Yes. That, and it gave them the chance to do more scenery porn, tease the KyonxYuki shippers, and nail the "sad girl in snow" anime 'trope.'

I'll forgive them... because that scene was so damn good... I mean come on... a makeshift wedding veil complete with Kyon kneeling... TOO... DAMN... GOOD!

hey.... since nagato can do what haruhi can do.... isnt nagato's mission supposed to be finished??? (dont tell spoilers from novel please)

Short answer: No.

Long answer: How do you expect that to be answered without spoilers? ^_^

hahaha! thanks... i just wanted to know if the answer is in the novel or not..... just to clear my mind...... ok..... it seems that I'll just have to wait for it......

As quingon said, more explanation is not possible, and it would be mostly speculation, anyway. You should remember what Yuki's goal are, tough. It is not like it is automatically archived by mimicking Haruhi's powers.

I always thought Koizumi was the last SOS member to show up, since he was the mysterious transfer student, unless mmy memory is incorrect.

Thinking back on the movie, it really is such a tragic turn of events for Yuki. Her only chance at a normal life pretty much just got shat on... =(

I think what he meant was that Nagato was the last one to visit Kyon after he woke up from his "coma."

oooooooooooooooooh...

that makes a lot more sense...

Well this is the movie thread... ^_^

Just got back from the North America premiere!

I really enjoyed seeing the film. Personally, I feel that this was made to be shown in theatres (despite the fact that it was made as a movie....to be shown in theatres). Rather I'm interested to see how it would translate to a home release since there's a lot of grittiness in the backgrounds that come off incredibly well on the theatre, but may not in the home release.

Overall, I'd say that if you could make it to San Francisco and see it while it's showing, do so. I'll be seeing it again tomorrow, so I'll have a little more of an objective look to it (with the premiere and first viewing, I tend to "fangasm" instead of looking more critically at points). Great showing by Bandai Entertainment and the ASOS Brigade!

I didn't see you anywhere ultimatemegax, where were you sitting? (I was in the back, slightly off center.)

Maybe everyone should figure out what showings everyone else is going to and those going to the same showings can set up a meeting place/time an hour or two beforehand.

Good idea. If there is anyone who would like to meet me before the 3:50 showing today, I'll be in the downstairs lobby starting at 2:30 with a green shirt and blue stripes.

I actually went to the 3:50 showing today, but I didn't note anyone's shirt color (hadn't read the above post until just now). I had already seen the camcorder rip so it wasn't new to me, but seeing it in a theater is of course a different experience. Not unexpectedly, someone in the audience was kind of annoying (randomly translating unimportant Japanese text out loud, explaining various things out loud, etc), but I'd be surprised if there weren't someone like that for a movie like this.

...I hope that wasn't you.

Did he sound like Itsuki? ^_^

No, I was very quiet during the movie, especially compared with the crowd. During the previews which I had to rag on for seeing them multiple times the night before, that would be a different story, but not during the movie. My seating partner lived in Japan for three years, it'd be the reverse situation (she'd have to do that for me).

Alright I came back. I was mostly expecting a good movie but got a very good one. I'll get my thoughts together in a bit but overall it was a great watch with some truly exceptional scenes. I really enjoyed the scenes that mirrored the first season. And surprisingly, the Kyon/Yuki scenes at the end were pretty moving. I'll probably post more later.

Ugh.. Given the DVD will probably come out in a few months.. I think I should catch an SF showing.. Curses!