Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni (Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion)
So it turns out the film Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth was completely redundant and pointless. The reason being the first three fourths of it is a compilation of scenes from the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series and the last fourth of it is the same as the first fourth of the film Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion. If you are interested in watching the Neon Genesis Evangelion series, take my advice and just skip Death & Rebirth. Just go straight from the series to The End of Evangelion and you won't miss anything.
If you like yourself some trippy anime, it's not hard to find. There's a lot of bizarro stuff out there. But The End of Evangelion certainly stands up well to the rest in these qualities. As an alternate ending of the story to the one presented in the last few episodes of the series, I didn't initially feel like the movie answered too much more. In fact it just seemed a bit more ambiguous and confusing. But after discussing it with the friend who originally prodded me into seeing the series in the first place, I can see how complex the whole series really is and why it garners so much interest for so many people. Yet for me, although everything is complex and references so many historical and religious ideas and icons, it doesn't really reveal any new meaning to them or give me any personal interest or insight.
Rating: 7/10