Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
还有很多没看懂 但不得不说痞子这个收尾很诚恳又让我很难受
没想到《终》会是在一一地进行和解，太温柔了，了不起！
这个剧场版四部曲，延续了13年，从大学到工作，一代人的青春结束了。不舍得。最经典的动漫系列。
One Last Kiss前奏响起的时候爆哭。连EVA都跟自己和解了，我们这些现实世界中的蠢货们还有什么理由不放过自己。看了那些分镜和背景画就理解为什么跳票这么久，但庵野你可以找新海诚啊？
不知道还有多少人能抛开人设争，cp争，剧情争等等……
真嗣长大了，也补完了，同时长大的还有我们。
对于我来说，EVA究竟意味着什么？为什么我会喜欢EVA？它入侵了我的生活，真正成为了我的一部分，我能够这样说吗？其实我不再想理解EVA了。每次看EVA，总觉得可以放弃很多执念，是无所谓吗？无所谓存在也无所谓毁灭。可这里不是EVA的世界。我不想这个世界如常运转。为什么我会变成这样？EVA这样就结束了吗？大概是的。大概不是。
3.30 横滨4DX
さようなら、すべてのevangelion
随着年岁增长，与世界和解，与自己和解，可谓是不变的主题。真嗣长大了，关于eva的一场漫长的梦也结束了。
不知为什么想起我高中同桌，一个和真嗣一模一样的男孩。。
想说的话有很多，但能说出口的只有一句。想跟丽种田
如果你不是认真看过TV版旧剧场版的EVA粉丝，那么这只是一部8/10的高水准动画，可你会觉得没那么劲爆精彩，尤其剧情有些莫名奇妙。而如果你是EVA的老粉，那么这就是一部10/10的属于你的青春纪念诗篇。
等我啊，我也会等你……
伴随成长的同龄人如今早已不再中二，而是被现实裹挟的油腻麻木，一路走来早已懂王，但内心还是存有最初的纯真，所以结局充满了迎合粉丝的和解，算是不意外的终结了，就是人物关系太强行了。最可惜的是各种设计再也没有了当初的神秘感，过分的设计对接单纯的终极目的充满了迎合时代时尚的多余剧本设计，最后节奏直接可谓拉稀，创意枯竭再也没有曾经剧场版的神级惊喜了，失望至极。
已经是二零二一年的八月了。
EVA的青春结束了，但人类补全计划尚未完结。庵野秀明这个老妖精居然在最终回为整个EVA世界画了一个圆，厉害。
向不再少年的“少年们”献出的终曲，是经典再延续，是概念新突破，更是银幕内外世界的破壁融合。
剧中的少年长大了 剧外的中年人只记得明日香的胸
沒有看過任何一集的我，只能說：我看不懂，但我大受震撼。
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