So yeah...that just happened. I think next time Shinji is going to do anything Misato might want to qualify "do it for yourself and not for others" with "but don't end the world while you are doing it!" I just found the first part a bit hilarious since it's kind of Misato's fault.
But what a mess, find out the world nearly got destroyed at the end of the second movie and nearly followed that up with finishing the job. Not at all surprised Shinji went along with that escape. While it's understandable that a lot of people would be upset after all those deaths, it's not like there is a good list of people to blame ahead of him. No point complaining now that he didn't make the perfect decisions that would have lead to a better result.
It was weird in a lot of ways (though might be an obvious statement). All that time spent in the desolate NERV HQ. Do feel like a lot of it could have been cut to focus more elsewhere. Like the state of the world, how people survived, etc. Just jumping 14 years into the future requires a bit of explanation and focus.
The Shinji and Kaworu moments weren't bad though. Though might have been because he was the only one who wasn't actively pissed at Shinji or just ignoring him. In the end that guy did do everything he could to help Shinji out and did make the attempt to stop him from making the big mistake he made this movie.
Honestly felt really bad for Shinji in this one. One moment you are just trying to save someone, then you wake up and time has passed, plus the world hates you. Only keeps going downhill after finding out his actions despite the motivations caused so much death and destruction. Not surprising that he'd first shut down and then jump onto the only possible hope he has for things to turn out alright.
A strange ending to be sure with Asuka, Rei 2.0, and a lifeless Shinji walking off into the distance. In the end Asuka of course couldn't leave him behind. And now I really have no clue what the next movie will do. Things went so completely in another direction here that I can't even begin to figure it all out.
But hey, the action was certainly there
. And in the end I didn't hate it. Just would have had things go differently.