The erratic scene transitions, nonsensical story non-telling and almost zero character development for the characters (which they just keep throwing at you throughout the movie), it gives you the feeling of "it exists, it smells familiar, but it feels so off".
The movie stops for nothing; no reflection, reaction, or conversation. There is no humanity to the film compared to other Ghibli films. You are pulled by the ear from scene to scene, given no time to appreciate or take in anything. They instead force space for shallow renders of Ghibli tropes, such as "the cute little guys" or "look at this delicious food!", which only goes as far to give you some watered down feeling of emotion. You keep thinking that there will surely be something redeeming, perhaps a message, but even the message is rushed through.
You then find yourself coming out of the movie it feels like you were either too sober, or the producers too high. In any case, you now have a phobia of birds.
