I’m not sure what to make out of all this. I heard that they made a movie out of AIR and after a run in the theaters they recently released the DVD version of it.
I watched it, or at least I think I did. Aozora played in the background and someone died. That’s pretty much where all the similarities end.
Now I’ll have nightmares every night until sometime around 2018 where they will be replaced by images from the TV debut of Da Capo Twelfth Season – Miharu’s Revenge IV. First of all, the characters look retarded. Looking at their faces lowers YOUR IQ by 60 points. Then there’s the story, which I’ll talk about later. The scariest part of all, however, is that the deceptively restrictive rules of capitalism strongly insinuate that money had to be exchanged between multiple parties in order for this movie to be made/watched/bought. I’m definitely sleeping with the lights on tonight.
I am convinced that they paid some guys to write the movie script but after the budget was wasted on lap dances and tacos, they were like “Shit, we need to come up with a script… fast!” So they stuffed an envelope with shredded newspapers and a paper plate that said…
and mailed it to the animators. If you can think of a better explanation, please let me know. The director’s commentary audio track (which may prove/disprove my theory) is only a mouse click away, but there’s an unsettling fear that’s preventing me from exploring that route. The fear is that what I speculated above might not be that far from the truth.
Of course, the movie has its list of merits, such as…
- Ryuuya’s epic Beyblade battle against the soldiers
- Gratuitous use of still images. Everybody loves slow pans across still images. It’s like they’re moving, but they’re not!
- Split screen action. Who doesn’t like SPLIT SCREEN ACTION!?
- NO MINAGI
So it’s not a total loss, but you can’t possibly be satisfied with the end result. I know I wasn’t.