Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (light novel)
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FireStriker2000 said: Ok, forgive me for being a newbie at Japanese. I just watched the movie here in Japan and I guess kind of understand it? I know everything aside from whether it's alternate timelines or alternate universes, if the character is aware of this, and how the ending is. (DO THEY END UP TOGETHER LIKE THE SHARDS REFLECT IT?) Also, can someone please for the love of god explain that one scene at the end. It is nerve wracking not to know. Also what exactly was that sphere thing and what happened when it shattered? It is safe to assume what you saw on the shards is what would've happened in a different timeline if they went to Tokyo together. At the end when the teacher called up on him, he most likely went away to find her because in that timeline she was dragged away by her mom and supposedly moved somewhere else. |
FireStriker2000 said: Asphodelus said: So basically that last scene where he went off to look for her is the last timeline (since the crystal thing is shattered now). So that scene where they were swimming together at the end is rewinded back to her being taken away if I am correct? His absence was due to him remembering that and searching for her? This would make this last scene and timeline the Canon one. Since this is alternate timelines and not parallel universes if I am correct?It is safe to assume what you saw on the shards is what would've happened in a different timeline if they went to Tokyo together. At the end when the teacher called up on him, he most likely went away to find her because in that timeline she was dragged away by her mom and supposedly moved somewhere else. Yes, I think you got it. |
| For people wondering whether to go to the theater for this movie, my answer is no. Probably I had too high of an expectation from the preview Pros: Art, music, scenary, Monogatari series feel Cons: unsatisfying ending, also I find a lack of characters in the lead Well it's a good place for people who are new to Shaft to start i guess |
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EcchiKingMamster said: where did people watch this? Japan I guess? .... |
i didn't think people from japan used MAL lol |
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| well they flew there just to watch the movie I guess? |
EGOIST said: well they flew there just to watch the movie I guess? ain't no fucking way LOOOOOLLL |
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EcchiKingMamster said: nah I've seen people say they did for kimi no na wa/koe no katachi premiere XDEGOIST said: well they flew there just to watch the movie I guess? ain't no fucking way LOOOOOLLL |
EGOIST said: nah I've seen people say they did for kimi no na wa/koe no katachi premiere XD fly to japan just to watch a movie that you can torrent later watch when the BD is out or it airs in their country? |
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EcchiKingMamster said: they have money and time so why not?EGOIST said: nah I've seen people say they did for kimi no na wa/koe no katachi premiere XD fly to japan just to watch a movie that you can torrent later watch when the BD is out or it airs in their country? |
EGOIST said: EcchiKingMamster said: they have money and time so why not?fly to japan just to watch a movie that you can torrent later watch when the BD is out or it airs in their country? lol im just sayin man gawd damn, i feel bad for anyone who didn't like the movie XD |
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| I saw it coincidentially while on vacation in Japan lol. I put the movie on too high a pedastal before watching it, and honestly was a little let down. Some scenes were really well animated like the non-cg part of Norimichi biking to school in the beginning, and then theres the rest of the CG lol. Shaft used a lot, some good and a lot really awkward looking. One of my favorite parts about the movie was the theme song by Daoko, but was kinda disappointed when it played. Overall it was an okay movie, wouldn’t recommend anyone fly over just to see it or anything even if you love Shaft. |
| Same for me. I am currently at Japan for Summer holiday and I noticed they were doing a lot of advertising for this Movie, so I decided to watch it. I was pretty disappointed, probably because I recently watched Kizumonogatari which was excellent |
| When I first heard about this movie my first question was along the lines of "Why would they want to this...from an artistic or story telling point of view?". The reason for question being that I remember the original TV movie it is based on. Having watched the movie, it was quite obvious the film expands greatly on the "What if?" scenario depicted in the TV movie but the results, to me, are rather so-so. Overall first impression, given that I finished watching the film about twenty minutes ago, is that it's nice to look at but lacking a bit in heart. It sometimes gets a little heavy handed with its narrative hints (place names, filaments in light bulbs, etc). The one thing they did do well was expand the scope of the story's imagery to fit a big cinema screen. The one thing I found interesting is that, to me, the more I watched the movie, the more the characters started to resemble the original actors from the TV show who were playing elementary school kids. A little bit in appearance (especially the relative statures of the characters) but more so from their behaviour and actions. |
| Uhh, I want to see this one... The music video is beyond beautiful |
| Saw this at the Aeon Cineplex in Chiba right before the last night showing of Magical Mirai 2017. Overall, it was decent at best. The visuals for the most part was nice but i wonder why they decided to use crappy CG especially whenever bicycles were involved. Story and character wise, it was weak to me. I guess i was disappointed because I did the same and was expecting something similar to Kimi no na wa. Plus, this is Shaft! Kizumonogatari was so good. I take back what I said about Kizu's CG looking out of place, Uchiage Hanabi was so much worse. The ending was very unexpected and ridiculous (i did like the visuals tho) but it does make you curious on what happened to them. One more thing, the ending theme/music video is so good I had it on repeat several times. Its the main reason why I went to watch the movie. |
| Withholding any judgement until I re-watch it subbed. |
| So who does she end up with? |
| Okay, just got back from seeing this at the cinema with a friend in Sydney. It's an audiovisual spectactular and all around solid movie that has me hoping for great things from Shaft in the future. But at the same time, the story was definitely lacking. It's hard to explain, but nothing really blew me away and it felt almost as if there were a bunch of missing scenes. But yeah, still well worth a watch if you're a fan of Shaft. Just don't expect it to blow your mind like A Silent Voice or Your Name. |
