Anime 32281 Kimi No Na Wa Reviews Filter Check 3

Makoto Shinkai's latest work goes even further to support the theory that he's fantastic at directing a visually brilliant movie, but lacks the writing ability to tell a good story.

Plot:
An absolute mess. Without spoiling it, this movie fails to get into the main plot until roughly halfway through. Before that point, it views like a teenage slice of life; nothing to be disappointed by. After the halfway mark, the plot becomes incredibly contrived with no logic, reason, or thought put into its creation. There were at least 4 separate climaxes (which is inexcusable for any movie which is not Return of the King) and ... an overly drawn out epilogue sequence. The main climax happens off screen, which negates the entire build up to it, because Shinkai wanted to have a reveal with little weight. There are an unacceptable amount of plotholes, mostly due to the concept of Musubi. There's little coherence, and amateur directing/writing displayed frequently throughout. To differentiate this from his other movies, Shinkai infused supernatural elements with romance, which fails horribly at enhancing the movie and instead detracts very significantly. Even amongst the people who love this movie, there is a large percentage that find the plot messy.

Art/Animation:
It's Makoto Shinkai. If movies were judged by aesthetics alone, this would be one of the best ones. There are no issues with the art. Scene composition is mostly great, the animation was very high quality, and the art style was beautiful. While there are not as many wallpaper opportunities as in 5cm/s, the quality of them is significantly higher. Watch this in the highest possible quality you can find. Worth watching for the art alone. The animation is what you'd expect from a high budget movie, but it's not anything revolutionary. There are several scenes that move beautifully and feel like magic to look at. The animation quality isn't quite up to Ghibli standards but it is nothing to scoff at.

Sound:
Voice actors were quite good and played different roles effectively. The change in voice aesthetic was notable during the first half when they were body swapping. The soundtrack was unmemorable, but set the scene adequately, and it may help to broaden your horizons and expose you to new music. Sound FX and general background noise was well produced and sounded natural. The opening sequence song in particular stood out and is worth a listen, but I can't say that for most of the soundtrack.

Character:
The mains were adolescents, which meant there was a lot of adolescent stuff going on in the first half. The characters were interesting initially, though none stood out as incredibly well written and became less and less captivating as the movie went on. The main positive about the characters was that they mostly felt natural, save for when they were clearly not meant to. Side characters were certainly more natural than the mains, and contributed well to the atmosphere of the movie. They develop plot stupidity and have no depth or drive other than the forced romance, and plot amnesia is introduced for added gratuitous drama. There is no reason for the characters to become stupid, or amnesiacs, and it detracts from the believability of the characters and the plot.


Buy this on bluray because it looks stunning. Don't expect good characters, or a remotely good plot, but do expect to salivate at another of Shinkai's wallpaper opportunity movies. Worth the watch for the visuals. It's an awful movie that looks good.

Makoto Shinkai never fails to frustrate me. His works have tremendous potential, yet they all inevitably end up as shallow exercises in romantic drama that are pretty to look at and not much else. With the release of Kimi no Na wa. I was very skeptical if any of that had changed. It released to the top of multiple anime lists seemingly over night and I figured it would be 5 Centimeters Per Second 2.0, but maybe, just maybe, Shinkai would break away from his old patterns and surprise me.

Spoilers, he didn't.

Kimi no Na Wa. tells the story of a girl ... and boy who mysteriously switch bodies and have to learn how to deal with being each other… or not.

If anyone is expecting Kimi no Na wa. to stray away from Shinkai’s typical formula they will be sorely disappointed. All of his usual angst ridden longing relationship drama is on display here, including copious amounts of scenery porn, sad piano music, dramatic running scenes, and even love murdering trains. I suppose this also means that anyone who likes his other works will probably enjoy this one as well for the exact reason that it isn't very different. For everyone else however, Kimi no Na Wa. is painfully predictable and lacking.

My favorite part about Kimi no Na wa. is the body swapping concept which creates some fun and humorous situations. The story is at its best during the scenes that show how the main characters handle situations while having their bodies swapped which leads to some awkward, funny, and genuinely charming moments. Unfortunately we don't get much of this after the beginning of the movie and what is the best part of the story goes underutilized in favor of Shinkai’s typical routine.

As much as l like the whole body swapping concept I feel it is poorly explained as are the mystical elements of the story. It literally comes down to some kind of magical spit wine, shooting stars, time traveling yarn, and/or some family bloodline thing, all of which are equally obtuse. Generally I hate time travel in any story, it just makes things needlessly convoluted and silly. Kimi no Na wa. is no different but I guess it’s not as ridiculous as the Terminator series. Overall I find that simpler explanations (or any at all) for the mystical elements would have benefited the story.

Pacing is also an issue in Kimi no Na wa.. Though it is less noticeable here than it is in other Shinkai works it is still apparent especially towards the end of the movie. There is a dramatic running sequence which feels like an eternity followed by an awkward time skip and more running before finally reaching the credits. A bit of streamlining and polish could have greatly improved the entire ending.

One positive difference in Kimi no Na wa. is that the main characters are a lot more interesting compared to Shinkai’s other works with the small but meaningful glimpses we are given into their lives. That said there are some weird decisions that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. The female protagonist, Mitsuha, has an issue with her father and being bullied and both are resolved in an unsatisfying manner. The bullying seems to be taken care of by the male protagonist, Taki, kicking over a desk while in her body thus scaring the bullies off? I suppose this isn't too big of a deal since the bullying was not a huge part of her story but that just makes the decision to even introduce it to begin with an odd one. The issue with the dad is another thing entirely though, as this is built up throughout the story only to be solved by Mitsuha being more affirmative in a confrontation towards the end of the movie that takes place almost entirely off screen which is as disappointing as it sounds.

The side characters seemed like they could be interesting but we don’t get much of them. Taki’s boss Miki gets some screen time but this is mostly just to build the romance with him and Mitsuha more than anything. Even the date scene ends kind of abruptly with Miki saying that he seems more interested in somebody else and just leaving. This however is enough for her to accompany him and his other friend on some journey to find a dead girl.

It goes without saying that every Shinkai work is visually spectacular and Kimi no Na wa. is no different. Though I can't say I find the scenery porn as appealing as his other works it's just as impressive as the rest. Music is mostly soft atmospheric pieces and though nothing really stands out it works fine. All in all everything is very pretty and I can't complain.

