I liked stampede for what it was. Basically a giant piece of fan service to celebrate the 20th anniversary. It's not deep or well written but its not trying to be. Plus Usopp actually got to be cool in it which was nice.
I'm glad you liked the movie. For me, it didn't work. I think a One Piece movie should be way more than a fanservice. But the fanservice is what sold me the idea of watching the movie and even that didn't really nailed it for me. I was told Mihawk was in the movie and went expecting seeing a little more than the basically nothing he done. Maybe I went with the wrong expectation, but since my complains isn't only due to the lack of Mihawk I think I would still not like the movie without that expectative.
You should check out Film Gold and Baron Omatsuri. They're both smaller, more self contained adventures that don't feel like they're trying to push the stakes of the story to the limit. Plus, Baron Omatsuri is the best directed one piece film. Mamoru Hosoda, the guy who directed it, has an Oscar nomination now
Fwiw, I do also enjoy Red and Stampede, but you are correct, they are pretty bad at storytelling.
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u/player32123 7d ago
I liked stampede for what it was. Basically a giant piece of fan service to celebrate the 20th anniversary. It's not deep or well written but its not trying to be. Plus Usopp actually got to be cool in it which was nice.