Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

Toho Company | Release Date (Streaming): August 13, 2021

6.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 153 Ratings

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ACE22MJun 13, 2022

After nearly a year of its debut, this movie is a huge, utter, and disrespectful hypocrisy to the franchise and its message as a whole.

This last rebuild movie with all its contradictions to the franchise such as: . Changing the philosophyAfter nearly a year of its debut, this movie is a huge, utter, and disrespectful hypocrisy to the franchise and its message as a whole.

This last rebuild movie with all its contradictions to the franchise such as:

. Changing the philosophy of the EOE's message by saying that is time to go out, scapism is the wrong way, and live outside while the main character creates an utopian world, and contradicting by reseting the world when he textually said earlier he didn't want to, so this is a big incoherence.

. Nonsensically trying to give a hollow happy ending to the characters without earning it as well as changing their personalities to their worst, and saying all the time everyone moved forward and grew up when their actions speak all the contrary.

. Nonsensical fanservice.

. Imposing more meta than writing a well concluded story because out of nowhere things from the author supposedly save the plot-holes of this movie.

. A horrendous cgi elements that draw more people to give an explanation on how something thoroughly bad is good supposedly on purpose;

has an award as the best animated movie of 2021 in japan, plenty of blind praised, and will exquise the franchise.

The only upsides there can objectively be in this movie, are technical aspects in the music and 2d department, yet the last song loses all its meaning by the director's upcoming decision to eva franchise.

This director stated on the prime video documentary this tetralogy is a parody from the show; therefore, if he thought in that manner from what he made in those past 3 movies, what else could have been seriously expected from the final one?… Expand

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AdamantiumfateJul 13, 2022

I have no words but being quite disappointed with the final result. I'd stick with the originals if you ask me

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FR22Jul 7, 2022

Yeap, there goes another series which is still milk and gonna be in the following years by continuing this mess.

Way to say goodbye forever, when you're coming back pretty soon.

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WCS22Aug 24, 2022

My friends and I had a meeting yesterday to watch the movie, and it's been quite a while since we saw the other movie (If I recall well the name, it was the third film) which we didn't like that much.

Man, We couldn't understand one singleMy friends and I had a meeting yesterday to watch the movie, and it's been quite a while since we saw the other movie (If I recall well the name, it was the third film) which we didn't like that much.

Man, We couldn't understand one single thing of anything from this one either since everything went pretty fast, so we ended up even more confused that the time We watched EOE.… Expand

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MKED22Aug 24, 2022

Honestly, the narrative part is quite flaw, and the message which's got to be the main upside of these films with this conclusion, feels completily preposterous.

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CTR1256Aug 25, 2022

Seeing this movie after all this year's is absolutely preposterous, and I came with low expectations yesterday to a theater in Houston since it was announced that there would be a special card and posters. Besides, the whole theater wasSeeing this movie after all this year's is absolutely preposterous, and I came with low expectations yesterday to a theater in Houston since it was announced that there would be a special card and posters. Besides, the whole theater was empty, and I had to withstand all of this alone. For real, I didn't feel any emotion from the characters, and their development are just plain stupid as well as the message which is being tried portraying. For the first time in my life I never expected but coming out rapidly from a movie theater while watching a film.… Expand

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JeffMDSep 30, 2021

This is too much to unpack. Evangelion 3+1 is kind of like xenosaga 3 back on the PS2. The story was already written and now they were on the last movie with so much to jam into it. The problem is xenosaga 3 had over 20 hours of cinematics toThis is too much to unpack. Evangelion 3+1 is kind of like xenosaga 3 back on the PS2. The story was already written and now they were on the last movie with so much to jam into it. The problem is xenosaga 3 had over 20 hours of cinematics to tell it and this movie only has under 3. Honestly the new movies have introduced us to new terms and sciences that are a part of its universe with no time to explain them. I also think they couldn't have gone with a more boring ending route. Lastly, buckle that seatbelt. Because Shinji will go from winey angst teen he has been for 3 movies now to a full fledge adult in the time of about 60 minutes. Not bad, but I am disappointed. I was hoping for finalizing story arcs for all the best girls and instead was thrown a whole bunch of mcguffins and quickly closing doors. I am usually tolerant of even bad anime, but I think this one gets a 3. Good music, great art, but focus was wrong, too much was added, and I think it is not going to be enough for old fans like myself.… Expand

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Dragonyume54Aug 4, 2022

No sé si fui el único, pero incluso cuando estás películas intentaron forzar la trama en muchos momentos para llegar a un final feliz muy incompetente, se sienten muy irreal, incongruentes, y hasta ridículas, que hasta volteo la mirada a EOENo sé si fui el único, pero incluso cuando estás películas intentaron forzar la trama en muchos momentos para llegar a un final feliz muy incompetente, se sienten muy irreal, incongruentes, y hasta ridículas, que hasta volteo la mirada a EOE e incluso con toda la locura que tuvo, increíblemente tiene más sentido y sigue siendo más satisfactorio.… Expand

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Chrisfr13Aug 8, 2022

I have no idea what happened there, but this doesn't look good in the sense of narrative as well as message because it all seemed crafted by someone at midnight before presenting an assessment.

