This was a fantastic review. I felt exactly the same. Especially about the villains. With the Extendeds in Seed and Seed Destiny, we understood more about them as time went on. But we barely even get names for the Accord team, let alone backstories.
I watched it last night, and seeing the orb navy basically say "We learned how to miss our shots from Captain Todoka!" Made the entire theater burst out laughing 😂
Nobody got the reference when I watched it yesterday in the theatre. I died laughing 😂 because I understood the little Easter egg within. Then had a flashback scene in Destiny, where Cagalli was kidnapped by the Freedom & Archangel 🤓
@@IceSki117Yea unfortunately I had to deal with drunk people in the theater making not-so-funny jokes. Also, people mumbling to each other during the film.
I had the same experience at the premiere here in Melbourne. Everyone laughed and the Captain Todoka comment and the theater absolutely erupted with cheers when Athrun decked Kira. Was an amazing experience seeing with so many fans.
@@fr33bird7891 Guess I didn't, but then I didn't say it had the most fan service of anything I had ever seen. I said the fan service was over the top. So, whether the remaster of SEED had more, seems moot.
@@Nataku302 Why do yall act like Kira never struggled prior to this? He was in the Freedom and could barely touch the Raider, Forbidden, and Calamity. He got his ass beat by Shinn in an inferior mobile suit, and even when he gets the Strike Freedom, he's on equal footing with the Legend and Destiny.
@@AsimPaints true he did get his ass owned by Shinn and the druggies and even Athrun. But I mean now its more believable and Strike Freedom does takes damage.
@@Nataku302 Both the freedom and the strike freedom took massive damage during the end battles of seed and destiny. I'm just tired of people acting like Kira didn't struggle in both machines
@@ArchusKanzaki Nobody ever put so much as a scratch on that mobile suit. I think the one time any enemy made contact is when he first used it and the GOUFs caught it with the heat rods.
I think the movie would have been better served as a multi-episode OVA series like Stardust Memory. There was no time offered to let it sink in that old characters were killed off (set aside that those characters never got the opportunity to be fleshed out) or the impact on the surviving member of the trio. We got no time with the Black Squad members to be attached or care about their deaths. They might as well have been 4 dolls with slightly different color schemes to differentiate one from the other. Physical character design does not a personality make.
speaking of dolls That's what accord are Those 4 black knight pilot are conditioned 1st gen coordinator, not drugged up, but definitely brainwashed also their queen is possibly brainwashed young 1st gen coordinator that is designed to be a clone, its not a physical copy, but close enough & have none of clone problem, aside from brainwashing kid into a copy
And dub shin was fine- NGL ocean group dub shin was one of the weaker castings. So was Stella. And Luna was barely passable. Shin and Stella were amazing here
@@DIEGhostfish they just the opposite of them make them evil. Make judau and his sister blonde. The ending was straight from ZZ ending when kamille and Fa in the beach with more freedom replaced it with Kira and Lacus.
When Erica Simmons said "these machines are hardly different from what you're used to", she's really only speaking with Strike Freedom & Infinite Justice in mind. Shinn's creative usage of Destiny's Mirage Colloid, Voiture Lumiere, and whatever particles its golden joints have, really birthed a new capability to the MS. It's no longer the "peak of Impulse's backpacks" that it was. It really is Shinn's coup de grace of an MS.
Am kinda annoyed of the multitude of lone scenes with Luna saying "Shinn is so stupid". We know her character is better than just that, and whenever she's with Shinn, she _is_ better. It just feels like Fukuda didn't know what to do with her after her return to the Millenium & before the final conflict.
I agree because during Lunamaria sad due to she thought that Shinn already dead,but she punched harder due to Shinn suprise her from behind. However,this scene was hilarious for Shinn and Lunamaria 🤣🤣
@@TheRibbonRed the one where everyone's confused at night on what to do with compass shin shrugs on his lonesome in hopelessness and it cuts to Luna calling him an idiot. And I'm thinking "why what did Shin do he's literally trying his best to be a supportive little bro" Fucking loved shin in this movie
It almost sounds like F91, "we wanted to make it a series but Bandai said make a movie instead." Other than that, yeah, sounds like Gundam Seed. I'm sure it will sell model kits.
Congrats on watching the film and thank you for the review! On my personal experience, I personally loved the film. It wasn't trying to be high-brow fiction and honestly it made me respect that more. In the threatre, I got an interview with Fukuda where he said he made the film for the fans to honor the legacy of SEED, and that he wanted to make a film that made those fans smile. Watching it, I felt hyped, I squealed at the references and character appearances, laughed, and enjoyed myself a lot. I came out with the smile that Fukuda tried to give, and for that, the film is a massive success in my book.
It's made bad because everything between the first battle & Compass' visit to the Foundation, Fukuda basically speedrun the explanation of the world & what happened to the characters after Destiny, even down to their private lives. If Fukuda dropped showing the characters' life update, things would've flowed more organically.
Yeah, he made the show bright (the term). Gundam was often quoted for being dark and violent compared to other anime, with many important people on all sides losing their lives in quicker and quicker sucession over the series. But Shinns new, funny and joyfull personality made things funny and wholesome, like in other anime. It was uncharechteristic for Gundam outside the Build series.
Yeah, Flay, at least, makes sense as a character she was a grade A bitch but it came from a place of self preservation and before she died she was on her way to turning a new leaf and genuinely fell in love with Kira which makes her death actually tragic. Agnes, on the other hand, is directly responsible for several deaths and committed treason all because a boy rejected her. Actually fuck her, Agnes is an awful person and its actually wild that they(the writers not Luna) let her live.
@TrueWarriorJak yea kinda agree. I expected luna would kill her, but nope.... Luna even try to take her back into the team wtf 😱 like bruh why....really surprised they (movie director) didnt kill her off at the end there, especially considering flay was killed.
Lol she was a bit a character which I don't know why they kept her in the team. Also her reason to love Kira wasn't even love it's just she wanted to break the couple and get an higher social rank...
Ikr that scene was so ridiculous and hilarious at same time lol. No one expected it 🤣 she literally went full shaltear but in spirit form or something lol.
Love that Kakarot titled it spoiled free and went on whole dunk contest to dunk on Agnis, but I agree with him. The movie made me changed my mind about Shin and hes the second best character in the movie next to my boy Athrun. The crew know what are doing with truly fan servicing on multiple levels. Pulling all the tropes and meme from seed and destiny so that was a big props.
@Nix91 It's so strange that it was Gundam SEED DESTINY of all things that got a sequel that paid respect to it. I don't even respect Destiny and this movie treated it so well, I couldn't help but love it.
@@Wittle_Boyo same here too, didn't really like Destiny but the movie really takes all of Destiny's baggage and addresses them. Which now makes Destiny retroactively good, as being the middle of a 3-part series makes it a bit okay for some suckiness which the movie then redeems, kinda like a disaster movie where the middle is where all the bad things happen. Except this is Gundam and bad things happen all the time hahaha!
SEED Freedom was the most fun I've ever had watching a film in theaters. Though, it's interesting you say they don't kiss because when I saw it last night, they clearly locked lips before the credits rolled in.
