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+=================
+ Oblivion Island
+=================
+:CreationDate: 2014-03-19 12:03:14
+:Id: anime/review/oblivion-island
+:tags: - anime
+       - review
+:rating: 3
+:original: http://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/oblivion-island-haruka-and-the-magic-mirror
+
+There's the mystery of socks disappearing from washing machines.
+There's the speculation that ballpoint pens vanish from drawers to
+return to their native planet. There's all the items that are lost
+every time you move house, even if you write a detailed
+inventory. Where does all that stuff go? According to this movie,
+there's a whole world, Oblivion Island, built from our lost and
+forgotten items, "collected" by the creatures who live there.
+
+Haruka, the protagonist, has lost her mother to illness, and lost her
+mother's hand mirror to Oblivion Island. She believes her father
+doesn't care about her, and goes back to the places of her younger
+life. There, she discovers one of the creatures who's collecting
+various items, and follows him into the other world.
+
+Surprises, friendship, bullies, an arch-villain, betrayal, community
+spirit, daring rescues, painful memories, separation and
+reconciliation. Of course there's a happy ending.
+
+If you're looking for something original, or a great execution of a
+familiar story, look elsewhere. "Oblivion Island" is average in all
+respects: from the railroaded plot we've all read and seen several
+times already, to the smooth CG animation that still can't get
+movements and expressions quite right, to a soundtrack that's
+appropriate but nothing more. Some scenes look almost copied
+frame-by-frame from better films: compare Haruka discovering the
+creature and getting into Oblivion Island with Mei discovering the
+little Totoro and getting into the big camphor tree.
+
+Oh, there's very nice backgrounds, and the buildings in the Island
+show good imagination on the part of the authors. And there is nothing
+really bad or wrong in any part of the movie. Also, given Sturgeon's
+law, I should compliment the distributors for publishing in English
+more average-or-better works than very bad works.
+
+Let's just say that I was led to expect much better from the press
+release. That'll teach me to take press releases with a large grain of
+salt.
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