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Post by Vits on May 1, 2017 19:27:06 GMT
KIMI NO NA WA (YOUR NAME) puts a dramatic twist on the "body swap" sub-genre. It does have a lot of comedy but, overall, it's a mature story about everyday problems that got to my heart. I didn't love the middle, though. It becomes a "save the day" story that only shows TAKI (the male protagonist), whether he's in his body or in MITSUHA's (the female protagonist), which ruins the balance of the dual perspective. It ends up borrowing a lot from SIWORAE and/or THE LAKE HOUSE. During the climax, MITSUHA falls down while running. For a couple of seconds it seemed like she was dead. I actually thought that would've been a clever way to end the story. A lot of time travel movies have shown that certain events are pre-destined to happen no matter what. The story does end up being about fate, but in a more touching and predictable way. 9/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog (in English, in Spanish or in Italian).
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Post by MooseNugget on May 26, 2017 1:23:45 GMT
I can't wait to get it on Blu-Ray.
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Post by MooseNugget on Jun 27, 2017 1:00:42 GMT
Just pre-ordered it on Amazon.
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Post by TutuAnimationPrincess on Aug 1, 2017 21:47:35 GMT
Glad you loved this film. It wasn't the masterpiece I was hoping for, I still like both Garden of Words and 5 Centimeters Per Second better, but it was still quite good and better than most other animated films from 2016. It was especially a treat for me to see this in theaters, a rare occurrence for anime films.
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Post by merh on Sept 27, 2017 2:05:43 GMT
I saw it in a theater earlier this year
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Post by PreachCaleb on Nov 27, 2017 14:43:57 GMT
Another beautiful piece by Makoto Shinkai. I really loved the movie.
As usual, it touches on themes of isolation, loneliness, and of course, separation; however, he still manages to fine new ways of addressing those issues. The cutting between the two main characters was fun and engaging. I loved the humor and the drama.
I do think it drags a little in a few parts, but it's still one of the best movies I've seen all year.
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Post by Vits on Nov 27, 2017 16:02:53 GMT
I saw it in a theater earlier this year What did you think about it?
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Post by merh on Nov 27, 2017 17:33:20 GMT
I saw it in a theater earlier this year What did you think about it? Somewhat expected pervy on the body swap. I enjoyed it. I expected worse as it developed, but it ends positively. Japan does like sad stories. The body swap aspect is minor compared to the time/space continuum stuff. I gave it a 7 on IMDB
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Post by MooseNugget on Nov 27, 2017 18:08:26 GMT
I really enjoyed it. 9/10.
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 30, 2017 23:08:30 GMT
Seriously, I just finished writing a review of this film for the weekly threads at the Best and Worst & Classic Film boards. Then I popped over here to see if there was anything on Your Name and found this thread. Here is a first peek at my review (destined to become a classic ): Science fiction anime about two high school age kids, a boy who lives in Tokyo and a girl who lives in a small rural town. As a comet approaches Earth on a once every 1,200 year orbit, the two teens, unknown to each other, wake up to find that their brains have switched bodies. They are horrified and confused but manage to get through the day. When they wake up the next morning, they are back in their correct bodies and the previous day is faint in their memory, like a dream. Since this starts happening two or three times every week, eventually they slip into a routine. At about the half-way point, the boy’s voice over tells us that they never switched again. So, I’m thinking, well, this has been kinda funny but what are they going to do for the second half. Well, minutes later a plot twist (which fire will not melt out of me) hits that shakes everything up, turning things to the serious, if not apocalyptic, side. “Your Name” is made up of bits and pieces of other time travel/body switching films (e.g. Freaky Friday, Somewhere In Time, Beach House, and the anime The Girl Who Leapt Through Time from a decade earlier), but the story makes those pieces its own. I should also mention that the animation is mostly hand-drawn – beautiful and often breathtaking. I liked this movie but in the Asian countries, especially in the film’s home country of Japan, they loved it. In Japan it became the highest grossing anime ever and fourth highest grossing film, period.
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