Ucare I did not watch the original 26 episodes series but I watched in these days all Evangelion films, because of the high ratings: Death and Rebirth (a recompilation of the original series), The End (a rewriting of the End of the series, still considered one of the best Anime ever), and then the last three, 1 and 2 which reboot the series apparently without mayor changes, and 3 which goes in new territories. At first I will write about Evangelion in general, and then about this specific movie here. In all Evangelion the writer touched any possible demagogic stereotype and cliché on earth: father/son relationship, Oedipus complex, a bit of the typical Manga Style sexuality, cheap psychology, and a huge amount of very cheap esoterism with symbolisms of all kind. My opinion? A big omelet of everything, which finally means absolutely nothing. Wiki says that after the failure of his previous works (which he judged as childish) he wanted to make something "deeper". My impression is that he did not even try to BE deeper, rather just to SEEM deeper in order to impress the audience. And I am afraid that only the Naive could be impressed by such a confused mess.I can still see why this show had success: Evas are cool, fights too, and there is enough mix of drama, action, teenage nerd sexuality in the typical Japanese style, and some sort of epic. I suppose that if you are younger than me and without any knowledge of psychology or esoterism, and a bit nerd, you may enjoy this works pretty much more than I did.About this film: like the number 1, it is almost a copy and paste of the series, but this time with some more changes, which, as another reviewer said, I also find good, giving more action and some more credible psychology, and less of the biblical potpourri which the author should make eternal amend for (being really stupid and pretentious). If you enjoyed the series and/or the recompilation and/or the number one, you will surely enjoy this movie. I loved the end, being myself a terrible romantic. Even if then the number 3 completely ruined everything.

lewiskendell "The Third Impact is beginning. This is the end of the world."Evangelion 2.0 is a much bigger departure from the original series than the first movie was, and it's an incredible anime feature, as a result. Everything is bigger and better, and it feels much more like a movie than just a collection of episodes. The animation is once again fantastic, the new battle scenes and Angel designs are impressive, and all the story/character additions and character changes are absolutely for the best. The writing and flow of the story has been notably improved, to the benefit of all of the main characters. I also have to mention how great the music is; it serves as a perfect compliment and counter-point to what's happening on screen, and at times demands as much of your attention as the visuals do. Casual Evangelion fans, die-hards, and newcomers should not hesitate to check out these movies. It's completely accessible to a new audience, while retaining and expanding upon the core of why this series is one of the most popular and influential. I'm no Evangelion fanatic, but I can't deny the quality of what I'm seeing in progress. 1.0 was great, and 2.0 is fantastic. I CANNOT wait to see where the third movie takes us, next. This is one of the best movies (animated or otherwise) that I've seen in quite a while.

mmushrm First let me state that I was not a fan of the Neo Genisis Evangelion series. I found the main character's constant self pitying weak and annoying. Hence I couldn't connect with the character which of course affected the story and the philosophy behind the story. Out of boredom I decided to watch the rebuilds 1.0 and 2.0 (this a review for both). The rebuilds basically takes story archs from the series to make into a new movie with some new graphics, new characters and new story arch. I found the new graphics and the new story arch very interesting as its faster pace and of course with new graphics. It also left out a lot of Shinji's self pitying patheticness which allowed me to actually connect with the story instead of trying not to throw up with disgust. The battle scenes are superb. I cant wait for rebuild 3.0 and 4.0

diegonunes First, I'm not a good English speaker at all so please do not mind my English mistakes.So, let's talk about the movie. Different from 1.0 You are (not) alone, this one is very different from the original series. The changes go from the plot to the personality of the characters.Putting it in a nutshell, the original series had a more "obscure" concept, with melancholic dialog, music and the characters themselves. I feel 2.0 You can (not) advance has a bit more cheerful and "childish" atmosphere that I'm not sure if I can describe by words. First, the modified nature of the characters; they open up way more than in the original series. Even Rei and Asuka(which has a different surname now, wut?) have heartwarming dialogues about themselves with Gendo and Misato. Gendo himself is a bit more sincere with himself. There's a scene where he even accepts having a dinner with Shinji, after being convinced by (wow) Rei. Despite the characters, the insert songs are very different now - in the original series we had serious and melancholic classical songs(most from baroque period, for example Bach, Handel and Pachelbel), which gave the series a real serious tone. However, the two insert songs in 2.0, Tsubasa Kudasai and Kyou no hi wa sayonara have an childish atmosphere and even sound like a group of kids is singing it, which adds to the new "innocent" concept involving the characters, contrasting with the powerful and even grotesque scenes. The first time I watched the new scenes where those songs play, I felt a bit uncomfortable for a moment, but soon I realized that it matched pretty well with the whole concept. As far as animation goes I don't have much to talk about. The animation is a masterpiece and it is the best I've seen so far, the EVA's look damn badass and the angels look like a damn demon. The dubbing, as expected, is as good as it was in the original series. The whole cast is the same, and the seiyu for the new character Mari Illustrious Makinami is very good. Talking about Mari, it isn't clear yet why she is there. She has little screen time, but every time she appears on screen she's a show stealer. But yet, we don't know much about her, and I'm sure it will be dealt with in the next movie.Now for the plot, as I said, it's very different from the original series. There's more of a political aspect and the movie tries to work with international affairs, and it works very well, since this movie tries to show up the post apocalyptic world in a better way than the previous series; there are not lively scenes of Tokyo-3, showing how people are living there now. There's even a sequence where Kaji takes the children to a place where they simulate how the ocean was before the second impact, and the forms of live that lived on it. It's a neat way to connect the two realities and the consequences and prices of mankind's wisdom. Back to the plot, there's now a Eva-05, that is destroyed by an angel in United States, apparently, in the opening scene. Also, Seele is developing the "ultimate" Evangelion unit, Mark-06 (wtf is this name) in a base located on the moon. (also a neat way to give the movie a more modern touch). Apparently, Kaworu will be the pilot for this one, which blows my mind. The movie ends with probably the most melodramatic and romantic scene that was ever been signed under the name of Evangelion; Shinji tries to save Rei from a angel that absorbed her and Eva-00. This is one scene where you have to let reality run outside of your window and relax – preferably with a good beer in your hand – and is the climax of the movie, resulting on a very powerful and touching scene.But anyway I could talk about this movie all day, but you should watch it to make up your own opinions. I really recommend it, it's a great masterpiece that will be talked about for a long time!NGE forever!