Not gonna give this the 15 paragraph special I give most robot anime stuff because it's so clearly a bunch of TV episodes edited together and the result is very messy / weirdly paced but the ideas stuck in here are very good!
A lot of people are misleading themselves going into this, going blind when they see "HIDEAKI ANNO" in the credits and missing out the more important person to this project, "KAZUYA TSURUMAKI". The first half of the…
So ideologically charged it's distracting, but the thing its pulling you away from isn't much good either.
The decision to start exactly where the 1st one ended is so dumb and distasteful, especially after 14 years.
Only two good bits: Jack-Jack vs. Racoon & Going to Edna's House (which is just ripping off the same bit from the 1st movie). Rest is a bore.
So I'm kind of a modern-Shinkai hater. I think his newer films are inert, frictionless glass spheres that do nothing all in service of an often tasteless needle drop. Tomino was absolutely right to aether this guy and despite the insane quote he absolutely hit the nail on head about how his movies inspire kids to do absolutely nothing. Why this guy became a big shot after Your Name has continually puzzled me, especially given there was a time when…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
So I am a known Miyazaki hater. I think he's a cranky asshole and that many of his film are not-so-secretly steeped in ideology that sucks (this is a guy who quit the communist party because they made fun of his rich friends lol) to levels that are distracting. When it was revealed that he was directing his first film in 10 years, I was kind of expecting a train wreck, espcially given how embarassing and mastubatory The Wind Rises…
