Kimi no Na wa./君の名は。/ Your Name. Review (Re-uploaded)
Story (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.75/10) Good+
(Semi-Spoilers)
Now I see a nice handful of people that thought the story was complete trash. But I personally don't think so, did it start off generic? yeah I felt so, but I don't think that's a bad thing. But I personally can't fully compliment something I've seen too many of times, now the execution behind said generic story plot is the best I've seen so far I'll give it that but them it fell apart soon after. And by generic story plot I've seen too many times I'm talking about the body-switch story plot. I've personally seen this too many times and when I figured out during the movie that this is where the plot was going you can basically predict everything that's going to happen and then there's the half way point which is suppose to be the biggest plot twist for the movie. This is the part of the movie that's suppose to hook you and you know what I'm talking about. Now I did get far more interested than I did before that scene happened as I should, some people where completely turned off by I but I wasn't. That plot twist happened and I personally didn't see it coming nor did I doubt majority of the people who watched it. After the story took that different path you thought it was going to take before the plot twist, you still know exactly how the story is going to play it. It's kind of like it went from one predictable story plot did one big plot twist that you didn't see coming "sure bravo" then goes straight into another different but predictable story plot and from that point one if you took the least bit of effort to try and figure out how this is going to play out then you most likely will get it right. Now is there something wrong with being predictable? In my opinion not necessarily but it is arguable if you want to consider something predictable as "not a con". I personally feel if I hand to choose whether if it's a con or a pro with no gray area, I would say it's a con. I personally don't like to know what's going to happen in my stories that I'm following if it's the first time I'm watching or reading them and other than that one plot twist, I was able to see how this would played out. Another thing that bothers me about the actual body switch plot that majority of the stories that have this plot never explain how this came to be and for the sake of plot convenience rules apply according to maximum enjoyment over trying to make any common sense or rules in the universe that has been presented. It didn't sit well with me in Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi did is also and it doesn't sit well with me here also. So that's all I'll say about the story. Do I think it's bad? nah but do I think it's a masterpiece? fuck no.. but it like I'll give it some credit because it the actual plot twist was something I've never seen before but the explanation was non-existent like I said before also so it's kind of like a double edge sword for me.
Art and Animation (9/10) Great
I thought the art style was very good I would give that an 8/10 the animation on the other had was outstanding so I'll give that a 10/10 so if you average those two out you'll get yourself what I think of this section, vibrant colors and nice scenes which were probably the best thing this movie had to offer pretty colors.
Sound (7/10) Good
The sound of this anime movie was good... that's it... nothing more to be said.. the outro fit and so did the intro..
Characters (6/10) Fine
More Specifically (6.75/10) Fine+
It's funny as I'm writing this review I can't remember the names of the main characters seeing as that was one of the pushing plots in this fucking anime. and the shit literally translates to Your Name LOL. Ahh yes uhh.. Mitsuha and Taki that's their names.. every other character honestly isn't worth talking. But before I talk about the two main characters it would have been cool seeing as that Mitsuha's grandmother went thru the same kind of switch her grand daughter went thru I, it would have been cool if we figured out her mom died in some way related to her body switch but oh well. Anyway, Taki the Main Male Character was nothing really special just a rash kid that ends up falling for Mitsuha for no apparent reason, there's nothing really more to say about this character. Mitsuha on the other hand was a little more interesting but not by too much, I didn't understand why she felt the need to try and go on a date with Okudera and she was legit excited and disappointed that she didn't get to go on a date with another girl in a guys body, one could say "oh she's just trying to do Taki a favor because she saw that his phone had multiple pictures of her" but then I would say "well like I said before the fact that she does admit that she felt disappointed that she could go on the date herself WITH ANOTHER GIRL MIND YOU" just felt that it was more than helping out Taki, like what if she did go on that date and it got to a kiss and the end of the date? then what? would she have kissed her? It just felt like she was doing it for a favor at first but then it turned into something more personal. Anyway beyond that I personally don't see anything else to talk about when it comes to Mitsuha, I say the characters were fine but I couldn't call them good, more like boring generic and confusing than good.
Enjoyment (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.75/10) Good+
Even with all of the issues I've stated above I still fairly enjoyed myself with this one. I was able to complete it in one sitting which when it comes to movies and I track record it usually takes two sittings at the least so the fact that it was able to keep my attention for an hour+ I say is a very good thing if anything else. I can't give this any high than an 7.75/10 because of the confusion on how the supernatural rules came to be and the fact that the main character was oblivious for so long how what time line he was in not even checking the date and realizing that we are not in the same timeline let alone same dimension? No.. 7.75 is as high as my enjoyment can take me for this section and I'm being generous with it.
Overall (7/10) Good
More Specifically (7.65/10) Good+
This movie was a good movie for people that like slice of life and stories in the realm of freaky friday, or body switchers should I say would get a kick out of this one, it was the plot twist in the middle that kept me going to see how it was going to end. Now I probably would have rated this higher if it went for an end that I didn't see coming or at least go for an ending that wasn't so should I say "lazy, easy and safe"? Nothing wrong with safe, sure but you don't get any extra points by me with such a lazy ending, this is 2016 with a ton of inspirational and good story telling to pull from. Mediocre endings have been really urking me lately and it doesn't help that this fell into that point was unsatisfactory. Yeah I know this is fiction but at the end of the day you have to put some attempt to make sense of the rules of the fictional world you have created Kimi No Nawa gave no fucks when it came to explaining what the supernatural rules to the alternate timeline/dimension body switching crap it introduced. They showed us patterns on how it works then by the 80% point it stopped giving a fuck for the sake of making the audience feel for the plot in an emotional way. I can't get down with such a sloppy conclusion just to make sure the the to main characters end up with each other. Far too many questions, it seem like the writers just want you to stop thinking and just embrace your simp like emotions, cry like a bitch at how debatably touching these scenes are and give me a 10/10 because I made you cry. No.. you are a good movie but you are not a very good movie in my eyes Kimi No Nawa you have far too many flaws that i can't let you ride out with.