once Upon a time, Mamoru Hosoda Should be guided How called a castle forward Hayao Miyazaki Take over it. On a certain level, scarlet It can now be called Hosoda howlbecause it was an outrage of trying to exert justice in a war in the Middle East, becoming an irrelevant British literature and eventually becoming the director’s weakest film to date. The difference is that Miyazaki’s worst movies are still 95% better than the anime, and Hawsorda’s worst movies are medium enough to kill any residual “Next Miyazaki” hype he’s ever accepted.
Obviously the screenwriter Satoko Okudera It’s crucial to Hosoda’s classic winning streak Girl skipping time,,,,, Summer Warand Wolf’s child. Since then, Hosoda himself has written – Boy and beast,,,,, Miraiand Beauty – More chaotic on the script level, but through excellent animation and Hawsorda’s hairy, his own kids and his reliable Digimon/Summer War formula.
scarlet Hosoda wrote the worst and worst movie, although its weaknesses are not obvious. Elsinore’s hand-painted opening sequence looks as good as any movie he’s in the past, its twists and turns village It’s fun (although the movie will forget some of them – you’d think this version of Gertrude will be more important than her villain in the end). The first glimpse of CGI Elessworld itself is beautiful, and the level of detail in the setup seems to justify the changes in MEDIEM and SCArlet’s design translates well between styles.
Our first sign of trouble seemed to come with the introduction of the deuterated Hijiri. The natural source of conflict between Hijiri’s pacifism and SCAreth’s seeking for revenge. The problem is that this conflict develops poorly, and repeating dialogues are held on war and peace. Kind characters don’t have to be bored – new Superman It turns out that kindness is punk rock! – But Hijiri himself is completely flat. His personal story gradually accepts his own death without increasing interest and largely feels irrelevant.
scArlet and Hijiri have some amazing visions and some well-choreographed battles during Ellewld’s journey, but lacking due to the anime mission. Instead of any unique support roles, they interact primarily with non-descript crowds. Crowd scenes only lead to inconsistencies in animation quality. Sometimes, we are looking for an awkward mixture of 2D and 3D characters. At other times, Hosoda is filled with so many background numbers that it is difficult to say what we are looking at.
When it comes to animation, the worst moments are two dance sequences. A hula dance with two characters looks like a low content person Fortnite cartoon. Then the boldest sequence should make the movie, but break it: La La Land– SC-induced fantasy sequenceArlet heard Hijiri sing a modern pop song. The song itself is nothing special – especially with Beauty Soundtrack – But really ruining hundreds of bad animation moments, which overwhelms every shot, which makes the already busy 3D Camerawork a headache. It can be said Panties and socks It’s anime La La Land Better than Hosoda.
My frustration scarlet The ending of the movie reaches its peak. Understand, I have a high tolerance for goodwill, idealistic free cheese. I still love HamiltonWhat’s the ending Carole & Tuesday Even if I know this is childish, it will make me cry! So, what does this mean scarlet Just made me think, “Oh, come on!” I suspect that Hosoda actually has the belief that it is very basic village Deconstruction equals solution to the problem All future wars. If he believed this stupid ending, at least he might be more interesting.
Elsewhere in Toronto International Film Festival 2025 Satoko Okudera New movie screenings are underway: Official Japanese Oscars Submit Hello. Hello In my estimate, this is not a great movie (it’s too long), but it has complex, interesting characters and drama that doesn’t require public morality – things scarlet Seriously missing. I don’t know the chances of Okudera and Hosoda encountering in Tiff, but need to be reunited.
