I have been a huge fan of Miyazaki for most of my life and I have yet to see something by him that has disappointed me. That is, untill I saw this one. I lost my mind when I heard there was a new Miyazaki movie coming to theaters because I had yet to have an opportunity to see one on a big screen. I waited and waited and finally I saw it.
The entire movie was beautiful on a visual level but failed to capture my heart with its story and characters the way his other movies have. I was utterly unimpressed and I have the unlikely hope that he might provide a sequel, because the story doesn't get interesting until the very end. All of the sudden they are beginning this new adventure in their new lives and the movie ends.
Anyway....I didn't hate it...but I thought it was anticlimactic, like an ongoing yawn...
I still love you though Miyazaki-sama!!