Evangelion: You Are (Not) Alone, 3 stars
The first animated film of the festival was Evangelion: You Are (Not) Alone.
As far as I can understand, this movie was the first part of a quadrilogy, that reimagines the very popular Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series.
To someone who’s never seen a single episode of the show, this movie was both over- and underwhelming.
While the imagery is pretty, the action constant and the interpersonal relationships appropriately angsty, it’s still rather hard to understand the plot. The script is full of references to unknown things, and with the dialogue bristling with abbreviations, the storyline was occasionally challenging to figure out.
I’m pretty sure that this quartet of movies is an easy introduction into the subject, and with all the rest of them slated for release in 2008, this review probably would warrant an update once the whole epic has been watched.
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