Review of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

This anime centers around Haruhi Suzumiya, literally. The anime revolves around how her "friends" must endure their life at highschool making sure Haruhi is NEVER bored, sad, confused etc. or the world will end because she is God. The anime had great potential, but for some unknown reason has many great reviews 5/5 stars etc etc. But I honestly cannot fathom, how this anime could rate so highly. The story-line, though unique and interesting, even though confusing at first; you can understand it as you progress through the anime. As well as having an interesting concept, this anime would score highly for that, BUT THATALONE.
The character, Haruhi Suzumiya, is presented to be loved and admired by many many people in her highschool; however after enduring the entire 2 seasons and movie, I honestly cannot see the appeal that a lot people have for this anime and its heroine.
Kyon (the protagonist) is a solid main character, however, his influence in the anime is pretty much reduced to nothing, due to Haruhi's character dominating the anime, this means the anime solely revolves around Haruhi alone which is it's first downfall.

I honestly can say that i have never seen a heroine that has ticked me off as much as Haruhi. She is a selfish, self-centered and egocentric girl, who is also simply a terrible person (Honestly, who really cares if she is 'cute'. Every bloody heroine in any anime can be cute and act cute. The CHARACTER is whats important!) She does not realise how selfish she is, nor does she grow any more humane, she does not have an epiphany or any realization even at the end of the anime, which i thought was the biggest let down, as the anime takes you on a journey exploring her character.
If you honestly like this anime, you some how overlooked Haruhi then, because i cannot, in anyway possible show any love for a character which seems to be more like the villain.

Simply a bad execution, to a good concept for an anime. All thanks to the terrible use of 1 character; visuals are great, music is good too, but the characters use is a bit lackluster, Kyon and the other sub characters are rather interesting to watch, however I do not believe this anime deserves the praise it has gotten.
If you disagree, i honestly think you should just watch more anime (A LOT MORE), and then watch this again, to understand where i'm coming from. You'd probably have just as much difficulty liking the anime to its fullest. (The movie however does change it up a bit, where Kyon gets his much needed time to shine as a main character, therefore making the movie a lot better than the anime in a lot of aspects.)

All in all. CHARACTERS ARE IMPORTANT. and how they are portrayed, should at least make more sense. (Having a highschool girl being a god that created the world 3 years ago, who is selfish, self-centered and not very likable is unique, but for the wrong reasons.) I really wanted to like this anime, as there is a lot of praise for it and I was expecting more, however not to say this is a bad anime, it is disappointing none the less.

Also, this is meant to be a mix of sci-fi and slice of life genre's, i'll be blunt: This anime cannot hold up on its own in either genre's.
If you want a sci-fi anime watch: Cowboy Bebop or Ano Natsu de Matteru
If you want a slice of life anime watch: Natsume Yujin-cho, Kimi to Boku or Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the slope)

After watching these great anime, I wont lie and say this anime is great or even good, it is only average. Sub-par. Trust me, you can't review an anime and say "Everything is awesome, just ignore the "Endless Eight" and it's definately 5/5!!" THATS THE SAME AS SAYING "This movie is awesome, as long as you ignore 40 minutes of the movie!!!" you just can't do that.