If you're looking for an explodey movie to watch (say, to distract your dog from New Year's fireworks), Harlock: Space Pirate has pretty animation and COMMITS to the trope.

✅ Lasers
✅ Giant skull on front of ship
✅ Lots of black leather
✅ Swords
✅ Aliens
✅ Characters constantly switching sides
✅ Weird shoulder bird
✅ Boarding actions
✅ Male gaze
✅ Terrible one-liners
✅ Eyepatch
✅ What if Space Battleship Yamato but Battlefleet Gothic?