As good the these two movies are, their existence is pretty much unjustified. Potential viewers now get the fine choice of having to decide between the few extra scenes of the series or the prettier visuals of the duology, and I just don't get what the point of that is.
That being said, the movie duology of Beginnings and Eternal is perfectly fine, there just is very little reason to watch both the show and the movies. IMHO it became fairly obvious at that point that the episodic series is simply the more natural medium to narrate Madoka Magica there is very little reason for these two movies to exist at all. It still pretty much just plays the respective episodes back to back, with a somewhat jarring cut to signify the time skip. The second movie doesn't have that option because episode ten tells a character's backstory. However, those eight episodes narrated a continuous story, so that movie could basically just play the respective episodes back to back with some minor adjustments for pace. The first movie gave the first eight episodes a similar treatment. But still, it doesn't bring anything new to the table, and it is by that somewhat flawed. I only remember a single half-scene that was added, though I'm sure there must be more after all, the movie is something like fifteen minutes longer than the four episodes. The plot, the dialogues, even a whole lot of scenes and direction are perfectly identical to the series.
Sure, the visuals are upgraded (just by sake of a higher budget, not at all changing in style). And that's pretty much everything it does. Eternal begins where Beginnings ended, narrating the story of the final four episodes of the Puella Magi Madoka Magica series.
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