Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
PG | 29 July 2011 (USA)
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The film centers on Asuna, a young girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved mysterious boy named Shun. However, Shun disappears and Asuna embarks on a journey of adventure to the land of Agartha with her teacher Mr. Morisaki to meet a Shun again. Through her journey she comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.

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XoWizIama

Excellent adaptation.

TrueHello

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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filippaberry84

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Izzy Adkins

The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing, its characterizations, and its go-for-broke sensibilities.

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Shizuoka

This is a hugely ambitious piece of work. It scores highly on design, and the attempts at creating a fleshed out setting are clear, but numerous unexplained plot conveniences, an overly long run time, and the constant sense that you've seen this done better, ultimately prevent this from standing out from the crowd.The Ghibli parallels are striking. The design of the lead characters (cute, furry sidekick included), the musical cues, and the lush green landscapes. Even more so is the look, feel, even movement, of the numerous supernatural beings. Labelling them Ghibli off casts would be too harsh, but to call them anything other than "heavily inspired by" would be ignoring a patent truth.That's not to say the influences are a problem. For the most part the film looks gorgeous. What held it back mostly was the lack of satisfying development of the Underworld's back story. There was no shortage of explanations, but it was exposition heavy and generally raised more questions. Why did the surface kings and emperor's need to use the Underworld's knowledge and treasure to rule? How did they do so? If their pillaging went on for hundreds of years, why did it take the Underworld so long to decide, at the drop of a hat, to keep them out? And where did those crystals come from suddenly? Asuka's nonsensical behaviour, like chilling on her backside until the sun went down, despite having to get somewhere before the night demons came out, was really jarring. It was impossible to relate to her need to sit and ponder her plight (or perhaps she was just tired) when there was deadly danger she was fully aware of, had just been reminded to avoid. The drying up of a river when it provided the only form of defence was obviously for dramatic effect, but running further and further into increasingly thinning water, when it was the only form of protection, is not something any sane human being would do.These were not the only plot holes, and unfortunately there were enough to take me out of the film and have me making a mental note to rewatch some Ghibli. The overriding message of coping with loss was not a bad one, but the overall narrative was clunky and not emotionally engaging. I doubt I'll recall much of this film two or three weeks down the line, and will unlikely ever rewatch it. It did look pretty, though.

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jibranahmad

The movie plot was very thought out and deeply emotional. The plot itself was simple but with a mixture of elements and tools of delivery that made it complex and beautiful. The idea of magical elements, connection between characters, and their adventure was very beautiful if you can connect with the characters and their situation. This is the type of movie you have to truly immerse into to appreciate. The detail and settings is what have given me the memorable feelings. The meaning behind each element have enhanced the emotions as well. Some aspects could have been approached better, and some introductions and twists depend a bit too much on the viewer, but overall I loved it!

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vincentlfh

Feels like it's trying a bit hard. The plot i thought was quite terrible and too dramatic. Several parts(or let's just say most of it) of the film just felt like it wasn't quite in place. Like the storyline wasn't very well put together. His earlier films were better, kind of more, ambiance like feel. This one does, feel like it's trying hard to be something it's not. Also, i think visually it wants to be Ghibli-ish which is not necessarily a bad thing. You can see the characters, resembles characters from ghibli movies the girl from "whisper of the heart", creatures that look like it's from "princess mononoke", and "spirited away". Watch just for 10 minutes and you might have feel some of these things that i did.

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Cazre Thomas

I will keep this simple, when I first started watching I sensed something familiar about the movie. The art style felt familiar and the story so far felt familiar. Then I put my nose on it, it felt like a movie from Hiyao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. I stuck with it but I noticed someone in the movie looked and seemed way too much like Haku from Spirited Away. The film started to feel like Princess Mononoke/Spirited Away a little too much but I stuck with it. The last straw was when a scene played out almost exactly like one out of Princess Mononoke. If you haven't seen the two previous mentioned films you may like it but too me it felt too unoriginal.

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