Anime 49073 Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed Freedom

Best of the SEED series by far.

This movie made me really like the SEED franchise.
The first SEED was too similar to the original Gundam for my taste. SEED Destiny felt like an improvement, until it turned the protagonist into the villain. SEED Freedom does not have any of these problems.

Story:
The story is simple but it does its job. Kira and Lacus are the heroes in the end, but they are neither annoying nor preachy. They managed to introduce powerful, worthy villains in a natural way.

Characters:
This is where SEED Freedom shines. I felt that Kira was not relatable and Lacus was preachy in ... the previous SEED entries. However, here, they are humanized and Kira is shown to have actual flaws. Also, Shin and Luna-Maria are given many moments to shine as well as Athrun.

Action:
Despite the action being CGI, I felt it was really good. It was definitely more natural and fluid than THE ORIGIN. Also, it has some fan favorite mobile suits return and have their time in the spotlight that they always deserved.

Conclusion:
IF you don’t like SEED, watch this movie. It is far better than the other two entries in this series. It will change your mind about SEED. If you like SEED, also watch this movie. It’s amazing and is now one of my top 5 Gundam works along with the original, zeta, IBO and Hathaway. I really have no complaints. Long live SEED.

A gundam seed movie truly written with love for the series. With many of the recent gundam series they felt different almost not gundam like but this movie was definitely different, it not only was unmistakably gundam but screamed the themes of gundam seed.

Many references to both gundam seed and gundam seed destiny were included in the movie so a rewatch prior to watching the movie is recommended.

The art for the most part was actually quite good and even the weird lips that Lacus has were easily tuned out with so much great art surrounding it.

the pacing was very fast with much of what would ... be considered huge focal points if this was a television show and not a movie just glossed over.

If i had only one complaint for the movie it would be how the Voice actor for cagalli was changed. Shindo Naomi (original VA in seed and destiny) did decline the role but no one can replace her as she did such a superb job voicing Cagalli. Nanako Mori (New VA in seed freedom) did try but ultimately was not able to live up to the role.

If you have nostalgia for SEED, you might like the movie. If you were thinking of using this as an excuse to finally catch up on CE (like me), then maybe you should reconsider.

The visuals were good. The CGI was fine. The music was great, as it was throughout the series.

The writing is the weakest part here. The plot always moves linearly in a predictable direction. The new antagonists are flat. Some of the characters just did not seem consistent with where they were left off in Destiny, it's only been a year since then. Kira once again has a new internal conflict to ponder ... over. That was what made SEED enjoyable for me, but here it just does not hit. The dialogue is another bag of worms entirely. Some of it was so corny/cheesy, that I was facepalming in disbelief. The main 'message' is repeated ad nauseam. There's a drinking game here with the amount of times 'love' is mentioned.

At the end everything goes off the rails, and it's all kinds of fanservice.