dragynfaerie
USA
An Utter Disappointment
There is a young witch. Her name is Kiki and she does deliveries, but ...THIS IS NOT STUDIO GHIBLI'S KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE! Other than what I have mentioned it bares no resemblance to the masterfully animated and told classic. Takashi Shimizu should probably stick with horror. For the first time I will include all my separate catergory ratings in a review. The separate ratings are what I felt about the movie I just watched. The overall is for this supposedly being Kiki's Delivery Service. If you've never watched it animated, go watch it. If you have and loved it, consider this your warning.
Shimizu, the writer and director behind Ju-On (The Grudge), got it in his head that he could write and direct a live action of KDS. This movie proved he could not. This movie is loosely based upon the classic. A young witch whose only magic is flight leaves home to complete her training. She settles on a delivery service. Aside from the ability to fly, you would never know this was supposed to KDS. Her tell tale large red bow is missing for one thing. I think Shimizu thought he was giving Kiki a backstory. Something no one asked for. This Kiki doesn't have the original's self confidence. She has her own, but she falters. Perhaps she's more like a 13 year old should be, but this isn't a slice of life. It's fantasy. There was something or a lot of somethings missing in this movie, but it's hard to narrow down. I want to say it's heart, but there is some. Perhaps that's it. There's only some. Some heart. Some confidence. Some spunk. Some of this and some of that but not all. The writing fails. The cinematography is dull. There's an island and several ocean shots but they are drab and washed out. That's a complaint I have with many Japanese movies. Their movie quality is cheap comparatively like they can't spare the money. It's a simple story and production. I give it 6 stars.
The cast was good enough. There was one extremely annoying character ( at least to me), but that's not the actor's fault. They did their jobs well enough with the material they had. 8.5 stars
The music was pretty good. There was a character that sang. I don't know if it was her voice or if she was lip syncing, but I liked the songs she sang. 7 stars
The rewatch value is 1 only because we can't give 0's.
Overall, I'll give it 4.5 stars out of 10. I'm being nice. This was no Kiki's Delivery Service. Far from it. The overall for the movie I watched comes out to be 5.5. Watch the animation. Forget this crap.
Shimizu, the writer and director behind Ju-On (The Grudge), got it in his head that he could write and direct a live action of KDS. This movie proved he could not. This movie is loosely based upon the classic. A young witch whose only magic is flight leaves home to complete her training. She settles on a delivery service. Aside from the ability to fly, you would never know this was supposed to KDS. Her tell tale large red bow is missing for one thing. I think Shimizu thought he was giving Kiki a backstory. Something no one asked for. This Kiki doesn't have the original's self confidence. She has her own, but she falters. Perhaps she's more like a 13 year old should be, but this isn't a slice of life. It's fantasy. There was something or a lot of somethings missing in this movie, but it's hard to narrow down. I want to say it's heart, but there is some. Perhaps that's it. There's only some. Some heart. Some confidence. Some spunk. Some of this and some of that but not all. The writing fails. The cinematography is dull. There's an island and several ocean shots but they are drab and washed out. That's a complaint I have with many Japanese movies. Their movie quality is cheap comparatively like they can't spare the money. It's a simple story and production. I give it 6 stars.
The cast was good enough. There was one extremely annoying character ( at least to me), but that's not the actor's fault. They did their jobs well enough with the material they had. 8.5 stars
The music was pretty good. There was a character that sang. I don't know if it was her voice or if she was lip syncing, but I liked the songs she sang. 7 stars
The rewatch value is 1 only because we can't give 0's.
Overall, I'll give it 4.5 stars out of 10. I'm being nice. This was no Kiki's Delivery Service. Far from it. The overall for the movie I watched comes out to be 5.5. Watch the animation. Forget this crap.
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