Char's Counterattack is soaked in melancholy, potent and elegant. It's large use of conversation and character development in between its action may turn off some, but it has enormous payoff when the third act rises. The score is just perfect and the animation fantastically crafted. Film's like this can rise or fall on their main cast yet not only are the lead protagonist Amuro Ray and his adversary Char Aznable throughly fleshed out but the movie is flooded with a vibrant supporting cast that you care about. The fact that its part of a larger canon will discourage a larger audience I'm sure, but even if a virgin viewer doesn't understand all the movie's subtleties its well worth the trip to experience.