Unfortunately Kimi no Na wa. is just an average film in a long line of average films with Shinkai’s name attached. There’s nothing new or special, other than Shinkai's foot fetish being traded in for a spit drinking fetish. He still is a one trick pony when it comes to storytelling which is a shame because Children Who Chase Lost Voices shows that he is capable of something that is at least a little bit different. Maybe one day Shinkai will surprise and impress me (probably not) but as of now he just lacks the tact and subtly of better directors. I guess he can always do commission work drawing feet if times get rough though.

I know what you're thinking... you're angry that I gave your favorite movie a score that wasn't a 10 but before you go to my profile and write an angry comment saying I have a shit taste in anime please read what I have to say then feel free to say whatever you want. This is my first review on MAL so please bare with me for a few minutes as im not really that good at making things seem professional.

When I was going into Kimi No Na Wa I was thinking that it was going to be the second coming of christ, (considering it ... portrayed that way) but oh god I was wrong. And instead of coming out of the movie instead of being emotionally touched, I was actually infuriated that I had wasted my time with this piece of garbage.

Story - 2/10
All I can really say is that they tried.. they tried really hard to make this a compelling, touching, & emotional story, but the way its presented makes nearly everything about this movie fall flat on its face. The story Kimi No Na Wa is nowhere near unique, but that isn't really the problem that I have with it. It's more of how they poorly executed the story actually was, let alone the entire movie. The story of Kimi No Na Wa is a gender bender romance between 2 horrifically bland characters on how they switch bodies and how they learn to communicate with each other and live the life of someone of the opposite gender. When the story is supposed to be a roller coaster of emotions when it actually feels completely rushed and almost nothing about it even seems remotely real. They could have done a lot more and I see what they were trying to do with this film, but this further supports the theory that Makoto Shinkai completely lacks the ability to write anything compelling.

Art - 8/10
I mean good animation is always a plus, to be completely honest they had really good production. Almost everything about the art style was pretty in some way but that doesn't really change the fact that good animation cant save a poorly executed story. To be completely honest the animation is the only reason to watch this movie and nothing else. But if you're only really looking for something that has an amazing animation you'll probably be better if you found something else as it isn't hard to find things that are prettier than this.

Sound - 6/10
Not much to really say here as it doesn't really sound all that amazing or all that bad either. Nothing really stood out to me as that amazing for the sound production. The music was pretty cool I guess? But honestly, I can't really remember anything that was absolutely groundbreaking.

Characters - 2/10
Oh boy, and the Characters where do I even start. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING is even remotely interesting or unique about the characters in Kimi No Na Wa. I get that its a movie and they don't have as much time to develop the characters than in a normal length anime but Jesus Christ like at least try and make them unique. Both of the main characters are your average cookie cutter male and female anime protagonists. There is NOTHING about either of these characters that stand out. They don't have funny or even interesting personalities. It honestly amazes me how anyone can relate or even feel anything towards these characters.

My Personal Enjoyment - 1/10
I've never actually been angry after finishing something of any sort. If its bad then I kinda just tend to brush it off, forget about it and move on, but as I said earlier I was actually infuriated because of this sorry excuse an emotional romance film. I tried really hard to like this movie trust me I tried really fucking hard to enjoy it, but I honestly just couldn't do it. Almost everything about this movie seemed poorly written and rushed which led to an awful experience. And if I wasn't watching it with a friend I honestly would have stopped halfway through. And honestly, I should have instead of wasting my time when I could have been doing something else.

Overall - 2/10
I don't really know what else to say the real only redeeming factor was that the animation was good and literally nothing else stood out. it was a poorly written, bland story with even more bland characters. It honestly baffles me on how anyone can think this is anywhere near a masterpiece. I wouldn't even recommend this to anyone who wants even a little bit of good storytelling. Maybe to people that want something pretty so they can turn off their brain and be distracted for 2 hours.

I only really made this review mainly because I have a really strong opinion on this movie as a whole and thought I had to get it out there. Like I said earlier though this is my first review so it would be nice if I could get some feedback on what I could improve on next time. Thank you for taking your time to read my review.

The low-rating reviewers need to round this up for you guys. Kimi no Na wa is a poorly written piece of work that struggle to understand its own themes.

STORY
3 main flaws to be pointed out. 1) lack of direction. It's an issue before knowing what it wants to be, because it doesn't know it's supposed to be anything. Sit me down and make me take notes through a rewatch and I'd still have no idea what this film is about. Probably the intent is some contrived story about star-crossed lovers, an elaborate or posh love boundary, but you can apply "a love story, a mythological ... story, a the-universe-is-bigger-than-us story, a coming of youth story, a complex society story" at any point of the film and still stand to be accurate. Which is fine per se, except there's no clear lead in any one of these themes.

Doesn't know how to use its strengths even, because so much could be done with the supernatural direction of the story which I won't reveal because spoilers. Director Makoto clearly missed out on a chance to emphasize the supernatural aspect of Kimi no Na wa because he doesn't enhance it any way.

Light spoilers ahead. Till now I question what is the purpose of sticking senpai and bespectacled friend to Taki on his road trip?

2) suspension of disbelief. Doesn't even know the name of her town after switching so many times, fine, are you telling me Taki couldn't Google the name of Mitsuha's high school to find out where her town is? That's one. A leap of faith and forced acceptance that they're suddenly star-crossed lovers. When... exactly did they fall in love? Off-screen? Sure I can imagine the in-betweens but it's not exactly satisfying and it's very rushed because I'm supposed to be focusing on Taki and his next actions. That's another.

3) mismatched themes. This is difficult to talk about without heavy spoilers but just know that a common tale consistently brought up by grandma has nothing in relation with the main theme of their series: which is your name. This name theme, this main theme, doesn't tie in well with any one thing in the film and I question, what does names have to do with this film really? It is never explained in any mythological aspect and if you expect us to accept it for a reason as simple as "a name ties in to a person's existence" I think this film has been carting down the wrong lane with all the other supernatural themes it's been pulling.

The first and second half of the film can appear to be like separate stories, which isn't bad in itself because it did serve to surprise me pleasantly, but serving on their own you'll realize they're both very lackluster be it the first half with its coming of age melodrama or the second half with its lofty and grandiose star crossed lovers plot. May I add that the second half spiral furiously out of control with its plot reasoning? There's just... no reason behind any happening. It happens for the sake of... an awful plot that doesn't know what it is?

