I really like most of his work, but maybe I made a mistake by watching it out of order with this one being last. But then again, if I started with this one, I'd probably not watch the other ones.
I have therefore no choice, but to judge this movie with the eyes that have already seen Garden of Words, 5 Centimeters per Second or Your Name.
There are two sides to this, first one sees all of his moves that I mentioned as basically iteration of the same story, always being said the same way with same basic heroes, beginning and ending. It makes those movies kind of predictable. The second one is that because he makes them the same way, he can make them better and better. I'm on the fence with this one.
What about "The place.." then? To cut it short, it was boring. I know his movies are convoluted, but his one made little sense to me, story wise. Emotions were not as neatly drawn as in the others and whole experience was basically dull, watch and forget.
Mandatory for Shinkai fans, everyone else should probably sit this one out and watch "Your name" instead.
I have therefore no choice, but to judge this movie with the eyes that have already seen Garden of Words, 5 Centimeters per Second or Your Name.
There are two sides to this, first one sees all of his moves that I mentioned as basically iteration of the same story, always being said the same way with same basic heroes, beginning and ending. It makes those movies kind of predictable. The second one is that because he makes them the same way, he can make them better and better. I'm on the fence with this one.
What about "The place.." then? To cut it short, it was boring. I know his movies are convoluted, but his one made little sense to me, story wise. Emotions were not as neatly drawn as in the others and whole experience was basically dull, watch and forget.
Mandatory for Shinkai fans, everyone else should probably sit this one out and watch "Your name" instead.