With Shinkai's last two movies (Weathering with You, and this one), I got this uncomfortable feeling that there was some intention to recreate the Your Name success formula. In this case, the main character, Suzume, feels like a little plain character from the very beginning, falling in love with some strange guy on the street (?) and making weird decisions like following him to a ruins outside the town (???). In my country, at most, this plot could end very, very badly, and doesn't make sense to include this kind of dangerous situation in a movie that could influence teenagers to put themselves in such danger. Also, we have this weird cliché of the director to make relationships between underage teenagers and a mature partner. Having said that, the love (and the drama) that develops between the two characters feels a bit forced, not natural, as it flows in the Miyazaki's movies (in general). Don't get me wrong, it's a good movie (in general) with impressive scenes and with interesting lore, but it could be more if the director got away from repeating himself.
Shout by Nanchu ArielBlockedParent2023-07-05T14:43:58Z
With Shinkai's last two movies (Weathering with You, and this one), I got this uncomfortable feeling that there was some intention to recreate the Your Name success formula. In this case, the main character, Suzume, feels like a little plain character from the very beginning, falling in love with some strange guy on the street (?) and making weird decisions like following him to a ruins outside the town (???). In my country, at most, this plot could end very, very badly, and doesn't make sense to include this kind of dangerous situation in a movie that could influence teenagers to put themselves in such danger.
Also, we have this weird cliché of the director to make relationships between underage teenagers and a mature partner.
Having said that, the love (and the drama) that develops between the two characters feels a bit forced, not natural, as it flows in the Miyazaki's movies (in general). Don't get me wrong, it's a good movie (in general) with impressive scenes and with interesting lore, but it could be more if the director got away from repeating himself.