Ah maybe another flaw, horrendous flow of story. When they set up a typical star crossed lovers meeting moment it is when a disaster is about to occur and frankly not even half of my attention is on them or remotely interested about their "love" when chemistry wasn't even built properly in the first place.

Ending was unsatisfactory because it was so... bland. It baffles me how you can make a film with as unfocused a story and direction as this.

ART
I watched this in horrendous low-quality render but I think its key visuals are pretty stunning in true anime film style.

SOUND
Don’t get me started on Kamiki (Taki’s seiyuu)… and Mitsuha’s seiyuu. I’m a fan of Kamiki in his actor life and he’s always been an enthusiastic and vibrant guy. Shows in his voice acting, doesn’t it? It’s charming and unique enough for me to want him to voice more characters!

OST wise it’s typical fare. I wasn’t smitten but they certainly weren’t hard to the ears.

CHARACTER
Sides shine more than mains really, with one-liners such as "I thought he was cute," in reference to the protag acting weird or "Nothing really. I’m just gonna stay and continue living in this town,” when asked about future plans. Taki is an average, boyish, slightly thoughtful, conscientious city boy but I struggle to find anything that defines him beyond that. Kimi no Na wa never tried to explore their protag. If you tamed Mitsuha’s drama some, she could have made a decent heroine too.

Would have liked Taki to be more invested in the countryside life, or build a budding connection with grandma, etc. Honestly there are too many things Kimi no Na wa could have done, but never once did! All in favor of some trite, flamboyant story it never had the potential to draw out. I don’t think that was ever its forte, because the best moments in this film were seemingly inconsequential one-liners to me.

Light spoilers. Grandma though… I feel bad for her. She too had the potential to shine but, as Taki and Mitsuha were, was forced into a mold to move the story along. If she was there discovering Mitsuha wasn’t who she was it could have made for a nice conversational scene between grandma and Taki but all she really did is to impart, casually, the same may or may not have happened to me but the film isn’t wanting you to focus on her, but the fact that this runs in the Miyamizu family.

To sum it up the characters are half-baked. Neither here nor there. You see some glimpses of potential but they never truly get to expand on them. Kimi no Na wa’s characters are simply not memorable enough for me to want to type for them forever.

CONCLUSION
Needless to say I didn’t enjoy this all that much. It’s a very disappointing film be it in its story or character through and through. Visuals are beautiful ofc, but I wonder if that's all you need to pull you through a show? I wouldn't be inclined to waste my time like that.

STORY: 2
ART: 7
SOUND: 6
CHARAC: 4
ENJOYMENT: 3
OVERALL: 4

I honestly hope this rounds out all the 10's people have been giving to this film. This is nowhere near beating some of the excellent shows the anime industry has had to offer.

*You’ve probably already seen this movie but regardless, mild spoilers for the premise that truly reveals itself whole past the synopsis and maybe a few specific spoilers along the way*

When most people think of Kimi no Na wa, they think of a simple emotionally gripping, beautifully animated masterpiece that touched them at their very core. When I think of Kimi no Na wa, I think of a tedious, convoluted, contrived, and ultimately misguided emotion-based time travel story blessed with wonderful visuals and cursed by its confusingly bad time travel narrative and equally hard to stomach main leads.

I know, I’m a buzzkill.

So, why my cynicism? ... Before you try to answer, let me take two of them out for you. It has little to do with it being in the top 10 on every anime aggregation website, or the fact that this not only outsold every single Ghibli movie such as the insanely popular Spirited Away, or that it is the highest grossing anime movie of all time as of writing. I don't feel it was anywhere near good enough to warrant any of that, but it would be incredibly petty of me to call that a reason I dislike the film. With that out of the way, let's begin with the writing.

A boy and a girl suddenly wake up from a dream, only to realize that their bodies have switched. I must say, right out the bat, I like the fact that each new day is told from the perspective of one of the two characters while switching perspectives to suit a new day in the beginning and that it starts on a character being explained to how she was acting weird, and putting two and two together allows us to see that this is the aftermath of one of these body-switching incidents that occur a lot throughout this movie. This is where the compliments of the story end for a while.

How long have these two been switching bodies? Given the montage especially, it's insanely hard to keep track, and I know it's all thanks to a comet, but I doubt a comet would remain visible for a small country like Japan for so long that the montage sort of hints at weeks of this happening? How come these characters start off thinking they're in a dream, even after feeling pain (especially given the whole gag cliche based around this exact trope of waking up after pain in a dream) and seeing the entire day go by in real-time? I know full well that no dream lasts that long without entering at least one period of long, non-R.E.M. sleep (and R.E.M. lasts for about 15 minutes and that's when you dream, and dreams are never this coherent)? How come after so long, nobody tries to put two and two together about this whole thing with their own theories until the second half? Speaking of the second half…

The second half is where this movie turns from just irritating to convoluted and contrived. A comet from 3 years ago is seen 3 years later (I can't fathom how that's supposed to work, especially in such a short amount of time given a comet or a star) by these two main characters and that's what caused them to switched bodies with each other every day, and only them for no adequately explained reason, and that's a missed opportunity. We could've had scenes of some other people acting weird because of that too, though they would still need to explain it well beyond time travel-esque bullshit that doesn't explain anything. It turns out that two people end up, for no good reason, figuring it out: the grandmother of the girl, and the girl’s father. An explosion happens at one point in a major facility and no one considered that a dangerous threat after being told that more of this can happen (though it's a diversion to evacuate the people from 3 years ago because apparently the comet splits and destroys the city that the girl was in, including her, meaning it would make no sense how she could connect with him, especially since the ending sort of rewrites that, which sort of changes the future but people can't do a good time travel plot for shit). The ending also just ends with the two sort of recognizing each other and then rolling to credits after panning up towards the clouds, so...that's something, I guess.

I had to go back and research literally every character’s name, they were that forgettable. It's not even like Rogue One where they either say most characters’ names once or not at all, they say these guys’ names constantly. This has never happened to me before for any anime. Let that sink in...and then realize how funny it is that the movie is translated as “Your Name” given these circumstances.

