Jul 19, 2023
Mediocre movie. Even from the beginning I was skeptical of how it would turn out. I was left with too many unanswered questions, and there were still unresolved conflicts of the story. The storyline kept going one way then another and it just feels unrealistic. Spoiler alert: Some things I questioned were U, the reality you can travel to; the storyline of Beast, and the main characters’ friends and family.
I was in some disbelief that U would really have that many users, especially users who genuinely cared about the drama. Basically, the world building/setting definitely could have been better developed. Beast’s storyline was also
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questionable. I did not understand why Suzu and her friend along with the entirety of the U users cared that much about Beast. In the end, why would Suzu drive all the way to Tokyo for two guys she met on the internet? How could the boy also say he loved her after just meeting, and Suzu didn’t question that at all?
As I mentioned, there were unanswered questions. I was expecting some sort of big reveal (yes, there was to the users of U, but what about Suzu’s close friends and family?) but it seems that Belle’s true identity was brushed off? Just before her friends get involved, they say “Who could Belle be?? Hey, you look really similar to her lol, you sure you guys aren’t related?” Then minutes after, Suzu is shown to be Belle yet nobody is stunned? How could the choir ladies and Shinobu also know that she was Belle, especially after he just brought it up out of nowhere?
You’re also lead to believe that Suzu and Shinobu would end up being a pair and have feelings for each other, yet in the end that anticipation was for nothing. I’m going to be blunt: perhaps I would have liked it more if it was simply a slice of life story without the technology and U aspect. Imagining Suzu as just a faceless singer on YouTube or something and the storyline progressing for her to find her confidence as well as seeing the characters’ daily life already seems more enjoyable, at least for me personally.
TL;DR: too much going on in the storyline where new things keep getting added, poorly developed setting/world building, plot holes/ lots of asking “how did they know that major secret and nobody gives a second thought?”
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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