Wiz HIGHLY RECOMMENDS Suzume
I try to make sure not to curse in my reviews: it's just kind of lame and it never really gets the point across most times.
But I have to do it with this movie because it's the only way to emphasize my points succinctly enough:
From animation to visuals to the emotional story, Suzume is fucking beautiful.
The film starts as a fun action adventure road trip film with a cute, lovable main character and a sidekick who is a chair. It's filled with humor, heart and just a fun and sweet story.
Then, the second half rolls around and it becomes an emotionally poignant film about loss and grief. The tone at first seems incredibly abrupt, but it makes up for it at the end with a powerfully done ending that had me more than emotional towards the end.
But the other obvious thing to talk about is the visuals: they are simply stunning.
Whether it's the animation of the characters and their faces to the colors of the sky, ground and grass, Suzume is a visual knockout of a film.
And RADWIMPS is back with yet another great song to pair with the film, like they did in Your Name.
Suzume may just be the film that will have non-anime fans really remembering the name Makoto Shinkai like they do with Hayao Miyazaki and Satoshi Kon, thanks to it's breathtaking visuals and effective storytelling.
It has all the heart of some of the best Ghibli films with Shinkai's incredible animation and music selection.
This film deserves to be mentioned amongst Spirited Away, Paprika and Grave of the Fireflies as some of Japan's best films in the past 50 years.
Yes...it's that good.
