Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Diagonaldi Very well executed

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

nina-c How anyone could sum up this greatly misunderstood movie in just two words is beyond me, the two words being: love and jealousy. First of all, the visual aid. Yes, I think that everyone can agree when I say that it's brilliant, gripping, vivid and continuously surprising. Secondly the characters, which grow throughout the movie. Yes, I suppose it is true that the originality of their personalities cannot measure up to the plot itself, but it's satisfying nevertheless.But believe me when I say that nothing about this movie focuses on the two words above as it does on environmental destruction, pollution and class struggle. The love factor is merely a catalyst for the comprehension of the message contained in this movie, which clearly cannot be analyzed by the values which are treasured in our western culture. It's the interior of the fruit that we are interested in, not the exterior.The movie gets a 10 out of 10 from me, deserving or not. I strongly recommend it.

D. B. Many people have commented that this film has a poor plot, but they rate the film highly anyway. This can be confusing, because it is difficult for a movie to actually be good entirely independent of the events within it.The trick to understanding this is that in many films with a bad plot the characters are trapped into acting in a grossly unrealistic and contrived manner. In Wonderful Days, the scenarios laid out, and indeed the physical environment are all laid out to create a predictable story arc.Unlike a number of other recent anime movies however, the characters are not contorted into an equally false shape. The behavior of the characters is not terribly surprising, and they are not necessarily characters of great depth, but such characterization as there is, is fairly well done. Particularly interesting is the use of stock anime characters, even including cute Pokemon type animals, in a meaningful and emotionally mature manner.The real strength of this film however, is in its animation/cinematography. Visually, Wonderful Days can be placed next to the best Asian animation like the Ghost in the Shell films. The artistic tone is well supported by the soundtrack as well, making it easier to appreciate the film if so minded.So to sum up, Wonderful Days is visually stunning, but fairly predictable and contrived. Intellectually, and in plot or character development the contrived and sentimental nature and construction of the film is difficult to ignore, but there is no question but that here, as well as visually, it is head and shoulders above Appleseed, or either of the Final Fantasy films. If you adjust your expectations accordingly, and take the precaution of watching the film with subtitles (thus avoiding bad dubbing) you will not be too disappointed.

Daniel H I saw Appleseed not long before this, a film with a lot of similarities to Sky Blue, both story- and production wise. Both films are packed with clichés, stereotypical characters and illogical story twists on top of the 2D and 3D animation blend, but where Appleseed at least had some extraordinary animated action sequences and a high artistic level overall, Sky Blue fails on all points. True, some of the 3D sets are at least OK, but the 2D animation is absolute crap for a film trying to compete at this level. You notice this from the very start of the film and my heart just sank when I realised that it was going to be "that" kind of animated film, i.e. just another B-manga. I can put up with a stupid story if it's well animated, also a good story that's badly animated (although right now I can't think of a single film like that) but not this...

Freddy Wonderful Days, is a flawed masterpiece. In it's about 90 minutes running time, it's incredible larger-than-life ambitious story takes place in a galore of beautiful images and sound.Images and sound. This is what Wonderful Days is about. It's a living proof of animation being art. Everything from the supreme art direction to the very detailed CGI to the hauntingly and tear jacking soundtrack. The story is were it's flawed. It's like, Wonderful Days tries to tell tons of stories. It is simply not enough for the time, the movie lasts. That's not to say that it's bad. The love story between the two main characters, the story about human civilization being at it's end and about the sufferings of the lower classes, is something we have seen hundreds of times before in Animation and Anime.Wonderful Days does not have the philosophy and soul searching elements of Ghost in the Shell, nor is it as hip or as revolutionary as Akira, but it TRULY does stand on it's own legs. It depends on how you look at it. YOU as a viewer have to decide, if you want to let the images and music tell the story, or try to compare it to the top Japanese movies. It's masterpiece in it's own right. It just depend on which way you look at it. It's full of action, interesting characters and again... Some of the most beautiful CGI and animation ever. I personally consider this MUCH better than some similar movies like Appleseed, GITS1 and 2 and FF7: Advent Children. Wonderful days is a large step in the right direction for Korean animation. Go see this movie. Appreciate it for what it is.9/10