In my opinion, the movie didn't even try to be romantic. Suzumes whole crush was basically about Souta looking familiar to her. Like another mystery to unfold. That's actually one part I really liked about the movie. It focused more on general relationships with friends and family instead of one potential partner. Showing how in difficult times even Disasters can connect and bring you positive new encounters.
If Your Name is 75% Romance 25% Fantasy, Suzume is the opposite with 25% romance 75% Fantasy. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the movie so much, I don’t think anything will ever compare to Your Name universal appeal but I’m happy Shinkai takes on these many different stories and themes. I want to watch it again now
Yeah, I forgot the movie released in the US until a couple of days ago. Luckily, I caught the very last screening of it at my theater, but now I want to watch it again.
I appreciate how this movie stayed away from the romance to an extent. Instead choosing to make it more about relationships with people who helped her on her journey. The conflict was bigger than the romance instead of being about it I guess?
There's in my opinion a big reference to Your Name in Suzume, as she wears a "akai ito", the red thread which symbolizes fate and connection in Japanese culture, on her school uniform, reminding the red string Mitsuha wears in her hair! And like everyone I loved Suzume so so much, cried a lot when I realized it was about 2011 🥲
Also with the thread being a representation of time and in the end , its sort of like time travel(without spoiling). Also there the guy brings the girl from the dead and here suzume brings souta back from technically being dead.
I LOVED Suzume, I don't think it's better than Your Name, but it's my favorite. Seen it 3 times already and I cry every time. I do think this is not a romantic film, I mean it has romance on it, but the spiritual part was my favorite theme, how it deals with grief, I thought it was beautiful and the message is so powerful. So great you got to go the premiere, I also missed the RADWIMPS concert in my city, I cried
Honestly, I love this movie, and as expected with every shinkai movie, I cried at the end. Honestly suzume just felt a bit different and fresh compared to other shinkai movies, but in a good way! I really liked the fast paced story that brings you right in to the action. The whole idea of this movie was really interesting and unique. And the comedy was gold, I really liked how naturally the story switches from lighthearted comedy adventure, to a more serious tone. Also daijin was my absolute favorite character, he was so silly and cute!!!i just couldn't hate him. He was so innocently evil, like a little gremlin. Honestly, I cant choose between this and your name, both movies have their own qualities that makes them great, I love them both equally! Overall I rate this movie a 9/10, it has its flaws, but I really really enjoyed it
True it definitely felt a lot different given how fast paced it was! I also enjoyed the comedic moments a lot 🥹 and yesss rhe little cat was so cute lol it reminded me of my cat
Wow you've just said EXACTLY what I feel about Suzume! Indeed Your Name and Suzume are two very different movies that touch on pretty different themes. I like Suzume's pacing and character building along the way, and just as you said the comedy was gold (e.g. the car ride to Suzume's original hometown). It if were given a bit more of the development of Suzume-Sato's arc and Daijin - maybe a few minutes on each imho - it would have been 10/10! But overall, I enjoy this movie throughout!😉👍
Last week, I went to the cinema to watch Suzume and to be completely honest, I absolutely loved the movie 😭 💙 ✨️ The animation, the narration and the characters were incredible, and obviously I started crying in the middle of the movie because the romance and fantasy that this movie carries is amazing ✨️ a round of applause to Makoto Shinkai for it. The movie made me feel the same feeling I felt when I first saw "Howl's Moving Castle", the beautiful and healthy romance between Suzume and Souta was so magical and precious that I couldn't stop watching the movie with tears in my eyes. I loved your review, greetings from Argentina!
I love "Suzume" way mooooore than other two pieces is because in this piece, Shinkai pay most of all the focus on Suzume's own journey and try to tell a complete story with this character, so we can enjoy whole 2 hour just with Suzume and fall in love with her strong characteristic.
I don't mind the romance part is not so strong in this piece, actually I am very impress to see that finally a male Japanese director is trying not to pay too much attention on boy and girl's romance and the adolescence of teenage young man. Also he designed a gentle, mature, well educated male character to travel with Suzume this time, which could help Suzume truly grown up and ready to become an adult to face future, and stop to show the undisguised sexual views to serve males in most of Japanese anime always had done and that always made me feel uncomfortable.
This movie is one of the most beautiful portraits I've seen of how we deal with trauma, loss and memory. Crying is inevitable when you tell a story with as much passion and humanity as Makoto Shinkai ✨
Your Name OST: Date (and Date 2). You're welcome. I was reading this interview with Makoto Shinkai and it's so sad that Suzume was originally about the love story between two girls but he had to change it because his director said so. He literally didn't want a boy-meets-girl romance so much that he turned him into a chair 😭 I think the romance would have worked so well considering his ability to convey emotions and storytelling :( again, kind of sad but hopefully, he will have more freedom with future projects.
there was a weathering with you reference in suzume! when they saw the video of daijin was crossing the bridge, the music in the background was the main song from weathering with you :)
Suzume was beautiful. I remember crying for Kimi no Nawa and Tenki no Ko but I didn't for this one. It was more of like my heart felt so moved..that kind of feeling. The art was wonderful like it's been 3 years and I forgot how beautiful Shinkai-sensei's movies are. This one was definitely more of a fantasy than the romance which I really liked. I learn so much from Shinkai-sensei movies. I really needed to see this one. I always had trouble to leave my past and I keep dwelling around it, the people who were in it last time when it was long gone. After watching this, it gave me a clearer insight that I should embrace it and continue doing my best to live. I can now really move on. I wish I can watch the movie for the 1st time all over again. Looking forward to his next work maybe in 3-4 years. This is definitely not better than Kimi no Nawa imo. The impact and emotions that Kimi no Nawa had was at another level. I felt that Tenki no Ko and Kimi no Nawa had more of the emotional aspect than Suzume. It might be just me but yea. I'll give this the same rating as Tenki no Ko like a 8-8.5/10. Nice movie with good lessons.
Suzume just had such a fantastic story and the deep message of dealing with grief, childhood and what's left behind from natural disasters. And yes, the action and fantasy elements were so well done. It reminded me a mix of Howls Moving Castle and Ride your Wave.
I’m a little sad you didn’t touch more on the part where you find out the truth about who younger Suzume actually saw in the ever after :( that part really got to me, when her older self started telling her how she was going to meet people who will love her just as much as her mom did really got to me 😭
yeah I felt like the romance wasn't really a romance, more of a high school girl who has a crush on a guy (at least this is my interpretation). Plus it would just be too weird if they got together because of their age gap
So cool to see you got to go to the premiere!! I loved Suzume so much!! Shinkai definitely showed us with this that there is more to offer from him other than love stories Loved the review and your small chair lmao
I went to the cinema to watch Suzume, on the 26th of April. I thought the story of the movie was really good! I cried when Suzume met the child version of her 🥺 I loved the movie so much and I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it yet! ♡♡♡
You know, as much as so many love it, I couldn't connect with Your Name. I didn't relate with the story or characters. Suzume, however, really spoke to me. I love the good, polite, and brave, but still believable heroine. I loved the determined Mr. Chair (Soto), and the sometimes adorable, sometimes creepy, and sometimes pitiful Mr. Cat (Daijin). The loss which Suzume faces in this movie moved me to tears. The fast pacing kept me engaged, and I loved the almost nonstop humor. Suzume felt like a kids movie and dealt with both growing up and parenthood, and as an adult, both my inner-child and the parental side of me appreciated that. Suzume was the modern Disney movie I've been yearning for.
