o o What happen to the time when people go to the movies and enjoy? But now we are full of people reviews that either are basis or copied. This movies does have good points but it also has a lot or bad points as well. This Movie can be danger to people that cant handle sudden burst of lights, sounds that louder then is needed to be etc. Some younger people ADD, ADHD etc can cause harmful life reactions. No matter how good the theme the way its made can cause serious conditions to the people that have real life medical conditions.

achmoye "Mary and the witch's flower" starts to depict a laidback countryside house where lives a little girl, Mary. Then she discovers a blue, rare flower "fly-by-night" (Glitch mob, anyone?), which gives magical powers. She soon finds out that there is a magic universe close to her, with a magic school...and this is where the flaws begins : We spend a lot of time discovering the different parts of the school which seems very active and interesting, and Mary takes absolutely no part in that. She won't attend any of these courses. She won't even stay at this school, except for one scene where she destroys an entire classroom because of their uncontrolable powers from the flower she discovered. So this buildup has no justification and not seeing this awesome school again in the entire movie is very frustrating. Then, the principal of the school says that elevators works by...electricity..."because electricity is magic". Right ? No. It's not magic. It's electricity. That's not any of this works. Are they trying to tell us that all magic in this movie is actually electricity ? Obviously it's not, so why don't they run elevators by...magic instead ? That's just a specific flaw, but a lot of things troubled me this same way. Now, ecology. There is a clear attemp at following the tropes of Miyazaki, in the visuals first, but also the poetic resistance of good people, nature, ecology against sick people that want to exploit the merveils of nature to obtain power, money or fame. We see this in every Miyazaki almost. Well. In this movie, it seems very artificial. How could we care about the dark things that happens from the use of magic in this school ? We don't even see the main character interacting with the school ! It's like two movies awkwardly merged together...Harry Potter and Mononoke ? Yes, they talk about philosopher's stone, besides electricity...I have no idea what does this have to do with anything. Is it magic ? Is it alchemy ? Is it electricity ? You tell me. Arrietty was so much better, the characters had a specific lives depending of their scale/universe (robbing sugar, for instance)Visuals are great though, expect Glibli/Miyazaki quality. But it wasn't enough for me. I still recommend because it's so gorgeous but plot is really disappointing.

stindere I will try to make this as short as I can:To give context, I've watched all of studio Ghibli's movies (because this is what people are comparing this movie to) and enough hours of anime / animated movies and series to have several PhDs... That's probably not a good thing. Moving on...The art is beautiful and the animations are amazing, sometimes reminding me of the old Disney style of animation. The story and music are kind of where this movie falls short. The story is pretty predictable and the music is kind of generic but I still loved watching this.This movie definitely doesn't deserve a grade under 7. If you loved the stuff by studio Ghibli, then you'll love this. It's as simple as that so go watch it.

Will K This debut film by the newly formed Studio Ponoc delivers most of the magic and excitement of films from Studio Ghibli, but the film has several shortcomings that are impossible to look away from.The central conflict of the film is not introduced until a good portion through the film. The films opening has lots of excitement and chaos, but once that brief five minutes is up, we are quickly shifted to a more mundane and uneventful first act. We're introduced to many characters in Mary's life who get little to no characterization, and are barely relevant. Mary is the only character who has a personality, so it's hard to connect with any of the other characters in the real world.The antagonists of the film come across as run of the mill bad guys, with no special motivations to set them apart in any way. They essentially operate as one unit, despite being two different characters. Their "evil plan" (for lack of a better term), doesn't hold much weight to it, and doesn't seem to really end up being a horrible threat.The story's first act concerns Mary and her everso boring life. And I mean boring! Nothing happens in the first act. It's hardly engaging, and the only real event is her finding the Witch's Flower. A good part of the second act is spent with Mary touring a magical college, which doesn't build up to anything. The final act has moments of intensity here and there, but the threat doesn't seem to be as imminent. This is likely due to the shallow characters not holding enough promise, or that the story was dragged out for so long, it became unenjoyable. Mary is also pitted against a task that has no real effect on her. The story isn't about her, and it isn't personal or emotionally effective. While her friend, Peter, is involved in the conflict, he is so unlikeable and bullies Mary in the first part of the film, so there is no reason to care about him!However, the film has beautiful scenery and animation. It's a spectacle to look out and has some of the most wonderful sound design and music. Being a debut film, the shortcomings are alright, but I hope the studio improves as time goes on.