I’ve had my eyes on this movie for a very long time. And a couple of days ago I finally was able to sit down and watch it. Twice!
The first thing that hits you about this movie is it’s breathtaking visuals and sounds that puts you in the right atmosphere from the very beginning. I’m not sure words can even describe it so I’ll just let the trailer and photos speak for themselves for now. (The review continues below the pictures.)
Besides the music, vibrant colors is a key factor for setting the mood for this movie along with the level of detail.
Even the rocket smoke has a shadow, nice!
Photorealistic visuals throughout the movie.
Beautiful sunrise. I wish I was there.
What is this movie about you say? It’s a 3 part movie going through various stages of life including love, dreams, hope, youth, overcoming obstacles, reality, growing up. That pretty much sums it up I think. All done in a very realistic and honest way, not some cheesy Hollywood stunt that we’ve seen far too many of. It also has a message I’m leaving for you to figure out for yourself :)
If to nitpick on something I have to say that the only thing causing me from not giving this movie a solid 6 out of 6 is that the character details doesn’t match the ones of the environment. I can totally understand it due to the animation process I surely do, however that would have been the little extra extra for me. One other small thing is the abrupt ending. It’s not a bad ending at all without revealing anything. It just happen so fast I didn’t see it coming. It was just… stop.
I have to get a hold of a Blu-ray copy of this movie some day and see the full potential it holds ;)
A highly recommended quick watch!
(Runtime 63 min)
Rating 5 Centimeters Per Second: 5/6
Written and directed by: Makoto Shinkai
I’m thinking I’ll watch this on Sunday :) Definitely looking forward to it!
It’s some pretty eye candy making me want to draw something again. Enjoy!
I just got to watch this movie yesterday.
It was beautiful!
Sure is :D