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Best movie of this year hands down!

A different way of telling a story

The acting in this movie is really good.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counter Attack is by far one of the best animated films I've ever seen. How ever it could have done with some things changed (Contains Spoilers) #1 Quess Paraya: Not only is she annoying but you're actually happy when she dies. #2 New Characters: It's kinda hard to care for people who die when this is the first time we're seeing them i.e. Chan and Kayra #3 Where the heck is Sayla: For any of you who have seen the original series and Zeta, not to mention read the books of Mobile Suit Gundam you know that Sayla and Amuro get together and it even says in Zeta Gundam that the two were together before Amuro was put under house arrest. Plus I think it would really add to the fire which is Amuro and Char's Rivalry if Char found out Amuro was doing his little Sister. And Last #4 Why kill off your Main people I mean Amuro and Char are by far the coolest Gundam Pilots ever.Well besides those things the film was great. It was a little slow in the middle but it was great. The Animation was great, the story was awesome, and this movie has the coolest fight between a Gundam Pilot and his Enemy Ever!!!

The Amuro-Char rivalry could not have ended better. I'm not going to say how, but the ending was totally satisfying. I also liked Bright Noa's predicament here. He's always been the flawless starship captain, and now he has to deal with his son Hathaway being underfoot. I'll leave the telling of the plot to somebody else. The ending theme, "Beyond the Time" was what got my attention the most. Wow.The thing with this movie is that it suffers from Red Shirt Syndrome (RSS). Red Shirt Syndrome is when lots of extra characters are brought into a story and then killed off for no apparent reason other than adding to the tragedy/seriousness of the story. Red Shirt Syndrome is so named because on the original 'Star Trek', a crewmember would accompany Captain Kirk and crew down to the planet...and the red shirt wearing crewmember would be killed for no apparent reason.Char seems to have gone through quite a bit of change in this movie. Compare this Char to the Char in the original series, and you'll see a difference. In this movie, Char begins to become like his father, Zeon Zum Deikun. He gives speeches and becomes a political figure...a change that started when he was going under the name Quattro Bagina in Zeta Gundam. On the other side, Amuro hasn't changed much. He's lost a bit of his idealism, but he's still the same Amuro. Basically.I think that Quess and Hathaway would've made a charming couple. That's all I have to say about that.

This is without a doubt the best Gundam ever.I have seen some of the original series but I did not see Zeta Gundam since it was never released in North America(which makes me wonder how people write reviews about it) I think the story could not have worked without Quess. It could have worked without Rezin Schneider, Kayra and Astonage. This is the best movie I ever saw. See it, if the romance annoys you at least you'll like the animation.

The Finally showdown between Amuro and Char in the only way it could be. This movie is for the real Gundam fans, although there are those that may be able to appreciate this movie too. And when you put this movie into the Gundam time line those mobile suits are the state of the art of mobile suits. I really don't know why the ones in Gundam Wing aren't using the 360 degree view cockpits seem like a step down to me.The characters and the story was all Gundam. Char and his master plan for human improvement, and Amuro who still believed in the good within man. The story however didn't really need Quess, other than to show of the influence Char could hold on some people I suppose.