From e903dbf6c7c3d2c3605188dc6078d47569d4aa4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dakkar Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 13:06:49 +0100 Subject: two more reviews --- src/anime/review/your-name/document.en.rest.txt | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/anime/review/your-name/document.en.rest.txt (limited to 'src/anime/review/your-name/document.en.rest.txt') diff --git a/src/anime/review/your-name/document.en.rest.txt b/src/anime/review/your-name/document.en.rest.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0fbc81a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/anime/review/your-name/document.en.rest.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +====================== +anime/review/your-name +====================== +:CreationDate: 2017-07-23 10:52:22 +:Id: anime/review/your-name +:tags: - anime + - review +:rating: 4.5 +:original: http://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/your-name + +Ah, the life of high school students in Japan. In her small country +town, Mitsuha gets up, prepares breakfast for herself, her sister and +grandmother, goes to school with her friends, and then carries on the +centuries-old traditions at the her family's shrine. In Tokyo, Taki +gets up, has a quick snack while his father goes to work, then goes to +school with his friends, and after that works shifts at a +restaurant. Nothing special, we've seen these scenes hundreds of +times. + +Until Taki wakes up in a room he doesn't recognise, in the body of a +girl… + +Until Mitsuha wakes up in a room she doesn't recognise, in the body of +a boy… + +There's a long and mostly unsavoury tradition of body-swap stories, +where the first thing people do when they realise what's happened is +to explore their "new" body. Shinkai does not ignore that convention, +but does not indulge in it either: a nod, a laugh, and it's obvious +that the focus of this story is different. + +Mitsuha and Taki keep swapping bodies on random but frequent +days. They have to learn to communicate and coordinate their lives, to +not appear too out of it to their families and friends, even if +they're never in the same place at the same time, and the memories of +their "other lives" fade quickly like dreams. + +As if two young people learning about each other's lives and seeing +the world through each other's eyes were not enough to build a great +story on, Shinkai adds enough emotional depth and plot twists to +affect even the most unfeeling audience. No, I'm not going to spoil +the story for you: the buildup should really be experienced with all +its surprises. I'm sure the film holds up to multiple viewings, but +the first time is magical. + +Shinkai became justifiably famous back in 2002 with Voices of a +Distant Star (ほしのこえ), and he's been getting better ever +since. He's not only good at writing original, strongly emotional +stories: he's also good at choosing great artists and musicians, and +you can see the fruits of these skills in Your Name. The gorgeous +backgrounds set the mood of each scene and ground it in the two very +different environments of central Tokyo and rural Itomori. The +powerful music by Radwimps conveys the strength of the characters' +feelings and emotions. It all adds up to one of the most intense +experiences I've ever had at a cinema. + +"Your Name" is the best Shinkai movie to date, and I think everyone +should see it, especially those (like me) who were a bit soured to his +movies after the maybe-too-slow "The Place Promised in Our Early Days" +and "5 Centimeters per Second". -- cgit v1.2.3