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The artistry was pretty and the main romance was OK. The more I think about this the more the entire plot is nonsensical though. It's not that it's hard to understand. It just doesn't make sense. The Union is really going to create a tower that replaces the space around it with a parallel universe? That's not practical at all. Why would Grandpa link it to his granddaughter born years after the tower was constructed? Just to screw with her? Questions like that go on and on and the only answer seems to be to add drama. I can overlook a few things like that, but not the entire story. 5/10

The art is really beautiful. It took me almost 2 hours to watch this because I kept pausing and replaying every landscape.

The story was decent although I did not feel as emotionally attached as I should be compared to Makoto's other films. One thing I notice is that he likes to focus on the main characters' everyday life by animating transport, school, people on the streets etc to further portray the mundaneness and loneliness his characters feel.
I feel this movie didn't do enough of that whereas I can clearly understand the emotions of the couple in Voices of a Distant Star although it was only like what, 30 mins?

All in all, a pretty good film. Yay for happy endings. :)

Love this movie the only one thing i didn't get is in the end thet get togther but in the beginning he act like she died or somthing?!!?!?! LIEK WTH WHAT HAPPEN?!
Overall it a great movie.

it is very nice movie I like it so mush ,,, " That is why like about Anime " NOT like bull shot Naruto 200 ep

One trick pony... Not watching anything else this guy makes... Even though it wasn't bad I just can't stand his movies anymore.

Happy ending? That opening scene is after the battle, and he is sad without her.
Isn't she asleep again? Or they aren't together.

liked it 8/10
much better than 5 centimers//second , 5 cm is basically this minus the sci-fi with wtf ending.

it was amazing, beutiful story ^^

This film was great, I absolutely love the way Shinkai chose to portray the feeling of isolation.

Looking at this thread though, I get the feeling that a lot of people missed some of the more subtle plot points.

The only constant problem of mine with the works of Shinkai Makoto is that they are not long enough, and while they build up a great atmosphere, the rushing plot takes away some of its value. Here however, the pacing is right, but the plot seemed to promise more than what it actually delivered, a bit disappointing. I'm glad for the happy end though, that's my weakness. 7/10.

Ps: Loved the visuals.

What a beautiful movie, if you have the patience that is. Story was pretty good, the characters were well written and expressed themselves well. Some plot holes do exist but that is to be expected from time to time with anime.

Overall it was a good movie, with a happy ending in my opinion. Don't think to literally about everything and piece it together yourself if some things seem odd or hard to understand. A lot of time these movies are that way on purpose.

You raise an interesting point, though I am not sure if that beginning scene came before or after he wakes her up.

It was a really great movie. I do admit it started out slow but it was worth it for the other 40mins of the movie. I gave it a 10. Probably one of the most beautiful anime movies I've seen.

nice this director is really starting to grow on me. i liked it very much, and i need to check out his other movies :)

I really loved 5 Centimeters per second (I gave it a 10/10), but I was really disapointed by that movie. Actually the plot is about nothing, not really making much sense, naive and ... boring. Really, big, big, dissapointment. The idea was good, but the realisation got completely wrong. What a shame.

After some thought here is what I believe the plot to be.

In a earlier scene he came to relise something in a dream he had when sleeping at the station. He realized that he loved her but the relization slipped away as he awoke people who dreamed may have experienced this before.

She relizes in her 'dream' that she loves him but like him it slips away, she left with the sad feeling knowing only that she has lost something important.

At the beginning we are shown that he is alone so I take it that the two of them didnt work out. Years later he has come to realize somethings thoughts, feelings and meanings of words.

Based on his other works it seems the the characters never get together and the life lesson is meant to be learnt that if you love someone tell them you love them before you lose them.

*EDIT but his words at the end would seem to hint at a good ending

that was beautiful
my type of film,
i was filled with emotion, and still am.
this movie was just....beautiful....im almost in tears
my first shinkai makoto film
gets a 10/10

Interesting movie, I enjoyed it tbh

So lovely
One of the best anime movies out there with ease.
9/10

Okay, yet another romance anime with sci-fi elements. It was good, but I'm starting to feel fed up with the concept.