Taki and Mitsuha are dense, extremely dense. I mean, I’m a bit of a dense person myself as anyone who knows me IRL for longer than a small bit will tell you, but these two are infuriatingly dense to the point of actual stupidity. There was the “dream” example from earlier but also, these guys constantly set rules for each other to not interfere much with their lives, only to constantly break them. They conveniently forget things for the sake of the plot, though to be fair, that's just the plot actively forcing them to forget things for no reason and not then being idiots, so back to that. When Mitsuha meets Taki in the emotional climax of the film, she straight up calls him an idiot over the fact that he often played with her tits when he woke up in her body...and this is the first thing g she says to him in the middle of an emotional climax. Not “I finally found you” or something befitting of such a scene where they first sorta meet each other truly within the little time they have before convenient BS makes it so they physically don't see each other anymore and proceed to go on their way to accomplish a necessary task, but “Baka”. Fucking really?

It's insanely hard to talk about any of the characters’ personalities since while outside of the protagonists, none of these are truly bad characters, they are insanely forgettable. I forgot everything about these people by the time I finished the movie, aside from the fact that Mitsuha's little sister doesn't like taking shit from people, and that she conveniently forgets something too (not even for plot convenience this time, just her being an idiot at one point in the final act). I genuinely cannot describe these people, and again, this has never, ever happened to me before! That is a cardinal sin for a movie so focused on pathos! So, fuck it; moving on!

If nothing else can be said, let it be known that this is a rather gorgeous film. CoMix Wave Films did an amazing job with the visuals and digital effects here, especially with the environment. Shoutouts to how jaw-dropping the comet was and how despite many shots being busy as hell, they all still look beautiful. Sure, the character designs are pretty bland and I don't enjoy the equally plain and sometimes malformed art style in general but it's all animated incredibly well for the most part. Sometimes it seems as if the characters are animated in CG with 2D artwork put over them as the movements can feel almost uncanny every now and then, but rarely was it that distracting. There are some moments looked insanely choppy with blatantly low frame rates in comparison to everything else, though as per usual, this is apparently fixed in blu-rays and cinemas. Regardless, the film still looks amazing, even if the studio apparently ran out of budget for this film, and the fact that such a thing isn't noticeable at all is astounding, probably thanks to good cinematography and stellar digital effects.

RADWIMPS does several vocal tracks for the film's opening, ending, and background. None of them stick out, unfortunately, though that doesn't mean they're bad. In fact, after relistening to some of them, I find them mediocre at worst and decent at best. If there are any non-vocal background tracks, I don't remember them either. Ironic given what this film is about, which leads me to my final thoughts.

For a film about remembering, this film is awfully forgettable, especially in terms of its characters. As visually stunning as it is, I felt more annoyed than touched. This is easily the most forgettable film I've seen in quite some time, and it's not all that terrible but it's certainly not good in the slightest either from anything other than a visual perspective. Certainly not Number One anime film worthy, especially not when it's this contrived and unintentionally convoluted at time travel. I remember there was something about the director, Makoto Shinkai himself telling people to stop seeing this movie. He claimed that he didn't want people to see this as his magnum opus and for people to hold all of his films to that standard from now on, especially given the production issues that occurred towards the end. For me, I wouldn't know if this was his best film yet, but if so, then I dread his current filmography. With all that said, I bid you adieu.

Having Watched Garden of Words, 5 Centimeters a Second, I could kind of guess that Kimi No Na Wa would be a film of similar caliber. By similar caliber, I mean astounding visuals but lacking in plot and character. Kimi no Na Wa follows this trend, but flops completely when it comes to story and character.

Story 1/10

To be honest, I would give the story less than 1 if I could. Its not unexpected however, If you've watched similar movies such as Garden of Words and 5 Centimeters. However, Kimi no na Wa does exceptionally bad at the story.

Although a general slice of life, ... romantic comedy is acceptable, Kimi no Na Wa attempted to try to become something it was not. Most notable is the beginning of the story, in which the characters swap bodies and affect each others lives. Although this part of the story is admittedly generic and not outstandingly creative, it does give the story a casual air to it, which also leads to some throwback humor as well. I admit that I personally was curious as to how severely the main characters could alter each others lives. However, the story goes in the wrong direction when it attempts to swing the entire story towards disaster.

If Kimi no Na Wa was simply a romantic comedy with some quirks and spins of its own, the story would be acceptable. However the story completely destroys what little it had by beginning to focus on the meteor falling apart, which leads to ideas such as amnesia, body swapping, death, and some ridiculous plot holes.

Although no story is without flaw, Kimi no Na Wa fails to explain what is happening, and gives not the slightest clue as to why it is happening. After watching the movie, nobody knows why the main character's can't remember each other, why the male protagonist randomly decides to search for the girl, and why they swapped bodies. However that's not it.

The major sins of the story lie in the ridiculous concepts. The writers attempt to convince you that a child is able to first convince her friends that they are all going to die, and then proceeds to convince her father, the Mayor as well, who ultimately evacuates the entire town. It's hard to swallow that her friends could simply nod their heads and accept that they are going to die today, and its even more ridiculous how she was able to convince her father.
It only adds to my disappointment that the movie doesn't even show how she convinced her father, and simply cuts it out.

I could write a book on Kimi no Na Wa's story, but lets just leave it at the most outstanding major flaws.

Character 1/10

The character themselves are bland, boring, and most importantly, have ideals, goals and ideas that the watcher simply cannot understand.

There's no clear indicator as to why the characters fall in love, and what they like about each other. However their unrealistic motives only add to their already boring characteristics.

And let me just say that boring characters are at times, okay. When it comes to casual shows or a simple slice of life, one can expect a character to be somewhat bland. However as a show that tries to make a huge impact, Kimi no Na Wa's characters jump from stagnant to super heroes, which gives the viewer no room for connection as the characters seem to act as puppets whose only purposes are to allow for the story to develop.

In general, the characters begin as generic and boring, and ended off as unrealistic and even more bland than before.

Art 10/10

However not all is lost, as Kimi no Na Wa shines in its vivid animation and golden scenery. This is to be expected by the producing studio, and it does not disappoint.

Sound 8/10

This is to be expected for any movie.

Enjoyment 3/10

I hate to rate enjoyment, as I was slightly interested in the beginning but quickly lost all interest as the story progressed. The arts good, so I wont give it a 1/10.

Overall 1/10

My general advice to you is to watch the movie and critique it by yourself first, without the input of others. However I would not recommend this movie to anyone, as there are so many better movies out there begging to be watched. Go watch a Gibly film and do yourself a favor.

