I first heard about Summer Wars on well....maybe I shouldn't post the name of the site here. I was trying to figure out the gender of one of the characters and figured that maybe if I looked it up on Youtube, I would be able to figure it out and that's when I saw someone review Summer Wars for the first time.
Ever since I saw the insane web design depicted in that movie I've wanted to see this movie for myself. And it's really good! It stars a math nerd named Kenji who accompanies his classmate to visit her grandma. Sounds boring. Well it isn't. First of all, the family residing at Natsuki's (the classmate) are a LOT of fun. What's even better is that their charm stems from their personalities and there is little use of the usual cartoon gags such as the WAY overexaggerated facial expressions like in lets say...Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya and NO use of the beatdowns that would PROBABLY get someone in real life killed..or in the attackers case: arrested (I'm looking at YOU Rumiko Takahashi!).
Now if you're like my brother, you'll probably enjoy that while there IS romance involved, the plot doesn't really focus much on it at all. There are WAY too many more urgent things going on, by the second half of this movie. Like, LIFETHREATENING issues that need to be taken care of FAST! But I won't go into detail about that. You're going to have to watch the movie.
I can tell you though that the movie is chock full of moments, heartwarming, heartWRENCHING, tense, and of course unpredictable. SOME people might find it a little cheesy that the symbolism in this movie isn't even the LEAST bit subtle. And there may be a few moments which induce Fridge Logic, like it did with me. But if you're like me, that probably won't stop you from enjoying it at all.
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I first heard about Summer Wars on well....maybe I shouldn't post the name of the site here. I was trying to figure out the gender of one of the characters and figured that maybe if I looked it up on Youtube, I would be able to figure it out and that's when I saw someone review Summer Wars for the first time.
Ever since I saw the insane web design depicted in that movie I've wanted to see this movie for myself. And it's really good! It stars a math nerd named Kenji who accompanies his classmate to visit her grandma. Sounds boring. Well it isn't. First of all, the family residing at Natsuki's (the classmate) are a LOT of fun. What's even better is that their charm stems from their personalities and there is little use of the usual cartoon gags such as the WAY overexaggerated facial expressions like in lets say...Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya and NO use of the beatdowns that would PROBABLY get someone in real life killed..or in the attackers case: arrested (I'm looking at YOU Rumiko Takahashi!).
Now if you're like my brother, you'll probably enjoy that while there IS romance involved, the plot doesn't really focus much on it at all. There are WAY too many more urgent things going on, by the second half of this movie. Like, LIFETHREATENING issues that need to be taken care of FAST! But I won't go into detail about that. You're going to have to watch the movie.
I can tell you though that the movie is chock full of moments, heartwarming, heartWRENCHING, tense, and of course unpredictable. SOME people might find it a little cheesy that the symbolism in this movie isn't even the LEAST bit subtle. And there may be a few moments which induce Fridge Logic, like it did with me. But if you're like me, that probably won't stop you from enjoying it at all.