Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Considering how high-stakes some actual episodes got I couldn't have expected anything other than a feature-length sidestory.

It was exactly what I expected and I really like it, just not as much as most of the show's two-parters.

>>157384875
Anime movies based on series are typically just long filler, like Trigun Badlands Rumble. They don't want to tell a story that audiences need to know the series to understand, so they just waste their time.

have a thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT6u0bE6vTw

>>157385170
just gotta
get through the door

I wish they could've kept the name as "Knockin on Heaven's Door". I wish Olivia wasn't in in the film at all and that Faye got to either show more cunning or somehow show her throwing more weight around (she doesn't do much in the series after the movie is set, so she should've had one more time to shine). I agree that Vincent isn't particularly memorable, and while I like the War lore, Gren is just more interesting.

It seems to have resided itself to being "one long episode" and in that sense, seems like this immediately stifled creative ideas and plots that they could've found a way to edit in and work with the show, or impart on new characters.

Olivia being the Spike to Vincent's Viscous was just really boring. Spike should've interacted with a character that showed being caught up in a deathwish is pointless, or something to actually rustle his jimmies other than "pretty girl is in over her head". Maybe that's Un-Spike like, but there was literally no risks in storytelling with this. Enjoyable, not insulting to the series, but certainly not included when people talk Bebop.

>>157385352
>Spike should've interacted with a character that showed being caught up in a deathwish is pointless
That was Vincent. Or Rashid, depending on how you read your own sentence.

>>157385498
But Vincent being cold-blooded really ruined it. He was not dynamic enough for it to work. You have a point with Rashid. I did enjoy him.

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Pound for pound the best anime action movie of all time.

>>157386623
I really loved this part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vEeQ-vGrgY

him pulling the grenade like that was badass as fuck, and when I was watching it I thought they were just going to have him allah ackbar right there. The grenade goes off and the train explodes, but apparently he escapes without a scratch and its never explained how.

Just sloppy writing.

>>157386895
Not "sloppy", just "lazy". When I first saw the film, I assumed reflexively that he was actually dead, until Jet said something about 'going after him' like 20 minutes after the grenade. If all that were different was that there'd been a black dot descending from the train in the background as it exploded, I'd have been satisfied.

>>157384875

One of the legitimately last times I thoroughly enjoyed anime anything movie or tv series.

>>157384875
Despite the appealing visuals, it was basically just one big episode. Sort of inevitable, unfortunately; they couldn't really do something post the events of the TV series for obvious reasons. What would have been interesting is if they had had the balls to go back and do something from before the TV series, but then you wouldn't have had all the characters you know and love, so I guess they just decided to play it safe.

>>157384875
I watch it every Halloween and think it's one of the best parts of the franchise. Totally disagree with you on Vincent, he's supposed to be a direct foil to Spike and really illuminates a lot of what Spike's about.

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>>157385352
I liked Electra's character way better than "extra baggage" Faye and "plot device" Julia. It probably would have made more sense to forego her and put more focus on an existing female protagonist, but I liked her and especially liked her dynamic with Spike- giving him someone he could really relate to on a deeper level. I almost feel as though it'd be better to have just expanded on her and Vincent so he's not such a one-dimensional villain and she's not just a one-shot. There was some real opportunity to build on Spike's character with her, but it fell short since she was exclusive to the movie.

>>157390742
>I watch it every Halloween and think it's one of the best parts of the franchise.
Same.

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It was like a really long episode with extra good animation. Good shit.