Review of Your Name. (2016) by Meltdownmonk — 15 Jun 2018
I can't think of any anime movie I've seen that had a better combination of animation and story quality. The tension I felt at the end of the movie, and the emotional release at the end felt epic. The movie kept building up, and while I agree that Makoto Shinkai might have been able to make this movie even better, I still give this film a 10.
His only competition in trying to make a better movie would be himself. I'm sure there are some that may not enjoy the subject matter, or may not like the concept, but I thought this was beautiful, awesome combination of some of my favorite plot devices/situations - one of them being two people swapping bodies, but it really got crazy as the film kept going.
I think this one is worth watching more than once. 3 movies I watched years ago had elements which were recaptured and reused in Your Name. Freaky Friday (which really doesn't have much else in common except two people's minds switching bodies).
The Lake House, which involves two people communicating with each other but never meetings and (major spoiler) communicating between different time periods. And Memento - which takes some re-watches because it's presented out of chronological order, or in a non standard order of events, and also involves writing things down in places so you can remember, and forgetting things very quickly.
I loved all these elements of Your Name. It also have a gigantic, and devastating explosion, feels like every movie could use at least one, for dramatic effect. The movie had humor, it had romance, it brings a sense of longing, it had some great music, and amazing animation, both the character animation, the camera/motion effects, the scenery.
I'm a huge fan of Miyazaki movies, and for a very long time Studio Ghibli was my gold standard of anime, it's the best of the best quality. Makoto Shinkai has impressed me time and time again and this was the absolute best I've seen from him.
Fantastic movie. And he, in my mind, is standing alongside Miyazaki in greatness.
This review of Your Name. (2016) was written by Meltdownmonk on 15 Jun 2018.
Your Name. has generally received very positive reviews.
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