Maybe he didnt finish it. I watched the movie twice in cinemas and both Kira and Lacus kissed in the end and thats where the movie ends Dont know why he has to lie on that part 🤔
Gundam SEED Freedom was a good film because characters from Gundam Seed Destiny in the film were good development, especially Shinn character development was hilarious to watch. For the final battle,it was a festival mania because Griffin went to read Shinn's mind but failed. And,also, Athrun thinking during fight Shura was hilarious 😂. I can't wait to watch it again during streaming online.
Saw this film way back in April as part of a fan screening with merch from Japan. Everyone in the theater was screaming and shouting for joy with how "Kira is finally back" along with the rest of the cast and I agree with them. This movie is amazing and exceeds all my expectations considering the delayed production it encountered. That being said though, it is also flawed in certain ways, especially the pacing in which I think the movie is trying to squeeze as much screentime for everyone but you can also tell that they did what they can with the limited run time to its maximum extent. It's an amazing film in the context of Gundam and it's an excellent movie, if you really love the SEED series. It's a redemption film if you despise Destiny but also just a very generally amazing film and this is just me now, a great Gundam return-to-form for me since I didn't enjoy WfM at all.
Shin was so hyped with destiny when they tried to read his mind they said he was not thinking and stella being shin ark thoughts having the enemy being overwhelmed by shin!
I just saw it last night! Went with my brother who is also a life-long Gundam fan, and we had a blast. I had intentionally spoiled myself on all the major plot points and new MS beforehand, but my brother was in the dark so it was fun to see him react to all of the crazy moments. Shinn and Athrun were easily the best parts of the film.
Personally, I loved this movie, I enjoyed it so much, and the main things I liked or noticed were: 1. Shinn has always been my favorite SEED character, and seeing him in this movie could not make me stop smiling. They finally did him justice. 2. The fights were glorious and spectacular, really well animated. Both the old and new suit designs were awesome. Really liked the Murasame Kai and Destiny Spec 2. 3. Kira's arc finally brought him more down to earth and much more relatable 4. As someone who actually enjoyed SEED and SEED Destiny (despite their flaws), the nods and fanservice moments (not talking about Lacus' space suit at the end of the movie💀) related to the previous two series were a nice touch and I enjoyed them 5. Despite their limited screen time, I really like how they introduced and set up the Black Knights, making me hate them from the moment I saw them. 6. And finally, something I did not expect to be as good as it was, the romance and comedy scattered throughout the film didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. It was funny and enjoyable (especially Shinn o boy). While it wasn't perfect and maybe a bit too on the nose, I thought it was pretty good Overall, I loved this movie, beating out Narrative and Endless Waltz as my personal favorite Gundam movie. It's not perfect, but it's still pretty good. Any SEED and SEED Destiny fans who watched it most likely enjoyed it. I fell in love with this movie, and it's a shame that it's theatrical run in the US is so short lived. But yeah, I really did enjoy this movie, and I can't remember ever smiling more watching anything Gundam related than this. Great Vid Kakarot, as always.
I can understand not caring about a good chunk of the deaths in Zeta, but there are plenty of meaningfully-fleshed-out characters that die. I also can't really suspend my disbelief here, you didn't feel bad at all when Kamille's parents were used as bargaining tools and then murdered when he didn't cooperate at the very beginning of the show? How awful the mix of emotions going through his head must've been, because he was also very mad at his parents at the time for their compliance with the technology they were making for the Titans? All during fight-or-flight in the heat of battle, when emotions are already running high? And Kamille's a teenager, so amp all the trauma and bad decision-making up to 11? Then add on the fact that part of his backstory is that his parents were fairly absent, leading to even more difficulties for the child and increased mixed feelings towards his parents? I personally can't imagine NOT being emotionally moved by the circumstances being portrayed, I almost feel like this is flamebaiting. I don't expect everybody to sob at the mere idea of that happening to somebody, but cmon, did you really not care at all? Do you just not care about any characters when they die in shows then? Did you just leave a comment to brag about being a sociopath, if you're being genuine? I'm so confused
@@Supercohboy No. There's so many deaths for so little to no good reasons besides Tomino being depressed and going "kill 'em all" mode like each time he worked on something while depressed. All those deaths led me to go/think "next" each time somebody died in Zeta. In fact, I vividly recall starting saying next outloud at some point, each time a death happened in that show. Mostly at the end of it. And no, I'm not flamebating nor am I a sociopath. I really didn't care about any deaths in Zeta, unlike the ones in the original serie or other Gundam series. IMO, Bernie's one of the saddest death in all of the franchise. Also, guess I'm not the only one, as of I'm writing this, my comment have 23 likes.
Though for me it was for very different reasons. In Freedom is was a bunch of people I didn't know dring and then that being moved on from too fast for anything to come of it. In Zeta it was characters I cared about in the first half (ie Emma) dying in stupid ways in the second half, but because they had been making such dumb decisions the whole second half they weren't even the characters I liked anymore, they were all lobotomized.
I enjoyed it. Saw the sub last night. One of my few gripes was that some of the action was moving so fast I couldn’t really track it. Specifically the last fight Athrun had. Couldn’t tell if they were just countering attacks or flipping over each other.
Sounds like a good time and the best possible result of a Seed related thing. And personally, Gundam movies/series with really fast pace, even at its own detriment, it's sort of fun quirk. A shame about what happens in the second half, but I will wait to see it for myself, whenever that is, I doubt it will air in Brazil, maybe we will get lucky and have it streamed eventually.
@14:20 Here in America we got a bonus video before the movie started with the director answering questions. One of the answers he gave was he wanted to show some of the MSs from first series like the Dagger.
The movie is arguably a better end for the seed series’s. But I like that toward the end of movie, I can see that there is potential for another movie set in the gundam seed universe. So personally, I like that at least in the end, Kira and Lacus are finally be together, and will have a happy family. But I also see that blue cosmos is still out there, as well as how the foundation get their hands on such technologies, or is there any remain of the librarian work in the foundation plot as well as blue cosmos. I will love the next movie will also feauture Lowe and Gai Murakumo as well as other characters from the astray series alongside with other characters from seed and seed destiny, and maybe finally be able to see the astray gundams fighting side by side with the freedom, justice and destiny gundams.
Well we probably are getting another Gundam seed series but with different characters we already got all the model kits from Gundam eclipse manga so it's very likely we might get something in the next few years
Personally, I will love to leave the seed series end like this, maybe with an after credit of Kira and Lacus wedding. I like to see the iron blood orphan expand a little more on screen.
And one more thing that I don’t think anyone would notice, but I am going to say anyway. The z’gok mobile suit that Arthurn uses to hide the Justice gundam is very reminiscent of Kamen Rider Kabuto. Since Kamen rider Kabuto, Gattack, Drake would always have an armor form before activate the armor cast off to reveal the real Kamen rider forms. P.S. I hope that anyone whose are familiar with Tokusatsu will know what I mean.
