Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

David Roggenkamp Let's review, Sailor Moon is an older anime, it is one of the first to gain worldwide fame along with the likes of "Dragonball" and "Dragonball Z". Unlike those two, it was a show meant for girls but somehow managed to attract a male audience also. I suppose it has nothing to do with the super heroine attire, fact they function as a team, and otherwise are out and about in a typical plot of the day episode. Actually it does; but the series also spawned a few movies.One of them goes by the name of "Sailor Moon R" after the series that was running at the time. This movie features an alien that resembles Ail and Ann of the short mini-arc that ran during the first ten episodes of Sailor Moon R. He somehow drifts in space for eons, before landing on Earth and befriending a boy in the hospital that has lost his parents. Touching to say the least. He leaves for space due to life force differences (he can't live here), and otherwise wants to find the perfect flower for the young boy. He later returns and events as we know them have progressed.The boy is Tuxedo Kamen; he is actually prince of the Earth and he has a love affair with the reincarnated princess of the Moon from nearly a millenia ago. The alien reappears, learns of this and all disaster breaks free. He is seemingly possessed by a plant and is hellbent on sucking all of the planet's life force dry. This is nothing new here as far as Sailor Moon is concerned, but the fact the plot of the movie focuses so heavily on friendship and what it entails, is definitely new to the series. The rest of the movie is spent between characters either fighting, acts of jealousy or testing bonds of their friendship.There is a happy ending, and it plays out similar to the first part of Sailor Moon R. It makes me wonder if they were not just rewriting it for a movie or if the movie itself was rewritten into that series for syndication. Either way, the movie has better writing than the series normally does and is a good view for fans of the series. Casual anime viewers may appreciate the shoujou genre and art that this series is known; all make it into the movie.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/? p=6218).

filmfan1991 At the height of its popularity in Japan in the early 90s "Sailor Moon" made the transition from TV to the big screen. "Sailor Moon R: The Movie" gives the fans of the series what they want out of "Sailor Moon" especially me.Taking place during the R arc of the series, Mamoru (Tuxedo Kamen) gets a visit from the past from a otherworldly friend (that somehow resembles Al and En's race from the TV show) who returns to Earth to destroy it because he was brainwashed by an evil sentient flower named Xenian into believing that the people of Earth left Mamoru all alone. Its up to Usagi and her Sailor Senshi to save Mamoru and the Earth from the Xenian flower before she brings out the apocalypse.Since this is a big budget film the animation is slightly better than the TV series and the action scenes are very intense but the Cg in this movie is showing its age and doesn't clash well with the traditional animated scenes. The Japanese version of the movie is better because the English dub cuts out the best parts including a scene that's very funny where Chibiusa holds an unconscious Usagi's mouth and nose shut for almost a minute before she gasps in a hilarious manner. As for the dub in terms of voice acting and dialog; its very mediocre because of bad puns and bad lines especially where its not needed in scenes that were originally silent in the Japanese version. The movie also strongly focuses on the themes of friendship, loneliness and stays true to the "Sailor Moon" formula that fans love so much. One thing that does bug me and its just a minor gripe. The movie seems to have you believe that Usagi and Mamoru knew each other before the events of the series when they were just children. In the first episode of the show Usagi and Manoru clearly didn't know each other and in fact despised each other at first before they developed a romantic relationship. But even with that minor gripe I say watch it if you're a fan of "Sailor Moon".

rebellionofone The English Version is a good bit different than the Japanese version. The final song in the English version, during the fight to save the scouts is called "Power of Love" in the English Version. Sung by Jennifer Cihi, the voice of Sailor Moon. Its for once a good song. The Japanese version song would take some getting adjusting to.I prefer the Japanese Fiore Voice, and There's some definite cleavage in this one....Nice metorite thing...whatever it is.And Definitely watch the anime through on the original Japanese soundtrack.Rini still had that Luna kitty ball *random thought of the moment*

kino makoto I loved this movie. It was my favorite of the three. S was just .. weird and SuperS was dull. I don't like Chibi-usa much, so that probably explains the dullness of SuperS to me. Why did I enjoy the R movie the best? It had a good amount of Mamoru in it! I love Mamoru. He's great character that is so often hated and overlooked (by mostly idiots). So that's about it. R is my all time favorite.