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| I've been planning to give this a try for years and now that I've finally done so, I can say that this was certainly a bizarre yet fun experience that was nothing like I had expected. I've only just found out that the guy who directed this was the same one who directed The Girl Who Leapt in Time and that detail definitely explained why I got the same impression I got watching this. I went in expecting that the movie would be set in OZ for the majority of the film's runtime and even if that was technically the case, I was more surprised and pleased towards the very big focus on the importance of family and connecting with others. As silly as this movie was in a lot of parts, it was both wholesome and amusing throughout. |
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| I spent years spacing this off, literally since it came out, and I could've spaced it off indefinitely. It seems like familial bonds are a recurring theme in Mamoru Hosoda's works, but comparing it to Wolf Children, an organic and wholesome family struggle, this was over the top and goofy and I didn't find it remotely emotionally gripping. For how often I find his takes spot on, the legendary Archaeon swung a miss on this recommendation. |
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| Damn, this was an incredible movie! Both in terms of whack and emotions, lol. I'd been planning to give this a shot for the longest time and I can say for certain that it definitely lives up to its fame. Recurring theme of family but this time with a touch of wildness, I like that. Chaotic but intriguing at the same time. Also, the Grandma is a serious .. respect. Yes, simple as that. That smile in the end. 10/10 Animation standard especially with the insane level of detail that was evident was another fabulous aspect of the movie. I'm still a little taken aback by that, to be honest. Story-wise however, it was probably a little too over the top after all but entertaining throughout nonetheless. I just couldn't take the romance bit seriously though, I was just grinning like an idiot because of how ridiculous (on a positive note more so, I guess) it was. Going to settle with a very well-deserved 8/10 here. Certainly wouldn't mind re-watching this in the near future. |
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| To be honest I didn't like the Voice acting . . . It felt out of place |
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| Just finished the movie two hours or so ago, despite expecting quite a bit more of romance (or just character interactions in general, but I'm not complaining about that) and while watching I did feel like some scenes could have done with a slightly faster pacing, I found it quite great overall! I feel like they alternated well enough between the family setting and OZ's and the whole movie just felt comfy all around. I feel like playing koi-koi hyped me more for the game part, as soon as I saw that Natsuki had an Ame-Shikō and a cherry blossom card on her hand I could barely contain myself, to this day I only managed to pull a Gokō once and watching her do it felt like the real thing for me. I really enjoyed this movie, personally it scored quite close to a 9/10 but I might just settle on a 8/10, I don't know, I'll sleep on it. PS: Don't do cards, kids. EDIT: the following day I just got another Gokō, what a truly blessed movie. |
OutsiderRatFeb 15, 2021 12:42 PM
| lmao this movie was tripping balls The whole virtual world part was too abstract, however the whole family part was incredibly lovely overall 8/10 animation was great |
Zadion said: same reason i decided to watch this... this movie was mehhFor how often I find his takes spot on, the legendary Archaeon swung a miss on this recommendation. |
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| I put this on hold for the longest minute lmao. Glad I got to this. What a cool movie, I feel that this was a little ambitious, throwing quite a few chances of major developments but actually doing little with them. Anyways I liked this regardless, the concept of OZ is strange tho, that would never be allowed irl. Also, the romance here is hella weak and kinda forced. But that is a side complaint. |
| Watched this today. Not much i can say rather than a very well done art and animation from Mad House, once again, at those years, coming for this Summer Wars. Never expect this simple movie about such a huge family summer gathering became more hype with a lot of good action and nice little drama surrounding their efforts against an evil ai invading the world internet system and its nerworking. Too bad Kenji can't even kiss his beloved senpai, making the whole movie a little bit bummer through the end. Though, overall is okay, nothing outstanding for me. But the hype is real with a nice little animation they've got through all those transitions. Its all were good at those years, honestly. Summer Wars, without a doubt is surprising me. Its not too complex like i thought before. The overall characterization coming from Kenji for example, was a bit shallow for his overall characterization. Even Natsuki loves drama with his uncle actually unnecessary to be explained. Then, the execution through the end of the ai actually a bit rushed and forced to make Kenji back to his status quo as the mc. However, without a doubt, the Summer Wars actually is good enough to keep me entertain. Even until the last grandma photo change to give such a strong happy ending through her big fuckin family. The end, and y'know what. Its actually scares me for a minute before, ngl.... |
