Review of Ride Your Wave
I will review this going straight forward to the PTSD of the main character, a thing that I did not see in other reviews, I don't know why. This review doesn't have spoilers. the main character has post-traumatic schizophrenia, but although this is a remarkable adult plot, the movie doesn't completely understand the mental illness of hers as so and ground the situation into a child-like fantasy-power experience. Didn't expect much before watching it, but the movie itself shows its potential and then just disappoints a bit. I didn't see a single review talking about the PTSD which is in many real-life cases the cause of this typeof psychosis Hinako has. I don't wanna think I overthought the movie, it seems so explicit to me that makes me nervous nobody saying it.
So I think a movie more focused on this would be awesome, but despite having all the resources to do so, the movie takes a more 'animely' path.. what a waste.
Because anime can't have deep themes like mental illness, can it?
Finishing the movie has some nice but very predictable and forced plot twists.
Good visual art, good sound, surf scenes well animated, a catchy song, can make you cry (...) definitely the type of movie you'd see with your family or girlfriend to spend time together