Oh. Disappointing. I honestly can’t tell if the acting was supposed to be camp or just bad.

If giant robot fights aren’t what interest you in Gundam, then the first 40 minutes of this film are a test in patience to get to any political intrigue or message

there’s a specific part of this film in which my primitive brain thought it was going to die and I felt dipped in an ice bath. I had to stop for the night, sleep with the light on, and finish it the next night with my fingers covering half my vision.

so the rating could be justifiably higher or lower but considering I only saw half of it unhindered, 4 is a pretty good bet, maybe?