Big Fish & Begonia (2018)
Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally gets her chance and transforms into a dolphin in order to explore the world that has her fascinated. But she soon discovers that it's a dangerous place and nearly gets killed in a vortex. Luckily, her life is spared when a young boy sacrifices himself to save her. Moved by his kindness and courage, she uses magic to bring him back to life only to learn that this power comes at a serious price. On a new adventure, she’ll have to make her own sacrifices in order to protect his soul until it is ready to return to the human world.
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Admirable film.
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Love love this anime! I recommend you all watch this and share it with someone who doesnt like anime. This is a game changer!
The comparison with Ghibli is inevitable here. This movie is simply not on par with Ghibli. But the visual and the music score were both close! The story is good, but the script falls a little short. A bit exposition heavy, a few too many plot devices, eg. the bit with the 2 headed snake served purely as a plot device. The design of the fish Kun is tonally inconsistent with the rest of the world. It was never explained why the fish caused apocalypse. The characters, they live in a magical world. But some of them are wise, and timeless but some of them are as prejudiced and fearful as the humans whose lives they govern.Now, on to the good points: Great visual! one of the best looking anime, of course not as organic and detail rich as Ghibli, but beautifully put together, brilliant colours. 3D and 2D elements are seamless. The music score is not as memorable as, again, Ghibli, but fits the tone very well. Tonally, the story is very sincere, like the best Ghibli movies, and innocent.The dialogue is a bit stilted at times, but quite good overall.I don't think this movie is being released in the West anytime soon. But when it does, I hope they get some proper translators.Overall, great first attempt from the studio, recommended.
Coming to this with very low expectations I was pleased to be surprised by the astounding quality of production in this animated film. The artwork is beautiful and the environments created are imaginative and vibrant. Attention to detail has really helped to make the experience breathtaking and immersive. Aside from various plot holes and areas lacking adequate explanation, the story is powerful and moving. Overall a very enjoyable family friendly film.The only aspect that Big Fish and Begonia falls flat is the voice acting. The voices acting is still the typical Chinese children's program voices that sound very awkward in its more mature setting.
It's not only a movie about love,but also a movie about dedication and toredeem.It's not clearly said what it want to show,but if you see the second time,it will be better.So i think it's a good movie. Some people who only see the movie one time is hard to make a gooe comment,because it's so obscure that hard to see.Da Hai is not like the movies made by Hollywood,it like a novel more,which want the viewers to watch twice or more in order to understand it.When I see some people think the love story in the movie is very unpleasant,I really want to tell them:it's better for you to see the twice time,because it never tell a love story,but a philosophy story.