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- From: ranma@pegasus.com (Doug Cha)
- Subject: Re: KOR movie
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.040245.15427@pegasus.com>
- Organization: Pegasus, Honolulu
- References: <1hk1qdINNnma@aludra.usc.edu> <1992Dec27.150020.28751@pegasus.com> <RMC.92Dec29094945@miyazaki.wang.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 04:02:45 GMT
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- In article <RMC.92Dec29094945@miyazaki.wang.com> rmc@wang.com (rmc) writes:
- >ranma@pegasus.com (Doug Cha) (>) and dhiga@aludra.usc.edu (Darold
- >Higa) (>>) discuss the sadness of the KOR Final Movie:
- >
- >KOR is nicely drawn and enjoyable and engaging, but somehow the actual
- >story telling just doesn't seem to cross the line to fully adsorbing
- >me (a bad pun...). I am always aware that i am watching a movie and
- >never fully identify with any of the characters.
-
- You've answered your own question right there.. you don't
- identify with the characters, which is why it must not have the effect
- on you.. As a movie by itself, "Ano Hi Ni Kaeritai" isn't more than
- a very slow and very uninteresting movie at best. It is not at all a
- very memorable movie.
- As the conclusion to a series spanning 3-4 years of the "spring-
- time of their youth", it's pretty damned sad. I was fortunate to watch
- all of the episodes & oav's as well as get tidbits here and there from
- the manga (thanks Eric Shen) which also helped.. The biggest thing that
- makes KOR so sad is when you relate the story and the experience to
- reality; your own reality..
- Madoka's move to throw her lifelong friend away in pursuit of
- love is sad enough by itself. It gives me shivers to just type that
- line out.
-
- Damn.. what was I gonna say?
- (Argh... never mind already..)
-
- -You know that r.a.a traffic is really slow when you can actually
- keep up with the traffic..
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