Liz and the Blue Bird

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Mark C Ambitious, surreal, visually unique, out of nowhere break away side story from the Sound Euphonium franchise. Imagine if someone made a dead serious feature length film about Janice, and Marcel the monkey from "Friends" in the style of a 19th century impressionist painting. More of this randomness please. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/23/21 Full Review Jay W Getting the obvious out of the way, this isn't as good as "A Silent Voice". As the trailer boldly proclaims, it is made by the same director and composer as that great film. And looking at the characters, you can tell there are some visual similarities in the art style. Naoko Yamada is able to focus on the nonverbal nervous ticks that speak volumes about the characters perspective and state of mind. Instead of showing the person talking, it will show them holding their hands behind their back, and her staring at the ground. The movie entirely takes place within the school and the cast, minus 2, are all entirely the female students in their school uniforms. We don't get a glimpse of their parents, or life outside of school. The story is very simple, and the stakes are very low. This is a character driven internal conflict of a story. If you are a huge band geek, this would be the movie for you. Most of it is about the two leads trying to play the titular song. It is a sweet and simple little story, and it is music to my ears. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Steve C Prediction after 5-minutes: the story of the blue bird is what happens to the two MCs. The quiet clingy one is the blue bird Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review LABEL 2 7.5/10。叙事节奏差，缩减十五分钟左右大概是一个较为合理的时长。私以为用“日常”放空核心剧情从而营造真实感的手法适用于有黄前久美子的“上低音号”而不适用于本片，前一个小时过于稀薄的故事让观众从本该有的“专注”不得不转变为对最后半个小时的“期待”，导致精美的画面、别出心裁的配乐都成为了“被观赏的静物”而非“表达的载体”。优秀的制作以外，牛尾宪辅的音乐可谓是画龙点睛：少而精的配器、极具辨识度的节奏选择，以及片尾最后一个乐句流淌出来的旋律——很难不动容啊。 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/30/24 Full Review christopher c. m But are we cutting into the story book? Did it really happen and we're flashing back to when it happened. There are no answers to these questions. I like a slice of life anime story but when it goes somewhere. If it was just the Liz and the Blue Bird without the confusing band kids subplot or side story or whatever, it might have worked. Slow but it would have world. Anime features can be 50 minutes and still be a feature. There was no need it to be 90 minutes and that other story is what ruins it, like "Fireworks", it goes nowhere, slowly. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member An extremely special film that displays Naoko Yamada's perfection of her craft. In concept and in setting, it is a remarkably small film. The film takes place almost entirely within a few rooms of a school (outside of the fantasy B plot) and is about a singular thing: the strained friendship between two people. Despite how seemingly bare-bones that is, it's a dense and carefully crafted film that never disappoints. The soundtrack is phenomenal. Kensuke Ushio is a true gem in the medium and I hope he continues to collaborate with Yamada. The gentleness of the songs fits perfectly with the tone of the film and the addition of diagetic sounds of a school into the songs themselves is brilliant. Credit of course must also be given to veteran and long-time collaborator to Yamada, Yoshida Reiko, who wrote the film. The two are an unmatched pair. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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