Mar 22, 2:57 PM
My thoughts on seeing How Do You Live? (The boy and the Heron) for the second time
Anime Relations:
Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka
I may end up doing a formal review, but Just in case, I’ll just make this blog post. Now, the first time around, I saw it subbed. Whereas this time, I saw it dubbed. And actually, I made a couple of posts on it on the Anime World Order discord, so here’s what I said:
“Last night, I went back and saw it for a second time, this time dubbed. And I did so, because I first saw it the day that it was released, but I unfortunately didn’t realize that I was quite tired beforehand and had trouble paying attention late in the movie because of it. Or so I thought, because I went and saw the movie this time, and I was much more well rested, and I was still getting tired at around the same part, though much less so. I think it was just after the Warawara scene that the tiredness was setting in. Which validates what you guys were saying about the fact that it gets quite boring late in the movie.
Despite that, I didn’t think it was bad, but like Clarissa was saying it wasn’t really focused, at least in the second half of the movie. And, like I said, I was starting to get tired, because the fact it was getting boring around then too.
And actually, after seeing it again, and hearing you guys talk about the ending again, the ending makes much more sense to me. It does end quite abruptly, but they at least somewhat addressed the general things that they were talking about. In terms of overcoming hardship, and letting go after losing someone dear to you. And even though it wasn’t much, there was a little bit of growth on Mahito’s part during those last scenes. Even though I don’t particularly like his character either.”
The only things that I want to add to this, is the fact that I still enjoyed it, despite the problems of there being a lack of focus, and it being hard to follow at times. And, like I said, on the Discord post, there was some character development on Mahito’s part, and there is a conclusion to the movie, though it did end quite abruptly as they were saying. All in all, it was definitely worth seeing a second time, so I can confirm for myself while much more rested just how exactly I felt about the movie. 7/10
(and I have not seen the other nominees for best animated picture, so I don’t know whether or not it was deserving of the Oscar for it)
“Last night, I went back and saw it for a second time, this time dubbed. And I did so, because I first saw it the day that it was released, but I unfortunately didn’t realize that I was quite tired beforehand and had trouble paying attention late in the movie because of it. Or so I thought, because I went and saw the movie this time, and I was much more well rested, and I was still getting tired at around the same part, though much less so. I think it was just after the Warawara scene that the tiredness was setting in. Which validates what you guys were saying about the fact that it gets quite boring late in the movie.
Despite that, I didn’t think it was bad, but like Clarissa was saying it wasn’t really focused, at least in the second half of the movie. And, like I said, I was starting to get tired, because the fact it was getting boring around then too.
And actually, after seeing it again, and hearing you guys talk about the ending again, the ending makes much more sense to me. It does end quite abruptly, but they at least somewhat addressed the general things that they were talking about. In terms of overcoming hardship, and letting go after losing someone dear to you. And even though it wasn’t much, there was a little bit of growth on Mahito’s part during those last scenes. Even though I don’t particularly like his character either.”
The only things that I want to add to this, is the fact that I still enjoyed it, despite the problems of there being a lack of focus, and it being hard to follow at times. And, like I said, on the Discord post, there was some character development on Mahito’s part, and there is a conclusion to the movie, though it did end quite abruptly as they were saying. All in all, it was definitely worth seeing a second time, so I can confirm for myself while much more rested just how exactly I felt about the movie. 7/10
(and I have not seen the other nominees for best animated picture, so I don’t know whether or not it was deserving of the Oscar for it)
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