On animation and art quality ... I agree that from the fifth movie you can not make a wallpaper out of
every screen-capture,
but every other one
i.e. it was worse than the other four, but still it was
far above average! Hell, should I remind everyone that it was almost two hours! Normally this would take years to produce, even for large studios.
On storytelling, I said I liked that it was presented out of order, but after watching the movie with a friend who has not read the novel, he was very confused; so let me revise my opinion in that if you are aware of nasu-verse or of the plot, the storytelling enhances your experience. But on the other hand, you'll have to watch the movie again to grasp the plot, though still it has the merit of focusing on the emotional impact instead of dry storytelling