Makoto Shinkai is a director that clearly loves the idea of "star-crossed lovers", "love at first sight" and the idea that once you fall in love, even as children, that you will be dedicated to that person forever even if circumstances change or the people in love change. In most of his previous films the characters fall in love instantly and we spend the rest of the film watching them pine over the other wishing that they could be together, even if decades have gone by without being in contact with each other. The clearest example of this is in 5cm Per Second where the ... protagonist simply cannot move on from a crush he had as a child on a close friend. Nevertheless, in The Garden of Words, there was a sense of growth in Shinkai as we get to actually see the main characters develop their relationship on screen. But, it still ends in the same way as the other Shinkai films with the protagonist pining for his lost love. I had hope that Shinkai would build on this growth with Your Name, to give even more depth and understanding of romance and love, however all this film gave me was disappointment.

Before delving into this disappointment, I want to mention the outstanding animation, backgrounds and sound design in Your Name. This is perhaps the cleanest looking film I've seen thus far. It is easy to be absorbed into the world of Your Name due to how well the film is presented. I would argue that Your Name is even better than 5cm Per Second in terms of visuals.

Now, while I could go on about the visuals, at the end of the day the purpose of these visuals is to tell a story, and here the story fails. On the surface, the initial plot to Your Name seems like it could work. The trailers covered the first half of the story, where the characters have to overcome their predicament of switching bodies every so often. Then comes the plot twist and from there, everything falls apart.

SPOILERS FROM HERE

Somehow, these characters are not only switching bodies, but they are also traveling through time. Yet, somehow they never realise they are traveling through time. This makes no sense at all. The characters would have picked up on this almost immediately through simply looking at their phones. But no, we're meant to believe that these characters are that stupid that they didn't realise what the date was every time they switched bodies. Both characters are then surprised when they try to find the other and notice the time difference. Mitsuha doesn't even question the idea that Taki is a few years younger in her timeline. This leads to the crisis where they need to change the past to save Mitsuha's town.

The rest of the film dealing with the evacuation of the town is ridiculous. At the very least they could have had a scene where Mitsuha opens up to her friends about the whole time travel thing to make things feel a bit more grounded, but instead they jump straight in to blowing up the power plant. The main conversation that is meant to convince the mayor to evacuate the town is done off screen, so we don't even get to see how Mitsuha has grown as a character in standing up to her father. Nevertheless, this is not as poorly handled as the main story of the film; the romance between our protagonists.

The biggest question I have for this film is this; at what point do these characters fall in love? During the first half of Your Name they are casually dealing with the body switching problem, then during the second half of the film they're in love. At no point do we get to see them doing anything that would lead to any romantic feelings developing. The only explanation we have is the usual for Shinkai; that they were destined to be in love even if they barely know each other. The worst part of this portrayal of romance is that when they finally get to have a discussion with each other, Taki just writes "I love you" on Mitsuha's hand instead of his god damn name so she can't even remember who he is. Then we're meant to assume that many years later, even after forgetting all the events that happened, that these two characters were waiting for each other to fall in love again. These people barely know each other, have almost no chemistry, and what they did learn about each other they forgot due to amnesia. It seems like Shinkai read Romeo and Juliet and assumed that's how a successful romantic relationship works and completely missed the point that its a tragedy about stupid teenagers making terrible decisions because they decided they are in love after barely knowing each other.

It seems that Shinkai still has no idea how relationships work. Your Name falls in to the same category as the rest of his films where the main characters are in love forever and we're meant to feel sad when they long for each other for years/decades. This view is simply too naive to be taken seriously. I can't recommend this to anyone unless you view love like Shinkai does.

my opinion on “kimi no na wa” „your name”
i wont be making statements on what exactly happened in the
anime, as that would spoil everything.

watching this was like watching paint dry.


i watched this with my friend, but let me get to the point.

- to be honest people might hate me for this, but this anime was very bad.
... the animation and art is good, but the storyline is so bad, its so confusing-
and its also boring, and it didnt even make me cry, nor sad. i did laughing
more than actually being upset.

the ending was okay i guess.
what ill never understand is how this is sad in any form of way.

i don’t understand all the hype over this overrated anime, its really really
terrible, and so random, everything happened too quickly too. both me,
and my friend both regret this and share the same opinions, its way too
overrated.

This is just The Lake House but animated, and instead of a mailbox, they body-swap. If you can watch this without thinking it's a 1-1 facelift of The Lake House, congratulations, you're delusional. There are way too many similarities, practically all of them, to believe that Shinkai had not seen The Lake House before making this atrocity. They even have a train scene where he tries to meet her. Ironically, the only part I enjoyed- the body-swapping- is the only part that is different. Well, aside from the sudden amnesia subplot in the last half-hour, because Shinkai felt he needed further justification for the title, ... which he didn't, that puts the last nails of the plot into the coffin.

Your Name also marks the first time Shinkai officially sold out to teen consumer culture by departing from his usual, good adult contemporary stories. It's one of the shallowest, easiest crowds you can sell out to, as seen by this awful, copy-pasted plot. I actually enjoyed 5 Cm for its realism in an industry bombastically oversaturated with wish fulfillment, and this takes an axe to that. Even his prior fantasy works could not be considered wish fulfillment. Children who Chase Lost Voices is currently my favorite of his works (I still need to see his old OVAs). It has some distinct themes about coping with death, but mostly it's just pure fun, something Your Name forgets to have because it was too busy checking off a marketing list for teens.

Sure, this movie looks great, but why watch a bad movie that looks good when Ghibli is a studio?

Now before you say anything the show itself was stunning, the animation, the drawing it was beautiful. But when we are talking about the story it's just bad. The story is very confusing and it's missing something it just feels incomplete. While the story is very original but it could be much better if it had more explanation or a longer movie. The ending really felt incomplete and empty, most of the story is just useless to the ending. I think the way the story was made is way too complicated and and too complex if the studio stuck to something simpler the movie could ... had been better in a lot of way.
Overall I think this movie is not worth watching for the story but the art is definitely a 10/10

QUICK REVIEW

Story : 1/10
Characters: 7/10
Art : 10/10
Music : 9/10
Overall : 4/10
The story needs better

Okay, I'm pretty sure anyone seeing this score would be shocked. To be honest, I was shocked first, by how popular this movie is. Today, everyone knows about Your Name. It was such a huge hit, even outside Japan. But really, aside from the visuals, there is literally nothing worth mentioning.


