I've watched the movies but not the anime. So my opinion is just based on watching these movies! I had really high expectations! The first movie was a masterpiece, the second movie was great and this, this was good compared to the other two movies. I still rated this movie very high because of their scenery, the way they shot the movies, with nature, sunlight, settings that was just so amazing and detailed. The emotions, screams, tears and despair; I could actually feel them. This movie didn't give me one single dull moment. The fighting scene's were incredible al always, I loved it. But, the story.. They rushed this i.m.o. so much! I do understand that some parts were important but I felt that we lost some good characters background stories, missed the fighting scenes with other important people and they forgot the pacing in this movie. I also felt that some characters were suddenly weaker than they appeared. Still I did like this movie, not as much as the first and second.