Last night, my wife and I snuck off to watch a movie after the kids fell asleep.
Summer Wars had won the 2010 Japan Academy Award for animated film. It is indeed a very nicely done film, but was ultimately just a fun fluffy popcorn flick with lots of action.
It’s a little unfair to come away slightly disappointed, since I find a lot of Disney and Pixar fare just that as well. But still, I guess all these years of watching Studio Ghibli films has made me expect just a little more in its core.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s worth a watch, but unless I’m missing something, it is just what it says it is.