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Reply to Altadena
What the fuck are these reviews? This movie was great! ISTG half of MAL users are either anime elitist snobs who've seen practically every anime ever made or just don't feel happiness anymore. The visuals were beautiful, and it feels like a slap to the face to the animators that put their blood, sweat, and dedication into this movie to simply say the art was just "OK." The music was nice and really added depth to most emotional scenes. The character's motivations and personalities were simple to complement the story and to be the main focus! Also, come on, when have you seen an animated movie about a HS student and a chair traveling across Japan to prevent a supernatural spirit/being from causing devastating natural disasters with recurring talking cat gods.
The only negative was the fact the love interest was a university student trying to become a teacher,,, (the irony), and the main character was a junior HS student who was definitely between 15-17. BUT overall this movie was great and if i had the chance to watch this in theaters i would have come out pleasantly surprised. 9/10!
The only negative was the fact the love interest was a university student trying to become a teacher,,, (the irony), and the main character was a junior HS student who was definitely between 15-17. BUT overall this movie was great and if i had the chance to watch this in theaters i would have come out pleasantly surprised. 9/10!
| @Altadena ngl, the reviews are their opinion and this movie was ok not great. |
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| Every frame was (real) Art! Every frame was a Masterpiece! Thanks to creators at CoMix Wave Films and Shinkai Makoto 🥰 |
| Nice film The power of the imagination was beautifully captured in an adveture totally full of surprises, where action, adventure and romance come together to form the story. Good animation, with details Beautifil music 7/10 kekeke |
| To be from the same director and studio as Your name and Weathering w With You, I feel it did not have the same quality and did not have the same impact. Nevertheless, the animation was top-notch. The character development was superb, but the plot was just meh. Also, a bit forced romance near the end which was totally unnecessary. All in all, a fine film, 6/9. |
mangalicker94Nov 4, 2023 11:52 PM
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| it was good for a shinkai movie I feel like we'll never get something of the caliber of Your Name ever again tho Serizawa saved the movie, he needed more screen time tbh |
| Smoking is bad... But, this movie is pretty good. 👍 That soundtrack was excellent. And while his decisions on toxic substances wasn't very cool. His taste in music was. His audience was just having a tough time. The road trip segment was the best part of the movie. 9/10 Would recommend over the director's other works. Especially to newer viewers. Also, the Crunchyroll 2023-11-16 release really did feel like an actual theatrical release. So props to them for that. |
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| Visuals are superb as expected from CoMix, OST gave me goosebumps near the end, wonderful movie! I still liked Weathering with You a bit better tho |
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| I didn't know he made another film, so this was completely unexpected. This movie was as beautiful as his previous works but is still not on the same level as Your Name, but I'm biased because that holds a special place in my heart. The animation was beautiful and the colors were so vivid. Don't get me started on how beautiful the sky looked. The story was definitely different compared to his other stuff, but this was still really good. It had some dark themes surrounding death and natural disasters so it was not as lighthearted as his other content. The music was also phenomenal. It also had funny scenes which I appreciated. The walking chair was hilarious. Overall, very unique story! |
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| I preferred the first half to the second half. Cute cat, cute chair. 7/10 |
| Terrible movie! Do not watch! |
| I would probably say that this is a successor of Kimi no Na Wa and is greater than Tenki no Ko. That's my take. 😅 (but it's probably not greater than the latter) Anyway, I finally get to see another movie with a lovely happy ending. It was fun and bittersweet watching this movie but it's probably better if I could've watched this in a movie theater. The experience could've been better... more or less. What I hate and also love about this is the cat named Daijin, he was mostly annoying at first but at the end, Suzume finally realized that he was actually helping a hand to the two, even after turning Souta into that. 😑 However, they didn't elaborate on the origin of those cats and simply gave a hint of what they were basing from that old guy, bedridden in the hospital, and also from the chants being used by Souta which made a lot more sense. (You need the brain turned on to actually appreciate this... XD) Honestly, if they made this into a game, it could be worthwhile but it's probably better to create a full dive VR game for this one. 😳 P.S. Definitely looking for a sequel where the cats are also happy and unbounded from the earth. The worm could also be purified or something... 😳 |
