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| I just loved this short animation. The theme isen't original but still as beautiful as the other shorts I've seen. That diving suit was the best thing he could have bought. I thought he looked quite satisfied in the end, I just hope he won't live to build the next floor. |
| It was amazing. I felt so sorry for the old man that I kept thinking :"Please, no more!" but I couldn't stop myself from watching it through to the end. |
| I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would, especially because there are so many different ways that one could interpret it. After the first minute I thought the building up of the houses represented how, as humans, we tend to keep trying to run away from our problems and not resolve them, but in the end they'll catch up to us. After watching the whole thing, I have a few other ideas on the meaning. Very nice anime...I think I'll be coming back to it often. |
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| Simply beautiful, and it reminded me of Up, which I love. 9/10 |
| I don't understand how they are people that didn't get this... and i admit this makes me kinda mad. I mean if you really can't feel anything watching this then you'd better start worrying about yourself.. :S Saying what need to be said and moving on, this was short and more straight forward than some people want to think. There aren't any encrypted codes or high and mighty messages hidden in it. The emotion is right before your eyes. Reminiscense. Of one's life, of one's past that is now burried and has faded under tons of water. The man dives (literally) deeper into his past and his subcontious, where the spaces he used to live where bigger and fuller of life. And that's all in brief. There are many things that can be said about this but they'd better be left unsaid. The movie speaks on its own and it' s always more beautiful for everyone to create their own thoughts about what they experience. |
“In a mad world, only the mad are sane.”Akira Kurosawa  |
adamantine said: It reminded me of the beginning of Up. Very touching look at someone's life; I definitely liked how they showed that with the levels of his house. I have exactly the same feelings about this short movie. 8/10 |
| Hmm, I do like this short, but I feel that a lot of the reson shorts like this get such high ratings is because they don't have enough time to fuck it up. It's easier to write a poem than a novel, right? Anyways, what I'm getting at is that this was very well executed, but just didn't have that much substance. You can dig out a couple of metaphors, but they aren't really that interesting. In the end, it works best as a pure slab of nostalgia, which played my emotions in what to me was a rather predictable manner, but to others it made them cry. |
| “Money can't buy dere” |
| One of the best shorts I’ve ever watched in my life. The concept was innovative and perfectly executed, and fits as an analogy of a person’s life. I’ll treasure this little masterpiece for years. It tugged at my heart-strings, the wave of nostalgia and the feeling of yearning those past moments that’ll never come back anymore… I couldn’t take it. I cried like a baby. |
I think, then procrastinate. Therefore, I am. |
| The music was really good. The story was nicely told. |
| 5/10 Nothing happens, just some random old man doing what old men are suppose to do. |
SuperSaiyenFeb 16, 2011 6:14 PM
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| I love it, great! |
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| What a depressing story ; w ; |
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| Half way through I realized I was crying...can't help it I love nostalgic things... One of the best 12 minutes I've spent watching something, I really can't understand how people don't like this /: or maybe I just love it because it actually made me cry for minutes?..hahaa |
SuperSaiyen said: 5/10 Nothing happens, just some random old man doing what old men are suppose to do. I've never seen an Old man swim down old sections of his house that are now under water and re-live those tales. Great short, one of the best ever. |
burntlettuce said: SuperSaiyen said: 5/10 Nothing happens, just some random old man doing what old men are suppose to do. I've never seen an Old man swim down old sections of his house that are now under water and re-live those tales. Great short, one of the best ever. Me either. Perhaps I need to get out more? |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Reminded me a lot of a Pixar Short. And thats a good thing. |
| What a lovely little animation, enjoyed it through the whole thing. |
| Who needs dialogue with art, music, and a story like that. Nothing has moved me in a way like this did, stunning piece of work. |
| So precious. That's all I have to say. |
| I was moved to tears :'( |
| I really dug this as a short animated film. Beautiful visual style, great soundtrack (I think I loved this most of all), and a simple yet touching story. However, I'm not really sure if I want to call this "Anime". Not that that's a bad thing mind you, its just that beyond being from Japan there really isn't anything about this that makes it anime. I think I'll leave it unscored, but it was extremely enjoyable. |
| I quite enjoyed the simplicity of it, the 12 minutes just flew by as I watched this old man's life unravel right in front of me in a silent and beautiful way. |
| What an EPIC short story this is. I think this is the base story for the awesome game "To The Moon". Anyway, a solid 8/10 from me. |
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| I don't get it. I liked it a lot, but what's the point? It's stupid even. |
| A nice short heartwarming story, with a lot of hidden meaning 9/10 not a lot of anime get me thinking this much. AnoniMus said: I don't get it. I liked it a lot, but what's the point? It's stupid even. I personally think that it's about time and how you can't stay in one place forever and you have to move on, the water rising and having to build higher. But when you get older you look back on it. |
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adamantine said: It reminded me of the beginning of Up. Very touching look at someone's life; I definitely liked how they showed that with the levels of his house. Exactly. |
| I almost broke down at a few points, especially the two parts where he clinked the glasses. |
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| Incredibly enjoyable for a short film. Seeing the old man's flashbacks was heart warming. A solid 8/10 for me. |
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| Simple but beautiful. I'm deeply moved. Loved the music, visuals, and the most of all, the message. An easy 10/10. |
StormViruzOct 21, 2012 12:32 PM
dalek said: adamantine said: It reminded me of the beginning of Up. Very touching look at someone's life; I definitely liked how they showed that with the levels of his house. Exactly. its entirely possible that the beginning of Up may have been directly influenced from this short. |
| "...our faces marked by toil, by deceptions, by success, by love; our weary eyes looking still, looking always, looking anxiously for something out of life, that while it is expected is already gone – has passed unseen, in a sigh, in a flash – together with the youth, with the strength, with the romance of illusions.” - Joseph Conrad ('Youth') |
| This was fantastic! Loved it. |
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| ;-; 9/10 I love shorts like these. |
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| 8/10 Very good |
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| Be honest, did anyone else cry? Sure, I expected to get teary but I didn't expect any of the tears to fall. It was damn beautiful. |
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| I can see why this short film won an Oscar. |
| simply beautiful. |
| This was one of the best films I've watched, short or otherwise. One of the few things that have ever gotten me close to tears... Gets a very good 8 from me. |
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| An animation simple but accurate. A simple story but it also hits the target. The colors, the movement, the setting, the characters. The house itself is the subsidy, material of their memories. A gorgeous anime both visually and in metaphors. |
| Just watched it, critical hit on my feels. |
| I'm crying. ;~; Yes, I'm a baby, but this man had such a beautiful life. The world was so soft and mellow and loving, too, with the colors and the sounds and the mood that engenders. I wish I lived in an environment with that kind of emotional reality. I'd never paint my world so yellow in my mind. His nostalgia is simply wonderful, and I'm still crying. This is a gem. |
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| 9/10 |
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| Wow, so short, yet it's so great. |
| The simplest things are indeed the most beautiful. |
| -Nothing can stay unchanged. Even so, can you still keep on loving this place? -Be still my soul; when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. |
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