Audience reviews
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Zonyboi
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
Originality isn't always good, and this is a clear example of that. Big Fish & Begonia is a pathetic piece of work made by a team that has absolutely no idea of how to write a fucking film.
One thing that annoys me is a good concept that was carried out horribly. This movie fails trying to explain itself, and almost all events happen with no fucking reason, and the audience has to guess why it happened; how was the fish related to the gigantic flood? Why was the rat lady punished? Why was the fish that big of a threat? Why did the protagonists revive that many times, when they literally sold their lives once? Why did the grandpa get set on fire? How did the world work? Why did the plot contradict itself so many times? None of these questions were even close to being answ…
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This is my first review, I've been watching anime for over 10 years and I've never actually felt the need to write one until I watched this anime movie. I've posted this review in other places, so if it's recognized then it's not a copy-paste, I wrote the original review.
It must have been a few years back when I first saw the concept art for this movie before it was even released. I was excited, I saw the potential and I couldn’t wait to watch it. In fact, I wanted to watch it so bad that I remembered the movie a few years later when it was already released in English so I sought it out and watched it.
I have to say that I’ve never been so massively disappointed in a movie before. What disappointed me most was the lack of utilization of the amazing, stunning, beautiful background scenes…
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When I first watched it it kept reminding me and referencing the Disney movie Little Mermaid, it is so similar to it on so many levels. But this movie has more depth into the story, more lessons, meanings and values that the little mermaid.
It is not an easy movie to watch, it is filled with emotions on love and sacrifice. In addition to the meaning of life and death. The art is just beautiful and very meaningful, the story line is very catchy and it is hard to stop watching it. One must watch it more than one time to capture its meaning and lessons. My only take is that I did not like the selfishness of Chun I wished that she would have been kinder and more considerate to her own people and for the person who truly loved her.
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Short Review here -
Recommended: for animation and art? Yes. But no for everything else
Spoiler-Free?: pretty spoiler free! Some tiny things but that’s it. Nothing major
Pros: the frickin art dudes, it's so beautiful its almost unfair
Cons: The characters and the overall execution with the pacing of the show. And there was something off with the voice acting I guess? (both sub and dub)
Best Character: Qiu ( they did him dirty and he carried the whole show damn 😔)
Swears in review: it’s cleannnnn
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An in-depth review is here:
[Story]: the story was alright, the romance sucked and kinda weird but besides that it's was a really nice story with a really chill life lesson. Super epic but at times the pacing of the whole thing seemed to be rushed and unorganized.
[Art]: the Art is absolute…
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The first thing I should mention about BIG FISH AND BEGONIA is that it is visually stunning. I do not recall seeing many Chinese animated productions (although I wouldn't be surprised if I had inadvertently stumbled upon one without realizing it), but this is one of the most visually impressive I've seen from the country. Like a magnet, it seduces you from the first frame and keeps you entranced for all 100 minutes. In a way, this film reminded me a bit of Laika's recent KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS. That film, while not a tightly plotted story, was nonetheless so visually stimulating that one could not help but be glued to their seats throughout. BIG FISH is the same way.
Describing the plot, it's sort of a mixing pot of THE LITTLE MERMAID with shades of SPIRITED AWAY and Chinese mythology.…
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*This review contains a few spoilers.*
Da Yu Hai Tang presents itself with astounding visuals that few modern japanese Anime can compete with. Under the surface, however, the Movie suffers from bad writing/execution and doesn't have much to offer besides its fantastic animation, especially the highly detailed world, i.e. the nature or mystic creatures. My criticism is directed towards two main flaws of this movie: The story and the characters.
The story is haphazard. The scenes don't transition well and the story essentially runs from one tragedy into another. It gives Chun no room to develop herself or to expand on any of the characters at all, instead it tries to encompass more and more different elements into it, most of which aren't even connected to main plotline itself. The main p…
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If you haven't watched Da Yi Hai Tang and think you have a small idea about what it's about, you haven't even touched the surface of it. This anime pursues both the physical and emotional aspects of a story told through a young girl named Chun. This story cannot be replicated in any way and is a one of a kind. The beauty of this anime has brought me to tears. Not just the visual beauty. The beauty of the story, characters, and emotions put into it. It touched my heart deeply and i regret not coming across this anime sooner. Don't skip over this anime for any reason, i assure you it's worth the watch. This anime represents the sadness of death and happiness of life in all of its worth. Life and death go hand in hand and Da Yu Hai Tang shows it well.
