Review of Hello World
Hello World. This is a spoiler-free review. Honestly, the movie is good but not too good nor too bad. Story 6/10: Have you ever felt trying to repeat something in the past because you could've prevented it? The film shows this feeling exactly the way I wanted it to be. The feeling of wanting to take something back from the past, driven by love, forcing you into harsh experiments just to get it back. In all honestly, the movie is good but not too good nor too bad. Why do I say so? It's simply because the plot wasn't fully showing us what was happening. Someparts do not make sense because it felt like they were stretching the plot to get to the end. The journey towards the end was really messy. There are a lot of plot holes and unexplained concepts (I won't go into full detail because of spoilers). The audience were kept being shown different concepts and the movie kept doing so until we reach the end only scratching our heads. At that time the entire cinema audience were asking each other, "What really happened at the end?", "Why did all of this happen?". These questions are still yet to remain in our heads due to the lack of explanation and the clarity of the plot.
Art 9/10:
The use of CG in this film was the main star of the art. The way they used it is like "eye-candy". There are scenes where rainbow colors would sprout out of something, and honestly it looks really beautiful. The color schemes of each scenes really fit the feel. The orange-red sun shining around the school balcony makes me feel anxious, the bright greens and yellows of the forests makes me feel happy. Not only that, the reds in some scenes really show an "end of the world" feeling.
Not only color exceeded my expectations but the amount of flares from bright sources, such as sunlight and lamps, add intensity and a cinematic feel.
Sound 8/10:
The soundtracks felt relevant to the plot. The electronic music plays during something sci-fi happens. Overall the use of music made the scenes feel and sound way better. The sound effects were crisp. Although until now the sound of "monsters" sounded goofy. The voice actor for Ruri Ichigyo sounded as if she had braces on, which was quite irritating and funny to hear at the same time. Although her voice makes her a rememberable character, props to that!
Characters 6/10:
I gave this part a fair score because the main character, Naomi Katagaki is generic. I immediately already forgot about him and what he did because of "genericness". He's the type of guy who follows someone he doesn't even know and doesn't expect something to go wrong about that. He's your typical introvert character from a school setting.
On the other hand, Ruri Ichigyo was an interesting character but not original. The character designs are from Yukiko Horiguchi which gave everyone a "Kyoto Animation" feel. Not only that but the other characters had a cute and fluffy feeling to it I can't explain. Somewhat a charm given to us by Yukiko Horiguchi, who worked for Kyoto Animation.
Enjoyment 7/10:
The film is enjoyable. It's worth talking for a while. The only downside on this part is that the messiness of the overall plot makes it less enjoyable. Also some jokes weren't just funny in my opinion.
Overall 7/10:
The show is enjoyable because of the great usage of CG and colors. The sound makes you feel the film through your ears. The plot is quite messy but despite that it's an okay show.
-Nite290, First Review, 2019