STORY
Everyone had this thought once : "I wish I had a chance to change my life!". This movie plays on that, by showing the story of two young people (a boy and a girl) who somehow switch with one another and live the other's life. First confused, they then get a hold of the situation ... and even manage to communicate through written messages, thus organizing their weird life.
Then, the story takes a dramatic turn when we learn that a comet is coming and may erase an entire town from the surface of the Earth (and as it happens, this is the village of one of the MCs).

So, what's wrong with that?
- First, I hate it when a story has two different plots but these aren't really linked with each other. Whenever the two stories can be taken separately, it means it failed to merge together. If you have to make several stories into one, make sure they converge in a coherent way.
- Then, I know it's just a story and I may be overthinking it, but the story as it is told is just full of plot holes, which make it totally unbelievable. Long story short : THERE IS NO ANSWER TO ANY MYSTERY. Why are these two people switching places? What exactly is this comet? Why does any of this happen? Basically, everything happens because DESTINY. And that's all. Everything is bound to happen, so it happens, end of story.
- Finally, worst of all : the love story is not believable at all. I mean, those two characters wind up falling in love, but they haven't even met!


ART
On that point, there isn't anything to blame. Well, I do have one thing to say : the animation wasn't as smooth as people pretend it is. It was globally clean, but there were several times where I found the motions quite unnatural. The same for the light effects : they were beautiful, but I didn't find them natural enough.


SOUND
I literally remember NOTHING, not even one track.


CHARACTER
As it is just a short movie, there is simply no time to introduce or develop the characters. As a result, we can't really blame the secondary characters for being one-dimensional and not interesting.
What I do blame is the fact that even the MCs are average. They have literally no particular trait. This was probably intended, so I guess that is not really a problem. The real problem is : since they have nothing particular, why would this story happen to THEM specifically? There's gotta be a reason for destiny to choose them, right?


ENJOYMENT
I did enjoy the visuals, but aside from that, I retain literally nothing from Your Name. A lot of it is way too ordinary to be interesting, and the parts which are unusual are full of plot holes, as the main mysteries are answered only by the typical answer "sh*t up, it's destiny".
That said, Your Name can be an emotional ride if you get in. I guess this is why it's so popular, and I (kinda) get it. I personally can't enjoy a story if it makes no sense.

Since this movie is currently sitting at the number 1 spot for all time top rated anime on this website, I assumed a large portion of you had already seen this movie, so this review will contain spoilers.
Now that I got that out of the way, let’s just jump right into it.

Kimi no na wa is Makoto Shinkai’s latest movie, the story follows a guy named Taki and a girl named Mitsuha begins to switch bodies because, well, reasons. The first half of the movie is just your typical Slice of Life comedy that involves characters switching bodies. For the most part, it was ... harmless, until they tries to be something else in the second half.

The huge plot twist of this movie is that apparently Taki is not just switching bodies with mitsuha, but he’s apparently went 3 years back in time before Itomori (the village that mitsuha’s living in) got destroyed by a comet.
Now now now, where do I even begin with all of this nonsense. So, apparently Taki was time travelling back in time the whole time yet, he didn’t realize that he was actually sent back to 3 years before the present? Hello? Am I the only one who noticed how stupid it was?

How could Taki didn’t notice that he was time travelling back in time despite the fact that he was using mitsuha’s phone to write a diary? Uhm, I’m sorry but as far as I know every fucking phone in this entire goddamn planet tells you the current date and time AT THE TOP ON ITS FUCKING SCREEN, HOW DOES TAKI AND MITSUHA DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE THE SIMPLEST THING SUCH AS THAT?

Oh yeah I get it, because if they actually realized it right away the whole thing where Taki goes to meet mitsuha in person and found that she was actually dead long time ago wouldn’t be as dramatic as it would be if they didn’t realize it. Once again, anime is treating its viewers like some kind of retard, not so suprising eh?

I don’t really mind about how they didn’t explain the whole body switching works. But to completely ignore logic just for the sake of being dramatic is beyond unforgivable.

Well aside from the incoherent plot this movie excels at the presentation. Its really gorgeous and the colours are vivid. The show composition were great but that doesn’t hide the fact that the story was a complete mess. If I'd to rate this movie solely because of the Presentation alone, it would be 8 or higher, sadly, the plot is a huge turn off for me that not even pretty colours could change my opinion about the movie.

As for the characters they’re completely forgettable and there’s nothing really stand out about them. The one thing that I don’t get is Taki and Mitsuha’s relationship. Just because you swapped bodies doesn’t mean that you have to fall in love with each other, their relationship has literally no chemistry whatsoever, even Taki and his coworker relationship makes more sense than him being with Mitsuha.

There are more things to cover about this movie but I think this would be enough.

In short, Kimi no na wa is far from what you can call a “Masterpiece”. But if you can ignore everything and just literally “turn your brain off” I can see why someone would like it. But as for me, I could not just overlook how stupid this movie is.

A disappointment. Shinkai has never failed to not impress me. With characters as flat as cardboard and a story that could have been mastered by a five year old, Your name has positive ratings and that fact has baffled me to no end. I shall now proceed with my review, but I advise you to be cautious as my thoughts might offend you greatly.


Story:

An absolutely wonderful story (sarcasm) filled with so many plotholes and contradictions you might feel your head burst, not to mention the constant avoidance of explaining even the most bizarre occurances, leaving many to just say, "Well, it's magic!" Where ... shall I begin?

1) A huge meteorite is going past earth. A chunk of it breaks and hurtles towards Earth. If one takes basic science into consideration, this comet ought to have disintegrated upon entering the Earth's atmosphere, but it didn't and the movie left us cursing the japanese government merely because of the fact that it wont take a genius to at least be AWARE of a giant meteorite that can't be burned down (We're in the twenty first century. Are you implying that you have no sorts of telescopes to at least observe a comets size and determine whether it's gonna burn up or not?) can be a huge threat. Apparently, this comet can cause a body switching to occur. We have no explanation to why this happens, it's just because of magic.

2. Two people switch bodies with eachother and have not at least attempted to check their surroundings (Because body switching is not suspicious.) They continue disrupting eachothers lives while ignoring the possibilities and danger, as shown by the mere fact the boy does not even know where the girl lives for fucks sake (He needed to use his scetches to determine where she lived). No one tries to bother checking the year and none of them even notice the year by newspapers, articles, calenders or even fucking cellphones.

3. After the timetravel happens, we have a brief flash of Mitsuha remembering the comet that hit her. We have no explanation as to why she remembered all of a sudden but it just happened. Magic! ! !