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A very emotional film, with an enormous audiovisual force. I found it a very exciting graphic journey.
I saw it with low expectations but I found a very original story with an excellent narrative and art. It's the first Chinese anime that I see and also produced by Netflix. Great bet and excellent work.
The soundtrack fits perfectly at all the scenes and the combination of the 3D with the 2D gives an important weight to some moments that try to give that feeling of dimensional disengagement.
Totally recommended.
Story: 9.
Art: 9. Sound: 8
Character: 9
Enjoyment: 10.
Overall: 10.
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I just love so much everything about this since first moments til the lasts.
I have never seen bounding love and pain in so artistic and pure way.
Its enjoyable for basically every age and the story is not that hard to understand but even than you can find that its so much deeper.
What is so unique about it is the way it express feelings. The art style its beautiful and the story just gone through it like its an colouring book full of magic.
The innocence in their relationships and the small line between whats the right to do and what is the right to do for you are the things that i have never felt in so much bittersweet way.
I think everyone should watchi it, even if its once a lifetime.
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This was one amazing movie that I wasn't really keen on watching for the fact that I knew it's audio wasn't in Japanese and that's the language I usually put it, to learn.
The story follows a good plot, and I think there's nothing really bad about it. However I'll have to say I was a bit annoyed to the fact that characters weren't deeply shown and you'd only get to know them from the surface. I would have liked to know more about the characters.
The animation itself was beautifully made and it was really outstanding. I was angry at the fact that there wasn't a dub on Japanese but there was one in english( or at least in the platform I was watching it on.).
Overall it's a great anime to watch on your own, with friends or anyone, although I'd recommend it for families.
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This movie is so beautiful that i think could be a good serie with 12 episodes.
Would be awesome to explore more the characters and the story.
The art is simply amazing and the soudtrack is very good too... i love the characters and the magic beyond everything.
The movie is very thrilling, gorgeous and definitely i recommend. I dont know what more i have to tell about it.. amazing story, amazing art, amazing characters, amazing soudtrack, amazing enjoyment. I just rate 8 to the sotry because i think that could be more episodes to explain more about eveything. But overwall its simply wonderfull. Everybody who likes beautiful stories with magic and lessons of love and friendship should watch Da Yu Hai Tang (Big fish and Begonia).
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Big Fish and Begonia may have you drawing parallels to Studio Ghibli films and Avatar: The Last Airbender with its visuals and elements of its premise. But in spite of this, this Chinese animated film does quite a beautiful job at establishing its own identity in exploring a focus on love and sacrifice with the challenges faced by Chun to resurrect the soul of a young human man who saved her life during a venture into the human world.
The obvious thing that was a highlight for me with Big Fish and Begonia was the animation. Outside of the apparent drawing style being inspired by Ghibli films, this film features highly detailed and beautiful scenic shots that are pleasing on the eyes and take place in a number of locales that include the spirit world that as Chun's home and the sea in whic…
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This movie ultimately fails in what it is attempting to do. It draws on the idea of faustian bargain but the rules of the trade become convoluted and nonsensical to get to an ending that doesn't make sense with in the context of the overarching theme.
Further the love interest of one of the main characters has no reason for being a love interest, they have been shown to have barely any interactions and their relationship does not grow or receive any attention until the very end. It makes the whole premise very unbelievable and unfortunate, because the original idea this character would have played in the movie made it interesting but I couldn't see them fulfilling this role given the narrative.
Still as a Chinese anime the art was fluid and the ambiance was comfy. There were some scene…
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I've seen plenty of movies in my life so far,but believe me..This is one of the most amazing Adventure/Romance.Supernatural based animated movie I've ever seen & It's my most favourite movie of this genre for now.😍😘
I'm not exaggerating when I say-This is a true Masterpiece & one of a kind.
