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Aug 1, 2024
My overall take: A nice tribute to the human affinity for music, despite some pacing issues.

In this movie, Nobita and his friends respond to a mysterious request seeking help from "talented musicians". I was very intrigued when I first heard about the premise, because music is a theme that the Doraemon films had not really explored before. Now that the movie has been released, I'm happy to report that I had a pretty good time with it. Beyond the handling of its main subject matter, I enjoyed that the foreshadowing here was surprisingly well thought out. There's so much setup in the beginning and middle ...
Mar 16, 2024
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My overall take: Could benefit from minor adjustments to the pacing and writing, but a solid, emotionally charged addition to the franchise.

In this movie, Nobita thinks life would be much better if he lived in a utopia, and asks Doraemon to help him find one. There are quite a few things I enjoyed about this film. The story is well crafted for most part, making effective use of foreshadowing. It's certainly one of the most emotionally driven Doraemon movies, with several heartfelt moments among the characters, especially between Nobita and Doraemon and between Doraemon and the "perfect" robot cat Sonya. Speaking of which, Doraemon being ...
Mar 16, 2024
Mixed Feelings
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My overall take: Was not a fan of the first Stand by Me Doraemon, but this one is an improvement.

As its title suggests, this is a sequel to Stand by Me Doraemon (2014). Following the events of that movie, Nobita and Doraemon travel to the future to witness Nobita's wedding, only to find that something has gone drastically wrong. There are a couple of reasons I found this movie to be more palatable than its prequel. For one, it no longer focuses on the "how Nobita and Shizuka got together" narrative, and as a result the unsavory aspects of how Shizuka is handled by the ...
Mar 16, 2024
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My overall take: Differentiates itself from similar stories in the franchise while taking inspiration from recent scientific advances.

In this movie, Nobita revives a fossilized double-yolked egg that hatches into two feathered dinosaurs. As a paleontologist, I appreciate that this movie clearly took notes on the latest paleontological science and incorporated it into its story. No, not everything in here is scientifically accurate, and there is definitely some embellishment for the sake of entertainment. However, it's evident that the filmmakers went the extra mile in their background research: for example, the dinosaurs that we think almost certainly had feathers are all shown with feathers, the end ...
Mar 16, 2024
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My overall take: Does quite well at recapturing the vibe of classic Doraemon films.

In this movie, Doraemon helps Nobita create an alternate reality where rabbits live on the moon. If one were to boil this movie down to its individual core elements, I think they'd find very little that hasn't been done in previous Doraemon films. (Okay, having one of the movie-only characters pose as a transfer student and actually interact with Nobita's classmates outside of the main cast is new.) However, that actually works to its benefit, in my opinion. After so many of the post-reboot Doraemon movies have felt experimental in one way ...
Mar 16, 2024
Mixed Feelings
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My overall take: Enjoyable overall, but I have many complaints about a major subplot...

In this movie, Nobita and his friends encounter pirates while searching for treasure out at sea (not to be confused with Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas from 1998, where they also did that). In general, I think this one is pretty good. Gian and Suneo get to do something cool. The Mini Doras have a lot of screentime, which is usually a plus. Quiz the robot parrot, who speaks in riddles, is a fun character.

However, I have one major issue with this movie: the fact that about half of it ...
Mar 16, 2024
Mixed Feelings
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My overall take: A visual treat that has its merits, but makes a few puzzling decisions in the use of its setting and story.

In this movie, Nobita and Doraemon build an amusement park on an iceberg for their friends, but then discover a mysterious artifact from Antarctica. I have mixed feelings about this one. I found several story elements here to be odd: for example, Dorami makes a voiced cameo telling Doraemon that she's been fortune-telling and her readings indicate that he should stay away from ice, a prediction that Doraemon dismisses. Although intended as foreshadowing, I thought that this interaction was strange, because Dorami ...
Mar 16, 2024
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My overall take: Entertaining premise held back by a mediocre story and characterization.

In this movie, Nobita and his friends film a superhero movie, but are then mistaken for actual superheroes. Right off the bat, the premise of this film is an appealing one. Considering that this group of kids and their robot caretaker have saved the world multiple times over, they're practically an honorary superhero team already. Give them actual superpowers, and you have a recipe for a fun movie.

In practice, well... the best thing I can say about this film is that it's a pretty good ensemble showcase for the protagonists. Every member of ...
Mar 16, 2024
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My overall take: As a big fan of Doraemon, not a fan of this movie. It doubles down on some of the less tasteful elements of the source material and does not stand out much from previous anime adaptations of the same stories.

This movie is a retelling of some of the most iconic stories from the Doraemon manga, woven into a continuous narrative and represented using 3D computer-generated imagery. It is a special Doraemon movie that not only has a distinct art style and story structure from typical films in the franchise, but was released independently of the annual Doraemon movie lineup (coming out during ...
Mar 16, 2024
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My overall take: Decent use of a unique setting and genre for a Doraemon film, but had even greater potential still.

In this movie, Doraemon's bell gets stolen, and he really wants it back. Nobita and his friends track it to a 22nd Century gadget museum, where they have to find the bell and figure out who took it. Whereas most Doraemon movies use Doraemon's gadgets as a means to transport the main characters to classic science fiction or fantasy settings, a museum that displays these gadgets is a location that can essentially only exist in the Doraemon universe. Combined with the fact that the Doraemon ...


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