Luckily with the success Makoto Shinkai hasn't lost his talent. Honestly I thought he did, but I'm delighted I was wrong. And ofc it's not a matter of "talent" but more of keeping up with an industry that doesn't - and probably can't - care about authors and quality.
Despite his previous movie "Tenki no Ko" didn't convince me - I already wrote an extensive review about that - we are well back on track with "Suzume no Tojimari". And IMHO this is his best full length movie to date (my fav being "Byosoku Go-Senchimetoru" which is only 1 hour long).
I rate it 10 but it's more like a 9 being still a bit too classic for my tastes. We have all the leitmotifs of MS but we also have a rather unoriginal structure - despite the usual "weird" plot we have grown accustomed to with japanese animation masters: a hero(ine); a mission; sidekicks; obstacles. And magic. All mostly irrelevant because it's the rest that matters: the surrounding poetry, the lush living drawings, the silly scenes, the real-life emotions, the overwhelming drama are the true core experience.
Need to mention the (usual) awesome music dept?
Great for youngsters who doesn't have already lost their capacity of enjoying irrational, imaginative, touching nonsense... And for adults that love indulging in some cute silliness every now and then.
MS is becoming more and more an artist as relevant as Miyazaki - though completely different. Ty MS for making our lives so much richer!
Despite his previous movie "Tenki no Ko" didn't convince me - I already wrote an extensive review about that - we are well back on track with "Suzume no Tojimari". And IMHO this is his best full length movie to date (my fav being "Byosoku Go-Senchimetoru" which is only 1 hour long).
I rate it 10 but it's more like a 9 being still a bit too classic for my tastes. We have all the leitmotifs of MS but we also have a rather unoriginal structure - despite the usual "weird" plot we have grown accustomed to with japanese animation masters: a hero(ine); a mission; sidekicks; obstacles. And magic. All mostly irrelevant because it's the rest that matters: the surrounding poetry, the lush living drawings, the silly scenes, the real-life emotions, the overwhelming drama are the true core experience.
Need to mention the (usual) awesome music dept?
Great for youngsters who doesn't have already lost their capacity of enjoying irrational, imaginative, touching nonsense... And for adults that love indulging in some cute silliness every now and then.
MS is becoming more and more an artist as relevant as Miyazaki - though completely different. Ty MS for making our lives so much richer!