Character/Acting: 4/10
Art: 5/5
Sound: 4/5 (excluding the opening theme and mid-theme)
Enjoyment: 0/0 (Ridiculous - enjoyment is already implied in the above)
>Overall: 19/30 ~ 63% (63/100) ~ GPA Letter Grade = 'D'
I grade this film a D which is probably the fairest review you'll ever find on this website. If you'll humor me, I'd like to explain why.
I'm under the impression that the popular grading system here is fundamentally flawed; in that Art, Sound and 'Enjoyment' (wtf? this isn't even quantifiable) is equally as important as Story and Acting. Any professional/rational critic will tell you its just silly to allocate 50% of a film's success purely to sound and filmography as shown in this simple though exercise.
Is it not much easier to think of examples where good acting (characters) or Plot alone have created a film we would remember and love ... despite average music or filmography? But let us be honest now, sensational filmography and sound cannot create a masterpiece from mediocre plot. I think the essence of why quite unoriginal films like this can place #1 is because of this imbalance and dishonest grading system. Anyone who gave this film anything higher than a 7 has done so because
1. They don't care for artistic integrity or originality and aren't afraid to vote from emotional relief without justification. The 'Enjoyment' grading perfectly demonstrates how critically flawed grades are. What even the point of rating Story, Art, Sound and Character all of which can be quantified through stimulus ... but 'enjoyment' cannot and appeals only to mood which distorts your ratings accuracy. Enjoyment and Overall make one another redundant, and in this unspecific, but mandatory rating excess ... the entire rating becomes warped.
2. They haven't seen any one of the many highly identical films/characters.
Since when did the standard for top #1 fall so low that recycled characters and not too distant plots can win awards. I'd implore you to explore the tag-links within the Genre categorisation. Does a piano/violin and guitar music piece accompanied by above-standard (to TV series) art - really make it a recipient of such a high creative honor?
3. They think music and a few distracting moments of sweeping art (but mainly impressive editing) is just as/if not more important to plot.
Even if just one person reads this, I will feel graced. I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for the power of rational and constructive criticism that constantly cleanse me of my stubborn ways.
With love,
Willowboy.
Join my wander, to a yonder.
In search of the meaning from mystery & wonder ...
And when tragedy finds us, and breaks our bodies
We'll find peace in one mind.