This movie was amazing. It had me in the feels a lot, mostly whenever Suzume's childhood was on screen. As a parent, seeing the tragedy of a little girl losing her family and all alone was gut-wrenching. The repressed memories and all of that really deep storytelling had me. I also loved the adventure vibe throughout and the Daijin's part in the story. All in all, this movie "got me" more than Your Name, and I am very glad I got to experience it.
I really enjoyed this movie. Spoiler: When the giant worm shows up over Tokyo my heart was beating out of my chest. I was breath less for that whole sequence. And just the desire for a little more time with the people you love is so universal.
i liked suzume, i would even say ive enjoyed it more than weathering with you. What i liked abt this one is how makoto took risks, instead fo going again towards the same themes of his previous 2 movies, he actually tried to bring something new to his works. I really liked the themes of self love, closing doors, moving forward. Ppl be saying he romance was bad but for me there was almost no romance at the story, sure suzume loved souta, but i never felt souta liked her in that way, sure i think he loved her at the end but not in a romantic way. It felt more like a platonic love imo. I know he uses supernatural themes before but i felt this one had it more present in the story. The final scene was very moving, you know when she goes through the last door. Now in regards of your name, i still think your name was better, what i felt watching that movie i think ill never experience something like that again.
I’m currently in the cinema waiting for this movie to start. I took you seriously about the spoilers and booked a ticket to the next showing. Looking forward to come back and watch your video once I’ve watched it 😊
@@cinemoni I loved it so much! The movie was beautiful and the soundtrack was amazing! But I understand what you're saying about their love being more platonic than romantic, they felt more like older brother and little sister than lovers. Besides their age difference despite not being huge (I'd guess 5-6 years seeing he had been studying for his teacher's exam for 4 years so that'd make him at least 22) is still considerable. When the worm was about to attack Tokyo for a second I feared it was the climax of the movie until I checked my watch and saw that we were only halfway through😅I really enjoyed the pace of the third act with her aunt and Souta's friend despite being a stark change from the first and second acts. One detail I also really enjoyed is that Suzume actually kept changing clothes and hair styles as she met new people along her way. Thank you for bringing this movie into my attention! I'd seen Your Name previously but I had no idea this was coming out so I'm really glad I got to watch it on the big screen 🥰
Suzume jumping through the door into the Ever-After and saying she was going to save the person she loved and the whole intense scene of her saving Souta, for me was very convincing that there was love between the two characters. Sure it wasn't deeply established, but more recently blossomed. Suzume was a deeply conflicted character and her only character development was not just for her to fall in love and I really appreciated that. This was an amazing film and I think you are doing yourself a disservice if you watch it with the mentality of trying to compare it to Your Name. ❤
I got to see Suzume in theaters even though I live in north-eastern Poland. I must say that the movie really evoked feelings in me that I haven't felt in some time. It reminded me of the road-trip and fantasy stories I watched/read as a kid, like the Hobbit. 🗝🚪🌌 Hit me right in the feels with the references to real-life catasrophies and mythology. The movie really captures the spirit of what a good fantasy story should be imo. ♥
oh!!! there is a weathering with you reference in the film!!! when they’re watching the news about Daijin, the track “First Visit to K&A” plays on the news. was a very small reference and hard to catch but it felt so gratifying to realize it!
I think ultimately Suzume is about learning to cope with the death of a loved one. Very similar to children who chase lost voices. Suzume is a good movie but Your Name will always be Shinkai's best movie. I hope Shinkai takes a step back, take some time off and make something different. Something that we as an audience would not expect. There are recurring patterns in his films. He should take risks. It might be worth it.
me and my bestie went to see this last week and we absolutely loved it from all the films we've been together she said she liked this one the most :D 💙
Suzume was definetly on my upcoming movies watch list but we all have watch lists filled with movies yet to be seen XD, so seeing this review has convinced me to actually watch it tomorrow!
When they went for the car ride it was such a jarring tone shift especially when they started playing music. It really pulled out the sense of urgency I was feeling before that. Like we're just gonna have this fun car ride in this cool convertible before the end of the world? Okay🙄 I agree with a lot of your points, love the video!
I just came out of the cinemas and I adored this movie!! I think it might be my favorite of his works. I liked Your name but not as much as everyone else (The garden of words and Dareka no manazashi were the ones I enjoyed the most). Even though I was still in school I remember very well the 3/11 earthquake. It was all over the news in my country and I remember watching videos of the tsunami on UA-cam and being so afraid of them that I still have nightmares about it. So yeah this movie hit all the emotional beats for me. I need to rewatch it, I think it’s his magnum opus.
I managed to go into Suzume completely blind-I didn’t watch any trailers or checked out the synopsis. and oh wow… Suzume is certainly my favorite Makoto Shinkai movie. I had no idea that it was about earthquakes which was a pleasant and emotional surprise as I’m Turkish. I adore Shinkai’s emotional realism and soft-worldbuilding. I felt the same heartbreak and gut-wrenching emotions I felt while looking at the empty hollow squares after the rubbles were all lifted up. people used to live here. people had memories here. and now half of them are dead and the other half was forced to abandon the city. I absolutely fell in love with this movie. I cannot find the words to fully express just *how* much. It hit so so close to home. it is certainly the most important work of Shinkai. ❤
I cried so much during this movie! I think the reality of the destruction caused by tsunamis and earthquakes hit even harder. I still slightly prefer Your Name because I'm a sucker for romance time travel films, but even more excited for more Shinkai in the future.
omg the your name soundtrack makes me cry every time too! 😭 that itterasshai / ittekimasu scene in suzume brought on uncontrollable tears for me but I think Your Name is still my number one, then Suzume, and then Weathering with You.
The first video I saw from your channel was your Weathering with You review, so I felt joyful watching this video. Suzume gave me chills, especially with the music by Radwimps. I’m pleased to have seen another quality film by Makoto Shinkai! (＾▽＾)
Yesss, I loved this movie so much. Of course, Your Name, will always be special ( I also cry every time I watch it LOL), but Suzume brought such a fresh take on a similar story. The music and its timing with the visuals was so good. The song "Sky Over Tokyo" was especially eerie. Also, I don't know why when the movie ended and it went to a blank screen and then the credits started rolling with the traditional Radwimps OST-- I started sobbing! Not sure what caught me by surprise at the end, but that OST was so beautiful ahh can't wait for Makoto Shinkai's next haha
Man this movie was good! The animators really put there back into this animation. Truly this is some S class, top shelf stuff; my compliments to the team, truly astonishing work here, I feel like a baby that's been gently caressed, given it's binky, and put to rest with a soothing lullaby after getting his bottom spanked by the doctor because I was just born watching this; truly amazing.
Lovely review of a very good film. Is it as good as Your Name, no but like all of Shinkai's films it has so many great scenes and feels and great storytelling.
Makoto Shinkai knows exactly what he wants, the main idea of the story is the trauma of the earthquake and how people went through this. The country where I live have also a lots of earthquakes, both small and big one, during the watching in the theater, i can easily cry even with the music where the earthquake happens in the movie. A lots of people have mistaken it, the movie itself focus mainly on the disaster rather than the romance (of course he is good at romance and add a little bit in it). That’s why the box office in Japan are so high, cuz people shared the same trauma there. In my opinion, suzume is at the same level of your name, or even surpasses your name in some perspective.