Following the Foundation Crisis, I would guess that the next installment in Seed could involve Compass gaining more support like the Titans and prioritizing cracking down on Durandalists or Zala loyalists over Blue Cosmos terror cells. Or the Zaft coup could spark tensions yet again between Naturals and Coordinators, eventually starting a third Bloody Valentine War.
9:53 She's just CE's version of SPOILERS Quess or Reccoa, only she's old ebough to know better than Quess, and doesn't that we know of have tbr implied backstory about getting sexually assaulted as a POW and then cold-shouldered by the man she thought loved her that Reccoa did.
about to go see it in less than an hr, discovered this morning when talking to a friend about some of the spoiled plot points that it was showing only tonight near me. might as well go see what's up!
So what you're saying is that Kira's arc was transforming from Jesus who now questioned himself to becoming the almighty Gundam god at the end? So it's a little more interesting then what he did in Destiny.
It felt like they condensed a 13 or 25 episode season of seed into a movie Edit: also Yzak once again in this movie proves why he is a national hero for the PLANTs
Saw it last night, honestly had a blast, left the theater with a smile. It's all one can ask for. Is it perfect no, is it enjoyable, yes. There were multiple points where the entire theater burst out laughing.
Big SEED fan and liked the movie, but yeah, your comments on the comp movie esque pacing blunting a lot of potential impact very much lines up with my experience.
I came back from the English Dub. Athrun shows he is Boss in every scene, conversation, and skirmish, and I couldn't be happier after what he went through in the Destiny series.
Just came back from the theatre myself, aside from the cliches and pacing issues from time to time...I really had a great time watching it. The visuals were fantastic, along with the soundtrack and nostalgia overkill. The last part had me on the edge of my seat...truely a terrific cinema experience.
after the massacre of Cagali in Destiny, now it's Lacus' turn It's Desiny all over again, the scenario fall on it's head on the first part and tries to pick up itself back up on the second half The most infiuriating thing to me is that they didn't END the series, meaning there is a possibility for more....
When I saw that scene of Luna extending Impulse gundam's hand of recovery to Agnes, I was pissed off like "Goddammit, where's Suletta when you need a b*tch turned to spaghettiOs?".Hell' I'd even settle for a flashback crossover cameo of ChuChu decking Agnes while the latter was picking on Shinn during their academy days.
I really enjoyed it. The pacing was break neck and and it’s not newbie friendly in the slightest. But for those of us who like seed and destiny it’s the ending we should have gotten in 2005. Agnes actually has one of my favorite lines of the movie when she umm questions Luna’s relationship choices. The movie is very aware of itself.
At the end of the day Seed is a high concept sci fi show (it’s still one of the best examples of a show dealing with genetic engineering… makes you wonder if the world of Star Trek is run by blue cosmos) mixed with anime weirdness you either get or you don’t.
@@Chris-xc4rv true I was mainly referring to people who have no knowledge of seed at all. People said Hathaway was hard to follow but at least all you needed to know from CCA is the girl he liked died and he’s not over it. This one just drops you into the first battle and takes off.
I was overall happy with the movie. It was what I was expecting for a Seed movie 2 decades later. The mecha battles were awesome and the brief cameos of past characters were nice, although short. It was a movie made for fans of the two Seed series. Happy to finally get the Seed movie after waiting for so long.
my experience when it was available in a cinema near me. It only aired for 2 days, 2 times a day in my province and 3 of its showing was during my work hours and I can't afford to leave my work so~ The last showing was at 5:30pm in the afternoon and my work ends at 5:00pm. It takes about 20 minutes to get there from my workplace, but to add after 5pm is rush hour and routes going in and out of my workplace is heavy traffic area XD. So with that I planned what to do~ First I parked my car near the exit gate that is the fastest and easiest to get out of the office that is also close to the Biometrics scanner for the record of going in and out of work. When the clock hit 4:55pm I packed my things and proceeded to my car which is a 3 minute walk from my office to the parking lot. soon as the clock hits 5pm I bolted and overtook took the start of rush hour to get to the mall, parked my car, brisked walk to the cinema and picked my seat and relaxed at 5:28pm~ Ye that was a fun struggle, but worth it for me XD
For us in HK,we all laugh are the funny part as well thise funny references. But my favourite part is when the Archangel was about to go down and Murrue Ramius called out abandoned ships. We all saluted for its services
When it comes to my biggest takeaway, you hit the nail right on the head. Stuff just kind of happens, armed forces coalesce out of nowhere to fight another world war. The pacing was absolutely horrible. And the main "theme" of love got annoying after about the 3rd time Lacus looked into the camera and defined love, whilst all the baddies in the room stare at her like she said the gamer word 😂. The action was the main saving grace for me. I just had a kind of primal joy seeing kira and the others back in the saddle again. Also I liked the exploration of kira's trauma, ultimately he kept his word to durandal to take up the fight again and again, but it took its toll.
I absolutely loved it! I read the mini novels before watching the movie, so it kind of brought some back story to some of the new characters and what happened between the events of Destiny leading up to Freedom. The movie is a love letter to the Seed fans.
Yeah, I think if you watched the movie in a language you understood more fluently, I’d say you might come out with certain details making more sense. I loved this movie but it definitely is hyper targeted at Seed fans and I think non Seed fans may not agree on that opinion. One minor nitpick, Kira and Lacus absolutely did kiss at the end of the movie though.
It started out interesting plot-wise but then went completely off the rail towards the end. Although even with that being said, as a big fan of the seed timeline, I had the best time of my life seeing the characters in action again and if you don't take the movie seriously and just take it as what it is (a love letter to fans), you will enjoy it as well. Shinn was also the best character. Better late than never. **SPOILER** I still wish that the Archangel did not sink with everything it went through. My all time favorite ship.
Gundam seed freedom is considered a festival movie made for fans. So, it's not meant to be taken as seriously as the anime series. It's meant to be light-hearted and enjoyable. The fast pace actually helps in that as you don't get to really dwell on the deaths or the current consequences of Kira's and Lacus' actions or how Lacus' identity as the last accord harms their reputation and may make their future harder. However, there's mentions that Kira and Lacus went into hiding and are considered MIA. I just hope that if the studio makes a sequel, let Athrun and Shinn be the protagonists and let Kira and Lacus be supporters or simply mentioned in passing.
This movie was kind of a mix of the first two series. It was still enjoyable and took me back a bit though. Glad i went to see it instead of having to wait another 6 or 7 seven months for its release. I can't believe they brought back all the orginal mobile suits to use in battle. And as usual athrun can't end a movie or series with his mobile suit still in tact. But they didn't let him destroy a gundam. Also, you still can't kill the 3 main characters by blowing up their suits. Seed and destiny was always fast paced. You're going to be lost if you've never seen those.
Saw the film without any expectations, having not seen any of the trailers. I enjoyed it, made me feel like it was a mid 2000s Saturday night again (albeit on a Tuesday).
Why wasn't the infinite justice destroyed when he saved Kira at the end? When he was inside the zgok he jumps infront of Kira and gets hit but all the needles. They destroy the zgok armour but the justice is undamaged even tho it's phase shift armour wasnt activated? So those needles should have gone thru the justice killing Athrun and destroying it.