4. How can Taki and Mitsuha not even remember their names after they've met eachother before twilight? (the part where Mitsuha has to evacuate everybody and has gone to the ruins to find Taki.) I posted this on reddit a few hours ago and many comments refuted me and claimed that they were in a dreamlike state (I have realised never to share opinions on reddit, but that's another story.) However, we can clearly see that Taki has a perfect and detailed memory of Itomori, as shown in his drawings. Was remembering Mitsuha's name such a difficulty for him? Why? And why did he forget it on that exact moment?

5) When Mitsuha goes to the train at 2013, why hadn't she noticed the fact that Taki was younger? Considering that both had vivid memories (as displayed by Taki's art), why can't she at least not see that he's different? She was able to find him familiar at the end of the movie, despite having nearly all of her memories about him lost (She could not even remember his fucking name). For someone her age it would not be a huge feat to realise that something is wrong with her boyfriend. Speaking of boyfriends....


Characters

So far the only things I can say about Mitsuha and Taki is that Taki is boyish and full of anger (I needed to know this by the waitress' remarks) while Mitsuha is girly and cares for everyone. You might argue that the movie had a limited screentime but that theory was refuted many times as displayed by Disney's Lion King, Mulan, Frozen and Miyazaki's Howl Moving castle (Though the only characters who I thought deserved the title of well round and interesting was the Witch and Calcifer.) The romance between them is quite forced as shown by the mere fact that none of them even know where they live. A body switching is not sufficient enough to cause such a deep attraction, and while the attraction would be understandable if both characters had amazing qualities that would make anyone love them, having a normal and boring past is not going to do much.


Animation

The art style was wonderful. The animation? Not so much. It starts of smooth and compelling and ends up so rigid in a matter of seconds that one would feel cheated just by looking at it. I appreciate the part where Mitsuha's mother is looking at her newborn but other than that not a single moment deserved a shoutout. The animation was average at best.


Music:

The music was not that great either. A generic soudtrack to be honest. I found it quite annoying that they placed a song in several crucial moments, like when Mitsuha is trying to evacuate everyone and a generic love songs pops up. Your character is on the verge of dying and the fate of everyone is in her hands, everyone in the movie theater is holding their breaths, what do you do? Pop a singer here.



Atmosphere

The moments between Taki and Mitsuha were awkward, and a bunch of unnecessary moments were stuffed in here and there. An example could include the part where Taki in Mitsuha's body is racing towards the cliff and the camera shows the back view of Mitsuha's skin as the skirt flies up and down. Not the best moment when you're trying to save everyone. Not to mention the sudden tantrum Taki had just because he forgot Mitsuha's name, or Mitsuha falling down while running towards her father's office (Note, this is the part where the meteorite is hurtling toward Earth) only to stare at her hand and sob as she forgets Takis name. I was extremely pissed when they build a lot of suspense for the final confrontation between Mitsuha and her father only to cut it off and forget about it.


Enjoyment:

It's quite a feat for such a simple movie to crush people's attention and cause such misconception. The explanation of what is going on is tossed here and there, leaving the viewer confused and baffled. It might be due to the contradiction, as shown above (Having vivid memories at one moment but then forgetting names at the other) or merely the language barrier but nevertheless I was not compelled to rewatch this monstrosity. I would have rated this movie a bit lower had I not been entertained for the 20 minutes after the first hour but the ending made me check my watch due to how slow it was. Speaking of slow, the movie has a habit of dragging on and on and when something does happen it feels so rushed one can bearly make out what they're saying.

A 4/10

I shall now end this review with the generic statement almost every other reviewer has used once in their lifetime: Do not watch this.

what went wrong? everything is what i'd like to say.

i never wanted to write a 'review' here, congrats ''your name'' for being that disappointing.

it seems like all the effort went into making the movie as visually appealing as possible. other than that? you get nothing. tbh, the 'gorgeous' animation effect was only good in the first quarter or so.

a summary would be; a bunch of hopeless clips put together in hopes of moving the audience with some arguably nice backgrounds and decent music which, unfortunately, failed in every aspect.

there was nothing memorable from this except my frustration and the need to just get to ... the ending. the story could've been explained properly instead of forcing so many disastrous plot holes. their meeting, connection and love made no sense at all. honestly, they themselves made no sense, were they even real? they were created in such a way that they looked like cardboard cut outs to me. their nonexistence dialogue was boring and their interaction? lacking depth and emotions.

i think i will just stop here before i waste more energy on this. this had the potential to be decent at least, but they chose to do it the other way. peace.

Everyone says that this is a great anime. Strongly disagree sadly, visuals and sounds are excellent yes, but personally I didn't enjoy the natural disaster based plot.

The main protagonists personality was unclear, a mix of traits that don't fit together or make sense.The fact that they forget in the whole thing makes it unbearably boring for me.

Romance is supposedly the key point and even though romance is my favorite genre, didn't enjoy this one at all. Bad ending as well because romance didn't go anywhere,I wasn't even convinced that they love each other to be honest

Just all in all worse than average.

PS. Still salty ... about watching this. 6 weeks later.

My detailed scores are the following:
Story: 3
Art: 10
Sound: 9
Character: 3
Enjoyment: 3

*Reading this review will make you notice bad things about the movie. So if you haven't seen it yet, don't read this.

Your Name is like that one SpongeBob episode where he's wearing inflatable muscles that look impressive, but when he tries to actually lift weights his arms pop off his shoulders. Your Name looks great visually, but as far as plot goes, its arms pop off.

It's also a good-hearted Film with wonderful art.
If you're looking to zone out to something on a rainy Sunday afternoon and can easily emotionally connect with movies, Your Name may be a good pick. It has some really great ... background art to take in, a few funny scenes, and has sincerity to it.

However, I did score this a 4/10. Being fairly boring aside, its main problem is that it does not make sense. Its leaps of logic took me out of the movie, including: confusing scene order, a peabrained "romance" storyline, and contradictory/unexplained plot devices. Makoto Shinkai is clearly skilled in art and cinematography, but here, the storytelling is not very much that. I feel like the movie rides on its charm and visuals, hoping that's enough for you to not notice its poor writing. To be fair, the strategy worked for most of its audience.

The characters are likable (I liked Mitsuha the most), but you don't get to know them well. Not enough for them to be of much impact. My favorite stories are character-driven, and this isn't. But Miyazaki characters are the same way, yet those movies are pretty good. I did feel a tinge of emotion for these characters, but I hardly knew them and their story wasn't told well, so it wasn't much.

