Review of Hello World

(copy pasta'd from my Facebook) Hello world is a movie I did not have much high hopes for. Mainly because of how its all 3D animated and sci-fi romance isn't really my type. What got me into watching this movie was because the trailer claimed that it was from the same company that made Weathering With You and Your Name and you know damn well how great those movies are so I had to give this one a chance. Let's start off with the the pros of the movie The biggest point I can personally think of after watching Hello World was the animation, art and the soundtrack.Despite the whole movie being CGI, they did such a great job with it that I first thought to myself, "Am I really watching a 3D anime?". The scenes were very crisp and did not look choppy at all, the animation looked realistic and the art made it really seem like a 2D animated movie. The soundtracks also complimented the scenes very well, when an action is happening, the soundtrack playing makes you really pumped. When some romantic scenes happens, there's a piano track to suit the scene. Honestly, these points are all the great points I also thought about after watching Weathering With You and Your Name.

Now for the cons of the movie

I'll have to say the weakest point of the movie are the characters and the story. I personally like the character designs of the movie (kinda like Shinkai's works where the main characters dont stand out too much from the rest of the cast) but it lacked in character depth(?) should I say so myself. Ichigyo Ruri is definitely my favorite from the cast but damn she had no backstory at all! (or idk maybe i was dozing off when that happened lol) I felt like they could have done more to Ichigyo to make her more interesting like telling her backstory or at least giving the reason why Naomi liked her in the first place. The story was way too focused on the two main cast which are both the same characters but from different timelines just trying to get Ichigyo to like him. Aside that the story gets more confusing the longer it went especially the ending which I'm not going to spoil, what I'm just going to say is that the ending felt so much like Fireworks. Pure confusion.

Overall, I give this movie an 8/10 rating. The movie was very enjoyable and had an unexpected twists, I honestly didn't expect this much action but I liked it actually. The art, animation and OST is really amazing but it kinda lacked in character depth and story. I do recommend watching this if you are a fan of Shinkai's work as it had just as eye-catching scenes.

Thanks for reading my dumb review of the movie lol