So I remember it being summer time (ironically) when I discovered the movie Summer Wars. I remember, because the Anime Addicts Anonymous and That Anime Show, all spoke quite positively about it, so, while paroozing a local electronics store, I figured "Why Not?" and bought the movie. Not a bad decision, in retrospect...
Summer Wars takes place in an alternate version of reality in which the internet is a program called OZ (Like the wizard. or the futurama parody), in which people can (and do) do anything from play videogames, to network, to do business, to buy a house. The story begins when Kenji Koiso is asked by his classmate Natsuki Shinohara, one of their school's most popular students, to pretend to be her boyfriend for a week while she visits her family. And that's just the begining...
While there, Kenji gets a text message containing some sort of math problem (I don't know what kind. I don't do so well with math...), which turns out to be the security code to OZ. In releasing the code, a horribly destructive virus, named Love Machine, which not only seeks to destroy OZ, but the world...
Anyway, this movie did get a lot of hype, mainly due to the awards it won, but it deserved this, because it was an amazing movie with a moving, heartfelt story of love, family, and why you shouldn't put so much trust into technology.
See, that was one of the main reasons I liked this movie, it was slightly satirical of modern society, in which we rely too heavily on technology. That, and it touched on a really close topic to me: family, and loving them for who they are, warts and all (something I've always felt). And the dubbed performances were simply amazing. I seriously have trouble finding trouble finding anything to dislike about this movie, so, the rating I would have to give it would be a 5 out of 5, as well as a reccomendation that you go buy it. See you next time, Keep The Faith, and You are not alone.
-Shigure
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