The films of Makoto Shinkai, the Japanese animator behind hits like 2016. your nameThey can be creative and full of romance, but are almost always associated with the weather. The atmospheric and emotional weather, i.e. the joy, love and sadness of his characters, is reflected in the pathetic illusion of meteor showers or showers, pastel skies and shimmering sunbeams – the perfect way to show off his rich visual palette.
Natural phenomenon in the heart suzume, Xingkai’s latest ecological fantasy is an earthquake. We follow 17-year-old schoolgirl Suzume as she meets a beautiful stranger named Suta and stumbles upon a magical realm that is literally next door to ours.
Howl’s impressive image Haul’s walking castle With thick black hair, Sota is the “Shutter”: a sort of guardian whose job it is to keep the supernatural “gates” between this world and the next closed. Behind these portals lie destructive forces invisible to most. Enormous scarlet worms escape through these shattered doorframes, lifting their colossal heads into the sky before crashing down again. If their huge bodies fall to the ground before the gate closes, they will cause catastrophic earthquakes.
This is familiar territory for Shinkai, whose films anchor the heightened emotions of youth in great mythological adventures to save the world. suzume spends little time looking for characters to prevent supernatural earthquakes from destroying Japan. When a magical cat evading his duties as the “keystone” meant to securely close the portals, Sota is cursed, his soul is trapped in a three-legged stool: a precious handmade gift from Suzume’s late mother, who died in the earthquake. Life came 12 years ago.
So, with the talking chair she’s in love with (a charming comedic joke), Suzume sets out on a cross-country journey, taking charge of closing the gates and preventing earthquakes town after town while chasing the seated one. an elusive cat to break Sota’s curse.
A story about how to avoid disaster, but live with losses. suzume is an ambitious story, but despite the same visual grandeur that Shinkai’s work is known for, it sometimes feels rushed. As we race from one averted earthquake to another with Suzume and Souta, we spend surprisingly little time getting to know them. No matter how fancy and beautiful he may be, suzume however, he’s a little confused by the attractive, emotional underbelly you’d expect from Shinkai’s filmmaking.
Source: I News
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