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| A very well done movie! 1. Artwork - well done, I felt the kitchen heat as well as the ice cooling the server/grandma 2. Story - the absurdity of OZ was matched by the craziness of the family dynamics and it all worked well for me, lots of emotions and they were done nicely 3. Voices - I really loved the women's voices while they were bantering, it sounded like a lot of holidays that I have attended in my family. All in all.....10/10 for this movie. I cared for the family and the outcome. Grandma was outstanding and the smile at the end just capped it. |
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| Unexpectedly, I enjoyed this movie! It has a family drama in it but not too melodramatic that would make you cringe, unlike some anime out there. The OZ system didn't look realistic at some points, but I tend to ignore it because it had captured my attention for how entertaining it was. There is also a moral lesson to this story which I always appreciate in movies. Family is where your home is, and there's no obstacle that you couldn't overcome as long as your family had your back. |
 She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did! |
| It's like free guy |
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| Bizarre but nice movie. Interesting as this movies themes are even more relevant today than they were when it released in 2009. |
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| Didn't expect myself to tear up...how the grandma died and trying to revive is exactly what happened to my grandma as well...same month too.. The flashbacks with the uncle when he was young tho holding grandma's hand got me bawling This hits to the heart... |
"Everyone fails sometimes But dreams won't fade, dreams won't fade Let's chase them as many times as it takes and don't lose Because today after all is today and once you wake up, it'll be a new morning" ~Aqours~ |
| I suppose my decision to watch this movie before the end of summer had kinda worked in the end, The film itself is kinda interesting, whole diginal universe stuff is kinda crazy and sometimes questions raising but overall I liked how some things weren't fully predictable. It feels more than just focus on OZ thing, the family interactions and all the different characters we see there kinda doesn't let this anime become a full boredom fest and helps it go towards the finish like. The animation is very nice and well polished , as expected from great Madhouse studios. I think its a pretty good film, not fully perfect in terms of plot and fully developing some character aspects but a very great and unique full of fun ideas and moments expierence that reminds of disney and pixar style during those times of its release. 7.9//10 |
| A fine movie about family love. I liked it. |
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Pretty poor really. No real main character and with so many things going on all at once, it just felt like a mess. Art and sound design were poor also, especially the choice of VAs.
Story was barely passable but stupid really. Who in the right mind would entrust a social networking tool important country infrastructures anyway? It's like using Facebook to control the world.
All in all, a poor movie and rubbish when compared to his previous work.
/What's the deal with Kenji looking the same as Makoto?
Story was barely passable but stupid really. Who in the right mind would entrust a social networking tool important country infrastructures anyway? It's like using Facebook to control the world.
All in all, a poor movie and rubbish when compared to his previous work.
/What's the deal with Kenji looking the same as Makoto?
| @aero The part about OZ sounds quite stupid, but I actually enjoyed the rest. The part about the family and their hospitality towards mc was quite nice to watch. |
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| Though i wanted to like this movie more, it just wasnt for me. The characters werent really likable to me. My favourite character in this movie was Mansuke the man in the red shirt. Between the main cast i didnt really like any of them except Kazuma. Wabisuke almost ruined the movie for me. He came along and it made me mad that Natsuki dropped everything that had to do with Kenji to go gush over him and basing Kenji's cover story on him was what really made me mad. The animation was alright. Everywhere i looked felt like it was in a lower quality, but it was still good i quess. The best part of this movie was the ending song it was pretty good. Overall 6/10. |
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| i made it 10 minutes to the reveal of the "fake boyfriend" plot element and i'm out the door |
| I liked it, I can definitely see the very obvious similarities to the Digimon movie. |