Im a big fan of Seed and I loved this movie. As a fan I felt like this was made for people like me who waited 20 years and I felt like I got what I expected plus a little more. That being said I was suprised you didnt mention how good of a showing Athrun got because boy oh howdy he was cool.
As someone who thought the original SEED is a decent series and DESTINY was a downgrade I actually really enjoyed SEED FREEDOM, it has its flaws of course but this time around the positives outweigh it's problems for me. My theater just had such a fun time with the film lol. Also this is a sequel in every sense of the word so no you need to watch the original SEED and DESTINY.
@@DIEGhostfish compared to Kakarot's theater experience, my theater was laughing and clapping at many parts of the film, they were really enjoying it.
Finally watched it with it being released North America via Netflix, and, man, that was rough. The story and its stakes don't matter. You were right in saying that the pacing goes too fast sometimes for anything that happens to matter. Another thing you said that is 100% true is all the deaths that do nothing for the viewer because nothing matters when no one of importance is going to get hurt. Sorry but seeing too many randos die at once does nothing for me. This redo of Gundam Seed Destiny is somehow worse than, well, Gundam Seed Destiny.
My friend never watched SEED or Destiny (he usually doe not watch robot anime), however he agreed Freedom is a good movie. He knows the is missing a lot of references, but he likes it .
![The Original Battleplan of the Three Ships Alliance [Gundam Seed Lore]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lOT0naioLZA/mqdefault.jpg)
"I had to venture to the French speaking part of Belgium."
A truly heroic sacrifice.
I often forget that there's a non french speaking part of Belgium. After all, all famius belgians, Poirot, Tin Tin, the smurfs, are all francophone.
@@arx3516 I just assumed Belgains are bi-lingual. But rhat may just be the ignorant American in me showing.
Sounds dangerous
Do not worry we are nice to American
for the moment
This was a fantastic review. I felt exactly the same. Especially about the villains. With the Extendeds in Seed and Seed Destiny, we understood more about them as time went on. But we barely even get names for the Accord team, let alone backstories.
I watched it last night, and seeing the orb navy basically say "We learned how to miss our shots from Captain Todoka!" Made the entire theater burst out laughing 😂
Nobody got the reference when I watched it yesterday in the theatre. I died laughing 😂 because I understood the little Easter egg within. Then had a flashback scene in Destiny, where Cagalli was kidnapped by the Freedom & Archangel 🤓
@@Destiny2c0me Theater I was in laughed at that too.
This movie was definitely more fun to watch in a theater full of people who actually knew the events of the Cosmic Era.
@@IceSki117Yea unfortunately I had to deal with drunk people in the theater making not-so-funny jokes. Also, people mumbling to each other during the film.
I had the same experience at the premiere here in Melbourne. Everyone laughed and the Captain Todoka comment and the theater absolutely erupted with cheers when Athrun decked Kira. Was an amazing experience seeing with so many fans.
I loved it. The fan service was over the top, but sometimes that's nice, especially since it's been 20 years.
My poor dad got traumatized but I was smiling the whole time 😂
@@fr33bird7891 Guess I didn't, but then I didn't say it had the most fan service of anything I had ever seen. I said the fan service was over the top. So, whether the remaster of SEED had more, seems moot.
Kira finally burning out on being space Jesus was long overdue, I think it was done well.
@@Nataku302 Why do yall act like Kira never struggled prior to this? He was in the Freedom and could barely touch the Raider, Forbidden, and Calamity.
He got his ass beat by Shinn in an inferior mobile suit, and even when he gets the Strike Freedom, he's on equal footing with the Legend and Destiny.
@@AsimPaintsto be fair those guys were drugged to match the reaction times of ace zaft pilots which an example was Athrun and his group
@@AsimPaints true he did get his ass owned by Shinn and the druggies and even Athrun. But I mean now its more believable and Strike Freedom does takes damage.
@@SadielHrz that's my point, those drugged naturals were keeping up with Kira in the Freedom, while using inferior machines
@@Nataku302 Both the freedom and the strike freedom took massive damage during the end battles of seed and destiny. I'm just tired of people acting like Kira didn't struggle in both machines
Honestly, it was fun
Kira finally got his plot armor revoked, and Shinn finally had some respect
This right here I agree.
Thought the same.
Mighty Strike Freedom kinda returns the armor (it's so goddamn OP like holy shit), but Kira definitely struggled at least 75% of the movie.
The Strike Freedom and Kira is really being put through its paces. I don’t think Kira even loses any DRAGOON when he was duelling Legend back then.
@@ArchusKanzaki Nobody ever put so much as a scratch on that mobile suit. I think the one time any enemy made contact is when he first used it and the GOUFs caught it with the heat rods.
I think the movie would have been better served as a multi-episode OVA series like Stardust Memory. There was no time offered to let it sink in that old characters were killed off (set aside that those characters never got the opportunity to be fleshed out) or the impact on the surviving member of the trio. We got no time with the Black Squad members to be attached or care about their deaths. They might as well have been 4 dolls with slightly different color schemes to differentiate one from the other. Physical character design does not a personality make.
well this movie is get development hell soo be expected some part of the movie is lacking well be glad that this movie come out from that hell
speaking of dolls
That's what accord are
Those 4 black knight pilot are conditioned 1st gen coordinator, not drugged up, but definitely brainwashed
also their queen is possibly brainwashed young 1st gen coordinator that is designed to be a clone, its not a physical copy, but close enough & have none of clone problem, aside from brainwashing kid into a copy
I don't mind having a directors uncut version,I might buy the bluray
@@gallitonikko566 lord of the ring edition like on the ways 🤣
Yeah having like 3 long OVAs like EW would've been perfect
Shinn-bros…. we finally got a dub
We sure did.
A well deserved W after a season of Ls
Whinn Wsuka
And dub shin was fine- NGL ocean group dub shin was one of the weaker castings. So was Stella. And Luna was barely passable.
Shin and Stella were amazing here
If only it is online. They won't show it at my country.
The fact that lacus supposed to be a super super coordinator that supposed to lead humanity the whole thing sound like innovators from gundam 00
Yes, I was thinking the same thing.
I mean it sounds like half of Gundam to me lol
"Super Super Coordinator"
"Super God Super Instinct Saiyajin" anyone?
Compass basically a legal version of celestial being lol
it's like Amuro in a catsuit
favourite scene has to be Shinn's 1 v 4, I was so hype throughout it
He destroyed gundam team from ZZ.
“Don’t think, just do”
@RACH90810 They didn't look or feel anything like the Gundam team. Were they the same voices?
@@Vol_anteThoughts: Zero.
Unga Bunga: Maximum.
@@DIEGhostfish they just the opposite of them make them evil. Make judau and his sister blonde. The ending was straight from ZZ ending when kamille and Fa in the beach with more freedom replaced it with Kira and Lacus.
