AIR the movie
Aug. 18th, 2005 01:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceruseeWhoa! Weird. A little on the expressionistic side, and not in a good way. Overall, beautiful, highly watchable, and an interesting alternate take on the story.
As I expected, AIR didn't lose a thing by cutting out Kano's and Minagi's stories. I found their segments dull in the series, and would happily skip those episodes on a rewatch, if not for the threads of Misuzu's story woven in alongside of them. That was an interesting, different take on the Kanna story--the sexual element was present in the show, but complicated by Uraha's more active mother role in the little family (a role solidly cemented in the end, when she conceives a child by Ryuya).
For the most part, I preferred the series version of the story. I liked the art, animation, and directing better, and I missed Uraha in the movie. About the only thing I really preferred in the movie was the way Yukito was handled--he's essentially absent from the end of the show, and as important as Misuzu and Haruko are, it's jarring to lose one of your protagonists that way. The movie puts Yukito and Haruko side by side at the end--loving Misuzu together, reaching out for her together, mourning her together. Also, in the movie, he's focused entirely on Misuzu, whereas in the series, he gets distracted from her by Kano and Minagi--that's the game set-up, there, but I found it a little painful to watch.
As I expected, AIR didn't lose a thing by cutting out Kano's and Minagi's stories. I found their segments dull in the series, and would happily skip those episodes on a rewatch, if not for the threads of Misuzu's story woven in alongside of them. That was an interesting, different take on the Kanna story--the sexual element was present in the show, but complicated by Uraha's more active mother role in the little family (a role solidly cemented in the end, when she conceives a child by Ryuya).
For the most part, I preferred the series version of the story. I liked the art, animation, and directing better, and I missed Uraha in the movie. About the only thing I really preferred in the movie was the way Yukito was handled--he's essentially absent from the end of the show, and as important as Misuzu and Haruko are, it's jarring to lose one of your protagonists that way. The movie puts Yukito and Haruko side by side at the end--loving Misuzu together, reaching out for her together, mourning her together. Also, in the movie, he's focused entirely on Misuzu, whereas in the series, he gets distracted from her by Kano and Minagi--that's the game set-up, there, but I found it a little painful to watch.