Audio-Visually it's easy 10/10. If you came to the cinema just to admire pretty colours and music then you'll be happy.
If i were to make the short summary of this movie it'd be "imagine a story told by a child with adhd with robust imagination that can't finish sentences before he starts talking about new idea". Even shorter summary: It was a mess. This movie lacked proper direction and world building. It was character dropped from one setup to another to another to ano-the end. There were things that were supposed to mean something but in the end were wholly pointless, a red herring if you will. In all honesty this movie could have been called and "the boy and weird building", or "the boy and world between worlds" and it'd be just as on point/usefull as the "heron" part of the title.
The trailer made this movie extra dirty, as it was fast paced, showed action, things had the momentum of direction.... While this movie was quite slow, confused what to do and characters were aimless.
Giving it a 10/10 is just baffling to me. 10/10 means masterpiece. Something that cannot be made better. I promise you wholeheartedly: this movie had whole mansion of rooms for improvement.
I'm disappointed. Miyazaki needs a co-writer/director. Someone to take a step back, look at the project and help shape it, make it cohesive, help make it have meaning.
If i were to make the short summary of this movie it'd be "imagine a story told by a child with adhd with robust imagination that can't finish sentences before he starts talking about new idea". Even shorter summary: It was a mess. This movie lacked proper direction and world building. It was character dropped from one setup to another to another to ano-the end. There were things that were supposed to mean something but in the end were wholly pointless, a red herring if you will. In all honesty this movie could have been called and "the boy and weird building", or "the boy and world between worlds" and it'd be just as on point/usefull as the "heron" part of the title.
The trailer made this movie extra dirty, as it was fast paced, showed action, things had the momentum of direction.... While this movie was quite slow, confused what to do and characters were aimless.
Giving it a 10/10 is just baffling to me. 10/10 means masterpiece. Something that cannot be made better. I promise you wholeheartedly: this movie had whole mansion of rooms for improvement.
I'm disappointed. Miyazaki needs a co-writer/director. Someone to take a step back, look at the project and help shape it, make it cohesive, help make it have meaning.