when people say skip this and go straight to end of evangelion and they actually mean it . i love evangelion but this movie be a waste of time and money . i buy it at hmv in the summer and buy it because i own the series on dvd and teoe . i be excite and i nearly shat myself because it say 107 minute and and i think it be a movie and and it have an 18a rating ( i be from canada and mind you ) . i buy it and rush home with the dvd and take it out of the silver slipcase and frantically take it out of the package and put it in the dvd player . what a waste of time . this be basically the series recap in 45 minute and follow by the first 20 minute of teoe . the minute i saw the opening scene from teoe and i go wait . be you sure i buy the right movie . 20 minute into that part and i just turn it off . either way i find this negativity sad and because i really do like the series . i really do . i also saw the end of evangelion and love it to death and and i think if i have see the end of evangelion before this i would have like it more and however that do not change a thing . i dunno about you and but right now i be halfway into really get sick of the whole story . i mean and the creepy angel and the forgettable protagonist and the girl he after and all that other stuff . aren not they begin to get a little . erm . boring . i mean and really and the only original part of the movie be in the rebirth section and which can easily be find in teoe . this be a waste of time and money and and the only reason to see be be for the director cut stuff ( but not like there a whole lot and there only 2 second of it in total ) . so this be basically my first spoiler free review and because really there nothing at all to spoil . no and this will not help if you haven not see the show and and no and the 45 minute flashback ( snarl ) will not help and either . avoid like the plague . or only see it if you have a burning desire to find out what happen to asuka in the series .