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So. They made more Sao. Yay.
The story: 5/10
There is actually a coherent story with an actual "Villain" with a motivation. The story is fairly predictable, it seems fairly good at first but completely crashes down at the finale. If you think about anything for longer than 5 seconds you realise it makes absolutely no sense. How are they fighting with virtual swords in the real world? How are they able to travel at inhumane speeds IN THE REAL WORLD? That right there is the problem with this movie. Ordinal scale is set in the real world, and that completely ruins the plot(SPOILERS) since it ... revolves around Sao bosses apperaing in ordinal scale, and the ex Sao players killed by them will lose their memories of sao.(WHY DO THEY NEED TO DIE? WHO KNOWS.) All the tension is gone since you realise, that to prevent this, the maincgarcters could just remove the Augma or log out. But I guess nobody ever thought of that huh. And why does everyone seem soooo terrifed of the bosses since no pain or injury can be caused in their mind. At least in Sword art online you could actually die.(SPOILERS END HERE) The antagonist is one of the "Something kinda bad happened to me and its your fault and I will do everything in my power to correct it" types, which just comes off as annoying and lackluster.

Music and animation: 8/10
Music and animation have alwasy been good in Sao, the animation flows nicely, music is epic, but the fight scenes lack impact, like in the original series.

Characters:3/10
I love me some character development. Too bad thismovie has bsloutely none. The characters are still empty shells who lack goals or purpose. Their relationshipes,outlook on life, opinions or percption of viryal games stays the same as always.

Enjoyment:3/10
This movie is absolutely filled with tropes, inconsitencies and just plain stupidity, with a little fanservice as a cherry on the top. If you just mindlessly watch the movie without questoning anything you might even enjoy it, or if youre a massive Sao fan.

Overall. 4.5/10
It was better than the original Sao, or the S**tshow of a season 2, but that isnt saying much. I youre die hard fan of Sao, you might (and probably will) end up liking it. It takes all that was good about Sao adn adds plot on top of it. IF you arent a big fan of Sao, dont spend money of this clusterf*** of movie.