One Piece Film: Gold

One Piece Film: Gold is the third modern One Piece movie and the second post timeskip. At this point the formula for a One Piece movie has been set in stone, and it is most efficient to evaluate the film based on how it meets expectations. From an aesthetic perspective the movie is basically flawless. The animation is gorgeous, the character designs are on point, and every costume change the case goes through is exciting and memorable. The film-exclusive character is far more memorable than most of her predecessors as she is an old girlfri- I mean accomplice of Nami's from her cat burglar days, andtheir dynamic is simple but effective. Getting the One Piece cast to do a heist film is inherently interesting given how batshit insane the characters are, and the genre-standard twists are handled well. There is a particular sub-twist that makes perfect sense in universe that was both inspired and hilarious. The movie isn't flawless character wise. Like most OP movies the characterization is slightly off. Nami, despite having ample screen time, never comments on the fact that the kids enslaved by the casino are basically in the same situation she was in for a decade. Luffy seems unusually apathetic when a crewmate is placed in danger in the first act. Nothing is egregious, but it is enough to take notice. As for most modern OP films some characters are included for no reason other than to have them in marketing material. Still have no idea what Sabo and Lucci were doing. The gambler character introduced serves no particular purpose and just drags down the movie in the middle. The main villain is compelling ideologically, but never gets quite enough attention to make sense. His devil fruit is busted to the point it is completely unbelievable, and the main confrontation between him and Luffy suffers as a result. Cool idea, but not enough spice to make him memorable. Its a good One Piece experience, but outside the outfits and nice cuts of animation provides nothing to remember it by. Score: Strong 6 to a Light 7

This is far better than most of the movies I have recently seen. Trust me, I know what I'm saying. Even though I pay most of the attention to the story and music, all the elements of the story contributed to extremely outstanding time I had watching this movie. Because Film Gold is everything that a good Vegas - style movie should have - a thrill, respectful villain, and this outstanding music that deepens the entire experience. And Film Gold is packed with goodies since the very beginning, when the Strawhats arrive at Gran Tesoro. The giant show, incredible battle sequences (oh yes! Gold has the bestfight scenes EVER!), the design of the golden city, giant race, the long - gone characters that we all craved to see on the screen since they were announced to appear... In fact, the only thing I didn't like that much were the voices of Carina and Baccarat. They didn't match the characters at all, especially Baccarat, who spoke in a very flegmatic, annoying way. I also hoped that Carina would sing something, since she was supposed to be Gran Tesoro's singing queen. Gild Tesoro's inspirational and moving flashbacks also were given too little time, which I guess would be welcomed with open arms by the most of the audience. Nevertheless, One Piece: Film GOLD is a masterpiece and a crown jewel of entire OP franchise. If you want to see it, definitely do it in the cinema! It's one of those outstanding movies that should be viewed only there... You won't regret.

Story- Generic and Bad. characters- Every new character is horrible, poorly fleshed out and annoying with awful motives. Art/sound- Art was to be expected of a high movie budget toei onepiece film, and the sound was passable aswell. It was jazzy and bombastic fitting for the casino setting. Overall- only gets up to a 2 because of one man of principal. Sgt Straight. The only reason i stuck with this movie to the bitter end. As a Fellow man of principal I cannot recommend this movie to anybody that enjoys quality anime. RIP. "Turns are disgusting, just like the plot twists in this movie."-Sgt Straight