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GlowingAura said: No problem!SeibaaHomu said: Okay, just got back from seeing this at the cinema with a friend in Sydney. Ooh, you saw it in Sydney? I would've gone in Canberra but Hoyts doesn't show those movies :/ I haven't seen it yet but thank you for the info (even though it wasn't directed at me) ^^ Shame you can't see it. I wouldn't go as far as calling it a must see, but I thought it was pretty good all the same. |
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GlowingAura said: SeibaaHomu said: Okay, just got back from seeing this at the cinema with a friend in Sydney. Ooh, you saw it in Sydney? I would've gone in Canberra but Hoyts doesn't show those movies :/ I haven't seen it yet but thank you for the info (even though it wasn't directed at me) ^^ Dendy is currently showing it, to my knowledge. |
| is anyone else like completely bored of this art style shaft constantly recycle for every show? |
| Just watched it on theater in my country. Watching this movie somehow popped a word 'psychedelic' in my mind... Hmmmm... Totally not what I expected, and I don't really get its direction. I found overall it's kinda beautiful tho. But not something I would recommend people to watch, except I know their taste around this. Btw that ending tho Maybe that's something they left for audiences to imagine... SeibaaHomu said: Just don't expect it to blow your mind like A Silent Voice or Your Name. Yeah, dunno why, I can't help but expecting this to be the next Kimi no Na wa and Koe no Katachi, something that would appeal to the masses easily. Turned out it's very... hmmm... Well, it does blow my mind tho, still in a positive way, just not in the same way as the previous two did. The previous two isn't my favorite, but I did rate them high 'objectively', in a sense that I know many people would like it because of the story, animation, what it conveys, etc. Now if I were to like or rate this movie high, it would be because it happened to suit my taste or it happened to strike some chords in me. ...but TBH, none of these three is my favorite or something I hold dearly. |
monkryNov 2, 2017 9:34 AM
| Watched it yesterday. It is a really enjoyable movie tbh. The art is really beautiful, music is top notch, and Cinderella's dat portrayal when Nazuna becomes an idol. The movie works with "what if" situation. But in the end, it is the whole imagination of Norimichi in my opinion. The real world is the first one for me. Anyways good movie, I fall in love with the ost and the art. It got me engaged from the beginning till the end. Thou the cgi is pretty weird tbh. |
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Kuukan_Kyomu said: This is a great anime movie. But the ending is confusing, not just the ending the whole "what if" process is confusing. Maybe they want to let the viewer to interpret the ending themselves? For me : Warning! Spoiler below contains my interpretation for the whole movie. Wow that explain why he mad in second loop but in first loop Yusuke act like he avoiding nazuna, i like your theory. |
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| lmao the score dipped to 6.91 |
| Watched it at cinema today, 'cause i got a free ticket lol It has confusing plot, some bad CGI, and unclear ending. The characters weren't that good as well.. Norimichi is a generic SoL MC. Nazuna is a tame version of Senjougahara. And Yusuke, i can't stop thinking about Kida Masaomi when I saw him on the screen. Ah, i laughed when they parodied the Disney scenes xD But I won't deny that the art is pretty neat (even though sometimes it looks bad), and also the soundtracks are great. It was an OK show, not recommended to everyone who like to watch on cinema/theater. |
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| wingbox99 said: When I watched this with my friends, we were so loud laughing our ass off, so much so that we probably disrupted other viewers in the cinema. As much as I disliked the randomness of things, I really liked the song sung by Nazuna when she was taken off to Disneyland. Does anybody know the song title and where I may be able to listen to it? Thanks in advance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDkaw-oSGJM It's from the original TV show. |
| オタクなんじゃねぃよ I'm not an otaku. |
| Just watched this in my suite. Not bad, I'd say. People are just over-expectant after Kimi no na wa and Silent Voice. |
| オタクなんじゃねぃよ I'm not an otaku. |
| I thought the animation was really pretty (despite many people criticising Shaft's animation), especially during the fireworks scene. The music was really nice as well although I have to admit Nazuna's random princess song in the middle seemed kinda odd to the point that the audience members in the cinema were legit laughing and mocking her. The biggest let down for me was the plot. In my opinion, the ending was really confusing and I really felt no substantial plot progression and no real character and relationship development between Nazuna and Norimichi. Maybe I'm just ignorant of how these types of movies. I'm a big fan of romance/drama animes but honestly, I felt that this movie was really poor at fulfilling those genres. I really wanted this movie to be good but I honestly didn't enjoy it too much unfortunately. |
| This was a decent movie, but ultimately it seemed to just get lost along the way: from the point when the train went out to sea until the final scene, it just stopped making sense. However, I was reasonably enjoying it up to that point, even if I don't really get what the actual point of it all really was: so much was left unresolved and unexplained. However, I think the actual ending was reasonably, if not entirely, clear: the focus on Nazuna's chair, then ending with it becoming clear Norimichi is absent would seem to indicate that they did elope together, which I'm guessing had something to do with Norimichi catching the shard showing them together in Tokyo. Still, I really don't see why they couldn't have just shown a second or two of this before or after the credits just to make it a little more obvious. 7/10 |
| That was pretty okay. It had a fare few flaws, characters lacking character, too many CG people, not Shaft's A-game when it comes to animation and the plot getting more and more abstract and open. I have no real grasp on the relations with these characters, and it doesn't help that the answers are different on each route. Really, I was left wanting an after credit scene because I just wanted something concrete. |
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| Saw it today as it has been released in some UK cinemas. |
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