I'm still very iffy on the Rebuild movies. First one was great and was basically a recap of the first 7 episodes with some much improved animations and fights(that Ramiel fight! Holy shit!). The second one completely diverted from the series, which I'm ok with and enjoyed immensely. What bugs me about the movies is the changes to the characters. Shinji having a back bone this time around is nice, and new character Mari intrigues me to no end. But the changes to Asuka and Rei don't sit well with me. Rei developing feelings like she has in the movies just feels wrong, and where she's trying to unite Shinji and Gendo by inviting them to her apartment for a home cooked meal....it just doesn't feel like Rei anymore. Asuka for the most part was awesome in Rebuild 2...until we see her cooking a meal, presumably for shinji(as teased about by Misato when she catches Asuka cooking). I don't know, I love the Rebuild movies, they're a lot of fun to watch, but there are things that make it seem less like Evangelion to me and more....generic I guess.
Kaworu intrigues me a lot too. He's the only character so far that seems to have ties to the old TV series. Like Rebuild isn't a re-imagination of the TV series but an alternate universe or time loop where Kaworu is the only character who knows of and remembers that universe/time loop.
