Review of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

Dear Kyoto Animation, I watched the first season of the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, why did you not make this movie sooner rather than later? This is without a doubt the best of the three incarnations of it, I admit I stayed away from the second season of this series specifically because of the endless 8 and felt I didn't want to waste my time or money on nearly 8 out of 14 episodes of the same thing. Then this movie comes along, I don't get it. The movie's plot, artistry, music, everything is fantastic. There is not one bad moment in this movie despite thefact it is lengthy, Hats off to both Tomokazu Sugita and Crispin Freeman for what seemed like it must have been hours of recording sessions for Kyon. Both dominated this movie. So what changes my mind about this? The fact that this movie is self-aware, a lot of people really didn't like Haruhi the character, Kyon was generally supposed to represent the viewer in all of these various series/movies, this is one of the few times that shows in my estimation what the reaction would be if Haruhi suddenly was to go away. I wish I could write spoilers on here but I cannot, I think a lot of this movie really generally is about living your life as it is and while your friends can sometimes be stupid or can be a little unpleasant about things as long as you have fun with them, you'll have a good life.