual metaphor. This entry leans heavier into abstraction and surrealism, and it works. There’s definitely less action and more atmosphere here compared to 2.0, but that’s exactly why it feels so powerful, it slows down to show the emotional cost of everything that came before. Some people call it messy or confusing, but that’s part of the point. This is Evangelion deconstructing itself again. It’s not for everyone, but if you’re in this for the full ride, you need to watch this. Watch it after 2.0, absorb it slowly, then reflect, it really adds weight to the final ent

Paco cinema. Sound and image 4.5 / 5 Everything about Ikari has no sense to me, what he does, what do not does, what they told him