Glad you enjoyed it. I liked it more than Weathering. Your Name is still the top on my list of Shinkai films. But going through this film, I wish someone at least acknowledge Shinkai's 2011's film, Children Who Chase Lost Voices. Seeing Suzume twice got me kind of rewatching that film. The theme of life and death is very strong in both films and that I can think of much from both of his films. Agatha, the world from the depths was a reference in Suzume which was the world in Children Who Chase Lost Voices. When Suzume went deep in the tunnels to seal that Tokyo gate, it felt like Asuna going underground to Agatha. The place where Suzume opens the door felt like the gate of life and death from Children Who Chase Lost Voices, you can even look at the skies to compare too. But yeah, in my mind when I see this Shinkai film, it takes me back more than his making of Your Name to his 2011 film. Let me know what you think about Children Who Chase Lost Voices too.
Fun fact I made an entire Retrospective Video on Makoto Shinkai’s career and Suzume review. Like you I got to see it at a premiere, the Paris Premiere over a month and a half ago and we got the same Q&A! And it got 40 views! 40! 🥲 I loved the movie so much and talking about it as well but now I have literal PTSD every single time I see a Suzume Review on UA-cam. But I loved your take on it! Just needed to have yet another rant about it even tho I know nobody cares! 😅 Take care!
I loved Suzume! It was so well written and the ending definitely made me cry. Makoto Shinkai really knows how to make a movie hit you right in the feels. The similarities to howl's moving castle (Souta literally looking like howl lol and the magical time travel aspect) made me love it 10x more bc that's my favorite ghibli film😊 Overall, this movie was an enjoyable watch and i would love to see it again.
I loved this movie!! Suzume is an incredible film. This was a great review. Well done. Just a few thoughts. The reason Suzume is so connected to Souta so quickly is that she recognizes him from seeing him as a young girl in the Ever-after when her older self and Souta saved her. It's the cool time travel aspect to the movie and makes Suzume so heroic after seeing the full movie. Also i believe there weren't any character cameos but there were scenery cameos from most of his other films. I have to watch again to be sure. Cameo wise - the teacher from Your Name is the main character from The Garden of Words. She speaks of the magic of Twilight and she can also be seen as one of the teachers who get Sayaka from the broadcast booth near the end. I know the male protagonist is in there also. I also cannot wait to see what Shinkai's next project will be.
@IronMan-jg3ed Have to say you're completely wrong in this regard - the storyline is amazing. Based upon the very real tragedy of the March 2011 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Each spot in the movie has had a natural disaster occur there. It's an incredible story of grief and loss and friendship. It's not meant to be a romance. You're very wrong sorry to say
@IronMan-jg3ed well since about 96% of people think this is an amazing movie then you are in the vast minority in your idea of the film. Not every film works for everyone. This didn't work for you and that's fine. I'm not here to change your mind but just know that it's YOUR own self that isn't grasping the concepts. The movie isn't weird at all.
I watched last week and it was visually beautiful like everything Makoto Shinkai directs. But the romance (crush?) was so bad. The female lead feelings didn't seem real. There wasn't any moment in the movie that made me think "oh, I understand why she's falling in love". She just seemed reckless. In the end, for me Suzume was a story about how far a hormonal teenager girl can go for a hotter older dude. Despite the fantastic elements also present in his other films, Makoto Shinkai movies were always about humanity. This one failed a little bit in this aspect. Besides, Suzume is a visual masterpiece and the soundtrack was amazing.
He also visited India....it's was an amazing amazing film ... really enjoyed it... knowing his motivations behind the movie makes you feel for it....i think he's successful in conveying the message that he wants
Just because there are recurrent themes don’t mean they are the same movies. Miyazaki makes coming of age movies during times of war, Shinkai makes romance movies during natural disasters. I really loved Suzume! It really exceeded my expectations and I loved that there were a lot of funny moments as well 😊.
Daijin was leading them to the open doors, not opening them himself 😢 he just didn’t want to be trapped in that place anymore. He wanted to be loved. And we ALL disliked him for the majority of the movie, I will never forgive Shinkai for making me dislike this cute kitty for 90 minutes. I will also never forgive Miyazaki for other heavy spoiler reasons. 😭
I went into this film without watching any trailers or reading anything about it, so I was basically completely blind. NOTHING could've prepared me for the sight of a cute little kitten running down the street being chased by a three-legged chair, that was legitimately the funniest thing I've seen in the cinema in a long time. I definitely enjoyed Suzume, but it didn't match Your Name in terms of quality for me. The score and animation were absolutely stellar though, but I found it really uneven tonally and pacing-wise, and I generally didn't find the characters all that interesting aside from Suzume herself. To be fair though, that's what I felt when I first watched Your Name, and that film is now one of my favourite anime films, so maybe the same thing will happen when I watch this again.
I'd rank the modern shinkai films as: 1. Your Name 2. Weathering With You 3. Suzume And occasionally Weathering with You comes out on top - all three (and Garden of Words) are terrific though
I have now seen the modern Shinkai trilogy. Your Name was something I liked but didn't love. I can understand why people would be so emotionally attached, but for me I felt like it was too overhyped. Weathering With You is something I surprisingly liked a lot more. I got much more engaged with the characters and story. People said it was Shinkai trying to replicate the charm of Your Name, but I think it was an improvement. I just watched Suzume today. It was a really enjoyable movie. I love how it was mostly a story centered on Suzume and not their romance. Although I didn't like the age gap. Enpecially when this was meant to be a romance between two girls. that would've been way better. I also love how this is very different from his past two movies and manage to stand out well. Also like usual, the animation and soundtrack was good. This once again makes me excited for the future of Shinkai's career. He's NOT the next Miyazaki, but he will continue to create films that leaves emotional impacts for the future.
The only complaints i have is that One...i missed that little cameos that he adds in his other movies Two...the music was amazing... but it didn't hit the highs as Your name... specially the title track ...you remember how in the final sequence of your name...all that meteor and stuff was going on with amazing "Sparkle" playing in bg Third...i think the movie can be 15 minutes short... especially the car scene was enjoyable yet i think it is stretched out a bit
You should keep a segment of spoiler free review where you share your general impressions about the movie. I wll not be able to watch it for another month or 2.. but wanted to watch some good spoiler free reviews. Next time maybe.
I enjoyed Suzume a lot, but I think Your Name was better. My favorite part of Suzume was the Studio Ghibli reference: When Suzume started using social media to track down and follow the cat, one of the posts says "It's like Whisper of the Heart!"
I'm just glad after 3 movies finally a male lead doesnt fall in love with an older woman 🤣. In Garden of Words, Takao fell in love with a teacher in his school. In Your name, Taki fell in love with a girl 3 years older than him. In Weathering with you, Hodaka fell in love with a girl he thought was 2 years older than him.
I waited a week to watch this bcuz I wanted to watch the movie first. I finally got to watch it at the cinema's with my friend yesterday and it was amazing! We thought we were late by 20mins but the movie just started (I assumed so and thankfully it was the case). Honestly I was really surprised by the fast pace. I thought it would be something similar to weathering with you or other anime movies where they introduce you to their daily lives first and slowly build up on the disaster but wow it was so fast. One con for me is that by the third worm I felt it got a little repetitive. Other than that I loved it and I'm planning to rewatch it!
