Collateral beauty at its best
If there was anyone who could be considered Hayao Miyazaki successor was for me Yoshifoumi Kondou.
It is often said that the candles which burn brightest are the ones which go off faster, and what a shame this is as I am left with awe after watching this movie.
Many questions pass through my mind, and many doubts get to me, as the pictures began moving I felt love at first sight.
This movie touched me in a way that I never imagined was possible in a time when I was losing my passion for anime this motion picture made me realize how much I was wrong.
If you want to revitalise your passion for anything in life then this movie is made for you.
Looking backwards I understand how fruitless, and how profitless my way of conducting my life was. Passions for me are what drive our core, and what fuel our vital energy.
Without that determination that desire to be better, and the frustration of not being good enough people nowadays are leading lives which are full of depression and down curves.
For me, this movie was a lesson, a lesson that I just started to understand, because now, I am happy with the road I have chosen which is studying sciences and continuing to write.
There is happiness in understanding that you can be better, and you can follow your dreams as this is the road to success and to living a beautiful and happy life.
This movie remembered me of my childhood, my first kiss, and the moments where I enjoyed most doing research, exploring nature, and competing with my brother.
It is a film that talks to you on personal grounds and reminds you how long the road to becoming what you have always dreamt of being is.
I loved the slow pace of the movie which gave me moments to meditate and take a breath, I have always loved following a cat along the streets, and being immersed in a few seconds into a place, or neighbourhood I have never known of.
This for me is the magic of being curious like a child and letting you be driven into realities you've never known of before, this also shows you as a guide how you should approach new and mysterious angles of your everyday life.
I am happy for this lesson that I have been retaught its a lesson I will continue to pursue in my adult life, and thank you former director Kaduo for your mastery in telling us how we should live our lives. Rest In peace and may your lessons be a driving motif to never abandon our passions, especially in the toughest moments.
About the movie, it is a love letter towards never letting down your spirits as however dark the period you are passing by life is full of beautiful moments and variety that are passing you by unnoticed.
The love between Shizuku and Siji is for me what love is desiring each other's success, and supporting each other during the steep slopes that life might present to you.
I wish that in the future this type of love will come also to me, and I am extremely grateful to house ghibli for having produced yet another heart-struck movie which will help future generations to understand what is best for their lives.
People are all art bringers and we all have creativity which we have forgotten to liven up due to life's monotony or our self-judgment to become better we have to face our strongest fears and our fiercest enemy ourselves and try to see the beauty wherever, and whenever we are.