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submitted 1 year ago by Grimezz@lemm.ee to c/anime@lemmy.ml

Not sure if anyone else was excited for this movie, but I caught up on the entire series in preparation for this movie and it was a great payoff for the work. I had asked last week what was necessary viewing for the movie, and now I know while you can get away with not watching anything past Sinners of the System, you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't finish the entire series prior to the film.

No spoilers, but despite it being a prequel to season 3 it answers a lot of questions and plot points from season 3 in a way that's best enjoyed already having these questions in mind. There are characters and thought experiments that, while important to the movie, I would not have cared nearly enough about had I not at been completely caught up.

So anyone on the fence but does enjoy Psycho Pass, high recommend, i thoroughly enjoyed it. And for anyone curious, still doesn't hit the highs of season 1 but it's been consistently close since Sinners of the System came out so I think it's something worth watching

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[-] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Is season 3 necessary to watch the movie? I watched all Sinners of the System movies (and liked them), but I dropped season 3. Really didn't like it. It felt too far removed from the Psycho Pass world

[-] Grimezz@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

It's not necessary, you could have a complete experience without it for sure. But I will say you feeling like that about season 3 doesn't surprise me at all, and it was a risk the team took that I personally loved but I can totally understand why people wouldn't like it.

I'll put it this way; the movie fills in the gaps that season 3 introduces, and there are story beats in the movie that I think only truly hit with the context of season 3. But if you didn't like 3 that's totally fine, tonally it's a mix of case 1 and case 3 of Sinners of the System, if you liked those two movies (not sure if they technically count as movies lol) you're probably gonna like the movie.

I could go further in depth but it will spoil things, just let me know and I can go more in depth :)

[-] alphacyberranger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Is this a theatre release?

[-] Grimezz@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It is a theater release atm, not sure how many screens are still playing it however. It looks like it's got a couple days left in my city before its out of circulation, not sure about your area

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