As a huge DC fan, I was wondering about how they could surprise us, after producing both DC movies (13 & 14) which where very very enjoyable.
So, does this film hold all his promises, and our expectations?
Let's talk about it.
Detective Conan Movie 15: Quarter of Silence:
•Story (04/10):
After an introduction scene, showing a boy falling from a small snowy cliff, the story begins immediately out kind of crazy.
With a threat against the japanese governor, which became reality with a bomb'attack in a subway tunnel.
Conan succeeds to save everybody, after seeing someone suspect in the tunnel near this subway (actually, in top of) and understanding that some bombs were planted there.
Then.. A police summit and... nothing.
Conan & friends decided to came to Kitanosawa for Snow's party (does it really exist in english?), and after the eternal and essential Agasa's quizz, we discover the main characters of this movie. (Oh wait, I do not talk about the "memories" present, and the snowmobile's course cause it's without interest)
We discover these 5 people, childhood friends, who seem to be connected by tragic events (for each of them: A dead sister, a son in the coma, a killer...).
And after that, all of the continuation of the movie is tasteless. Indeed the story is soooo easy to guess, and far too badly settled and introduced:
The awakening of toma, after 8 years in the coma, the death of the character which seemed the most narcissistic and "bad", Conan who ridicules Kogoro by finding how the culprit made not to be seen (in a easy way, moreover), the memory which returns little by little to Toma, which could remember the man who would have pushed him of the cliff...
Conan who solves easily the survey, the children who leave the place with Toma, and who are followed by the killer, then saved by Conan..
And similar. Bombs on the dam, predictable since the beginning.
How to stop the water of the dam? With an avalanche, obviously.
We also knew it since the beginning, as soon as they speak of " how long we can survive under the snow after an avalanche "... Oh wait. Reread the title of the movie.. Yes, we still guess the end. AGAIN
Conan who arrives supernaturally to make an avalanche, to save everybody and the village, and RAN who finds him (shinichi, again) at the last second (14 minutes > 15 minutes of survives max.. Remember?)
Aniway, even if the story isn't that much interesting, I'll give a 04.
•Art (07/10):
I was a bit sad at the beginning of this movie. DC passed in full HD, and it's wonderful. The animation is redone and perfectly worked. To my eyes, the movie is really very very beautiful.
Nevertheless, all the added details, to make the spectator laugh (all these visual onomatopoeias, all these small gags...) are tasteless and without interest. And it's a pity..
•Sound (05/10):
Sound is cool. Nothing really good, or really bad.
Even if I didn't like Kogoro's voice in this movie, it's quite enjoyable.
•Characters (02/10): (DID NOT COUNT DC USUAL STAFF)
No surprise, we have the team: Kogoro/Ran/Sonoko/Conan + Agasa/Ai/Ayumi/Genta/Mitsuhiko.
And that's, then, the BIG weak point of the movie. All the unpublished protagonists and existing only for this movie are clichés and stereotypes. Besides we'll never arrive to fasten (Your sealtbealt *.*), indentify ourselves to one of them.
They are divested of interests, both by their character and by their actions.
•Enjoyment (05/10):
I have no problem to watch this movie. Even if it was boring at such time, it's always like that in some point, in DC movies, that's why it does not disturb.
•Overall (04/10):
Yeah, I've lot of problem with this movie.
OBJECTIVELY, how did a 10 year's boy could stop cars on road, at high speed? Could survive at bombs, and avalanche (after being shot, yes, shot by a rifle)? Couldn't be unmasked, while IT WAS a lot MORE EXAGGERATED than lot of DC's movies (Summit police, when Conan's talent vas revealed AT TV!!!).
There were too many coincidences, too many improbable and guessable events at the same time, so that I appreciate OBJECTIVELY this movie.
And the IMPORTANT part:
The morality of the movie being badly brought ( the friendship > Movie's people + Conan & Shonen Boys) making it so old-fashioned...
And it's a pity, he would have been able to be a waaaaay better than that!!
Thks for reading, and sorry for the english, not my language.
