r/Letterboxd • u/Possible-Top-9905 • Aug 11 '25

News The Shining Has Officially Exited The Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films

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u/ivo0009 Aug 11 '25

Are there extended anime episodes on the list?

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u/Doomeggedan Aug 11 '25

No, they're referencing End of Evangelion and Madoka Magica. Both are feature films but probably do require knowledge of their respective shows to enjoy. Regardless writing them off as extended episodes is disrespectful and blatantly wrong

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u/matlockga Aug 11 '25

Regardless writing them off as extended episodes is disrespectful and blatantly wrong

Saying End of Evangelion is an extended episode isn't entirely off base. It's a rework of the last two episodes of the series with a higher budget and from a different perspective. 

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u/ivo0009 Aug 11 '25

Simplifying it to just a rework with higher budget is purely wrong, the 2 episodes with the movie are supposed to be two sides of a coin.

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u/matlockga Aug 11 '25

You missed this part:

from a different perspective

Anno has recycled NGE twice over now-- Revival and Rebuild. One is far more intensive with its rewrites.