![]() Therefore, I think it’s more apt to call it a summer movie. Transferring that over to Summer Wars, if it’s a summer blockbuster anime movie, it could never be taken as seriously as say a Miyazaki movie or a Satoshi Kon movie. One can’t say, for example, “Armageddon is one of greatest movies ever made” and be taken seriously. People love these movies, I’m no exception, but these movies are never taken seriously and to cover up how much we love these movies we call them guilty pleasures. ![]() At least in America, a summer blockbuster movie has the connotation of being a dumb but entertaining movie, something that goes done easy without much thinking on the part of the audience. Once again I think there’s some truth to that comparison but it also sells the movie short. The other idea that I keep seeing is how Summer Wars is a summer blockbuster type movie. So that’s how I think the show was Ghibli-esque but this aspect is really small compared to the all the other things Summer Wars gets right and that’s why I think making it sound like Mamoru Hosoda can make a Ghibli-esque movie sells it short. Another example is shown in the bad guy character that left for America and has returned it would have been easy to make him evil but that’s not what was done, he was shown to be human. In the case of Summer Wars, at one point it started to feel like the movie would have an anti-technology message but by the end of the movie we saw how the horrors that technology could bring is balanced with it’s ability to weave people together from across the globe in a unifying way that’s impossible without technology. This balancing is a consistent feature of Miyazaki movies. For example, in Princess Mononoke the leader of iron town could have been portrayed as a fully evil villain who wanted to destroy nature to further her plans, instead we also see her taking in lepers and buying the freedom of women from brothels and giving all these people a nice place to live and work. The way that it does reminds me of a Miyazaki movie is how Summer Wars seeks to provide a bit of balance. It’s entirely able to stand on it’s own merits. I do think there’s some truth to that but also I think that comparison sells this movie short by making it sound like it’s some sort of knock-off. The first idea that I keep seeing is that Summer Wars is Studio Ghibli-esque. ![]() One of the things that I’ve noticed is that a couple thoughts seem to getting a lot of air-play and so I thought I’d first give my thoughts about these. His luck changes when his sempai, Natsuki, known as the most beautiful girl in school offers him a part-time job that requires him to go with her to her family reunion.īetween watching Summer Wars 3 times over the course of 5 days and writing this review, I’ve read several reviews written by other people because I wanted to see if others thought the same way as I and to figure out what they say to fill up space other than repeating – “It’s a perfect movie that cements Mamoru Hosoda as the next great anime film-maker” – over and over again. He readily admits being only good at math which is the truth – he’s brilliant and would have earned as a spot representing Japan in a Math Olympiad competition except for a screw-up during the prelims. Kenji is your typical brilliant, but unlucky, high school student. Pros: Excellent balance and integration between the slice-of-life family reunion story and the cutting-edge SF save-the-world story the large cast of characters were nicely differentiated, very likeable, and felt like real people gorgeous animation director displays the acumen in storytelling akin to the greats like Miyuzaki and Satoshi KonĬons: A couple very small things that are so small they couldn’t even be considered nit-picks Rewatchablity: 5/5 – Very High Everything about this movie makes one want to watch it over and over and over againĮnding: 4.5/5 – High Very satisfying from the character standpoint and the plot standpoint and leaves the viewer feeling that happy buzz that good endings giveĪnimation: 4.5/5 – Sublime Madhouse just doesn’t get enough credit for their animation and Summer Wars is another brilliant example of how beautiful and fluid Madhouse can animate Summer Wars in the most recent directorial offering of Mamoru Hosoda who is known for his The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, which I loved to death so I was really excited to see this. As promised the second Madhouse review for today.
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