Lol, I think I only saw early trailers of this movie but from the one still image of her next to the door in the water, I knew I had to see it. So I was super shocked when the chair thing happened 😂 And that little cat is my child 🤣 I don’t condemn this slander against him. He didn’t create the earthquakes, he was leading them to open doors to help stop them. Idk why he was so creepy while doing it though 🙈😅
I think it's a very different movie from Your Name. I definitely like it better than Weathering With You, but not quite as much as Your Name. That being said, the fact that it's based on a real tsunami really brought the emotions, especially with little Suzume at the end.
For me its 1) Weathering 2) Suzume 3) Your Name Weathering is gritty and tragic, kinda Shakespearian. The characters have real motivation and experience growth. Suzume is a very well rounded movie and has universal appeal. Not a romance movie. I indentify with the aunt alot , especially the outburst that was and wasn't her (missing out on life to care for family). Your Name was beautiful, like the other 2 films, but the Romance was overbearing. This guy cannot produce a dud. From The Place Promised in our Early Days all the way to Suzume, they're all fantastic 👏
I never liked Your Name that much...I prefer Suzume way more exactly because there wasn't much romance. I think people who go into it expecting romance will say that it was "underwhelming" but I don't think it tried to be romance in the first place. Sure, Suzume had a crush on the dude (so did I✌️) but it felt super onesided...and good! he is an university student who trains to be a teacher, it would be fckd up if he was hitting on high school girls. It was very clear to me what exactly the movie was about (btw. I'm sure Suzume's house got destroyed by the tsunami) but I kept wondering if everyone in the cinema outside of Japan gets IT. Oh, and I've also realised, that I have ptsd from those earthquake alarms after living in Japan 😅
I watched Suzume last week and after a week on it, I can say i enjoyed it more then your name but not Weathering with u(Suzume is 4 on my personal top 10 weathering with u is still number 1to me)
I havent really been thrilled with Shinkai's films since 5cm per second (dont really understand the hype over Your Name), but I thought Suzume was outstanding. The romance was a little bit forced but that wasnt the focus of the movie anyway
Although I do agree that the love arc was kind of off putting at first, what made me enjoy it more is I looked at it as a different kind of love. Instead of seeing it as a romantic kind of love I see it as a more platonic love and imo it just kind of sits with me better
I watch for its fantastic anime drawings & more.. how i wish to meet him and have his autograph. My children had a great day at the movie suzume ❤ from Singapore
I just watched this movie and was looking for reviews, and this is going to sound fucked up, but for some reason, I didn't want to watch this video. Maybe it's the thumbnail or my male ego. I'm sorry, but I'm less than two minutes in and so happy I decided to give this UA-camr a chance. I will be subscribing, haha
I read that the reason souta was the chair for so long was because the director wanted to make the story about two girls rather than a boy and a girl. the producer told the director that the audience wouldn't want it and weren't ready, so the director was forced to make another boy and girl story, thus souta = chair
Honestly I wish it was actually a love story about two girls 😭 it would have been really cool to see some representation, especially from such a big name like shinkai.
I think it worked even though with the trailers it seemed so silly, but in the end i did end up appreciating the chair character lol. And aw damn hopefully we get a story about two girls in the future
I heard because it was a metaphor for the pandemic, the director felt trapped in his house as we all did and he also wanted something to make the thematic less sad l, so ita was a comedic relieve
I thought Suzume was a better movie than Your Name and Weathering with You. A Silent Voice is still my favorite anime movie. All great movies. Though Weathering with You was forgettable so not sure on that one. 🤔 Anyone want a good anime movie with 0 romance, check out Sword of the Stranger. Subtitled, dubbed destroys the child character, completely altered his character. I'm sorta a dork and literally watch every anime subtitled first then watch their dubs when released so I can compare and see how well the dub relays the characters. Very few accomplish that. That's why i tend to recommend subtitles.
The scale of Suzume def feels much bigger than Your Name with all of the crazy door closing sequences, and the relationship between Souta and Suzume is fleshed out really well for the first 2/3 of the movie. Souta being a chair is also such a charming component to this movie, creating so many memorable moments both comedic and symbolic. But once Souta becomes the keystone the movie makes a terrible shift in pacing in my opinion. Suzume's aunt just randomly appears at this point and that entire road trip segment just felt like an awkward way to progress the story to the ultimate end sequence it was heading to. Your Name simple does not stumble like this and is quite literally perfect from start to finish.
Justo vi la película ayer! Me alegro de que a ti también te haya gustado :D ¿Crees que sea mejor que Your Name? En lo personal, creo que Your Name es demasiado buena, así que es difícil superarla jajaja :)
Honestly, I thought Your Name was overhyped and disappointing. I loved Suzume. It's not perfect, but it's well rounded, gorgeous, and generally delightful. It also mixes elements of childhood play with the gravity of trauma in a smart and meaningful way.
Watched it 2 times, one of my favorite shinkai movies, up there with 5cm per second. I never got the hype around your name, imo it was nothing special, so i would say suzume is way better
Very good movie but I thought it wasn't a masterpiece comparing to Your Name and Weathering With You mostly because Suzume has less emotions comparing to the 2 movies.
[spoilers ahead] I actually read the book in japanese before going to the theatre, and the moment I cried the most was when she finds her journal, with all the pages colored black. I really felt the sadness of the 4 year old Suzume who lost her mom. So I was kind of disappointed when I saw the scene in the movie that it was not that emotional a moment.
In my opinion, the movie didn't even try to be romantic. Suzumes whole crush was basically about Souta looking familiar to her. Like another mystery to unfold. That's actually one part I really liked about the movie. It focused more on general relationships with friends and family instead of one potential partner. Showing how in difficult times even Disasters can connect and bring you positive new encounters.
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If Your Name is 75% Romance 25% Fantasy, Suzume is the opposite with 25% romance 75% Fantasy. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the movie so much, I don’t think anything will ever compare to Your Name universal appeal but I’m happy Shinkai takes on these many different stories and themes. I want to watch it again now
Agree! And yeah your name’s impact is hard to recreate
Yeah, I forgot the movie released in the US until a couple of days ago. Luckily, I caught the very last screening of it at my theater, but now I want to watch it again.
I appreciate how this movie stayed away from the romance to an extent. Instead choosing to make it more about relationships with people who helped her on her journey. The conflict was bigger than the romance instead of being about it I guess?
There's in my opinion a big reference to Your Name in Suzume, as she wears a "akai ito", the red thread which symbolizes fate and connection in Japanese culture, on her school uniform, reminding the red string Mitsuha wears in her hair!
And like everyone I loved Suzume so so much, cried a lot when I realized it was about 2011 🥲
Also with the thread being a representation of time and in the end , its sort of like time travel(without spoiling).
Also there the guy brings the girl from the dead and here suzume brings souta back from technically being dead.
I LOVED Suzume, I don't think it's better than Your Name, but it's my favorite. Seen it 3 times already and I cry every time. I do think this is not a romantic film, I mean it has romance on it, but the spiritual part was my favorite theme, how it deals with grief, I thought it was beautiful and the message is so powerful. So great you got to go the premiere, I also missed the RADWIMPS concert in my city, I cried
I agree 100% i loved how it dealt with topics like grief. Hopefully we can see radwimps in the future 😭
100% agree
Honestly, I love this movie, and as expected with every shinkai movie, I cried at the end. Honestly suzume just felt a bit different and fresh compared to other shinkai movies, but in a good way! I really liked the fast paced story that brings you right in to the action. The whole idea of this movie was really interesting and unique.
