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Plenty of other commentators have talked about how the characters feel one-dimensional already, so I won't go into that. I found the relationship between characters lacking as well. Takt annoyed me with his constantly critical personality. It's one thing to be an aloof, dark character, but Takt is simply unlikable. Cosette is alright, but Anna feels like an everyman or comic relief character who just serves as transportation.

The plot so far is alright, if a bit obvious. We can already tell that the Symphonica is very shady, and there is evidently corruption in the ranks. I feel like the plot didn't have much emotional weight, ... at least up to this part in the story. I would have preferred it if they were motivated by trying to get Cosette back since it seems like a waste to let that plot point fall by the wayside.

The thing that really made me drop this show is the cliches that I found to be in bad taste. Lenny appears to be gay or bi, and he could have been really awesome representation, especially as a POC. However, he was portrayed in a sort of promiscuous fashion that I felt had homophobic undertones. I was ready to let it go, but then we got Hell, the Musicart who is definitely, overtly sexualized and very uncomfortable to see on screen (or hear). Her insinuation of taking that other Musicart (the one on the train whose name I forget) "by force" feels like a piece of sexist writing to me.

I can't really explain the details of why this show made me uncomfortable, but suffice it to say that it did. I won't condemn this show, as it is only one of the infinite multitude that don't treat those types of characters with respect, but I do wish that it had done better.

I just wanna say, this was a complete and utter waste of my time. Because I had watched Fate/Stay Night and UBW, I had foolishly thought that Heaven's Feel would be a lot like them, albeit darker. I should've noticed when the first movie didn't meet up to expectations.

It really feels like the people behind Heaven's Feel asked, "Hey, so poetic cinema consists of pretty lighting and people staring at each other without saying anything, right?" and no one corrected them. Of course there were some good moments in the movie! But overall, as several reviews have pointed out, this was ultimately an anime ... based on a porn game. I have not played this game, nor do I ever intend to, but I really just wonder. Why?

Here's Heaven's Feel, going all out with the hyper-sexualization of some high schoolers. In my opinion, this absolutely did not add to the plot or the characters at all in a meaningful manner. In fact, I think it destroyed my respect for certain characters, even though it's very clear that that's not what it was supposed to do. It was unnecessary and unwelcome for such a person as I, who expected something more along the lines of UBW or Fate/Zero.

Good points:
Music, still as awesome as always. Aimer must be my favorite singer at this point! And a lot of the music reminded me of Garden of Sinners, which suits the dark tone of this route.
The animation, of course, is also very pretty. I really like some of the sunsets. Lots of nice colors.
I also like the tone, which almost felt more like horror as opposed to a fantasy battle royale.

Bad points:
Everything else. The pacing felt okay while watching, but looking back on it, I feel like I didn't really gain anything in the end. What's going on? What was the plot? Why should I care about these characters? Everything falls apart.

I couldn't stop sighing and rolling my eyes throughout the movie as I yelled at characters to stop doing stupid things. I respect Rin, Saber, Rider, and Ilya. Shirou is okay, but he's still as bland as always, which makes sense considering he was the perspective from which people played in the original game. If he weren't bland, it would be harder for people to project themselves onto him.

But Sakura, who's pretty much the main focus? I liked her well enough, but I simply couldn't bring myself to stay interested in the development of her role in the plot. So many people also disappeared for the sake of the plot, too. Obviously, in Heaven's Feel, we're focusing a lot more on Shirou and Sakura, and yet, two movies down, I really couldn't tell you how these two characters have developed, or how they are interesting.

To conclude, this was such a massive waste of my time that I decided to write a review for the first time in my life in order to say how much I hated this movie. I came in with what I thought were reasonable expectations, and I have a pretty low bar for anime in general. I like to be generous when rating things I have watched or read. But this movie went so far below the bar that it dug straight into the ground. I feel bad for Sakura, that she had to be written this way. I really believe she deserved better. Thanks for reading this amateur review written by a severely, irreparably disappointed Fate fan.