What did you particularly like/love about Evangelion 3.0?

[WunderBah]

I felt the curiousity to make a topic about this, due to how we've already had discussions about either sharing dislikes or reactions to Q.

However, if this topic isn't necessary then pardon me. I'm still rather new here. :)

[Fireball]

The atmosphere. Anno is a master of framing and cinematography and I couldn't help being captivated by it. It had that bleak tone and direction like I was watching Eva for the first time again, including all the anime post-traumatic stress DISORDAH that followed with it. The whole world after the Impact was so dreadful, hopeless and soul crushing grim that I felt genuinely touched which surprised me because I'd like to kid myself that I've gotten over the series by now but it appears I still value it very much.

Frankly, there are elements I feel very conflicted about in Q but if I had to give it one compliment than that it prompted some old memories and revived my interest in Eva again.

[Guy Nacks]

The atmosphere. Anno is a master of framing and cinematography and I couldn't help being captivated by it. It had that bleak tone and direction like I was watching Eva for the first time again, including all the anime post-traumatic stress DISORDAH that followed with it. The whole world after the Impact was so dreadful, hopeless and soul crushing grim that I felt genuinely touched which surprised me because I'd like to kid myself that I've gotten over the series by now but it appears I still value it very much.

Frankly, there are elements I feel very conflicted about in Q but if I had to give it one compliment than that it prompted some old memories and revived my interest in Eva again.

Pretty much this for me as well.

Everyone who's read my posts on Q knows I have major issues with parts of the script, but goddamn 3.0 felt so fresh after the NGE 2.0 fests that Jo and Ha felt like. It was so delightful to finally get a film so largely NEW and unexpected from the previous entries. The mood was right, the tone was right, the animation was awesome, the music was pretty good....

But the actual story could have been so much meatier.

[Zoop]

I agree with Fireball and Guy Nacks, pretty much the same.

Seen the original series long ago, left it alone, fell back right in love when 1.11 came out.
It's a love/hate relationship. I love it for the things I hate about it, I suppose. Felt pretty miserable after EOE, but still loved it!

Q sets that hopeless apocalyptic atmosphere. It felt a lot like EOE in a lot of ways, even though the story is going in a way different direction (or it's not, we'll see).

Just how frustrating it is to not know all the important things like what happened during the timeskip and Sinji's treatment. But then again I realise it, Anno has done it again. Not a single day goes by that I don't think about Evangelion. Theorizing and fanwanking. Agh! I want answers!

[Sailor Star Dust]

The first half of 3.33 felt strange to me, but the second half was very much in-line with the Descent/Bitter End Arcs of NGE. While I loved both 1.0 and 2.0, for me 3.0 really did feel like experiencing Eva for the first time again. The voice acting, cinematography, a lot of things in NME, has been Eva done right.

I'm very curious to see where the different character arcs are going in Final and how all the mysteries/plot points will be resolved.

I really like how NME has the slow build up to the Eva-01/Yui/Rei revealation throughout the 4 movies (with things coming to a head in Final), it really feels more cinematic and grand in scale that way. Especially when compared to NGE's Eva-01 gradual reveal in Episodes 16/20.

[AR-99]

Somber mood, worse than ever end of the world feeling. I started sympathizing with Shinji after a bit because no one did really give him straight answers at first. I also enjoyed the Mari x Asuka interaction, what is missing is face to face since all of it was while piloting. I realized that it's the opposite of how Asuka and Shinji interacted in the same situations, with Mari instead being unafraid to give Asuka some backtalk. One of my favorite moments is when she's waiting to shoot Mark 9 and telling it to come on.

[Nuclear Lunchbox]

I loved how the film felt to watch. I know that description is pretty vague, but it's the best way that I can describe my feelings about the film. I didn't really understand the film in its entirety the first time that I watched it; I was trying to absorb it like some perverted form of osmosis. Watching the film with the music, the way it looked, and watching some of my favorite characters behave in ways that boggled the mind, I found it to be an overall amazing film to watch.