I can see why people like Your Name, it has its moments and is visually outstanding. Most people like the movie, maybe you do as well. Maybe I'll like it more someday when I'm less critical, since I did like parts of it.

Still, the more I think about the movie, the more I believe that its plot was only about 70% properly finished. What it tried to deliver needed another 45 minutes of character and plot development, because much of it makes no sense and feels cut off from itself, like an incomplete sentence. Maybe Shinkai knows this more than anyone and ran out of time by a large measure.

A good-spirited movie with fantastic visuals, enjoyable humor, and a disjointed narrative.

Might I add this: when you encounter someone who dislikes something popular that you enjoyed yourself, you can see them as someone to resent and oppose, or you can see them as someone who wasn't allowed to enjoy something everyone else did. A boat you may be in sooner or later.

TL;DR: Your Lame XD

4/10

(I really tried to explain how that "thing" feels like.)

I really don't like to see those overrated animes. I don't why but, animes getting better until the score 8. But after the score 8, it goes worse.
I don't usually give low scores to animes. But this one is not an anime. So there is no problem.

Story
Let be honest there is nothing special about the story.
I can't even find the sentences to describe how basic it is.
Also, there are many questions about how those things are happening. The mystery... But I don't really care about those things. Because I generally watch animes for the characters I ... don't really care about the story part but it was an average.

Story/Characters
This was the kind of story I really don't like. "The puppets of the writer". While watching the "anime", I really didn't understand why they are doing those things, why they are acting like that... I know, they love each-other but this is the worst part. Why they love each other... Because the writer wants it.

Characters
Most of the characters are the personalities I don't like. But it doesn't matter because they don't really have personalities. They are just puppets. It was like watching some characters that controlling by a child. None of them have feelings. I didn't feel anything while watching them. I couldn't make any connection with myself. They were empty.

Art/Sound
I don't give my art scores for how beautiful they are.

Art
As I said before this is not an anime. This is just a basic love story that has mysteries and drawn in anime(ish) style. The art is really nice to watch but that's all. If this was just an art competition, I would give it a 10. But the art of "anime" was absolutely bad. It doesn't even deserve a score.
The art in anime should make you feel the feelings of the characters. This is what makes it special. But It was just like watching people on the street. In real life, you can't know how people feel, but you should be able to see the feelings in an anime. You can see the feelings by using of many styles in an anime. Even with just using of the facial expressions. You may don't look like that in real life. But an anime doesn't care about how its look like in real life, it cares how it feels. But this was just like watching a movie with anime(ish) draw style. So It doesn't even deserve a score.

Sound
The sound was a little bit better but not enough. It was just like the Art.

Enjoyment
I didn't feel anything. I didn't even cry. I couldn't connect to any of characters. It was basic. I really don't understand why the people like this. But watching the ceiling is much better than watching this anime.

What is this?

Supernatural, mystery?
No, this is a love story.

Love story?
I didn't feel anything.

Feeling of the characters?
What characters? I didn't see anything alive.

I really should give this 1 but people worked really hard on it. So I'm going to give it 2.

Honestly, I couldn't even watch the "Anime". Because it keeps saying
"Watch me, give me 10. See that thing, it was beautiful right?!?! I am a masterpiece. You should give me 10. Give me 10. I'm a love story. I used everything to make me looks like a masterpiece. I'm not good but it doesn't matter because I'm the describe of a masterpiece."

it was a complete waste of time and the story was a total shit.. An anime is what we suppose to enjoy but your name completely ruined my enjoyment....though the animation was good. Although your name is overrated.Well the audience should connect with story but in my case it was so boring that I didn't even wanted to connect.
1.your name is overrated
2.It's not easy for every viewer to connect with the story easily.
3.At the beginning of the anime the story was confusing.
4.The animation was good.
5.the plots of the story wasn't interesting at all( except for few)

I don't understand how this movie got so high up the ratings. I watched it because it looked popular and had a very high rating but I couldn't even finish it. There were parts that were so dumb I had to skip past them because I felt like shutting it off there and just not watching the rest.

If you're only going to watch this because of it's popularity, DON'T! I'm starting to think it was a website malfunction that put this at the top of the list because it sure doesn't compare to some of the other stuff that is lower down the rating.

POOR! ... Awful story, hard to keep linear, it's all over the place. Sci-Fi meets some sick, twisted teenage girl love show.

*****TL;DR - This movie is absolute garbage.

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAIN SPOILERS

Oh, look at this, another anime that is highly overrated because it's pretty colours. Let's see together what is supposed to make this movie special, popular and loved:

1. Beginning: The movie already started with a plot convenience with the body swap. It was never explained how it works, what are the possible consequences and how can be reversed. Also, this premise is used for a comic purpose instead of trying to explore how this affects the protagonists psychologically and, through this premise, they could even have increased their empathy thanks to the experience of the exchange of bodies. There were more ... interesting ideas that could have been executed with this premise, although in the end they used it as a joke.

2. Characters: The protagonists are, basically, a comic relief during the first half. We know little to nothing about them beyond all the comedy they performed with them. In the second half, they were a failed attempt of time traveling superheroes. I'm not lying when I say that the characterization and/or backstory is nearly inexistent.

3. Time Traveling: This trope was used in the most retarded and convenient way possible. It is introduced because yes, it is never explained how it works, during the time traveling they always ended meeting each other, which is quite convenient. Why don't they end up on different timelines? How many days in time did they go back? Because they never said it during the movie, on any of the occasions. Also, the amnesia for time traveling appears when it suits the script best. Even they met in spiritual form, wtf? That's how retarded this movie is. And what the protagonists did after they met during time travelings? Nothing that contributes to the plot, story or character development.

4. The second half: After the introduction of time traveling, our protagonists try to change a past event that could have killed thousands of people. And why did they do that? They never knew about this case in first place. And how did they planned to do it? This part happened behind the scenes, for real? The writers were lazy even for their biggest plot twist. At the end, the case was solved without any time paradox, even if this doesn't make sense. Talking to the last sentence, of in the original time line, the deaths never happened, so all this plot twist was a total nonsense.

5. Ending: After the solving of the case, later, they met each other and magically remembered everything that happened. What a great way to end this movie.

Conclusion: It was terrible in many levels, if I didn't rated lower was because the animation and production values.