So now that moving is done and anxiety dealt with i can finally review a movie that made my heart burst: Your name, the latest movie of the amazing Makoto Shinkai
Synopsis: Mitsuha is a young girl leaving in the countryside and wishing she could just leave and be in the big city of tokyo, while taki is a young tokyo boy who has a crush on his coworker at the italian restaurant he works at. Someday, both switch bodies, randomly, and when they figure it out, try to understand whats happening to them. Meanwhile, a comet is soon to be seen in the sky, an event that hasnt happened in a thousand year...
Now this movie comes after wonders like 5 cm per second and the garden of words, which were all nostalgic, intimate, gorgeous pieces, but this time around Shinkai also included something that wasnt there before in his works : comedy
And boy is he good at it
i really didnt think it would be as fun as it was, because, well, the body swap thing wasnt really new and between a young boy and a young girl, one could have made it really heavy. But good old Shinkai never, ever does heavy, he's the master of subtle honestly, and he handles the body swtich with light, super cute humour, its a ton of fun 
But the movie isnt just funny jokes, things get intense pretty fast, and then oh boy its a rollercoaster of feelings @.@
Also, like for the boy and the beast by Hosoda, the secondary characters are A LOT of fun and memorable ( coughnotlike inzootopiacough). And the animation pfff its just gorgeous XD like what to say except it looks fantastic really ? The musics, although japanese hits by the group radwimps, works really well too
So its totally an 11/10 for.me and if you can see it, i suggest you do ( its a massive hit in japan and will be released in 85 countries so its totally doable )Now, i'll also use this review to talk about the differences between japanese animated movies and american animated je movies ( well disney/pixar and dreamworks mostly but im sure american animation isnt just those ^^)
Most of my friends loving american animation cant really get into japanese animation, and their point is the storytelling in american animation is more on point. And they're absolutely right. Its true that the story in classic animation like beauty and the beast is more timeless and consistent than japanese animated one. "your name" is a good example of that. It is more random in its story telling, some scenes are even incoherent ill admit, though the whole thing is completely coherent and works really well.
Thats why, personnaly, i love, or at least respect, japanese animation more than the american one, exactly because of the stories they tell. More random they may be, but they are way more personal. And i.lean that in every way. They are more personal for those who lade them and express their own universe ( like you can tell if its a Satoshi Kon movie. An Hosoda or a Shinkai movie, their style and thematics are very different) But also, their also more personal for the viewers. Correct me if im wrong, but one cant really argue about what to take from beauty and the beast right ? "true beauty comes from the heart". Well thats a very worthy lesson of course, especially for the children, but in most japanese movies, its just a little more complex and it leave much much more space for personal interpretation, or at least the ability to relate to the characters. Even in spirited away, the ending isnt explicit and therefore one can understand anyway he wants. Same for the boy and the beast, one can relate more to Kyuta ot to Ichiroyko, or both. And in your name, anyone can think of someone they've lost or wish they had known better, or just the common feeling of wanting to find someone to be with. Its very vast, and, to me, much much more challenging and above all, personal.
That is why i personnaly enjoy japanese animation a little more. I still carry the classics american in my heart and always will, but the new ones just arent as rewarding to me compared to the japanese, in terms of feelings and learning ( except for frozen, yell at me all you want but that one is very personal to me XD)
That was my rant folks !
if you have a different opinions or points feel free to share ill be happy to discuss Until then, take care !