The part where Shinn gets his Destiny Spec II and him smirking menacingly always gets me
Yess, he already know what about to happen next 😂
Head empty, no thoughts lmao
When Erica Simmons said "these machines are hardly different from what you're used to", she's really only speaking with Strike Freedom & Infinite Justice in mind. Shinn's creative usage of Destiny's Mirage Colloid, Voiture Lumiere, and whatever particles its golden joints have, really birthed a new capability to the MS.
It's no longer the "peak of Impulse's backpacks" that it was. It really is Shinn's coup de grace of an MS.
What do you expect?
Shinn in Destiny is the incarnation of the term ,,menace". Those 4 grunts he slugged are a testimony
I lost because i'm not using my original mobile suit 😂🤣
Shin and Luna Maria moments were so adorable 😍
She whooped him out of love
Am kinda annoyed of the multitude of lone scenes with Luna saying "Shinn is so stupid". We know her character is better than just that, and whenever she's with Shinn, she _is_ better. It just feels like Fukuda didn't know what to do with her after her return to the Millenium & before the final conflict.
I agree because during Lunamaria sad due to she thought that Shinn already dead,but she punched harder due to Shinn suprise her from behind. However,this scene was hilarious for Shinn and Lunamaria 🤣🤣
@@nurinadibah4315I like how she was snapping him silly. 😂
@@TheRibbonRed the one where everyone's confused at night on what to do with compass shin shrugs on his lonesome in hopelessness and it cuts to Luna calling him an idiot.
And I'm thinking "why what did Shin do he's literally trying his best to be a supportive little bro"
Fucking loved shin in this movie
It almost sounds like F91, "we wanted to make it a series but Bandai said make a movie instead." Other than that, yeah, sounds like Gundam Seed. I'm sure it will sell model kits.
Bandai couldn't do that, international fans might've actually watched it then!
but unlike f91, Seed already have 2 series totalling 100 episodes to build up the universe
I saw it last night, great experience for me and my friends. They did Shin justice. As for the negatives, Seed will be Seed.
He destroyed Gundam team from ZZ..
@@RACH90810 What do you mean?
@@DIEGhostfish its obvious foundation was based on Gundam team of ZZ. With Agnes act like Elpeo ple and Lunamaria take the role of Ple two.
@@RACH90810 A friend of mine kept calling the Black Knights emo power rangers
@@X-Axel they are the opposite of gundam team from ZZ. Black knight shiv = Black sheep = ZZ. The pun.
Congrats on watching the film and thank you for the review! On my personal experience, I personally loved the film. It wasn't trying to be high-brow fiction and honestly it made me respect that more. In the threatre, I got an interview with Fukuda where he said he made the film for the fans to honor the legacy of SEED, and that he wanted to make a film that made those fans smile. Watching it, I felt hyped, I squealed at the references and character appearances, laughed, and enjoyed myself a lot. I came out with the smile that Fukuda tried to give, and for that, the film is a massive success in my book.
the part with the worst pacing is when the gang visited the foundation it kept switching from one scene to another
It's made bad because everything between the first battle & Compass' visit to the Foundation, Fukuda basically speedrun the explanation of the world & what happened to the characters after Destiny, even down to their private lives.
If Fukuda dropped showing the characters' life update, things would've flowed more organically.
Mighty Strike Freedom Scenes were so good that I got hyped that i got lightheaded
My audience was laughing and having a good time, especially every Shinn scene.
Especially the final scene where he’s fighting the black knights 🤣 “I can’t read his mind! It’s like he’s not thinking about anything at all!”
Lemme guess you're in a big city
@@yenmeng _[Ultra _*_Shinnstinct_*_ Intensifies]_
@@ExtremeLotusx nope
Yeah, he made the show bright (the term). Gundam was often quoted for being dark and violent compared to other anime, with many important people on all sides losing their lives in quicker and quicker sucession over the series. But Shinns new, funny and joyfull personality made things funny and wholesome, like in other anime. It was uncharechteristic for Gundam outside the Build series.
I’m just happy Sai got acknowledged even if he appeared twice and didn’t have any lines
Agreed. He was absent in Destiny. I'm glad Mirialia also appeared despite how brief it was.
I loved that. Wish Andrew Waltfeld got more than a second cameo.
@@AsimPaints Desert Tiger spinoff when? I'd watch the hell out of that.
I saw the SEED movie last night, it was fun anime bullshit. That movie got a lot of laughs out of people and even I couldn't keep a straight face.
Just enjoy your videos and had some to support. TY for your vids.
Yeah, Agnes took the worst Gundam Seed Girl character spot from Flay for me. I can easily agree that Flay was more human than Agnes in comparison.
At least Flay didn't go so low as to try stealing random people's bf then immediately dumping them whenever she pleases while feeling 0 remorse.
Yeah, Flay, at least, makes sense as a character she was a grade A bitch but it came from a place of self preservation and before she died she was on her way to turning a new leaf and genuinely fell in love with Kira which makes her death actually tragic. Agnes, on the other hand, is directly responsible for several deaths and committed treason all because a boy rejected her. Actually fuck her, Agnes is an awful person and its actually wild that they(the writers not Luna) let her live.
@TrueWarriorJak yea kinda agree. I expected luna would kill her, but nope....
Luna even try to take her back into the team wtf 😱 like bruh why....really surprised they (movie director) didnt kill her off at the end there, especially considering flay was killed.
Lol she was a bit a character which I don't know why they kept her in the team. Also her reason to love Kira wasn't even love it's just she wanted to break the couple and get an higher social rank...
She was already bad before then. This just consolidated her horrible character.
Best scene of the movie : Stella appearance (the whole theater laugh)
Ikr that scene was so ridiculous and hilarious at same time lol.
No one expected it 🤣 she literally went full shaltear but in spirit form or something lol.
Best laugh scene for me was instead the Athrun version.
@@FalmungAthrun: "Think Dirty Thoughts!"
@@JaredGonzales-gv9yh Athrun defeating Shura with _The Power Of _*_HORNY._*
@@HeIsAnAli😂😂😂
Love that Kakarot titled it spoiled free and went on whole dunk contest to dunk on Agnis, but I agree with him. The movie made me changed my mind about Shin and hes the second best character in the movie next to my boy Athrun. The crew know what are doing with truly fan servicing on multiple levels. Pulling all the tropes and meme from seed and destiny so that was a big props.
This review is pretty on point in my opinion. It was good to see so many legacy characters and mechs return
Lucky for you, dude!
I walked in expecting a sequel to SEED Destiny, which this ended up being, therefore I absolutely *loved it*
@Nix91 It's so strange that it was Gundam SEED DESTINY of all things that got a sequel that paid respect to it.
I don't even respect Destiny and this movie treated it so well, I couldn't help but love it.
@@Wittle_Boyo same here too, didn't really like Destiny but the movie really takes all of Destiny's baggage and addresses them. Which now makes Destiny retroactively good, as being the middle of a 3-part series makes it a bit okay for some suckiness which the movie then redeems, kinda like a disaster movie where the middle is where all the bad things happen. Except this is Gundam and bad things happen all the time hahaha!
SEED Freedom was the most fun I've ever had watching a film in theaters. Though, it's interesting you say they don't kiss because when I saw it last night, they clearly locked lips before the credits rolled in.
