While Makoto Shinkai, admittedly in his own words, has been using Japan's natural disasters in the subtext of his films since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, this is his most direct confrontation with the event that affected the country both materially and emotionally. A heart-wrenching depictio...

The movie is so beautifully rendered and starts out at a such a beautiful scenery. The artwork was so well done and detailed! even the CGI was greatly rendered. Each theme of life that appeared in the movie was so carefully filled with conflict and resolution. All the characters that show up are ...

tl;dr: Another iteration of the Shinkai formula, that has significantly messier writing but just as fantastic visuals and music. Suzume is the newest film from acclaimed director Shinkai Makoto. The background to the story is that there’s a great evil worm sealed in the great beyond, but there ar...

High school girl suuuuuuper down bad for a chair goes on an adventure to kill a worm. 7/10 not enough rain. Ok on a serious note, I'm actually surprised because after seeing what people are saying about this film online, I think I'm in the complete opposite camp. Unlike others who seem to have re...

Beautiful animation and some GREAT music that reminded me of Nier Automata and Monster Hunter. The plot is kind of unfocused though and I wanted to care about the characters a lot more than I actually did. Despite that, the ending is good and there's a theme running through the movie about traged...

A little grander in scope than previous Makoto Shinkai works I've seen (although 'Weathering with You' is still on my 'to-watch' list), 'Suzume' manages to find a strong balance between a deeply personal character story and a bold, exciting road-trip movie (or, perhaps more accurately, two road t...

Let’s talk Suzume. Suzume is Shinkai’s third blockbuster following Your Name and Weathering with You, and his attempt to break away from his traditional “film formula” we know so well from his previous two films. Fundamentally, Suzume itself is a love letter to Studio Ghibli making references to ...

After having watched this at TBL cinema, which was a treat seeing it on the big screen, I am satisfied. Nothing to crazy is happening, some pure wallpaper art, good soundtrack and interesting things happen on the screen to take you away from this reality into whatever Makoto is envisioning. Sligh...

SPOILER FREE Here's a short review for all of you who hate long ones or can't be bothered to read a lot as I. In my opinion, music and visuals carry this movie a lot. I don't think i would've enjoyed it as much as I did if it wasn't for such splendid score. The plot is, basic, it's nothing you ha...

Saw this on cinema last night! I must admit that it's the director's weakest work to date.. I did enjoy the film and had a good time while watching it so that's entirely the reason why it's getting an 8. If we're talking plot wise... it's definitely lacking something. The film is 2 hours long but...

Predictable, no twist and i guess i expected too much.. I watched this pn big screen and I really did my best to enjoy it Character Design is the same and it’s okay coz i love it. Animation is on the next level. OST is great but the story line is just meh for me. There’s couple of funny scenes bu...

For those that already know director Makoto Shinkai’s movies such as Your Name and Weathering with you, Suzume’s stunning visuals and emotional storytelling shouldn’t be such a surprise. The movie follows a young girl that stumbles upon a mysterious door in an abandoned building and when she open...

This movie conflicts me, I want to love it but there are too many issues with it for me to just look past it. I do think they did a good job and this was a fun watch, absolutely beautiful as expected. They did a good job building characters and building up from them, showing that everyone is just...

[First anime film I've watched in a theater, this film will be extra special to me because of that] What is this phenomenon I'm experiencing? The works of Makato Shinkai are widely praised by audiences and critics alike, but here on Letterboxd, you'll find a hefty amount of people that are either...

Classic Shinkai- star crossed lovers, natural disasters and time travel elements. It’s a fun watch if you don’t take it too seriously. Well executed, it polishes all these standard Shikai tropes. That does mean though that you probably won’t like it if you didn’t like his past films, it will feel...

This story of about a girl that gets dragged into a supernatural phenomenon and has to overcome challenges to save the world and her crush blah blah blah. I really like the movie's plot but it definitely can be better in a few ways. Like they could've dove deeper into the supernatural aspect of i...

Shinkai should consider making a TV series. But it wouldn't fit the large budget he's used to working with. Suzume no Tojimari is proof that Shinkai's work is getting a little stale. The plot really dwindles here. Characters are introduced as plot devices and aren't seen again. I believe Suzume w...

An interesting premise! Suzume has a very different narrative idea than usual. The idea of having to close these “passages” so that enemies don’t come to Suzume’s reality is something very unusual. I don’t remember seeing anything like it. It was really fun to watch. The movie went by really quic...

Really good animation, some cheesy/cringy dialogue here and there. It's kind of fair to say Makoto Shinkai just keeps on making the same movie because this doesn't stray far from the formula that he's been following for the past two movies. Natural disaster followed by a sacrifice from one of the...

So overall I would say the movie was nice like it was just nice, nothing much noting more, I don't know sk.thing didn't just sit right, the movie was nice but yeah somthing felt weird it could have been the ending I don't know, also I can agree with one review that music didn't just sound like th...