[stonedzombie]

Saw the movie a few days ago. It was......ok. Better than 2 and 3 and probably on par with the first movie. The action was frequent and good, the animation (during the action scenes at least) was good as well. Also liked the plot, but thought they could have done a lot more with it. That being said, there were some annoyances.

First off, the continuity. The fact that while watching you realize that 100% ISNT actually happening and it's all "imaginary" really hurts the emotional/dramatic element. It's hard to really care when you know none of it matters. Also

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I didn't like the fact that Byakuya showed absolutely no regard for Rukia when Ichigo told him she was gonna die. Yeah, yeah, it's her job and blah blah blah..... but, come on. In the SS arc he sacrificed half his stomach to prevent her death.

Also, Ichigo's

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new transformation was, to me, pretty stupid. He literally does not move, just stands there, takes a swing, and the Syren is dead. Weak.

As far as the plot goes, since it's in hell most of the time, they could have done a lot more with it. Why not bring back some dead allancar for some quick cameos or something. And some of the villains were just plain annoying. Wait till you see "the fat guy".

But yea, it was entertaining. Would still watch it again.