User blog comment:Lemursrule/My gift to you/@comment-1268838-20121225195303

Pretty good review, Lemur! Merry Christmas to you as well. I believe I mentioned my sentiments regarding this movie in chat before (shameless plugin: participating in one of the projects listed on top of the blog is one of the easiest ways to get into said chat, by the way).

For all intents and purposes, Senna was more or less the highlight of the movie for me. It's not very often that I find myself impressed by movie-only characters, but she was genuinely likable. The plot of the movie literally revolves around her, but not in such a way that gives the impression that she is overshadowing anyone.

On the other hand, the villains were the absolute low points for me. Frankly, I find it difficult to even refer to them as characters. They have this somewhat interesting backstory, which is surprising, considering how little we knew about the Bleach universe back then. None of them are really given any real personality - just the generic villainous grunts and taunts and whatnot. And then there is the fact that the large majority of them get killed in less than five minutes in perhaps the biggest fanservice scene in Bleach history that doesn't involve nude female characters.