And the comedy was gold, I really liked how naturally the story switches from lighthearted comedy adventure, to a more serious tone. Also daijin was my absolute favorite character, he was so silly and cute!!!i just couldn't hate him. He was so innocently evil, like a little gremlin.
Honestly, I cant choose between this and your name, both movies have their own qualities that makes them great, I love them both equally!
Overall I rate this movie a 9/10, it has its flaws, but I really really enjoyed it
True it definitely felt a lot different given how fast paced it was! I also enjoyed the comedic moments a lot 🥹 and yesss rhe little cat was so cute lol it reminded me of my cat
Wow you've just said EXACTLY what I feel about Suzume! Indeed Your Name and Suzume are two very different movies that touch on pretty different themes. I like Suzume's pacing and character building along the way, and just as you said the comedy was gold (e.g. the car ride to Suzume's original hometown). It if were given a bit more of the development of Suzume-Sato's arc and Daijin - maybe a few minutes on each imho - it would have been 10/10! But overall, I enjoy this movie throughout!😉👍
Last week, I went to the cinema to watch Suzume and to be completely honest, I absolutely loved the movie 😭 💙 ✨️
The animation, the narration and the characters were incredible, and obviously I started crying in the middle of the movie because the romance and fantasy that this movie carries is amazing ✨️ a round of applause to Makoto Shinkai for it.
The movie made me feel the same feeling I felt when I first saw "Howl's Moving Castle", the beautiful and healthy romance between Suzume and Souta was so magical and precious that I couldn't stop watching the movie with tears in my eyes.
I loved your review, greetings from Argentina!
Makoto Shinaki definitely makes magical movies 🥹💜
I loved the romance as well! Based on safety that the characters build with each other, which was refreshingly healthy
I love "Suzume" way mooooore than other two pieces is because in this piece, Shinkai pay most of all the focus on Suzume's own journey and try to tell a complete story with this character, so we can enjoy whole 2 hour just with Suzume and fall in love with her strong characteristic.
I don't mind the romance part is not so strong in this piece, actually I am very impress to see that finally a male Japanese director is trying not to pay too much attention on boy and girl's romance and the adolescence of teenage young man.
Also he designed a gentle, mature, well educated male character to travel with Suzume this time, which could help Suzume truly grown up and ready to become an adult to face future, and stop to show the undisguised sexual views to serve males in most of Japanese anime always had done and that always made me feel uncomfortable.
This movie is one of the most beautiful portraits I've seen of how we deal with trauma, loss and memory. Crying is inevitable when you tell a story with as much passion and humanity as Makoto Shinkai ✨
Your Name OST: Date (and Date 2). You're welcome.
I was reading this interview with Makoto Shinkai and it's so sad that Suzume was originally about the love story between two girls but he had to change it because his director said so. He literally didn't want a boy-meets-girl romance so much that he turned him into a chair 😭 I think the romance would have worked so well considering his ability to convey emotions and storytelling :( again, kind of sad but hopefully, he will have more freedom with future projects.
It probably would've been even better than it is, though it's still really great.
If it was a girl meets girls then the movie would've flopped and either way the chair thing was a lot more charming
there was a weathering with you reference in suzume! when they saw the video of daijin was crossing the bridge, the music in the background was the main song from weathering with you :)
Ahhh i didn’t realize!! I gotta watch it again
Suzume was beautiful. I remember crying for Kimi no Nawa and Tenki no Ko but I didn't for this one. It was more of like my heart felt so moved..that kind of feeling. The art was wonderful like it's been 3 years and I forgot how beautiful Shinkai-sensei's movies are. This one was definitely more of a fantasy than the romance which I really liked. I learn so much from Shinkai-sensei movies. I really needed to see this one. I always had trouble to leave my past and I keep dwelling around it, the people who were in it last time when it was long gone. After watching this, it gave me a clearer insight that I should embrace it and continue doing my best to live. I can now really move on. I wish I can watch the movie for the 1st time all over again. Looking forward to his next work maybe in 3-4 years. This is definitely not better than Kimi no Nawa imo. The impact and emotions that Kimi no Nawa had was at another level. I felt that Tenki no Ko and Kimi no Nawa had more of the emotional aspect than Suzume. It might be just me but yea. I'll give this the same rating as Tenki no Ko like a 8-8.5/10. Nice movie with good lessons.
Suzume just had such a fantastic story and the deep message of dealing with grief, childhood and what's left behind from natural disasters.
And yes, the action and fantasy elements were so well done. It reminded me a mix of Howls Moving Castle and Ride your Wave.
I’m a little sad you didn’t touch more on the part where you find out the truth about who younger Suzume actually saw in the ever after :( that part really got to me, when her older self started telling her how she was going to meet people who will love her just as much as her mom did really got to me 😭
yeah I felt like the romance wasn't really a romance, more of a high school girl who has a crush on a guy (at least this is my interpretation). Plus it would just be too weird if they got together because of their age gap
True it wasn’t a full on romance, it was more of an action/fantasy roadtrip movie which i really liked
So cool to see you got to go to the premiere!! I loved Suzume so much!! Shinkai definitely showed us with this that there is more to offer from him other than love stories
Loved the review and your small chair lmao
Lol my little souta 😂
I went to the cinema to watch Suzume, on the 26th of April. I thought the story of the movie was really good! I cried when Suzume met the child version of her 🥺 I loved the movie so much and I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it yet! ♡♡♡
You know, as much as so many love it, I couldn't connect with Your Name. I didn't relate with the story or characters. Suzume, however, really spoke to me. I love the good, polite, and brave, but still believable heroine. I loved the determined Mr. Chair (Soto), and the sometimes adorable, sometimes creepy, and sometimes pitiful Mr. Cat (Daijin). The loss which Suzume faces in this movie moved me to tears. The fast pacing kept me engaged, and I loved the almost nonstop humor. Suzume felt like a kids movie and dealt with both growing up and parenthood, and as an adult, both my inner-child and the parental side of me appreciated that. Suzume was the modern Disney movie I've been yearning for.
Same here!
This movie was amazing. It had me in the feels a lot, mostly whenever Suzume's childhood was on screen. As a parent, seeing the tragedy of a little girl losing her family and all alone was gut-wrenching. The repressed memories and all of that really deep storytelling had me. I also loved the adventure vibe throughout and the Daijin's part in the story. All in all, this movie "got me" more than Your Name, and I am very glad I got to experience it.
I watched suzume last friday with my sister and I bawled my eyes out. I personally really enjoyed the film and I can't wait to hear your thoughts!
I cried tooo😭🥹
I absolutely bawled at Suzume two days ago, I'm so excited to hear your opinion !!
i cried too it’s just impossible not to with shinkai’s movies!
I really enjoyed this movie. Spoiler:
When the giant worm shows up over Tokyo my heart was beating out of my chest. I was breath less for that whole sequence. And just the desire for a little more time with the people you love is so universal.
i liked suzume, i would even say ive enjoyed it more than weathering with you. What i liked abt this one is how makoto took risks, instead fo going again towards the same themes of his previous 2 movies, he actually tried to bring something new to his works. I really liked the themes of self love, closing doors, moving forward. Ppl be saying he romance was bad but for me there was almost no romance at the story, sure suzume loved souta, but i never felt souta liked her in that way, sure i think he loved her at the end but not in a romantic way. It felt more like a platonic love imo. I know he uses supernatural themes before but i felt this one had it more present in the story. The final scene was very moving, you know when she goes through the last door. Now in regards of your name, i still think your name was better, what i felt watching that movie i think ill never experience something like that again.