Also it had Evas beating the crap out of each other, so we're all good. ;)

[Giji Shinka]

I loved pretty much everything in this film, expect the scene where the DSS choker momentarily disappears from Shinji's neck for some reason.

Every time i watch this, every time i read more speculations, i love the film even more.

This is the film (1.0 and 2.0 too) that i would proudly show to my family, friends and to my (grand) children.

[McSquishin]

Considering my initial reaction was "what the (actual) f***," the fact that I have anything good to say about Q is kinda surprising to me. What can I say, it's growing on me.

I think most of my feelings have already been expressed by others. Like Fireball said at the beginning of the thread, I like the atmosphere. Hell, that's a large part of the reason why I like NGE to begin with. Now that I've had time to come down from my inital shock I like the time skip too, as it's provided a great deal of material for me to, as Zoop put it, "theorize and fanwank" to. My frustration on the plot break (read: complete and utter lack of explanation for apparently HUGELY SIGNIFICANT events) between the 2.0 and 3.0 weighs heavily on me though.

There's a lot I don't like about this movie, but I'll reserve final judgment for after Final comes out.

[Ænimal]

Quatre Mains

The music in the Rebuild films has been pretty decent up until Q, but this number was something else.

[Zoop]

Quatre Mains is not a song, its French for "Four Hands" (meaning, two people playing on one piano). So it's a type of song. And I there are more than 1 Quatre Mains song on the ost.

[ontopic]
Another thing I really like about 3.33, Is the music, it's a lot more epic and bombastic than 1.11 and 2.22. While the previous movies had music much like it's original NGE counterparts (albeit with some upgrades and a few new songs). 3.33 introduces some new sounds and has much more vocals. The OST really is a recommendation !

[Ænimal]

Quatre Mains is not a song, its French for "Four Hands" (meaning, two people playing on one piano). So it's a type of song.

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm what?

[Azathoth]

^ He's saying that "a quatre mains" is a direction that follows the name of a song, rather than the name of any given song per se. Unfortunately the name of the song in Q is "Quatre Mains (a quatre mains)" because Shiro Sagisu is an asshat.

On topic, I like the opening battles between Wunder and the Nemesis Series, which really nails a feeling like that felt around the middle of NGE's run, but with an actual budget for a change. In fact, it feels like the vibe Anno was aiming for with Ha and missed, and when the film derails into the story of ReShinji's last breakdown, it feels like a boring digression rather than the main plot.

I also like Beast 02's attack on 09, which would sound absolutely hilarious if I tried to describe it but is a pretty visceral fuck-yeah moment when actually watched and doesn't come off as nearly so stupid as Beast 02 did previously.

e: also Shinji's meltdown after he breaks up with Rei Q - while this kind of heavily depends on the scene in EoE to which it is a reference, it's still p. cool

[the_seventh_child]

The movie is far from perfect, it actually has quite more than few bad calls altogether, but it does execute the isolation theme in a very convincing way. I mean, anyone could predict that shit was gonna hit the fan concerning Shinji and his decision to blurt out a big fuck you to the world in favor of Rei, but it takes that to a whole new level; you can't help but truly feel for him even though the heat he's taking is (technically) justifiable.
The way the movie progresses and how we get from Shinji solitude lv.99 to trying small steps again, to take an initiative to do something that gets him past existing to living, only for his efforts to be punched into the garbage bin again, is depicted in a heartfelt way and I can't help but appreciate and admire that.

I mean, we all know that Shinji's journey is like Blink's 'Adam's Song', and we're still to reach the final chorus, but that movie set the tone for that, and I can't wait for the conclusion.

tl;dr, I knew what to expect and still was pleasantly surprised.

[unitM]

The music and the setting, especially during the second half of the movie. Glorious. I feel that's when people really started noticing shit.

[Kendrix]

The fact that they portray science marching on.

[WunderBah]

The music and the setting, especially during the second half of the movie. Glorious. I feel that's when people really started noticing shit.

The N4I event was my favorite of the second half in 3.0. loved the music and the apocalyptic feel of how Anno conveyed it, especially the expressions of horror once Shinji actually witnessed it.