06-04-2010, 02:29 AM
Ah Sailor Moon R Movie... this is imported form a previous thread.
Why did I watch this? Two reasons:
1 - I had just finished playing Sailor Moon: Another Story which was an EXCELLENT SNES rpg. Seriously, it was VERY good.
2 - Because Sailor Moon is massively popular, and in order to gain otaku cred I needed to watch at least one of the movies.
I will never watch a Sailor Moon movie again.
Synopsis:
Usagi (Serena) and Mamoru (Darrion) are walking around and suddenly, Mamoru faints. They go to the hospital and Mamoru lays there for the entire episode.
Usagi, on the other hand, goes to the rooftop of the hospital and... DA DA DAAAAA, there's an alien there!
The alien, who is a guy, explains that he was Mamoru's gay alien lover and *apparently* is there so Mamoru can make good on his "I'll be with you forever" promise.
The remainder of the movie is made up of mental images of Mamoru and his gay alien lover floating around, and Usagi getting all sad and worried about being left behind. The other Sailor Senshi are kind of, not really doing anything.
Eventually Usagi gets very sad and I dunno, nothing really happens, but Mamoru ends up renewing his vows to Usagi and the alien goes away. Yaaaay.....
Why did it suck so bad:
For those of you who aren't aware, a typical Sailor Moon episode (in Japan) involves some evil alien showing up and stealing life force from the people of Earth. Then Sailor Moon and her crew of "Scouts" or "Pretty Soldiers" in Japanese, show up and they go through revealing transformation sequences, stand in a variety of poses, throw a few kicks, then eventually finish off the bad guy with magic. It's your typical episode of Power Rangers, except they're girls, and don't have robot warriors.
Typically, everything about Sailor Moon is funny. The girls argue about ridiculous things ranging from "who gets to eat the cake", "who is fatter", "who has the best boobs", to "who that creepy old man is staring at". It's a light hearted comedy with parent-friendly morals. It's about how 5 or 10 totally different girls all have incredibly different personalities and how they hash things out as a team.
This particular movie had zero comedy. Zero action. Zero Sailor Scouts doing anything.
So, it doesn't have any of the things that Sailor Moon does well. Just crap.
Furthermore, wtf, Darion had a secret alien lover when he was a kid? That's the plot? Seriously? Last time I checked, Darion didn't know he was a space prince when he was a kid, therefore, having an alien pal would be kind of out of the ordinary. Why didn't his parents notice?
You expect me to believe Serena was seriously worried about loosing Tuexdo Mask to some retarded alien guy? Seriously?
I'd be more worried about loosing him to Sailor Saturn.
1.5/10
Why did I watch this? Two reasons:
1 - I had just finished playing Sailor Moon: Another Story which was an EXCELLENT SNES rpg. Seriously, it was VERY good.
2 - Because Sailor Moon is massively popular, and in order to gain otaku cred I needed to watch at least one of the movies.
I will never watch a Sailor Moon movie again.
Synopsis:
Usagi (Serena) and Mamoru (Darrion) are walking around and suddenly, Mamoru faints. They go to the hospital and Mamoru lays there for the entire episode.
Usagi, on the other hand, goes to the rooftop of the hospital and... DA DA DAAAAA, there's an alien there!
The alien, who is a guy, explains that he was Mamoru's gay alien lover and *apparently* is there so Mamoru can make good on his "I'll be with you forever" promise.
The remainder of the movie is made up of mental images of Mamoru and his gay alien lover floating around, and Usagi getting all sad and worried about being left behind. The other Sailor Senshi are kind of, not really doing anything.
Eventually Usagi gets very sad and I dunno, nothing really happens, but Mamoru ends up renewing his vows to Usagi and the alien goes away. Yaaaay.....
Why did it suck so bad:
For those of you who aren't aware, a typical Sailor Moon episode (in Japan) involves some evil alien showing up and stealing life force from the people of Earth. Then Sailor Moon and her crew of "Scouts" or "Pretty Soldiers" in Japanese, show up and they go through revealing transformation sequences, stand in a variety of poses, throw a few kicks, then eventually finish off the bad guy with magic. It's your typical episode of Power Rangers, except they're girls, and don't have robot warriors.
Typically, everything about Sailor Moon is funny. The girls argue about ridiculous things ranging from "who gets to eat the cake", "who is fatter", "who has the best boobs", to "who that creepy old man is staring at". It's a light hearted comedy with parent-friendly morals. It's about how 5 or 10 totally different girls all have incredibly different personalities and how they hash things out as a team.
This particular movie had zero comedy. Zero action. Zero Sailor Scouts doing anything.
So, it doesn't have any of the things that Sailor Moon does well. Just crap.
Furthermore, wtf, Darion had a secret alien lover when he was a kid? That's the plot? Seriously? Last time I checked, Darion didn't know he was a space prince when he was a kid, therefore, having an alien pal would be kind of out of the ordinary. Why didn't his parents notice?
You expect me to believe Serena was seriously worried about loosing Tuexdo Mask to some retarded alien guy? Seriously?
I'd be more worried about loosing him to Sailor Saturn.
1.5/10