It's very sad to realize when this came out the same year as Kimi No Nawa & didn't even get half the recognization It deserves.🤔😥
But,Trust me,Bigfish & Begonia beats Kimi No Nawa in every possible way,both storywise,emotional impact & visually too..& Kimi No Nawa is just an example.
Story-
The most crucial part of any movie is the storyline...& The storyline of this movie is so mastercrafted that It'll make you fall in love with every part of the movie,the dialogues,the characters & so on...The sto…
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Finally watched this movie after I lost the name a year ago and found it again last week. I got to know about it because it's a collaboration between a Chinese studio and the Korean studio that made Korra.
The art and animation are next level revolutionary. The character designs, flora and fauna, music, voices and everything visual are like endless orgasm for your eyes. You can see the Korra and Ghibli influences in it. I loved it. BUT it was a real real pity - the entire film happened too fast, it was one tragedy to another in minutes, too many characters that seemed important but were never or sparingly expanded on or explained. The girl made her decisions too fast without a period for developing her feelings to a realistic intensity. A lot of things happened that were hard to understa…
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(Minor spoilers in this review)
Da Yu Hai Tang is an okay movie. Unfortunately, that's all that can be said about this movie and it is not one to leave a lasting impression.
The movie starts in a fantasty-like setting where we meet our main character, our main character's best friend, and the main character's family and other random people in this fantasy society. In order to fully become an adult, at the age of 16 they must undergo an arbitrary task of going to the human world as a... red fish.. and then come back after a week and then they get to be called real adults.
When the main character enters the human world, after being told by her family to avoid humans at all costs, she gets saved by a human and low and behold he ends up dying to save her, leaving his sister behind as i…
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It took me almost a year to realize that this title is not Japanese but Chinese. The realization hit me just when I was preparing to watch it. I thought,"A Chinese anime movie? Why not! This is gonna be interesting." I had my doubts. I also had my hopes. But it all stabilized when the story ha started. Trust me! This movie is worth it.
For all the lovers of mythical worlds and magic, this is a very good choice. It's not even on earth to begin with. It's about sacrifice and noble feelings. The magnificence of the animation adds to the story. It's this kind of movie that sweeps you off your feet and flies away. Epic, that's the word.
I'm not gonna say anything about the story. I will leave that to you. I'm gonna speak about the art. It's modern art but not that kind of modern that leaves y…
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yes for some the Chinese is going to throw you off a little bit but other than that the movie is on par in animation with Ghibli movies and Kimi no na wa, garden of words etc. The story was a bit weak but many supernatural storylines tend to have such effect.
ART (10/10): one word stunning. You will be totally mesmerised by the level of detailing and the vibrant colours. The amount of work put in the art is completely visible in the incredible visual sequences. At some points you can notice CGI being used but the animators did manage to meld it in quite well so it does not appear too standoffish.
SOUNDTRACKS(10/10): not too exceptional but no where in the movie it felt like the soundtracks were not meant for the scene.
STORY(8/10): it is a supernatural movie so to some people the story…
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*This review contains minor spoilers for the sake of humour*
China strikes again!
But seriously, there are more and more Chinese animations that are coming out lately and managed to capture an overseas audience which is pretty interesting to see to say the least. So we really should find a better one word representation of this because “Chinese Cartoons” is 1 word too many for my mouth. That aside, let’s actually get on with the review.
Sound: 10
We are going to start with sound because ear-gasms are apparently a thing. The music and sound effects are really well done and are used perfectly; melding together the art, characters and story into a piece of stunning visual entertainment. Suffice to say, without this the movie would definitely not be as spectacular as it could have been. Al…
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I made an account on here just to write a review for this, since no one else has! This is such a beautiful movie. In my opinion (and I know not many will agree with me but whatever), this by far surpasses any Ghibli movies, as well as Kimi no na wa. Of course there were a few things it could have done better, but honestly, everything was too superb for me to notice many flaws at all.
Art: 10/10. Literally so gorgeous. The vibrant colors and scenery were incredibly majestic and stunning, and the whole time I felt completely immersed. Not to mention, all of the characters were super well done. The men were really attractive, which is a plus for me, but in general -- everyone had their own little quirks about them instead of being bland and repetitive.
Animation: 9/10. I would give it a 10/…
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