May 22, 2015
5cm per second had a considerable reputation as a heartrending film about a story of love. What I stumbled upon was a work of art that was nothing more.
The character movements were fluid and the backgrounds were beautiful. The art was very much grounded in reality, but also presented in such a way that it supported the moods, underlying themes, and perhaps even the thoughts of the characters. I found the art to be excellent.
The music was very nice as well. It was nothing revolutionary, but did everything that i needed to do, supplementing the scenes as they came, and sneaking into the back of
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your head, pulling the right strings at the right time.
This is just about the only unbiased thing I have to say about this movie. If you are hoping to read an objective analysis, i would suggest that you look to some of the more positive reviews.
I will keep my main point concise: The characters had close to 15 years to live out their lives, being influenced by a plethora of things. During this time, they grew, changed, and learned many different things. I, as a watcher, was given 1 hour to catch up with and try to understand said characters. They felt like strangers, people I had nothing to do with. And yet the whole time, they were trying to forcefully shove some "beautiful message" down my throat. I just didn't realize it until the ending.
It was just a sad story I heard from someone else about some tragic starcrossed lovers and nothing more. I was told just enough about them to feel terrible when things didn't work out, but I never got to find out what made them happy in the end.
It is an incomplete story, perhaps only because of the tragic ending. It is a tragic story, perhaps only because it is incomplete.
If you like tragic endings with confusing lessons, go watch the news.
Don't watch this movie, because it isn't a movie so much as it is just a story about someone you never knew, you don't know, and you never will know.
You may call me a heartless bastard, but my jimmies are only this rustled because I was too emotionally invested in the characters from the start.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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