I’m currently in the cinema waiting for this movie to start. I took you seriously about the spoilers and booked a ticket to the next showing. Looking forward to come back and watch your video once I’ve watched it 😊
Omgg i hope you enjoy it!!🤩
@@cinemoni I loved it so much! The movie was beautiful and the soundtrack was amazing! But I understand what you're saying about their love being more platonic than romantic, they felt more like older brother and little sister than lovers. Besides their age difference despite not being huge (I'd guess 5-6 years seeing he had been studying for his teacher's exam for 4 years so that'd make him at least 22) is still considerable. When the worm was about to attack Tokyo for a second I feared it was the climax of the movie until I checked my watch and saw that we were only halfway through😅I really enjoyed the pace of the third act with her aunt and Souta's friend despite being a stark change from the first and second acts. One detail I also really enjoyed is that Suzume actually kept changing clothes and hair styles as she met new people along her way.
Thank you for bringing this movie into my attention! I'd seen Your Name previously but I had no idea this was coming out so I'm really glad I got to watch it on the big screen 🥰
Suzume jumping through the door into the Ever-After and saying she was going to save the person she loved and the whole intense scene of her saving Souta, for me was very convincing that there was love between the two characters.
Sure it wasn't deeply established, but more recently blossomed. Suzume was a deeply conflicted character and her only character development was not just for her to fall in love and I really appreciated that.
This was an amazing film and I think you are doing yourself a disservice if you watch it with the mentality of trying to compare it to Your Name. ❤
I got to see Suzume in theaters even though I live in north-eastern Poland. I must say that the movie really evoked feelings in me that I haven't felt in some time. It reminded me of the road-trip and fantasy stories I watched/read as a kid, like the Hobbit. 🗝🚪🌌 Hit me right in the feels with the references to real-life catasrophies and mythology. The movie really captures the spirit of what a good fantasy story should be imo. ♥
oh!!! there is a weathering with you reference in the film!!! when they’re watching the news about Daijin, the track “First Visit to K&A” plays on the news. was a very small reference and hard to catch but it felt so gratifying to realize it!
Nothing beats your name PERIOD
I think ultimately Suzume is about learning to cope with the death of a loved one. Very similar to children who chase lost voices. Suzume is a good movie but Your Name will always be Shinkai's best movie. I hope Shinkai takes a step back, take some time off and make something different. Something that we as an audience would not expect. There are recurring patterns in his films. He should take risks. It might be worth it.
me and my bestie went to see this last week and we absolutely loved it
from all the films we've been together she said she liked this one the most :D 💙
Suzume was definetly on my upcoming movies watch list but we all have watch lists filled with movies yet to be seen XD, so seeing this review has convinced me to actually watch it tomorrow!
Suzume is a masterpiece! I loved it soo much and cried a lot at the end 🤧
When they went for the car ride it was such a jarring tone shift especially when they started playing music. It really pulled out the sense of urgency I was feeling before that. Like we're just gonna have this fun car ride in this cool convertible before the end of the world? Okay🙄 I agree with a lot of your points, love the video!
I just came out of the cinemas and I adored this movie!! I think it might be my favorite of his works. I liked Your name but not as much as everyone else (The garden of words and Dareka no manazashi were the ones I enjoyed the most). Even though I was still in school I remember very well the 3/11 earthquake. It was all over the news in my country and I remember watching videos of the tsunami on UA-cam and being so afraid of them that I still have nightmares about it. So yeah this movie hit all the emotional beats for me. I need to rewatch it, I think it’s his magnum opus.
Awesome that you went to another premiere! I will need to see this because i love Your Name and Weathering With You 👍
you’ll definitely like this one then!
I managed to go into Suzume completely blind-I didn’t watch any trailers or checked out the synopsis. and oh wow… Suzume is certainly my favorite Makoto Shinkai movie. I had no idea that it was about earthquakes which was a pleasant and emotional surprise as I’m Turkish. I adore Shinkai’s emotional realism and soft-worldbuilding. I felt the same heartbreak and gut-wrenching emotions I felt while looking at the empty hollow squares after the rubbles were all lifted up. people used to live here. people had memories here. and now half of them are dead and the other half was forced to abandon the city.
I absolutely fell in love with this movie. I cannot find the words to fully express just *how* much. It hit so so close to home. it is certainly the most important work of Shinkai. ❤
I cried so much during this movie! I think the reality of the destruction caused by tsunamis and earthquakes hit even harder.
I still slightly prefer Your Name because I'm a sucker for romance time travel films, but even more excited for more Shinkai in the future.
omg the your name soundtrack makes me cry every time too! 😭 that itterasshai / ittekimasu scene in suzume brought on uncontrollable tears for me but I think Your Name is still my number one, then Suzume, and then Weathering with You.
The first video I saw from your channel was your Weathering with You review, so I felt joyful watching this video. Suzume gave me chills, especially with the music by Radwimps. I’m pleased to have seen another quality film by Makoto Shinkai! (＾▽＾)
Yesss, I loved this movie so much. Of course, Your Name, will always be special ( I also cry every time I watch it LOL), but Suzume brought such a fresh take on a similar story. The music and its timing with the visuals was so good. The song "Sky Over Tokyo" was especially eerie. Also, I don't know why when the movie ended and it went to a blank screen and then the credits started rolling with the traditional Radwimps OST-- I started sobbing! Not sure what caught me by surprise at the end, but that OST was so beautiful ahh can't wait for Makoto Shinkai's next haha
I like Suzume more! But I think that opinion is unpopular 😊😂 Love both tho ;)
Ohhh interesting! I do like both a lot but Your Name will always be my #1
I like Suzume more too!
Man this movie was good! The animators really put there back into this animation. Truly this is some S class, top shelf stuff; my compliments to the team, truly astonishing work here, I feel like a baby that's been gently caressed, given it's binky, and put to rest with a soothing lullaby after getting his bottom spanked by the doctor because I was just born watching this; truly amazing.
Lovely review of a very good film. Is it as good as Your Name, no but like all of Shinkai's films it has so many great scenes and feels and great storytelling.
woa :o you looked so confident and shining on the carpet too!
Makoto Shinkai knows exactly what he wants, the main idea of the story is the trauma of the earthquake and how people went through this. The country where I live have also a lots of earthquakes, both small and big one, during the watching in the theater, i can easily cry even with the music where the earthquake happens in the movie. A lots of people have mistaken it, the movie itself focus mainly on the disaster rather than the romance (of course he is good at romance and add a little bit in it). That’s why the box office in Japan are so high, cuz people shared the same trauma there. In my opinion, suzume is at the same level of your name, or even surpasses your name in some perspective.