Maybe he didnt finish it.
I watched the movie twice in cinemas and both Kira and Lacus kissed in the end and thats where the movie ends
Dont know why he has to lie on that part 🤔
I honestly couldn't see it simply because I was so distracted by how ugly of an "early 2000s TV anime" levels of a scene it was..
Like literally at the end of the movie we called her Quess by mistake before realizing that is Char's Counter Attack. Not Seed Freedom lol.
Gundam SEED Freedom was a good film because characters from Gundam Seed Destiny in the film were good development, especially Shinn character development was hilarious to watch. For the final battle,it was a festival mania because Griffin went to read Shinn's mind but failed. And,also, Athrun thinking during fight Shura was hilarious 😂. I can't wait to watch it again during streaming online.
Atton Zala, or Athrun Rand.
@@DIEGhostfish 😂😂😂
Athrun Athha. Calgalli is the 1 wearing the pants
@kenyng793 I was comparing him to Atton Rand from KotOR2. His anti jedi tactic is playing Pazaak in his head or filling it with perverse thoughts.
"is he not thinking at all" hahaha
I wonder if the version you saw was censored. They most definitely did kiss here in the US at the end.
I was going to say? Just saw it in Canada, naked on the beach and kissed. Been waiting for this since end of SEED lol
We got the RG Akatsuki Gundam
Whaaat no way for real?
@gabecastillo5082 Yes, just got announced yesterday evening.
@gabecastillo5082 it's shown on my fb gundam fan group. It's real.
And the Destiny Spec 2 with the Zeus pack. The real RG of 2024 will be getting bought. Also the MGSD Wing Gundam Zero Custom.
@@gabecastillo5082 it announced on my fb gunpla group ad well.
Saw this film way back in April as part of a fan screening with merch from Japan.
Everyone in the theater was screaming and shouting for joy with how "Kira is finally back" along with the rest of the cast and I agree with them. This movie is amazing and exceeds all my expectations considering the delayed production it encountered.
That being said though, it is also flawed in certain ways, especially the pacing in which I think the movie is trying to squeeze as much screentime for everyone but you can also tell that they did what they can with the limited run time to its maximum extent.
It's an amazing film in the context of Gundam and it's an excellent movie, if you really love the SEED series. It's a redemption film if you despise Destiny but also just a very generally amazing film and this is just me now, a great Gundam return-to-form for me since I didn't enjoy WfM at all.
Shin was so hyped with destiny when they tried to read his mind they said he was not thinking and stella being shin ark thoughts having the enemy being overwhelmed by shin!
I just saw it last night! Went with my brother who is also a life-long Gundam fan, and we had a blast. I had intentionally spoiled myself on all the major plot points and new MS beforehand, but my brother was in the dark so it was fun to see him react to all of the crazy moments. Shinn and Athrun were easily the best parts of the film.
Figure rise Lacus in her new suit when? For a friend. Damn that womb tattoo
Bro? You okay?
@@angellara7040 im not, after seeing the movie. Dayumm that scene servicing fans
@@jaypeadieL611 her ass was about to bust out of that suit
@@jaypeadieL611 her butt was huge in that suit
Womb tattoo ? I dont recall seeing this
Personally, I loved this movie, I enjoyed it so much, and the main things I liked or noticed were:
1. Shinn has always been my favorite SEED character, and seeing him in this movie could not make me stop smiling. They finally did him justice.
2. The fights were glorious and spectacular, really well animated. Both the old and new suit designs were awesome. Really liked the Murasame Kai and Destiny Spec 2.
3. Kira's arc finally brought him more down to earth and much more relatable
4. As someone who actually enjoyed SEED and SEED Destiny (despite their flaws), the nods and fanservice moments (not talking about Lacus' space suit at the end of the movie💀) related to the previous two series were a nice touch and I enjoyed them
5. Despite their limited screen time, I really like how they introduced and set up the Black Knights, making me hate them from the moment I saw them.
6. And finally, something I did not expect to be as good as it was, the romance and comedy scattered throughout the film didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. It was funny and enjoyable (especially Shinn o boy). While it wasn't perfect and maybe a bit too on the nose, I thought it was pretty good
Overall, I loved this movie, beating out Narrative and Endless Waltz as my personal favorite Gundam movie. It's not perfect, but it's still pretty good. Any SEED and SEED Destiny fans who watched it most likely enjoyed it. I fell in love with this movie, and it's a shame that it's theatrical run in the US is so short lived. But yeah, I really did enjoy this movie, and I can't remember ever smiling more watching anything Gundam related than this. Great Vid Kakarot, as always.
The music nostalgia hits HARD. I got so hyped when the shutsugeki impulse song played, and i felt the tears welling up when Meteor played. 7.5/10.
"I didn't care about millions dieing." So you felt the same way I feel about any death in Gundam Zeta.
I can understand not caring about a good chunk of the deaths in Zeta, but there are plenty of meaningfully-fleshed-out characters that die.
I also can't really suspend my disbelief here, you didn't feel bad at all when Kamille's parents were used as bargaining tools and then murdered when he didn't cooperate at the very beginning of the show? How awful the mix of emotions going through his head must've been, because he was also very mad at his parents at the time for their compliance with the technology they were making for the Titans? All during fight-or-flight in the heat of battle, when emotions are already running high? And Kamille's a teenager, so amp all the trauma and bad decision-making up to 11? Then add on the fact that part of his backstory is that his parents were fairly absent, leading to even more difficulties for the child and increased mixed feelings towards his parents?
I personally can't imagine NOT being emotionally moved by the circumstances being portrayed, I almost feel like this is flamebaiting. I don't expect everybody to sob at the mere idea of that happening to somebody, but cmon, did you really not care at all? Do you just not care about any characters when they die in shows then? Did you just leave a comment to brag about being a sociopath, if you're being genuine? I'm so confused
@@Supercohboy No. There's so many deaths for so little to no good reasons besides Tomino being depressed and going "kill 'em all" mode like each time he worked on something while depressed. All those deaths led me to go/think "next" each time somebody died in Zeta. In fact, I vividly recall starting saying next outloud at some point, each time a death happened in that show. Mostly at the end of it.
And no, I'm not flamebating nor am I a sociopath. I really didn't care about any deaths in Zeta, unlike the ones in the original serie or other Gundam series. IMO, Bernie's one of the saddest death in all of the franchise.
Also, guess I'm not the only one, as of I'm writing this, my comment have 23 likes.
I like how they did Four's character arc three times.
Bravo, Tomino.
May I know if you watched the compilation movie or the full series?
Though for me it was for very different reasons.
In Freedom is was a bunch of people I didn't know dring and then that being moved on from too fast for anything to come of it.
In Zeta it was characters I cared about in the first half (ie Emma) dying in stupid ways in the second half, but because they had been making such dumb decisions the whole second half they weren't even the characters I liked anymore, they were all lobotomized.
I enjoyed it. Saw the sub last night. One of my few gripes was that some of the action was moving so fast I couldn’t really track it. Specifically the last fight Athrun had. Couldn’t tell if they were just countering attacks or flipping over each other.
