tapio_hietamaki
I haven't really watched Sailor Moon more than a couple of episodes, I checked out this movie to see what it's about because apparently it's one of the best things that came out of the franchise.It's great.It starts in the middle but having seen the first episode of 'Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon' I already knew the gist of the thing so it wasn't hard to follow, and the movie actually introduces us to characters that I surmise are already familiar to those who saw the entire series. Very helpful.Ikuhara likes his homosexual overtones, and here it's guy-on-guy more than girl-on-girl. Mamoru-kun alias Tuxedo Mask meets a mysterious man from the past who claims ownership to his heart, much to the chagrin of Usagi alias Sailor Moon. Turns out the man Fiore is an alien from outer space and plans to destroy the earth with an ocean of pink flowers - or is he being manipulated by the flower itself? There's some surreal, fantastical imagery. The final fight takes place in space. The one flaw of the movie is that it's so short.
David Roggenkamp
Let's review, Sailor Moon is an older anime, it is one of the first to gain worldwide fame along with the likes of "Dragonball" and "Dragonball Z". Unlike those two, it was a show meant for girls but somehow managed to attract a male audience also. I suppose it has nothing to do with the super heroine attire, fact they function as a team, and otherwise are out and about in a typical plot of the day episode. Actually it does; but the series also spawned a few movies.One of them goes by the name of "Sailor Moon R" after the series that was running at the time. This movie features an alien that resembles Ail and Ann of the short mini-arc that ran during the first ten episodes of Sailor Moon R. He somehow drifts in space for eons, before landing on Earth and befriending a boy in the hospital that has lost his parents. Touching to say the least. He leaves for space due to life force differences (he can't live here), and otherwise wants to find the perfect flower for the young boy. He later returns and events as we know them have progressed.The boy is Tuxedo Kamen; he is actually prince of the Earth and he has a love affair with the reincarnated princess of the Moon from nearly a millenia ago. The alien reappears, learns of this and all disaster breaks free. He is seemingly possessed by a plant and is hellbent on sucking all of the planet's life force dry. This is nothing new here as far as Sailor Moon is concerned, but the fact the plot of the movie focuses so heavily on friendship and what it entails, is definitely new to the series. The rest of the movie is spent between characters either fighting, acts of jealousy or testing bonds of their friendship.There is a happy ending, and it plays out similar to the first part of Sailor Moon R. It makes me wonder if they were not just rewriting it for a movie or if the movie itself was rewritten into that series for syndication. Either way, the movie has better writing than the series normally does and is a good view for fans of the series. Casual anime viewers may appreciate the shoujou genre and art that this series is known; all make it into the movie.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/? p=6218).
alex_doub_dude
Like many of you, I grew up with Sailor Moon, so I was nothing short of excited when I heard about Sailor Moon movies! When I watched the Sailor Moon R movie I hoped that I could relive the thrill and excitement that I got when I watched this show when I was younger. That, however, was not the case. As it turns out, this movie is nothing more than an extended episode. At 60 minutes, it is hardly a movie, and after that 60 minutes I was left with a foul taste in my mouth. The writers felt it would be necessary to discard many laws of physics to make this plot slightly more spectacular than normal and as I watched Sailor Moon floating in open space I could bet that Einstein was rolling over in his grave.First of all, if you do watch this, watch the Japanese version. I absolutely could not stand Usagi's, I'm sorry, Serena's, voice in English. Though poor acting in a dub is to be expected, it is quite prevalent in this movie. As long as you watch the Japanese version this isn't an issue.As it is with any movie, the plot is the bread and butter. So, how was the plot you may wonder? Predictable as always. In fact, it made me want to puke. The love-will-conquer-all ending made me sick to my stomach and I felt ashamed to be watching it. I won't go into detail, but unless you are a die-hard Sailor Moon fan you will be displeased. A serious bone I have to pick with this is the lack of resolution. The movie seems to end abruptly with all the sailor soldiers floating on a rock in Earth's orbit. Perhaps the creators had to maintain their 60 minute time limit? If that was the case they could have just removed/shortened some of the attack/transformation scenes. I swear to God, if you added all the transformation and attack scenes together it would be over 5 minutes. It felt like filler, actually. Also, if the target demographic for this was children/young teens then whats with all the gay undertones? Quite funny, it was censored in the English version.The song was good, though. 1 star.
simontemplar777
This movie teaches that the power of love is powerful enough to overcome many obstacles! There is something I really like about this movie and that is that it teaches two lessons. Firstly that love is a very strong feeling that helps anyone as I said before overcome many obstacles; and secondly that true friends are there when you need them, and they stick by you through thick and thin. Well this movie is highly recommendable for people of all ages. I hope when you watch it you like it as much as I did.
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