Review of Suzume

My first impression and summary. A movie that captures the current Japan. Human warmth and strength. It was a movie that gave me the little courage to walk in life. Of course, there are many comical elements, and I enjoyed it. And, I've been a fan of the director for a long time and I'm glad he wrote a fantasy with less ads! - Movie that captures the current Japan. Shinkai is good at cutting out Japanese landscapes and putting them in movies. Last time, he focused on Tokyo. This time in various regions of Japan. Train (A nostalgic train comes out. It's been scrapped littleby little, but I was happy that he captured it in the movie.), Ports, tangerine fields, highways, rural shopping districts, and cities.
Landscapes are not just pictures. He's great at capturing the atmosphere of Japan. To give an example in this movie, Japanese people feel a sense of stagnation toward the end of the world due to population decline. And people's reaction when an earthquake early warning arrives (people are surprised by the sound of their smartphones, but earthquakes happen occasionally in Japan, so people don't take any big action. not good.).
Personally, I was happy to see the reduction in Ads. In the previous movie, this collaboration with companies was little noisy. (Of course, I understand that it was necessary to draw the landscapes and atmosphere at last movie)

- Loss and its future.
Many Shinkai movies present us with this theme. The same theme was presented in this movie. He speaks in a booklet. "If I can make the final sentence of the movie resound in the hearts of the audience with a sense of reality, then there is meaning in making this movie. With that in mind, I made the movie."
After hearing the last word, I watched the movie for the second time the next day. How wonderful an ordinary day is and how fragile it is. I got it from conversations with family and friends, stories, and paintings. Even if I was anxious, morning will come. I go through life.

Now, I would like to write down the situation before and after the release date on MAL. I am a Japanese reviewer, so I want you to know the atmosphere of Japan.

The movie was completed on Oct22 (via twitter). Preview on Oct25(3 days later!). Already started collaboration with various companies. And it was released at midnight on Friday, Nov10.
A large movie theater movie theater in Tokyo shows more than 20 times a day. His movie attract a lot of interest.
And from the next day, Shinkai will hold teach-ins at many movie theaters. He appears in the theater where more than 100 people have seen the movie theater and accepts impressions and questions. This is something he has been doing for a long time and I have participated in many of his past works. I was lucky enough to participate, so I would like to share the contents of the session.

- Make a movie with determination
A 18 pages booklet was presented to the visitors. It is unusual for a movie concept to be distributed. His movies are influential. In this movie, it is a bit dangerous to release the movie in Japan, Some people will feel sad. So it is necessary to express the concept (determination) on a separate sheet. At least I think so. He had determination and made a movie. I was impressed by this determination. but he spoke at the teach-in. "I trusted the audience" Cool. I can't find any other words to praise. That's all I want to leave in MAL. I'll leave it to other reviews to explain why determination was necessary.

Summarize at the end
A movie that expresses "loss and its future" with a strong determination. Shinkai said at the release of "Your Name", "It's packed with elements from the movies I made." This movie adds more knowledge gained from "Your Name" and "Weathering with You". i was fulfilled.
I'm really looking forward to the next movie! I hope the next movie stays with me too.