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5 Centimeters per Second

5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

March. 03,2007
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7.5
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PG
| Animation Drama Romance Family

Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.

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WasAnnon
2007/03/03

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

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Console
2007/03/04

best movie i've ever seen.

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RipDelight
2007/03/05

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

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Taraparain
2007/03/06

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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nojunk-46182
2007/03/07

Boy meets girl, fall in love, went their separate ways, boy pines for girl, that's about it. Beautiful drawings of the sky of sunsets and starry nights. Not much by way of a story. Much prefer Miyazaki's cartoons.

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MartinHafer
2007/03/08

I can only assume "5 Centimeters Per Second" was designed explicitly to teens and pre-teens. Therefore, my dislike of the film should be taken with a grain of salt, as I am a 53 year-old guy who likes anime movies, though I don't love ALL anime. For me, the film, though beautiful to look at, was very tough going.The story is about a romance between two classmates, Akari and Takaki. She is a rather simpering and uncertain young lady and she is attracted to Takaki because he's a silent, brooding, poetic sort of guy (the sort of guy most adults would think is incredibly pretentious). However, when he moves away, they promise to remain close and write to each other. Can their perfect, undying love stand the test of time and distance? Or, are they just two teens who need to let go and get on with their lives?The biggest problem with this film is the god-awful dialog. It makes me cringe about that period in my own life...a period I would just as soon forget because I thought everything was so gosh-darned profound and important. Now, with time, I find teens who talk like a dying, misunderstood poet to be annoying and hate that I can remember a bit of that in my teen self! All in all, a gorgeously animated film (better than many of the Ghibli films) but also one that has very, very limited appeal and rather annoying characters. Even though the film has some dubious messages for kids, I'd give this one a 7 for teenage girls, a 1 for adults and a 4 for teenage boys who will most likely want to punch Takaki and tell him to shape up!

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Zach West
2007/03/09

The start makes for a brilliant opening, 2 childhood friends move away from each other and write letters to keep in contact, setting the way for a beautiful story of friendship and love, but as the story progresses the main character and heroine drift apart. Not bad as this makes for a great set up to a reunion. A reunion that never happens. the MC slowly drifts into depression in the third part as well as never meeting the main heroine again. the final scene is one of the most annoying scenes I've seen, on par with the ending to "Kimi no iru machi" as it tempts you with closure between the two and then ends without a single word or look between them. The whole films feels like a waste of time by the end of it as although the film seems to aim for "Well life sucks sometimes" approach, it comes off as if the film is unfinished.

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zafar142007
2007/03/10

This is easily one of the most beautiful movies I have seen. Simple yet powerful, the visual narrative is breathtaking. By the end, I was rooting for a happy ending, but it wasn't meant to be.This a simple love story powerfully told in an artistic way. One can see the artist's imagination working in the minute details that get captured in each scene. For example, Akari gets up from her seat in her office to go to a meeting, and her chair rotates slightly--empty--as the scene cuts. At that moment, the story is devolving into how Akari has moved on in her life, and this little ending drives the message home. Similarly, Takaki says to himself at some point that he didn't know when he started composing messages on his phone meant for nobody, meaning that loneliness has become a part of him. That standard of storytelling is hard to emulate.In short, a treat for the artist in you.

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