Saw the moive yesterday. And it was awesome. One of the best Anime flims I have seen in awhile.
Since this will not be out in my area in a movie theater; hopefully Gundam Seed Freedom will be out in Bluray and/or 4KUHD disc soon.
I’m hoping so too
In late 2024.
Sounds like a good time and the best possible result of a Seed related thing. And personally, Gundam movies/series with really fast pace, even at its own detriment, it's sort of fun quirk. A shame about what happens in the second half, but I will wait to see it for myself, whenever that is, I doubt it will air in Brazil, maybe we will get lucky and have it streamed eventually.
Maybe next year.
@14:20 Here in America we got a bonus video before the movie started with the director answering questions. One of the answers he gave was he wanted to show some of the MSs from first series like the Dagger.
The movie is arguably a better end for the seed series’s.
But I like that toward the end of movie, I can see that there is potential for another movie set in the gundam seed universe.
So personally, I like that at least in the end, Kira and Lacus are finally be together, and will have a happy family. But I also see that blue cosmos is still out there, as well as how the foundation get their hands on such technologies, or is there any remain of the librarian work in the foundation plot as well as blue cosmos.
I will love the next movie will also feauture Lowe and Gai Murakumo as well as other characters from the astray series alongside with other characters from seed and seed destiny, and maybe finally be able to see the astray gundams fighting side by side with the freedom, justice and destiny gundams.
Well we probably are getting another Gundam seed series but with different characters we already got all the model kits from Gundam eclipse manga so it's very likely we might get something in the next few years
Personally, I will love to leave the seed series end like this, maybe with an after credit of Kira and Lacus wedding.
I like to see the iron blood orphan expand a little more on screen.
And one more thing that I don’t think anyone would notice, but I am going to say anyway.
The z’gok mobile suit that Arthurn uses to hide the Justice gundam is very reminiscent of Kamen Rider Kabuto.
Since Kamen rider Kabuto, Gattack, Drake would always have an armor form before activate the armor cast off to reveal the real Kamen rider forms.
P.S. I hope that anyone whose are familiar with Tokusatsu will know what I mean.
Following the Foundation Crisis, I would guess that the next installment in Seed could involve Compass gaining more support like the Titans and prioritizing cracking down on Durandalists or Zala loyalists over Blue Cosmos terror cells. Or the Zaft coup could spark tensions yet again between Naturals and Coordinators, eventually starting a third Bloody Valentine War.
9:53 She's just CE's version of SPOILERS
Quess or Reccoa, only she's old ebough to know better than Quess, and doesn't that we know of have tbr implied backstory about getting sexually assaulted as a POW and then cold-shouldered by the man she thought loved her that Reccoa did.
Its elpeo ple and foundation based on Gundam team from ZZ.
@@RACH90810 That nakes absolutely zero sense, other than it being an all "Newtype" team. They don't have any visual or attitude ties.
@@DIEGhostfish because they reverse it. Brunette judau and reina became blonde. Oh they also referencing white wash movie.
@@RACH90810 Where EXACTLY are you getting this?
@@DIEGhostfish black knight shiv. A = black sheep = ZZ.
The movie was an ok Seed movie xD but man I loved Shin fighting on the Destiny going Berserk and Athrun Trolling xD
8:05 - I have been looking for the way to describe that feeling ever since I watched this film in the UK cinemas back in February
about to go see it in less than an hr, discovered this morning when talking to a friend about some of the spoiled plot points that it was showing only tonight near me. might as well go see what's up!
Sounds like the movie was just all right, which means it surpassed my expectations by a wide margin. I look forward to seeing it eventually.
Shinn's Kamille moment was a special moment.😉
So what you're saying is that Kira's arc was transforming from Jesus who now questioned himself to becoming the almighty Gundam god at the end? So it's a little more interesting then what he did in Destiny.
Yep
Did Kira abandon his no killing policy in this movie? From what I see he is destroying everything left and right
Agnes reacted exactly like Quess Paraya in char’s counterattack
"Macross can get away with it" I'm dead so freaking ture
It felt like they condensed a 13 or 25 episode season of seed into a movie
Edit: also Yzak once again in this movie proves why he is a national hero for the PLANTs
Still voiced by Domon/Pucci, don't forget.
Me after watching the GSF: I need a girlfriend asap!
But... they DID kiss when they were on the beach naked...
The age of getting revoked
Kira getting his plot armour revoked
Drake getting his n word pass revoked
Saw it last night, honestly had a blast, left the theater with a smile. It's all one can ask for. Is it perfect no, is it enjoyable, yes. There were multiple points where the entire theater burst out laughing.
Big SEED fan and liked the movie, but yeah, your comments on the comp movie esque pacing blunting a lot of potential impact very much lines up with my experience.
Saw it yesterday, Loved it!
I watched this movie just to see Athrun and the new Spec II Justice
Me see Athrun me happy
Yeah, the various superweapon atrocities really can't breathe.
I came back from the English Dub. Athrun shows he is Boss in every scene, conversation, and skirmish, and I couldn't be happier after what he went through in the Destiny series.
this is movie in unapologetically Seed, you can either nitpick it or embrace it and just enjoy the movie
Just came back from the theatre myself, aside from the cliches and pacing issues from time to time...I really had a great time watching it. The visuals were fantastic, along with the soundtrack and nostalgia overkill. The last part had me on the edge of my seat...truely a terrific cinema experience.
after the massacre of Cagali in Destiny, now it's Lacus' turn
It's Desiny all over again, the scenario fall on it's head on the first part and tries to pick up itself back up on the second half
The most infiuriating thing to me is that they didn't END the series, meaning there is a possibility for more....
There was alot going on and so fast, I’d need to watch it over again to properly grasp WTF was going on.
I’m new to the gundam scene, but when the Z’gok showed up outa nowhere it put a smile on my face so hard.
When I saw that scene of Luna extending Impulse gundam's hand of recovery to Agnes, I was pissed off like "Goddammit, where's Suletta when you need a b*tch turned to spaghettiOs?".Hell' I'd even settle for a flashback crossover cameo of ChuChu decking Agnes while the latter was picking on Shinn during their academy days.
I really enjoyed it. The pacing was break neck and and it’s not newbie friendly in the slightest. But for those of us who like seed and destiny it’s the ending we should have gotten in 2005. Agnes actually has one of my favorite lines of the movie when she umm questions Luna’s relationship choices. The movie is very aware of itself.
At the end of the day Seed is a high concept sci fi show (it’s still one of the best examples of a show dealing with genetic engineering… makes you wonder if the world of Star Trek is run by blue cosmos) mixed with anime weirdness you either get or you don’t.
It was easy for me to follow. I haven't seen either series in years and still understood and remembered almost everyone's names.
@@Chris-xc4rv true I was mainly referring to people who have no knowledge of seed at all. People said Hathaway was hard to follow but at least all you needed to know from CCA is the girl he liked died and he’s not over it. This one just drops you into the first battle and takes off.
