Sep 28, 2017
I suppose I must be in the minority of people who did not enjoy this movie. I went into it expecting a beautiful story that, while sad, would have the uplifting sort of end that I have come to expect from Ghibli. The score and English voice acting were okay for the time when it was made and the art was okay. My issue with this movie comes with the plot and the characters. The plot is slow moving and there are clear plotholes that only make sense if the main character is stupid. I found myself often checking the time wondering how much
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longer until it was over. So before I go into please note that there will be spoilers ahead.
So first of all, why did their mother leave ahead of them to go to the shelter? Your oldest kid is fourteen and bombs are being dropped on your city, so why the hell did you leave him and your four-year-old daughter alone to walk through a burning city to the shelter. The answer is that if she didn't she wouldn't have died and the movie wouldn't have a premise.
Next, why didn't he take out more money sooner? It appeared, to me at least, that they spent it all on the stove and such so I was super surprised when he is told she is going to die if she doesn't eat more and he tells his sister he will withdraw more money from the bank. If you still had money in the bank then why did you let her get so thin? You didn't have to steal food from farmers you could have just bought it. And even if you say that they couldn't buy food with money because money had no value compared to trade you can still consider that if they went to Tokyo it would likely be easier to buy with cash.
And while we're on the topic of Tokyo; He made absolutely no attempt to find his other family that lived there.
The main character seemingly does nothing o try to better their situation, aside from moving his sister into an outdoor shelter and stealing food from people. There were dozens of things he could have done to prevent the death of his sister like getting a job or swallowing his pride and moving back with his aunt, but no, instead he just lets his little sister starve to death while they still have plenty of money in the bank.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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