Chun is a girl that's pat of "The Others" -- more than human, less than god beings who manipulate our world, or something. She's at the age where she can visit our world as a red dolphin for 7 days and has to return... for reasons. While a dolphin she apparently falls for a boy, Kun, who saves dolphin-her but ends up dying.
Back in her world, she revives him as a baby dolphin along with her friend Qiu, who secretly loves her. She trades half her life to revive him, but I guess reviving him causes the apocalypse in her world, or something.
Anyway, she brings up dolphin Kun, her world goes all crazy, Qiu sacrifices his life to save her, she ends up dying to save her world, but doesn't die because Qiu saved her, but she has no powers and has to leave her world, or something.
Qiu dies, she and Kun return to our world, now both as humans, and I guess they live happily ever after.
End credits scene shows Qiu revived to take the role of, oh, I don't care anymore.
The story is just a mess. I felt no connection to any characters. Qiu's unrequited love for Chun could have been interesting, but it was telegraphed and forced. This movie felt like a chore to get through rather than something I enjoyed.
I assume this movie will be compared to Hayao Miyazaki movies and there simply is no comparison. Movies like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Ponyo just have that magic that this movie didn't capture.
Disappointing 4/10 for me. Maybe I was in the wrong mood for this movie? I'm usually not so far off the average IMDB rating.
Back in her world, she revives him as a baby dolphin along with her friend Qiu, who secretly loves her. She trades half her life to revive him, but I guess reviving him causes the apocalypse in her world, or something.
Anyway, she brings up dolphin Kun, her world goes all crazy, Qiu sacrifices his life to save her, she ends up dying to save her world, but doesn't die because Qiu saved her, but she has no powers and has to leave her world, or something.
Qiu dies, she and Kun return to our world, now both as humans, and I guess they live happily ever after.
End credits scene shows Qiu revived to take the role of, oh, I don't care anymore.
The story is just a mess. I felt no connection to any characters. Qiu's unrequited love for Chun could have been interesting, but it was telegraphed and forced. This movie felt like a chore to get through rather than something I enjoyed.
I assume this movie will be compared to Hayao Miyazaki movies and there simply is no comparison. Movies like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Ponyo just have that magic that this movie didn't capture.
Disappointing 4/10 for me. Maybe I was in the wrong mood for this movie? I'm usually not so far off the average IMDB rating.