Review of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Generally when one watches a good series, one cannot help him or herself but become connected to the characters and setting in said series, in this case, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as some people may prefer). I myself am no exception, and I can safely say the same for a very large number of people for Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu. We become interested and are comfortable with the consistency of the environment, characters, and the "problem-here-fix-it-there," ordeal. But what happens when that very consistency that thousands of fans are comfortable with is destroyed? Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu happens. The character whoshares this interruption in consistency with his viewers is none other than our hero, Kyon. He is the link between us as viewers, and the world of Haruhi Suzumiya. He is the character that shares the same question, "What is going on!?" (Not including those who have read the light novel, but I'm sure that the same thing was going through their minds at the time). The story Of course, there were parts that were a little hard for me to understand, but I did my best to get through it.
Small things like hitting a desk while walking, having a notebook bump into the top of the desk before pulling it out, a cat pulling on blankets before being lifted, the ruckus and damage that occurs when two people have a dispute; all these small things impress me, as they break through the regular physics that I've seen in anime. Of course, there were more things like this in the movie, but it would take up a lot of space.
Kyon (as a male role in this movie) is one of, if not my favorite male roll in any anime works. The voice acting, facial expressions, and everything else about him, I was able to imagine on a real life actor. Nagato Yuki, who is one of my favorite characters of all time, is changed into a timid and shy school girl who I couldn't help but smile at from time to time. The characters are very well done and, with this movie's art style, is one of Ishihara Tatsuya's best work as its director.
The last thing about this movie is its original soundtrack. If I had a dollar for every goosebump I had during this movie... let's just say I wouldn't exactly be taking the time to write this review. I would probably be living a life of luxury in Japan, eating gourmet food from Hokkaido. But instead of a cheesy analogy, I'll explain. This movie wouldn't have made as good an impact on me, had it not have been for its music. "READY" (which was used for the climax of the movie) was probably the best piece of work in it.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu is definitely a movie worth, for fans of the series, to skeptics of it, no every anime fan out there, and to even non anime fans (of course with an explanation for the back story). This movie deserves its position, as I've seen before, one of the best anime works of all time.