Just wow...
To put into simpler terms, I was not expecting 'ride your wave' to be THAT good of a movie. If I were to be brutally honest, I initially did not want nor wish to watch this movie as after taking a look at the trailer, I figured that this was not worth of the hype is was getting, that it looked rather plain and boring.
Seeing what the trailer had presented to me, I just assumed that this movie would just be of some generic love story where a couple goes to the beach, dude dies from being hit by a wave or something and the girlfriend, being too depressed after his death, gets hallucinations of him and that's about it. I figured that this movie's story would be far too simple and basic, especially coming from a person as creative and highly acclaimed as Masaaki Yuasa.
BUTTTTTTTTTTTTT
thank goodness, I was proven to be wrong. It was not long before I decided to give 'ride your wave' a go. I was just bored and thought that it will be of no harm to just give it a chance.
To summarize, the story plot is pretty generic actually, it's basically how I predicted and expected it to be as mentioned previously but it's just that ' umph' that made the movie so compelling and enjoyable.
Yes, the story is rather generic but Masaaki Yuasa has done a wonderful job in executing everything and turning it into an anime adaption. The way he presents his characters and how they face problems throughout the whole movie is a job well done.
Personally, I am not much of an emotional person. I tend to lean more on the practical side but lemme just say.... there was never a single moment where I would expect myself to get all emotional and teary for a movie with such a simple and predictable plot but I had proven myself wrong... yet again. I ended the movie trying to stop myself from tearing up.
I was not emotional after watching Anohana and Maiquia: when the promise flower blooms but somehow I was for 'ride your wave'. It really was a massive shock for me, I must say.
All in all, if you're like me and are hesitating to give this one a go, I'd highly recommend you to stop your pondering and just get to it ;)
