Just the opening shot of this movie shows you right out the gate that your gonna be treated to a wonderful looking anime. Wow. Just seeing those bells at the beginning and the detail on them had me super excited for the art. Wasn't disappointed at all. However once you actually get into the story, if your a more surface level entertainment person, I imagine you'll get lost. I've watched the series so I was able to use that a basis for the lack of depth on pretty much any of the characters but if this was your first introduction, the shallowness might leave you scratching your head. There's a really good theory/review on this site that I can totally see, now, after reading it but this mind game of a movie just wasn't enjoyable for me. Definitely enjoy the increased attention to the romantic part of the show but it was all just super rushed and over my head. Watch the series then come watch this with a mind used to deep sea diving in movies. Was very surprised that they managed to throw in the cow part from the series into the movie...Not sure why you'd do that and waste minutes in a film but they did.
