5 Centimeters per Second

This movie is the definition for reality. This is how people move on with their life’s.

I'm not an avid anime watcher. The pace is kinda slow, but the absolutely gorgeous art make up for it. The story hit my guts good. This one introduce me to Shinkai and made me fall in love with all his work, I really love his artstyle.

This was a very beautiful and moving film by Makoto Shinkai. As the title suggests, it is a story about a growing separation and the effects it has on childhood sweethearts, Akari and, in particular, Takaki. Even though it was only an hour long, by the end I felt like I was truly feeling the pain and longing that had dominated Takaki's life for so long. I was initially disappointed by the ending (what can I say, I'm a sucker for happy endings) but after rewatching the film, I really appreciated that they didn't go with the cliché finish. Takaki not being reunited with Akari and finally deciding to move on from his past, which till that point held down and ate away at his life, was far more powerful and resonated with the themes of the film. The animation, art and music were beautiful like in all Makoto Shinkai works. I can't think of a better way to spend an hour of my time (except, of course, maybe sending a text to my long forgotten fling).

Heartbreakingly beautiful. Chokes me up everytime I watch it.

I think this film had a bit of a "slow burn" to it. [spoiler]You could feel the tension and the sadness building in Takaki as the story progressed. All the way up until the ending where he finally sets himself free from wishing about "what could've been." It feels almost painfully slow at times because that's what it felt like to Takaki.[/spoiler]

The animation, art, and music was phenomenal; as we come to expect from Shinkai. It was a worthwhile film to watch, and while it doesn't leave me in awe of it's power, it still shared its emotion with me.

Lovely animation..... sad, but lovely

Slightly confusing at times when it jumps between past and now without warning but one gets used to it.
I had not expected it to be such a sad movie and when I realised, I could not stop but shed some tears.

While visually still very impressive I don't like it as much as I liked it 10 years ago. Maybe because anime developed a lot since then, maybe because _I_ developed a lot since then, I don't know. I still like it, but it has definitely lost some of its impact on me over the years.

it's a nice romantic story but I think it really fell flat as far as leaving me hanging. I expected more