I have no real issues with this movie... overall, it was fine. The plot was serviceable, the settings were interesting and well made, the characters were... above average. Overall thought, for a low budget movie, it was better than I expected. I thought it was a little bit boring at times, and there was no real typical "action scenes" but there was a lot of that whole " space nerve wracking silence" type of thing. I thought it was a pretty standard premise, but the alien that showed up in the last scene was pretty cool, but I felt it was a little underutilized. THe glitching effects were cool, but really my only gripe with the whole movie was that it was kinda boring. It felt like passengers for half of the movie, but without the action/tension of that film. Overall, I would give this movie a 7.2/10.
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This movie was incredible, between the visuals, the story, the representation, the characters, even the setting itself, this movie was phenomenal. There was a short time near the start of the movie where I was a little confused because it was a kind of flashback, but it was all ironed out within the first 20 minutes or so. I can't stress this enough, I loved the symbolism of the red woven band the entire time. The fact that the band itself is about things being brought together(Musubi, as its refereed to in the film) as well as the fact that the Japanese believe that they are all connected to one another through a metaphorical red string. I loved the whole idea of them being trapped in different timelines to one another and how the idea of time was addressed in the film. I also think that I loved every single character. Tessie and Sayaka were great side characters whenever they were on screen, and I loved how Tessie was just the techie radio friend. The friends in Tokyo were also pretty enjoyable, but they did feel a little bit bland. Now the visuals.. OH MY GOD THE VISUALS. I watched Akira before I watched this.. and I think that this is infinitely more beautiful. The flashback scene near the end of the film nearly brought me to tears just because of how beautifully animated and themed it was.
As someone that has watched a lotttt of animated movies, but very few "Anime" movies, but I am glad that this is one of the first that I have ever seen. Every second of this movie had me gripped and interested... even through some of the more... interesting scenes, like when Taki first woke up in Mitsuha's body and.... was confused.... well say that. Overall, it feels criminal to give this masterpiece anything less than a 9.4/10 This... is a really strange movie, plain and simple. Despite that, I can see how this is easily top 3 most influential anime/animated movies of all time. The plot is a little strange and it feels like there are some things that aren't really explained, like how the little children people came around/why they look both 12 and 120 at the same time. Despite all this, This was still an excellent viewing experience overall. The visuals alone were absolutely stunning, the neon trails behind the bike lights were extremely eye catching, and I love how there were 50 different colors that were invented for the sole purpose of this movie, since it was mainly set at night when most animated movies were day/dawn set. I would say the only reason to recommend this to anyone is for the fact of watching the quintessential anime movie of all time. Overall, mainly due to the absolutely insane visuals and sound design, I give this movie an 8.3/10.
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