Review of The Wind Rises

If you're looking for a GHIBILI movie with a strong plot and complex characters, you'll be disappointed if you watch this one. However, if you're a lover of aviation, art and history then this is the movie for you. It doesn't start off strong nor does it end with a boom. It's like the kind of movie that gives you an impression of "Ah.." but be careful, it comes with emotional baggage. First, I'd like to point out the negative before we get to the positive. The negative: It might be a bit slow and there was no impactful conflict that really happened to our heroat the first hour of the movie. There's a lot of plane montage that might be confusing or boring to some because there's like 3-minute animation of just planes flying or exploding. Lastly, there's a lot of scenes that do not have any kind of relevance to the story so that might also bore the audience out.

The positive: Great animation,great music, great delivery, great details. It touches the dreamer part of our hearts and our childhood. Also, it shows you the philosophy of engineering which is beautiful and very insightful. It's a window to the world of practical design and the heart that goes into creating something even though it will be used for bad. The romance is endearing, it's nothing special but it's endearing.

Over-all it's a good movie if you really want to take your time into watching it.