I didn't really have much hopes for this movieI have no idea what happened there, but this doesn't look good in the sense of narrative as well as message because it all seemed crafted by someone at midnight before presenting an assessment.

I didn't really have much hopes for this movie ever since 3.0 because that film is personally awful, and this one doesn't improve that much either the state of those movies.

Perhaps, the only thing which I can find fascinating, is the 2d, but by looking the 3d is like seeing a low-budget DVD-animated movie. Oh goodness.… Expand

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GregTh90Aug 8, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OMG, I can't believe this after all the wait, is what it ended up like. Let's summarize the movie because I didn't like in the slightest most of the story as well as 3d, but the 2d was good.

So most of the movie is based on a message of growing up, touching grass, stop fantasizing a fantastic world, and you as a person will be love unconditionally? Because that's what I've got, so in a 120-min film this MC ends up saying all of this to the others before disappearing, so later he could refute that premise by reseting the world into an utopia?

Man, I can't with this anymore, I don't know why this was claimed as either the best ending or at least doing these movies a favor of being tagged underrated jewel when it actually makes them more complicated and unnecessary than they already are.

Gosh, I hoped everything ended in EOE, but it seems far from being the end at this point.… Expand

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Francisque34Aug 14, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I honestly bear plenty of the actions from the majority of characters in EOE and NGE, but here they all act stupidly without even making utter sense which makes me hate them yet.

.Shinji can't help the fact again that he's alone when he isn't, and still acts quite selfishly at the end even by becoming as many point out chad when he thoroughly isn't.

.Rei is split by two with her clone's appearance, and even though out of the most from this movie series who behave incoherently, is by far the best from going clueless to accept everything that's going on without any complain, but some of her actions are just holding back by clumsy screen play decision making.

Oh goodness, what have they done to Asuka? Since the release of this movies, I was pretty concerned about her portrait here, and my fears became true.

. Firstly, turning her now into a clone was one of the most stupid decisions which this series could ever offer since she's not so different from Rei anymore, and it's implied that she had nearly the same purpose like her in order to become a love appealing bait for Shinji which is a huge step back from NGE.

. Secondly, Manking her more aware of the situation but not making her get that behaving the way she was doing through out those movies, is completily wrong.

. Thirdly, If these is a sequel from EOE as well as being the complete and better take on her, then why did she still behave in that manner with Shinji by knowing that The 2.0 incident was on Gendo, and most of the movie address more that event as his fault more than the one in 3.0? That reasoning is definitely bonkers and baffling.

In addition, I even more hated This Pink-suited-4-eyes who is along side Sakura who ( in comparison with another anime character)'s the most useless as well as the pink haired dumbass who couldn't make reasonable decision by her own, is one of the most undeserving all-the-spotlight, badly written and annoyest characters I ever seen.

Plus, the fact that most of the last part was surrounding him and her due to an out-of-nowhere relationship which showed them running away from that world and portraying a hopeful as well as getting-out-to-the-real-world message, is just baffling because most of the actions showcased of that movie completily contradicts it.… Expand

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davygravy93Aug 16, 2021

There are so many things wrong with this movie. -characters are suddenly ok with Shinji being around even though he basically almost ended all life on earth, like you'd think the remaining population would hate him for this(you know like inThere are so many things wrong with this movie. -characters are suddenly ok with Shinji being around even though he basically almost ended all life on earth, like you'd think the remaining population would hate him for this(you know like in the movie that came before this one)but I guess no one behaves like a human in this movie or so its ok.

-3d animated fight scenes just don't look good and I'm tired of everyone pretending that they do in this film, the effects have come a long way but we all know they pale in comparison to the 2d stuff. -The scene where gendo gets his own EVA is probably the dumbest scene in the entire series, it flies directly in opposition with his character and was just there to appeal to morons that need a big dumb robot fight.

-This movie literally rehashes the same scenes from End just to ignite nostalgia, probably because the director ran out of ideas and just decided to do the same thing again… Expand

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yeknomhtoomsApr 24, 2023

This movie is a massive insult to Evangelion and I wish I had never seen this movie.

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