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| Summer wars. The land of Oz . Spoilers held within. 4 million million communities of communication . The two whales are the guardian angels of this realm. He wants to make his theme for the summer girls. She is already manipulating and breaking up friendships. She is waiting in front of the bell. He used modular arithmetic. They were rich many generations ago. A house on holy grounds. Wild Assumption to make. She enforced a little bit of marriage upon him. He claims he is man enough to die for her. A wild thing to refuse. It may be some major red flags, but it’s being handed right to him. He brought three crates full of living squids. Why didn’t she run her fake fiancé by her second cousin. There is no room for mediocre men. The most popular girl in their college OK. The shame arrives just in time. She is the only one happy to see him. America, can you believe it? I wonder if she will start gatekeeping. He is quickly code breaking off of his flip phone. Flowers are blooming as thesun rises. He is awoken with accusations of criminality. He accidentally hacked into the entire Internet. He cracked the strongest algorithm out there in one night. He solved the most complicated math problem ever. Graffiti upon God. The rabbit is revealed. It is eating peoples identity. He is tricked by the oldest one in the book. They are practicing how to sing happy birthday. It would be quite odd if this guy was the culprit. It is all a love machine AI. Her scheme is exposed. It’s not a game it’s a sport. She was in love with her cousin. He thinks them as they are kicking him out. He has all the keys and he is trying to unlock the main hole. He apologizes for the traffic. Everyone’s GPS is down. They are hacking into the city’s. They are causing chaos throughout all of society. All of the emergency services are being tricked. Even all might is a victim. The domino chains of civilization are all beginning to fall. No one can make it. He has a universal password to take over the entire world. Over 1 billion users. Isn’t that less than like Facebook? I have confirm confirmation that is 1/3 of the size of Facebook. Maybe the president has nukes set up to the Internet. More like a war than a computer problem. She is readying the lineages for battle. She is rebuilding ancient bridges. It wasn’t his fault after all. The technologically impossible is in occurrence. Silly boy. 2 million. Why are these numbers so small? A bad apple without question. The whole world against one machine. OK, it was him. I had a feeling. But at least it’s revealing it less than halfway through and he isn’t doing it within the house as far as we know now. It is consuming the world’s strongest warriors. What. It has a major Jones for knowledge. He is as strong as a million man army. She is attempting to slay him. It doesn’t pack much of a punch without a wager. The kind of silly goose who would rope some nice boy into being her fake fiancé. She believes in him more than he does. She has still got it. There are soft chimes in the night. And throughout his dreams. What! Dang. That’s how you do it. The Internet is connected to life-support monitors. Breastfeeding in grief. Didn’t even make it to the birthday. And now he has a strict promise from her., what is going on? Trauma dumping at a time like this. Giving a man a destination and inspiration to get there. She wants to be held in the smallest way possible. What a way for it to happen. He is talking revenge. He is insisting on waging war before a funeral. He speaks his mind at an odd time. You have to protect others to protect yourself. It’s time for a rematch. If it worked then then it can work now. War preparations beside funeral preparations. He brings in a super computer. He is breaking apart buildings to bring in a boat. And a military antenna. A challenge to the AI. He is being attacked by various objects and buildings. The God is lured into the trap. Everywhere becomes part of the trap and the house. The whole world cheers. But the errors begin. He is foiling their plans. The hand of chaos bursts from the head. 400 million accounts all as one amalgamation. It is scrambling the world’s clocks. It is going to crash the satellite into them. A letter from beyond. It may be crazy, but it may be the only way. He is defeated and devoured. They are finishing each other’s thoughts and sentences. He came to see her now he must come to say goodbye. Never turn your back on family even if they hurt you. The game went into extra innings. They are going to game his defeat. They turned the world into one big game. 26 out of hundreds of millions. She loses it all with half the time gone. Everyone is offering their lives to save the world. Half the world is put on her shoulders. Finally, the guardian angels join in as well. The angels bless her with the rarest item. She hits him hard with the winning card. And this temporary God explodes. They won, but something is wrong. The satellite is still crashing into them. He is risking his life, to implant an error. He needs to solve another one of the world’s hardest puzzles in mere minutes. And then he does it again. Then he does it again instantly. A new hot spring is created. Everyone lines up to attend the funeral that saved the world. It was America’s fault. He is killed by the first kiss. She even laughs from beyond. That was great. Summer wars. It seemed to do just about everything right and there isn’t much to say about it. I think it did a great job of mixing the virtual and real world. Right now I’m feeling a very strong eight, and if it continues to be significant to me in the future, it could even go up, to a nine. Something about this and that one vampire one are making me think that dirty pair is more of an eight. I think I was over, valuing the visuals of that one, and I can’t confidently say it’s better than this film. I don’t really have many criticisms. You could argue that there was a lot of coincidence. But you couldn’t really have it without that. A good film. Also I guess there is a way to post about a movie without making a full review. |
TheVistrianAug 28, 4:32 PM
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