Glad you enjoyed it. I liked it more than Weathering. Your Name is still the top on my list of Shinkai films. But going through this film, I wish someone at least acknowledge Shinkai's 2011's film, Children Who Chase Lost Voices. Seeing Suzume twice got me kind of rewatching that film. The theme of life and death is very strong in both films and that I can think of much from both of his films. Agatha, the world from the depths was a reference in Suzume which was the world in Children Who Chase Lost Voices. When Suzume went deep in the tunnels to seal that Tokyo gate, it felt like Asuna going underground to Agatha. The place where Suzume opens the door felt like the gate of life and death from Children Who Chase Lost Voices, you can even look at the skies to compare too. But yeah, in my mind when I see this Shinkai film, it takes me back more than his making of Your Name to his 2011 film. Let me know what you think about Children Who Chase Lost Voices too.
this made me cry at the end. Today i saw it for the third and last time, masterpiece of a film!!!
Fun fact I made an entire Retrospective Video on Makoto Shinkai’s career and Suzume review. Like you I got to see it at a premiere, the Paris Premiere over a month and a half ago and we got the same Q&A! And it got 40 views! 40! 🥲 I loved the movie so much and talking about it as well but now I have literal PTSD every single time I see a Suzume Review on UA-cam. But I loved your take on it! Just needed to have yet another rant about it even tho I know nobody cares! 😅 Take care!
I loved Suzume! It was so well written and the ending definitely made me cry. Makoto Shinkai really knows how to make a movie hit you right in the feels. The similarities to howl's moving castle (Souta literally looking like howl lol and the magical time travel aspect) made me love it 10x more bc that's my favorite ghibli film😊 Overall, this movie was an enjoyable watch and i would love to see it again.
Geez i am late i just watched it at Sapporo in complete japanese. I love it. I love that it is a love message to oneself. That tomorrow will come.
I loved this movie!! Suzume is an incredible film. This was a great review. Well done. Just a few thoughts. The reason Suzume is so connected to Souta so quickly is that she recognizes him from seeing him as a young girl in the Ever-after when her older self and Souta saved her. It's the cool time travel aspect to the movie and makes Suzume so heroic after seeing the full movie.
Also i believe there weren't any character cameos but there were scenery cameos from most of his other films. I have to watch again to be sure. Cameo wise - the teacher from Your Name is the main character from The Garden of Words. She speaks of the magic of Twilight and she can also be seen as one of the teachers who get Sayaka from the broadcast booth near the end. I know the male protagonist is in there also.
I also cannot wait to see what Shinkai's next project will be.
@IronMan-jg3ed Have to say you're completely wrong in this regard - the storyline is amazing. Based upon the very real tragedy of the March 2011 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Each spot in the movie has had a natural disaster occur there. It's an incredible story of grief and loss and friendship. It's not meant to be a romance. You're very wrong sorry to say
@IronMan-jg3ed well since about 96% of people think this is an amazing movie then you are in the vast minority in your idea of the film. Not every film works for everyone. This didn't work for you and that's fine. I'm not here to change your mind but just know that it's YOUR own self that isn't grasping the concepts. The movie isn't weird at all.
I watched last week and it was visually beautiful like everything Makoto Shinkai directs. But the romance (crush?) was so bad. The female lead feelings didn't seem real. There wasn't any moment in the movie that made me think "oh, I understand why she's falling in love". She just seemed reckless. In the end, for me Suzume was a story about how far a hormonal teenager girl can go for a hotter older dude. Despite the fantastic elements also present in his other films, Makoto Shinkai movies were always about humanity. This one failed a little bit in this aspect. Besides, Suzume is a visual masterpiece and the soundtrack was amazing.
I agree, the romance just wasn’t believable to me 🤷🏻♀️
He also visited India....it's was an amazing amazing film ... really enjoyed it... knowing his motivations behind the movie makes you feel for it....i think he's successful in conveying the message that he wants
Just because there are recurrent themes don’t mean they are the same movies. Miyazaki makes coming of age movies during times of war, Shinkai makes romance movies during natural disasters.
I really loved Suzume! It really exceeded my expectations and I loved that there were a lot of funny moments as well 😊.
Daijin was leading them to the open doors, not opening them himself 😢 he just didn’t want to be trapped in that place anymore. He wanted to be loved. And we ALL disliked him for the majority of the movie, I will never forgive Shinkai for making me dislike this cute kitty for 90 minutes. I will also never forgive Miyazaki for other heavy spoiler reasons. 😭
😂😂😂
I went into this film without watching any trailers or reading anything about it, so I was basically completely blind. NOTHING could've prepared me for the sight of a cute little kitten running down the street being chased by a three-legged chair, that was legitimately the funniest thing I've seen in the cinema in a long time.
I definitely enjoyed Suzume, but it didn't match Your Name in terms of quality for me. The score and animation were absolutely stellar though, but I found it really uneven tonally and pacing-wise, and I generally didn't find the characters all that interesting aside from Suzume herself. To be fair though, that's what I felt when I first watched Your Name, and that film is now one of my favourite anime films, so maybe the same thing will happen when I watch this again.
2:43 Okay I’ll leave this video right here and come back to it when I’ve watched the movie🤭
Let me know your thoughts when you’ve watched it!
Nothing will ever top Your Name for me, but I did prefer Suzume to Weathering With You. All three are great movies though.
I honestly don’t think anything will ever top Your Name, but Suzume is definitely another great film and pleasant surprise from Makoto Shinkai.
I'd rank the modern shinkai films as:
1. Your Name
2. Weathering With You
3. Suzume
And occasionally Weathering with You comes out on top - all three (and Garden of Words) are terrific though
I have now seen the modern Shinkai trilogy. Your Name was something I liked but didn't love. I can understand why people would be so emotionally attached, but for me I felt like it was too overhyped. Weathering With You is something I surprisingly liked a lot more. I got much more engaged with the characters and story. People said it was Shinkai trying to replicate the charm of Your Name, but I think it was an improvement. I just watched Suzume today. It was a really enjoyable movie. I love how it was mostly a story centered on Suzume and not their romance. Although I didn't like the age gap. Enpecially when this was meant to be a romance between two girls. that would've been way better. I also love how this is very different from his past two movies and manage to stand out well. Also like usual, the animation and soundtrack was good. This once again makes me excited for the future of Shinkai's career. He's NOT the next Miyazaki, but he will continue to create films that leaves emotional impacts for the future.
The only complaints i have is that
One...i missed that little cameos that he adds in his other movies
Two...the music was amazing... but it didn't hit the highs as Your name... specially the title track ...you remember how in the final sequence of your name...all that meteor and stuff was going on with amazing "Sparkle" playing in bg
Third...i think the movie can be 15 minutes short... especially the car scene was enjoyable yet i think it is stretched out a bit
idk if it was recency bias but as soon as i watched it i put it to number 1 of my ranking lol 😭it had me feeling feelingssssss
SO many feelings 😭
i loved this movie so much it was so good 😭
You should keep a segment of spoiler free review where you share your general impressions about the movie.
I wll not be able to watch it for another month or 2.. but wanted to watch some good spoiler free reviews. Next time maybe.
I enjoyed Suzume a lot, but I think Your Name was better.
My favorite part of Suzume was the Studio Ghibli reference:
When Suzume started using social media to track down and follow the cat, one of the posts says "It's like Whisper of the Heart!"
I'm just glad after 3 movies finally a male lead doesnt fall in love with an older woman 🤣.
In Garden of Words, Takao fell in love with a teacher in his school.
In Your name, Taki fell in love with a girl 3 years older than him.
In Weathering with you, Hodaka fell in love with a girl he thought was 2 years older than him.