CrazyButNot4UNov 30, 2023 5:43 AM
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
| Beautiful spectacle of visuals and... that's pretty much it. Apart from this and good soundtrack, I can't think of any "better than mediocre" elements of this movie. It was fun to watch, though. Daijin was cute. |
| idk maybe just keep the cat n leave souta defend, big L trying to call that romance n love |
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| This is the biggest clickbait of my life! I saw the trailer when it came out, then forgot all about the movie and slept on it for a year. I rediscovered the movie last year thanks to the SONG and remembered that I saw in the trailer an ikemen who looked like Howl with dark hair. I thought great! This should have the exciting yet dangerous adventure of a high schooler who can open doors to another dimension and there's a hot guy. Half of my expectation was true. There was no hot guy! He was a chair for half of the movie, and half of that half he wasn't even in the action. Seriously, what the hell! On another note, I feel sorry for Daijin. I thought he was the bad guy all that time and that he went opening door while in fact he was guiding them to the open door. He only vice was his selfishness. However, it's understandable given he was lonely for centuries. He just wanted some love. He and Sadaijin remind me of Sadaharu and his younger brother from Gintama. There must be a myth that goes that way out there. I should look it up. After everything, it was a very beautiful movie. |
If you are going to disagree with me, don't bother talking to me. I will seriously hurt you! |
| It was quite an enjoyable watch, very focused on adventure and nice road-trip elements, with great art. Although, the plot itself about the Ever-After and worms is a bit... well, like it existed solely to drive the plot forward, without actual meaning or sense to it. |
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| boy for a while there it was really worrying me that it wasn't going to have the happiest possible ending thank the gods they delivered. that took a long time to get going no less than a good 45 minutes but once it things ramped up it hit all the right places |
| Finally manage to watch and i really enjoyed. I thought the 2 hours movie would be too much, but loved the road trip aspects and in the end i thought the pace was fine. Also the magical OST was on point, remember more some ghibli movies than the others Shinkai ones sometimes. I enjoyed this more than weathering with you to tell the truth. 9/10 |
| Have watched most of Shinkai movies and have been a fan since his early days. I feel that this movie is probably the weakest out of all of his works I've seen. Even though it has the most beautiful animation of his 3 most commendable movies, it has the most contrived writing of them all. There's plenty of times you wonder, why does Suzume does this (like following a complete stranger she just met, or dipping in a pond with her shoes on). Why does she go that far for a guy she just met for a day or so? Why does every single person she crosses paths are so helpful on a runaway girl? Why does a whole god decides to jump in and help her after more than half a movie? Why does Souta's friend go above and beyond in helping him even when Souta is out of the picture for most of the second part of the movie and he blindly believes a teen he found out at his apparttment? What makes Suzume so special that only she and Souta can see these opening gates and the worm coming out of them? Just like that other thread, the romance angle just doesn't work in this movie. Suzume met a guy for less than a day, he turned into a chair, and after day 3 she's willing to give up her life in order to bring Souta back? I feel that the scene with Souta's grandpa already established how contrived and forced Suzume's feeling were at that point. He already accepted Souta's destiny, but Suzume thought about it was fuck everyone else but Souta, I'll open the gates once more even if that means putting millions in danger for someone I just met 3 days ago. I feel that the movie could have been cut short to 1:20hour and it would still be fine. I give it a 6.5/10 just because the animation was stellar, and it didn't bore me to death like other movies do (looking at you Blue Giant). |
KimurahFeb 18, 6:48 PM
| Animation and soundtrack were incredible, I think the weak point in the film was the "romance" and the plot (it's not bad, but the author has better works!). |
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| Suzume was pretty good overall. I loved how it kicked off, kept me engaged through the middle, but towards the end, it kind of lost its spark for me. The romance felt hurried and didn't quite hit the mark. |
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