Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Cosmos Movie

I actually watched this back in August with bells on and just forgot to post here because I really enjoyed this two part movie event. Stars is not my favorite Sailoor Moon arc, but I don't dislike it. I think that Takeuchi really piled on the drama for this arc and wanted to bring us something different than previous arcs in the series. Once again, I think that the SMC team really did a good job with the manga material and made things engaging and fun to revisit. It reminded me of everything I enjoy about Sailor Moon. The characters, the stakes, and the romance. ...

All of my qualms with this adaptation were qualms I carry over from being a fan of the manga. While I really love that Sailor Moon is pushed to her limits, at times the story feels a little slow and sometimes entrenched within itself. However, the finale makes up for it and it was nice to see such care and respect given to the source material once again.

If you enjoyed the previous offerings in the Sailor Moon Crystal adaptation of the manga, then you will enjoy this too. If you prefer the original anime to the manga, then this might be disappointing. I had a lot of fun and I'll probably watch it again sometime when I feel like doing an SMC rewatch in the future.

eh
first half was incredibly fast paced and a bit unpleasant to sit through, and if i wasnt aware of the series at all, i wouldve dropped it. 2nd half was very good, but honestly watching this all made me wish that it was a tv series instead of a movie. The buildup to that final fight with Chaos would've been incredible.
All in all, as a long time sailor moon fan, the journey of watching the Crystal reboot since 2014 has been a very bumpy ride. I guess i'm glad the manga finally got an adaptation, but I wish Toei could've treated it with more care ... and dignity than it actually got.
If you're a long time fan, i'd recommend watching, but if you're new to the sailor moon franchise you'll be incredibly lost and you'll probably have an easier time getting into it by just reading the manga (if you want all the dark goodness without a weirdly done animation adaptation) or diving into the 90s anime and getting a fun campy experience.

Halloween wouldn’t’ve been complete without this scare.

It’s weird they decided to milk nostalgia now by using Moonlight Densetsu in the opening. Again, I ask why did the 20th anniversary project turn into the 30th anniversary project, with the constant delays and gaps?? It's beyond embarassing.

It’s weird Haruka and Michiru have this much screen time. However it’s left unexplained why Haruka accepts to wear a girl’s school uniform. And whether Seiya and the rest become men when they’re in Earthling disguise. Apparently they do, like in the classic – I thought the point was to adapt the manga to a T, without copying the classic. And ... yet, they copy the transformations, attacks and even the art from the classic. Plus, the writers still hate on Rei extremely much, she’s barely in any of these Crystal versions.

Why is Usagi holding those cats like a savage???? Of all the bad ways I’ve seen her, Minako and the others hold them, this has got to be worst. And to top it all, Luna, Artemis and Diana are also injured at this point. Literally wtf.