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| This movie seemingly couldn't be bothered to pace itself properly. In an effort to induce cheap emotions out of the viewer, it hurls a conga line of unfortunate events and misery at you for most of its length, and then resolves it with a timeskip and a bunch of flashbacks for a bittersweet ending. Also, why was Ariel so eager to throw his life away for a kingdom that captures, rapes, and subjugates the species that Maquia belongs to en masse? Not neccessarily a bad movie, but it doesn't have its priorities straight. |
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| Well, it's been long since I cried like this. I'm touched. Motherhood: the movie. After all these years, P.A Works made another real tear jerker, after Angel Beats! that is. At least for me. |
HumbertoZeroFeb 11, 2024 1:57 PM
| This movie was just heart-wrenching, it brought tears to my eyes. The visuals were dangerously beautiful. It also stirred up many emotions inside me and I can't put a name to all of them; desperation of love, its beauty, the lonesomeness, anxiety, and happiness mixed with sorrow idk how much more. |
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| So she waited all those years to meet her daughter and then she jumped off the building? What the actual fuck!? |
| thought i was in the mood for a movie like this…. fk… i can’t stop crying man almost dropped the movie a couple times too. that ending killed me tho really makes you think about everything and how time flies big oof |
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| Tears. Just tears is all I'm feeling running down my face right now. The story of a woman raising a son who will eventually outlive her is both heartbreaking and beautiful. The animation does a great job showing the passage of time, especially in the touching recap of Ariel’s life with Maquia at the end. It’s a sad and unfair world, but Maquia finds peace with it. The visuals in this movie on the other hand, the movie is filled with stunning scenes and superb animation. I remember a moment where I was in tears, yet still admiring the beautiful background. Before this, I considered P.A. Works to be an above-average studio—good, but not exceptional. This movie, however, has completely changed my view. When they get it right, they really get it right. It’s tragic that the family who took in Maquia all end up passing away from old age. This makes the movie really sad, especially with the emotional soundtrack. Maquia has to keep moving on, meeting new people and saying goodbye over and over through the centuries. A lot of questions and plot holes, but in the end, what a fucking beautiful movie. Maquia's character has a lot of story potential. I’d like to see more about the people she has to say goodbye to next. There’s a special kind of sadness in that which I’d love to see more of. Kinda reminds me of Frieren idk xD |
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| good story built on fantastical elements ,which weren't explained quite clearly though,mixed with real life elements without jumping over the cruel elements of humanity .A tribe befallen put amidst onstage for the ever endless deplorable struggle for power by homo sapiens .The men wiped and women taken as prisons for their wombs to house babies of the aggressors.Maquia lucked out considering the whole plot going on backstage.She experienced what means to love ,the weight behind it and the loneliness which is associated with it .And she regretted none of it after bidding goodbye as she should be .Can't help but sympathise with my boi Krim .Dedicated his life trying to free Leila ,pulled some strings which infact bear fruit but got rejected personally as the lady in question Leila wanted to hug her daughter and shower her with love .And guess what she did later on..lol --imma free birrd leeet me fly yeehaw !! |
| This movie got me ugly crying so badly, I had no idea what they were cooking and then they hit me like a brick with emotions at the end of the movie. I feel like this is such a hidden gem that deserves more praise |
| The ending got the water works on. Interesting story and would like a little more explanation for the world they built but very cute. |
| Loli mother of dragons meets KyoAni. Generic from the design and tropes to the war and family themes. Half-baked story, paper-thin characters, predictable ending. Technically good, but nothing unique. Terribly cheesy music. Annoying whisper-y voice acting and even more annoying crybaby lead. Overrated sappy moeblob galore, bored me to tears after ten minutes, was hard to finish. Moe immortal mommies, pseudo-incestuous vibes, and dragons make this an otaku's wet dream. A dog's sad death and hot dudes/soldiers. I won't remember other aspects. |
 watching, waiting, commiserating |
| Beautiful music and animation. Ariel lived a good life. |
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| I was fr bawling and felt like my heart was RIPPED OUT watching this movie my god. There’s so much packed into this movie and it got me feeling so many conflicted emotions at once. I was genuinely feeling so heartbroken yet happy at the same time and was constantly going back and forth throughout it. I think what really got me was the scene when Leila and Maquia were on the dragon and she said “It was so hard. It hurt...but it's still such a beautiful world. I couldn't forget it.” Because if that doesn’t summarize the experience of human life I don’t know what words would better capture it. I definitely appreciated how this movie gave me a lot to think about and sit with some complex emotions. Yet it's not a forced message the movie has but a genuinely compelling story. Also I’m going to put my rant about onee (really maybe several) points in spoiler just to let it out of my system and so I don’t look insane lol...it’s a long one |
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