Okay. This is a weird one. Yes. I said it. Out of all the fantastical, over the top, fairytale-like magical Ghibli movies - this one, the one that doesn't have a single supernatural element to it, is by far the weirdest. What a bizarre plot line for a film. I didn't hate it. I really didn't love it. The movie can be summarized pretty much by:
"Girl likes boy likes girl. They're not related. Now they're siblings. And now they're not. Oh and they didn't tear down the house either."
I keep imagining how they pitched the script. What description of it they gave so someone said "that's a fantastic idea for a feature length animated film!". Pretty much nothing happens. I feel like I might be missing out, not being able to read between the lines from my lack of a Japanese heritage. Maybe it's one of those great stories that lies in "the untold". I don't know. From my point of view this would have made a nice Ghibli short film. I can appreciate a nice mellow film. Still, I'd really appreciate an interesting event or two. And those 30ish minutes where you're lead to believe that they're siblings, you just feel really icky and don't really now what to hope for. Well, except maybe for them not to be siblings. But then, what was the point? You're just to where you started at the beginning of the movie. Yay?
"Girl likes boy likes girl. They're not related. Now they're siblings. And now they're not. Oh and they didn't tear down the house either."
I keep imagining how they pitched the script. What description of it they gave so someone said "that's a fantastic idea for a feature length animated film!". Pretty much nothing happens. I feel like I might be missing out, not being able to read between the lines from my lack of a Japanese heritage. Maybe it's one of those great stories that lies in "the untold". I don't know. From my point of view this would have made a nice Ghibli short film. I can appreciate a nice mellow film. Still, I'd really appreciate an interesting event or two. And those 30ish minutes where you're lead to believe that they're siblings, you just feel really icky and don't really now what to hope for. Well, except maybe for them not to be siblings. But then, what was the point? You're just to where you started at the beginning of the movie. Yay?