Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (light novel)
Reason behind low rating...?
Story
79.7%
486
Chracters
14.6%
89
Voice acting
5.7%
35
610 votes
| The music video showed the best parts and the rest was bad lol |
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| The animation is very beautiful and I've seen a lot of AMVs made from it, well, at least those AMVs managed to capture the beautiful and touching scenes, the real story on the other hand, is not that great. |
| I just watched the movie and I don't understand why it have such a low rate.. It's a great movie (￣ヘ￣)┌ |
No matter who much you regret or wish, if you couldn't do something in life, you can't do it after death, either. - Hanako |
| I thought the animation was the worst part of the movie. While there were parts that looked amazing, there was a lot of shitty CG used which was disappointing because Shaft shows always look amazing so to see them cheap out and use CG with a movie budget was what kept the movie from being better than it was in my opinion. I like cheesy romance anime so that is probably why I enjoyed the story enough to give it a decent rating. |
| People who can't think for themselves can't handle open endings. |
| no lie |
| The visuals were somewhat ok, the Soundtrack was top notch but the direction and story were bad. |
 It’s okay to look back at the past, just don’t stare too long |
| i personally found the story to be fine, but there are definitely some loose ends and unanswered questions, as well as a few fuck-ups in the story that if you want to really nitpick, you could. maybe i was just blinded by the shiny pretty colors and pretty good choices with direction but i can see why people may not like this story. SPOILERS BELOW half of the cast is underdeveloped and only the main characters really have any bearing. i do wish maybe they gave yuusuke a little more of a reason for liking the main girl? he just seemed to like her, which makes it harder for people to really understand his character. the boobie jokes and the way the side cast acted was also pretty uncomfortable. but the main two characters were not that bad, and while the main dude could have been fleshed out more, i think the girl was given a lot of potential to work with, and maybe if the movie had a sequel or was two hours long, it would be held up way better. we don't know how the magic works, or where it comes from. i've seen people criticize yuusuke suddenly switching up his feelings of the main girl from disliking her to liking her, and that's a pretty poor nitpick because we all know that the world changes every time the item is used. maybe some things aren't consistent but it is easy to see where the writers were going with this. people also hate open endings. personally, i was fine with the open ending, and interpreted it as him wishing he was never around to set off all of the events, despite the existence of yuusuke? but then, everything would line up nicely if yuusuke didn't have his feelings for the main girl. overall, there is a lot to be said, and this feels a little incomplete, but the story itself was pretty satisfying and if it was longer or had a sequel, i think it would even hit the 8+ category. |
| The characters were pretty standard and the voice acting was fine. Obviously the artwork and animation is this movie's strength. But yes the problem is the story, and usually I'm pretty generous with my ratings because I don't like to be too critical when I'm just trying to use my free time to relax and enjoy an entertaining watch. The open ending isn't necessarily bad, but on top of everything else it makes the whole story feel anticlimactic and underwhelming. The origin and purpose of the firework shell was not explored at all so it's kind of just a random wildcard throughout the movie. This feels like Shaft's attempt at a "Your Name" or "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" style of film, but where this fails in comparison to those two is that they did not build enough lore to make the movie seem sensible. In Your Name it's very easy for the viewer to understand what is happening through subtext in the character's dialogue. In The Girl Who Leapt Through Time the logistics within that movie's universe are explicitly stated by the characters. This movie seemingly does neither (but I did watch this movie on my Air China flight back from Beijing to New York so maybe I was too dazed to read enough into it). I do think in spite of this the movie conveys the emotions of the characters well enough. I think the climax shot of all of the memories from the different universes flooding into the characters was extremely beautiful and heartfelt. So for that I'd rate it exactly as a 7 rather than below. |
| The plot was both predictable and dumb. |
| I adore the song by Daoko and Kenshi Yonezu but the movie was terrible. The story was a mess and boring, the animation was also not great and the characters mostly underdeveloped and one-dimensional. Quite frankly, the music video beats the actual movie. |
| Story was a mess. Like an unfinished story written by a student. Then it was given a sizable budget. |
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| Idk, cause i rate it 10. Maybe, if you look to below of my comment here, you can get answer to your miserable question. |
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| This should work if only they did a series out of it, the way they handled everything won't work for a movie. That's just my personal opinion tho so ye. I wish it was a series, not a movie. |
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| The story is absolute factor why ppl rate it low.. When the ending is near and no absolute ending was shown, yet the viewers wants their own "ending" version on the climaks.. The show just lost the climaks momentum and the logic that too hard to follow.. |
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| I rate off of enjoyment and gave it a 5, mainly because I rarely found myself smiling or actually enjoying the movie. When it ended it was like, “oh.. that’s it?”. The open ending doesn’t bother me, I feel like it fit in with this movie. I personally just felt like there wasn’t anything to it, kind of plain. The one moment that stood out to me was everyone’s memories from different universes falling, but I can’t give it a good rating just because of those 3 or so minutes. If you did enjoy it then that’s great! |
| Expectations were raised high when the music video was probably the first thing most people saw of this movie; and then what we got was a lack lustre plot. Ok maybe not TERRIBLE but with the vibes the music video gave us it was really sub par. Music videos really have a problem with possibly making a movie seem more emotional than it actually is imho |
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| I'm rating it 6/10 in respect for the Shaft great animation, art and characters. But the story is a mess. In this other topic you can see that the original TV drama have a linear story, it is simple and have an actual proper end. The anime movie is unfocused, random and just ends abruptly. The script of this movie was written by someone or too lazy, or stoned, or both. |
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| Because the story is messy and definitely damages the fantastic animation that shaft brought out |
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| first of all, I rate any shows based on my enjoyment. story? I don't pay too much attention to it. (if it can enjoy me then any story is okay) character? it's more important than the story itself IG. if the characters are bad, I don't give a crap about the anime or the story. Voice Acting, is important to IG. but since all the VA is sound good already (basically in any anime) IMO, I don't take any consideration about VA in my scoring system |
| where is the option for all of these |
K-Pop? Bias? Nah man, we only know Ai and Ruby Hoshino in this house. |
| I must admit I was never a fan of open endings and I will never be, especially when there is a LOT left untouched. I am not watching stories in order to make my own fan fiction. |
| No reason . Just shows how much MAL and its rating system sucks |
Complex Stories are basically sleeping pills . Helps to get some sleep . |
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