I was overall happy with the movie. It was what I was expecting for a Seed movie 2 decades later. The mecha battles were awesome and the brief cameos of past characters were nice, although short. It was a movie made for fans of the two Seed series. Happy to finally get the Seed movie after waiting for so long.
my experience when it was available in a cinema near me.
It only aired for 2 days, 2 times a day in my province and 3 of its showing was during my work hours and I can't afford to leave my work so~
The last showing was at 5:30pm in the afternoon and my work ends at 5:00pm. It takes about 20 minutes to get there from my workplace, but to add after 5pm is rush hour and routes going in and out of my workplace is heavy traffic area XD.
So with that I planned what to do~ First I parked my car near the exit gate that is the fastest and easiest to get out of the office that is also close to the Biometrics scanner for the record of going in and out of work.
When the clock hit 4:55pm I packed my things and proceeded to my car which is a 3 minute walk from my office to the parking lot. soon as the clock hits 5pm I bolted and overtook took the start of rush hour to get to the mall, parked my car, brisked walk to the cinema and picked my seat and relaxed at 5:28pm~
Ye that was a fun struggle, but worth it for me XD
I've seen it twice now, and I love it. I can't believe it took so long for me to get into Seed. Wonderful.
it felt like a good 3 hour movie hastily compressed and cut into it's actual time.
True. I was curious about the Black Knight vs strike freedom scene. Is it flashback ? In the novel it says that if was hijacked
For us in HK,we all laugh are the funny part as well thise funny references. But my favourite part is when the Archangel was about to go down and Murrue Ramius called out abandoned ships. We all saluted for its services
wait, your version Kira and Lacus didn't kiss?
at least in the US, they kissed on the beach before cutting to credits
Maybe Belgium just doesn't like kissing
I enjoyed it last night on my end. Glad to see my favorite side character present and probably wait for HG kit.
When it comes to my biggest takeaway, you hit the nail right on the head. Stuff just kind of happens, armed forces coalesce out of nowhere to fight another world war. The pacing was absolutely horrible. And the main "theme" of love got annoying after about the 3rd time Lacus looked into the camera and defined love, whilst all the baddies in the room stare at her like she said the gamer word 😂.
The action was the main saving grace for me. I just had a kind of primal joy seeing kira and the others back in the saddle again. Also I liked the exploration of kira's trauma, ultimately he kept his word to durandal to take up the fight again and again, but it took its toll.
I absolutely loved it! I read the mini novels before watching the movie, so it kind of brought some back story to some of the new characters and what happened between the events of Destiny leading up to Freedom. The movie is a love letter to the Seed fans.
Athrun Zala stocks through the roof during the movie, everyone was cheering when he showed up!
Yeah, I think if you watched the movie in a language you understood more fluently, I’d say you might come out with certain details making more sense. I loved this movie but it definitely is hyper targeted at Seed fans and I think non Seed fans may not agree on that opinion.
One minor nitpick, Kira and Lacus absolutely did kiss at the end of the movie though.
Lacus' sweet buns in that super tight suit made this a masterpiece. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it.
It started out interesting plot-wise but then went completely off the rail towards the end. Although even with that being said, as a big fan of the seed timeline, I had the best time of my life seeing the characters in action again and if you don't take the movie seriously and just take it as what it is (a love letter to fans), you will enjoy it as well.
Shinn was also the best character. Better late than never.
**SPOILER**
I still wish that the Archangel did not sink with everything it went through. My all time favorite ship.
Maybe the Dagger L thing is that we have a fairly recent kit for and maybe we might be getting a "revive" version of the 105.
Gundam seed freedom is considered a festival movie made for fans. So, it's not meant to be taken as seriously as the anime series. It's meant to be light-hearted and enjoyable. The fast pace actually helps in that as you don't get to really dwell on the deaths or the current consequences of Kira's and Lacus' actions or how Lacus' identity as the last accord harms their reputation and may make their future harder.
However, there's mentions that Kira and Lacus went into hiding and are considered MIA. I just hope that if the studio makes a sequel, let Athrun and Shinn be the protagonists and let Kira and Lacus be supporters or simply mentioned in passing.
This movie was kind of a mix of the first two series. It was still enjoyable and took me back a bit though. Glad i went to see it instead of having to wait another 6 or 7 seven months for its release. I can't believe they brought back all the orginal mobile suits to use in battle. And as usual athrun can't end a movie or series with his mobile suit still in tact. But they didn't let him destroy a gundam. Also, you still can't kill the 3 main characters by blowing up their suits. Seed and destiny was always fast paced. You're going to be lost if you've never seen those.
Saw the film without any expectations, having not seen any of the trailers. I enjoyed it, made me feel like it was a mid 2000s Saturday night again (albeit on a Tuesday).
Im waiting for a streaming service to host the movie :/
Maybe next year.
Why wasn't the infinite justice destroyed when he saved Kira at the end?
When he was inside the zgok he jumps infront of Kira and gets hit but all the needles. They destroy the zgok armour but the justice is undamaged even tho it's phase shift armour wasnt activated? So those needles should have gone thru the justice killing Athrun and destroying it.
Bump
Im a big fan of Seed and I loved this movie. As a fan I felt like this was made for people like me who waited 20 years and I felt like I got what I expected plus a little more. That being said I was suprised you didnt mention how good of a showing Athrun got because boy oh howdy he was cool.
As someone who thought the original SEED is a decent series and DESTINY was a downgrade I actually really enjoyed SEED FREEDOM, it has its flaws of course but this time around the positives outweigh it's problems for me. My theater just had such a fun time with the film lol. Also this is a sequel in every sense of the word so no you need to watch the original SEED and DESTINY.
Only watxhrd Seed and a summary of destiny and still enjoyed it.
@@DIEGhostfish compared to Kakarot's theater experience, my theater was laughing and clapping at many parts of the film, they were really enjoying it.
Finally watched it with it being released North America via Netflix, and, man, that was rough. The story and its stakes don't matter. You were right in saying that the pacing goes too fast sometimes for anything that happens to matter. Another thing you said that is 100% true is all the deaths that do nothing for the viewer because nothing matters when no one of importance is going to get hurt. Sorry but seeing too many randos die at once does nothing for me.
This redo of Gundam Seed Destiny is somehow worse than, well, Gundam Seed Destiny.
And that was some of the corniest dialogue I've ever heard in media. This is coming from someone that enjoyed the ending to the original Eureka Seven.
My friend never watched SEED or Destiny (he usually doe not watch robot anime), however he agreed Freedom is a good movie. He knows the is missing a lot of references, but he likes it .
Saw it twice and utterly enjoyed it both times. No complaints here.
Finally people actually get smart and figure out other means to defeat Freedom.
Still kudos to Ray and Shin getting the first dibs.
Unfortunately I have to miss this because of my work schedule, glad those of you who watched it enjoyed it.
I like a predictable power of love story, they're good. It can be a good counterweight to all the death.
Agnes me and my friend thought she was Quess 2.0
It was great. I was smiling from beginning to end. I really enjoyed most of characters in the movie. So many great characters moments.