I waited a week to watch this bcuz I wanted to watch the movie first. I finally got to watch it at the cinema's with my friend yesterday and it was amazing! We thought we were late by 20mins but the movie just started (I assumed so and thankfully it was the case). Honestly I was really surprised by the fast pace. I thought it would be something similar to weathering with you or other anime movies where they introduce you to their daily lives first and slowly build up on the disaster but wow it was so fast. One con for me is that by the third worm I felt it got a little repetitive. Other than that I loved it and I'm planning to rewatch it!
Lol, I think I only saw early trailers of this movie but from the one still image of her next to the door in the water, I knew I had to see it. So I was super shocked when the chair thing happened 😂 And that little cat is my child 🤣 I don’t condemn this slander against him. He didn’t create the earthquakes, he was leading them to open doors to help stop them. Idk why he was so creepy while doing it though 🙈😅
There was a soundtrack from Tenki no ko i guess.. when Daijin was on TV. So There is reference :)
I finished it 5 min ago, I love it so much. It's my first Shinkai movie
That's usefull, we know exactly the ratio of how much people prefere Suzume as Your Name, we just have to look at the amount of red thumb x)
I think the character of Serizawa wear a bracelet like in your name and it's the same voice actor from Your Name 🥰
Actually there is a Your Name reference. The ost ''Itomori high school'' can be heard during one scene
Personally i really hated Suzume. Was really so happy to watch Your Name, i loved that classic
I think it's a very different movie from Your Name. I definitely like it better than Weathering With You, but not quite as much as Your Name. That being said, the fact that it's based on a real tsunami really brought the emotions, especially with little Suzume at the end.
For me its 1) Weathering 2) Suzume 3) Your Name
Weathering is gritty and tragic, kinda Shakespearian. The characters have real motivation and experience growth.
Suzume is a very well rounded movie and has universal appeal. Not a romance movie. I indentify with the aunt alot , especially the outburst that was and wasn't her (missing out on life to care for family).
Your Name was beautiful, like the other 2 films, but the Romance was overbearing.
This guy cannot produce a dud. From The Place Promised in our Early Days all the way to Suzume, they're all fantastic 👏
I actually prefer Suzume over Your Name ❤
I never liked Your Name that much...I prefer Suzume way more exactly because there wasn't much romance. I think people who go into it expecting romance will say that it was "underwhelming" but I don't think it tried to be romance in the first place. Sure, Suzume had a crush on the dude (so did I✌️) but it felt super onesided...and good! he is an university student who trains to be a teacher, it would be fckd up if he was hitting on high school girls.
It was very clear to me what exactly the movie was about (btw. I'm sure Suzume's house got destroyed by the tsunami) but I kept wondering if everyone in the cinema outside of Japan gets IT.
Oh, and I've also realised, that I have ptsd from those earthquake alarms after living in Japan 😅
I watched Suzume last week and after a week on it, I can say i enjoyed it more then your name but not Weathering with u(Suzume is 4 on my personal top 10 weathering with u is still number 1to me)
I havent really been thrilled with Shinkai's films since 5cm per second (dont really understand the hype over Your Name), but I thought Suzume was outstanding. The romance was a little bit forced but that wasnt the focus of the movie anyway
Although I do agree that the love arc was kind of off putting at first, what made me enjoy it more is I looked at it as a different kind of love. Instead of seeing it as a romantic kind of love I see it as a more platonic love and imo it just kind of sits with me better
Suzume is good but yeah, YOUR NAME was better but my most favorite Makoto Shinkai movie is 5 Centimeters Per Second
I watch for its fantastic anime drawings & more.. how i wish to meet him and have his autograph. My children had a great day at the movie suzume ❤ from Singapore
I just watched this movie and was looking for reviews, and this is going to sound fucked up, but for some reason, I didn't want to watch this video. Maybe it's the thumbnail or my male ego. I'm sorry, but I'm less than two minutes in and so happy I decided to give this UA-camr a chance. I will be subscribing, haha
Those cats transformation and the worm reminded me of princess mononoke.
Suzume is a fantastic film
Great adventure bravo
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don't compare these two. I'd say they are both equally good in their own merits as both of them made me bawl my eyes out
I read that the reason souta was the chair for so long was because the director wanted to make the story about two girls rather than a boy and a girl. the producer told the director that the audience wouldn't want it and weren't ready, so the director was forced to make another boy and girl story, thus souta = chair
Honestly I wish it was actually a love story about two girls 😭 it would have been really cool to see some representation, especially from such a big name like shinkai.
@@nebulotion I know right?! Hopefully a lesbian love story is in our future 😤
I think it worked even though with the trailers it seemed so silly, but in the end i did end up appreciating the chair character lol. And aw damn hopefully we get a story about two girls in the future
I heard because it was a metaphor for the pandemic, the director felt trapped in his house as we all did and he also wanted something to make the thematic less sad l, so ita was a comedic relieve
I thought Suzume was a better movie than Your Name and Weathering with You.
A Silent Voice is still my favorite anime movie.
All great movies. Though Weathering with You was forgettable so not sure on that one. 🤔
Anyone want a good anime movie with 0 romance, check out Sword of the Stranger. Subtitled, dubbed destroys the child character, completely altered his character.
I'm sorta a dork and literally watch every anime subtitled first then watch their dubs when released so I can compare and see how well the dub relays the characters. Very few accomplish that. That's why i tend to recommend subtitles.
The scale of Suzume def feels much bigger than Your Name with all of the crazy door closing sequences, and the relationship between Souta and Suzume is fleshed out really well for the first 2/3 of the movie. Souta being a chair is also such a charming component to this movie, creating so many memorable moments both comedic and symbolic. But once Souta becomes the keystone the movie makes a terrible shift in pacing in my opinion. Suzume's aunt just randomly appears at this point and that entire road trip segment just felt like an awkward way to progress the story to the ultimate end sequence it was heading to. Your Name simple does not stumble like this and is quite literally perfect from start to finish.
Yeah I felt the movie fell off after Shouta turned into keystone it was still good but wasn’t the same
Justo vi la película ayer! Me alegro de que a ti también te haya gustado :D ¿Crees que sea mejor que Your Name? En lo personal, creo que Your Name es demasiado buena, así que es difícil superarla jajaja :)
Your Name siempre será mi #1 jajaj asi que no creo que la superó pero si estuvo bastante buena. Me gustó mas que Weathering with you
Where can I watch suzume
Honestly, I thought Your Name was overhyped and disappointing. I loved Suzume. It's not perfect, but it's well rounded, gorgeous, and generally delightful. It also mixes elements of childhood play with the gravity of trauma in a smart and meaningful way.
Watched it 2 times, one of my favorite shinkai movies, up there with 5cm per second. I never got the hype around your name, imo it was nothing special, so i would say suzume is way better
Side question, why I feel like where zusume lives is where Mitsuha lives , or they probably live nearly each other ?? 🤔🤔
My rate would be :
1 your name
2 Zusume
3 weathering with u
Very good movie but I thought it wasn't a masterpiece comparing to Your Name and Weathering With You mostly because Suzume has less emotions comparing to the 2 movies.
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I actually read the book in japanese before going to the theatre, and the moment I cried the most was when she finds her journal, with all the pages colored black. I really felt the sadness of the 4 year old Suzume who lost her mom. So I was kind of disappointed when I saw the scene in the movie that it was not that emotional a moment.
I really really loved it i which it 2 times 😊 ❤❤❤❤❤❤ it’s amazing I really love it
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I had that television back in the day!!! This girl looks too young to own it.