Awesome Music: The movie has a beautiful soundtrack courtesy of John Debney. Even those who hate the movie think that the main theme from the Japanese version is fantastic.
Bile Fascination: This movie is infamous among the Gundam fandom, and some can't help but want to know why.
Complete Monster: General Garneaux is the Big Bad. While appearing to be a man trying to save his people, he is later revealed to be the opposite. Desiring a special serum that will save CONSENT from starvation, he plans on destroying it in order to implement a policy of selective starvation, all for the sake of power; he orders Lt. Col. Jack Halle to kill the Illuminati when they break into a Hydrogen rig to steal the serum. Heading to Gaia to acquire the serum from Mark and Cynthia, he starts a war between CONSENT and Gaia as a distraction, using Mark’s fiancée Mimi as a spy.
Fanon Discontinuity: Contrary to popular belief, Word of God has not removed G-Saviour from the Universal Century. However, everyone treats it like it has, and the creators of the franchise rarely acknowledge the film.
Harsher in Hindsight: The fact that this estabilishes that the Earth Federation will eventually collapse a few decades before the events of the film may cause this while viewing the Universal Century shows.
A mobile suit named Freedom, and an Anime Theme Song titled "Orb". Ring any bells? Also, the GINNs in SEED look a hell lot like the Bugus. For that matter, one of the pilots in this film is played by Samuel Vincent, who would go on to play Athrun.
It's clearly raining in the airbase, yet all of the actors are completely dry.
Then there's the CGI mobile suitsnote which were animated by regular Star Trek effects firm Digital Muse. While they look pretty decent (Key word being "look"), their slow movements and actions (when compared to other Gundam shows or games) murder the awesomeness of the battle scenes.
So Okay, It's Average: When detached from the Gundam franchise and viewed as stand-alone, G-Saviour isn't horrible, but nothing to write home about either.
Squick: Mark and Cynthia escaping the morgue through a chute, taking them to a bin full of bags of human remains and not reacting about it.
Strangled by the Red String: Mark and Cynthia. The man already has a girlfriend in the form of Mimi and decides that after snogging Cynthia, he doesn't love Mimi anymore and wants to be with Cynthia instead.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Merchandise-related: A lot of fans really feel like the Mobile Suits got the short end of the stick. There are those that un-ironically like the mobile suit designs and bemoan that, due to the movie's failure, the G-Saviour Space Mode was the only design to get a model kit.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: The drama CD carries a lot of interesting information that isn't used in the movie itself, leaving a lack of explanation for a lot of events. Some suggest that one should watch the movie and listen to the drama CD to understand the bigger picture.
Took the Bad Film Seriously: Just about everyone. The actors (except maybe Brennan Elliott), the director, producers, the writer, and even Sunrise, to the point that the latter created tie-ins for the film.
from the Japanese version is fantastic.