One Piece Film Gold a canon movie that takes place right after Dressrosa impressed me almost as much as it surprised me. As my first movie from a series with very many movies I expected it to be slightlyaboveaverage for a mini story but its more than that. Production Right from the intro scenes it feels like a VIP experience: quick and flashy introduction of our beloved straw hats in new fancy outfits and matching flamboyant scenery with jokes laughter and enthusiasm as they enter. Throughout the whole movie the music designs and everything all give a feel to match the golden place they enter. And just the production overall is pretty stunning for a 2016 movie. 440https://i.ibb.co/YLMT7TX/OnePieceFilmGold.jpg And despite taking place literally after Dressrosa the power scalings are kept intact and everything is logical which is something I worried itd mess up. The Surprises It doesnt even follow the usual sidestory format youd expect. One of the straw hats is taken out of commission. There were many parts where I thought Ok cool good movie now theyre gonna have Luffy beat up the bad guy and end the movie yay but the movie did not do that it still went on and had plenty more to offer. Yet even so it didnt feel drawn out the pacing is perfect. And as a special note Film Gold has more surprises and plot twists than one movie should be allowed to have. You go right into it thinking oh thats suspicious. those people might betray these people? but the surprises never end. Youre kept guessing both in the fights and in the alliances until the crazy end twist. Depth Film Gold does get pretty dark pretty fast with straightup death early on. It wastes no time creating a deep plot ad getting right to it. The dark parts have even higher stakes later on in the movie with more people and a theme of despair / hope. Besides that there are multiple perspectives shown not just the protagonists. Even the bad guy characters have their own complex motivations which are shown in gradual flashbacks and while alot of details are intentionally left out it all paints a clear and somewhat tragic picture by the end. And the side characters exclusive to this movie are golden too. They have style as well as depth and I wouldnt mind if more of them were kept for the main show especially Raise Max. Is this movie worth my time? That depends. If you dont really care for side movies then you can pass it just fine. If you are looking for a really fun movie and you are past Dressrosa then I do recommend. It literally does everything I could ask of a movie. I am personally really looking forward to watching more One Piece movies after this. 375https://i.ibb.co/4FKQBH9/OnePieceGoldScreenshot0016.jpg