A car without its key is stuck and goes to rust. 500https://i.ur.com/y2sDDpp.png Fasten your seatbelts before watching this movie because this dreamlike experience takes whatever pacing comfort structure and any resemblance of subtlety with regards to surrealism or symbolism you were used to from the show and turns it on its head in order to create a fastpaced hardhitting and visceral experience. proceeds with gushing about this movie spoilerfree hoping people will feel motivated to watch the series and then finally be able to experience this masterpiece of a movie for themselves 500https://i.ur.com/PJospKd.png Apparent is the focus on reimagining interrogating and transforming of the series and its pivotal moments characters implicit and explicit themes messaging details from the 39episodeslong show into a loose retelling as a featurelength movie format and its nothing short of captivating intriguing and fascinating. I will take the liberty to declare this the gold standard for an adaptation from series to movie as the show is allowed to take on a new form here creating an intriguing and fresh experience ripe with the possiblity for new insights and perspectives. 500https://i.ur.com/NDGIuEC.png Visually Utena was elevated to previously unchartered animation heights and I was speechless at how beautifully the world and the characters came to life in a new way. Its a stunning artistic marvel the definition of eye candy. The screencaps ive added this to review only offer a standstill a glimpse of what youre going to experience. 500https://i.ur.com/k4nCqTe.png The creation and weaving of the soundtrack into the matter of this movie is astonishing as it accompanies the mood evoked by the visuals to a T and fits the emotional and narrative cues precisely proven by the reprises of the series music which are done beautifully and invoke the feelings from the show and put them into a new light and seamless addition of fitting new musical pieces which make this movie a treat for the ears from start to finish. As a little side note I noticed how the reprises and soundtrack overall were more subtle compared to the shows loud and encompassing tracks which I find to be an interesting dichotomy as the movie visually moves rather quickly and even becomes frantic at times. 500https://i.ur.com/9RSvv0h.png Overall its more unapologetically surreal gay and with a more focused explicit and fastpaced approach this take on adolescence will take you on a journey and not let go until the credits roll which I base on the fact that I was glued to the chair and sobbing at one or two occasions maybe throughout the entirety of its runtime. With all of this being said I hope youll feel compelled to watch this masterpiece of a movie and dont forget... Viva la revolucin