Shinkai sensei knows how to pull audiences, and he has achieved it again with Suzume.
The movie is about Suzume, who teams up with Souta in order to prevent disasters across Japan, by locking up the doors through which the calamity emerges (in the form of a gigantic worm). This is not even close to Makoto Shinkai's third-best work (5 Centimetres Per Second), but DAMN! The experience of watching it on a big screen with a packed audience was IMMACULATE! Although flawed, Suzume never fails to engage the viewers with its compelling storytelling and painstakingly gorgeous visuals.What I Loved: - First off, the soundtrack composed by RADWIMPS is stupendous; it gives a haunting feeling in certain scenes and also it fills you with hope and assurance that everything will be alright by the end. I did miss the vocalized version of the Suzume title track tho, but never mind..the rest of it slapped.
- The animation quality is orgasmic. At this point, them delivering normal animation is out of the equation. Each and every frame can be turned into a painting. Even the smallest of scenes were beautifully crafted and gave the magnum-opus feels. The scenes involving the Ever-After have to be my favorite coz bruh, they looked really gorgeous.
- The characters were very well written, and everyone seemed to have some purpose. The characters gave off a very wholesome vibe which I really loved. Serizawa is the GOAT without a doubt.
- The humor worked really well for me; it was present in the right amount and was very subtle and natural.
- The themes that the film explores were dealt with beautifully! When Suzume tells her younger self not to worry about the past, and embrace the goodness that's about to come tomorrow, mann it was very heartfelt and inspiring.
What Didn't Work For Me: - The movie lacks the emotional punch that Shinkai's previous works had.
- The 'locking the doors" stuff got repetitive after a point, which caused the stakes to die down a bit.
- Feel bad for Minoru cause he didn't get to share his true feelings with Tamaki-san : (
Overall, I still enjoyed watching the movie, and it got intense in certain moments too where I genuinely was on the edge of my seat. I'll have to rewatch this after knowing more about the 3/11 incident, in order to get a deeper insight into what Shinkai actually had in mind while writing the storyboards.
PS: Need Serizawa'a playlist badly! Someone please upload it ffs.? 
