Movies You Gotta See.... #2

Sometimes you stumble upon these movies and wonder how you managed to go so long without seeing them. Such is the case with this film:



Essentially a 30 minute short film, it no less carries with it the magnitude and weight of a feature length film. All the more amazing is the fact that this movie was created by one man on a single Mac computer.

That man is Makoto Shinkai.

This is a movie about two young people essentially fated to be torn apart by time and space.

The girl, Mikako, is sent off to space to fight in a war while her love, Noboru, has to stay behind. Their only form of communication is through cell phone text messaging but as Mikako goes deeper and deeper into space, the messages take longer and longer to get to their destination. Eventually, it takes years for a single message to be sent.

As Mikako fights in space, Noboru is back on earth getting older waiting for messages that may or may not come.

The voice-acting is really top-notch and the score is very fitting to the on-screen drama. If your a fan of animated movies then you will really enjoy this one. Or if your a person on the fence about the merit of animated film, give it a look and see just how adult animation can be.

I couldn't find the trailer for the movie so I posted someones AMV from YouTube. Hopefully you guys can find a spare 30 minutes to give this movie a look. You won't regret it.

You can pick it up here for really cheap.

9.5/10