Code Geass: Fukkatsu No Lelouch

This movie is like an amazing and well written fanfiction of the series. I saw some negative reviews about how many plot holes and out of the context of the series this movie was. Obviously they didn't get the point. This movie wasn't the continue of the series but it was a possible scenario of what could have happened.

Code Geass Resurrection (for short) is a good 2 hour anime film to a perfect ending that suffers from being too short and probably would of been better as a 25 episode third season.

The story is practically Zero (Suzaku) and Nunally are kidnapped by Zilkhistan, C.C tries to bring back the original Lelouch. That's a short summary of the film. The pacing is very inconsistent in my opinion, the first 50 minutes are quite slow and nothing really happens, after that the movie is incredibly fast and ends quite quickly. This felt like it should of been at minimum 3 hours long, there was so much reunions and moments that are rushed and not quite as good as they should be apart from Kallen's, hers was great.

Character-wise there isn't too much development apart from the new villains which I actually wanted to see more of, they where quite interesting and wanted to go into the backstory of this nation, we don't which is a pity as they could of became up there with the best of Code Geass's villains. The school members return for no reason and have minor scenes, should of been left out as it felt unnecessary and had no need to be in the story. All the other characters where themselves which was great, there really is no need to develop the rich characters we have came to love so I didn't mind that there wasn't any big reveals about characters.

The ending was actually pretty nice and thought it was a great send off to the series while opening the door to spin-offs or even a direct sequel with new characters added. Lelouch gets the ending we all wanted and felt earned although people may feel like it was too fan-servicy.

Overall this was a good Code Geass sequel that would of worked even better if it was a third season with at least 10-25 episodes which built the new characters in interesting ways and us getting to know about the nation of Zilkhistan. The ending was great and is a good reason to check this out even if you haven't seen the movies and just the show.

Code Geass is my #1 favorite anime TV series for the following reasons: -Twisting and Turning plots incredibly hard to predict. -Character Complexity, Growth, and Deaths. -Story elements and chracter actions that don't make much sense at first, but later down the line you realize it was well placed subtle foreshadowing. -Mystery. Many scenes and dialogue end abrubtly leaving you to wonder/guess what happens or a character decides, but you have enough clues to make an educated guess. -Characters with inner conflict of ideals vs. friends/fam vs. the world.

Gawd, loved loved loved the show! That said...

I HATED this movie. I don't use the term "hate" lightly or often; I'm hippy'esque with my love and optomism in life. But I hated this movie. I hated it because season 2 (R2) ended so perfectly, I was OK with no sequel to the story, because if there was, there was little chance the quality of the show could stay on that high level, let alone get better. Ohhhhh boyyyy, was I right (unfortunately).

This movie took everything I love about Code Geass and went over the top cliche with it in this movie. -Plots were completely predictable and seemed even forced. -Character dialogue that once captured the right balance of intellect, fast-pace, and whit, now just come off as entirely douchey prententious. -Characters constantly either act completely out of their original character, or are an extreme hyperbole of their original character to the point it feels like a parody. -There were no cool surprise move by the characters. Not to say there wasn't an intelligent plan or two created, but they over explained everything so much the conversation never felt real and explaining things as if talking to a 2 year old was NEVER Code Geass' style, quite the opposite. -None of the inner character conflict existed; hell, there wasn't really any character conflicts between characters, except the hero vs. villian. Code Geass wsa the king of the anti-hero and greying the line between good/evil; the movie is not this at all and pretty stereotypical hero vs. vilian. -Everything feels so damn contrived. Ugh! -Pervy'ness. The animators went out of their way to over sexualize several female characters. I made many hard eye rolls. -Voice Acting. Far too much simplistic run-on talking. Far too much crying, whining and screaming, especially from supposedly strong characters that would usually push feelings aside to get a job done in the short term. But nope, let's cry/whine now in the moment.

That said, here are some good things: -Animation. It's well drawn with quick moving action scenes that aren't the series of 5 second gif-like loops of punching and firing like you see in a dragonball z or some such. Crisp, clean, and well done! -Music. It's not as great as the original show by far, but still good.

That's it. This is my first ever review on IMDB. I loved this show so much and this movie was so bad, I had to express it and warn others, even it meant signing up for an account here. Youre welcome.

It best if you view prior films before viewing this. This film sums up the best anime effects seen in long time and it's backed-up with a solid music soundtrack.

Theres not much to say other than that its a must watch in my opinion. It is one of the best movies I have ever seen and I think will ever see. I suggest watching Code Geass 2006 before watching this Masterpiece or you might get confused.

Even If I watched it I'm going to get the Blu-Ray.