The movie was horrible. It wasn't a recap episode because UBW is a completely different arc from the Fate arc that was the focus of the tv series. That it struck you as a recap arc at all is extremely problematic.
The main focus of the arc, Tohsaka, got none of the focus she deserved. To the point that the ending of the movie wasn't even the same as the ending in the actual game because the relationship between Tohsaka and Emiya just didn't exist.
The plot was inconsistent and would have made no sense if you didn't already know everything going on because they just kept skipping so many things. No explanation of command seals, no explanation of Tohsaka's gem, no explanation of what was up with Ilyasviel, and pretty much no explanation of anything important. If you consider that people watching this are either, A) fans of the original game, or B) people who aren't familiar with F/SN except perhaps the anime, this is extremely problematic. The fans of the original are going to hate it because it did so many things wrong, and people unfamiliar with F/SN will just not be able to appreciate what's going on.
The only people who can appreciate this movie, I feel, are those that already know the entire plot. But the problem is, so many of the reasons why one would like the original are just missing, left for the viewer to fill in by himself. If all you needed to enjoy the movie was have animated fight scenes and one or two shots of fan service, then maybe you could enjoy it. Anyone who actually cared about story telling though, which was what made the original so good, should have no other view except that the movie was fatally flawed.
