The Movie of the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (News & Anticipation)

[aegisofrime]

Originally Posted by Triple_R

Spoiler for Comments on the Spoiler-Filled Review:

What actually stood out to me is how the reviewer expressed initial dislike, or at least apathy (i.e. "Not a Kyon fan,...") for possibly all five of the five main cast members. The Movie did raise his appreciation for Nagato, though, so I guess he likes her now at least.

Still, the fact that the movie is so well-received by a person who "can't stand Haruhi", who is "not a Kyon fan", who initially "never really cared much for Nagato", who "got sick of Mikuru", and who feels that Koizumi is "jealous and passive-aggressive, as to be expected" is quite the accomplishment!

Honestly, I've never read a review quite like this before; where the reviewer expresses dislike (or mixed feelings at best) for the entire main cast but still loved the final work.

The Movie must have very impressive visuals, audio, and plot strength to achieve this!

It certainly makes the wait for the Blu-Ray/DVD/whatever more painful

[tenmusu]

I watched this movie last week in Kawasaki. A lot of people were in the theater in spite of weekday. I'm happy to see it at a burst. If this is TV series I might not have been moved so much.

[Driger]

Spoiler for Ranking & Rating :

[Game8910]

im gonna need a translation

[edkedkedk]

Originally Posted by Driger

Spoiler for Ranking & Rating :

I think it's a rating of how movies did in their opening weekend. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

Awesome to see Haruhi ranked second. Look at the percentages of demographic viewers

Just one question; What are Toy Story Little Green Aliens doing up there?!

[Kogetsu Shirogane]

It's for the 3D versions of Toy Story and Toy Story 2.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Clearly all these charts, reviews and statistics serve to show that this is the greatest movie of all time....right....RIGHT?!

[Tyabann]

Originally Posted by Kaioshin Sama

Clearly all these charts, reviews and statistics serve to show that this is the greatest movie of all time....right....RIGHT?!

What's your point?

We're not saying that "it's a good movie because it's doing well", we're saying that "it's doing well, and this is a good thing for Haruhi fans."

Obviously we can't make any kind of judgment as to the quality of the film until we ourselves see it.

[bhl88]

Agreed already.

I think it should have ranked higher... Those things were probably grades and %.

Invictus got: 100 100 90
Harhi got: 95 100 100

Although a movie got 100 100 (2 grades...)

hmm...

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by edkedkedk

I think it's a rating of how movies did in their opening weekend. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

Awesome to see Haruhi ranked second. Look at the percentages of demographic viewers

Just one question; What are Toy Story Little Green Aliens doing up there?!

Looks like ratings for how good the movies are, because I don't see Avatar on there anywhere, and it should still be #1 monetarily.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by Kaisos Erranon

What's your point?

We're not saying that "it's a good movie because it's doing well", we're saying that "it's doing well, and this is a good thing for Haruhi fans."

Obviously we can't make any kind of judgment as to the quality of the film until we ourselves see it.

Just a little moody today is all. I probably wouldn't even mind me myself at all if I could step out of my own shoes for a moment.

So what are these numbers, graphs and pie charts supposed to be all about anyway? If those percentages are supposed to be a rating of the quality of the movie then Japanese "critics" may just be the most generous and forgiving reviewers ever when Famitsu is factored in as well. Everybody probably knows my feeling on the credibility of Famitsu reviews and whatever this is supposed to be leaves me wanting to take it about as seriously.

Edit: Alright incoming theory. These are scores based off of ratings that movie goers were asked to give out upon viewing the film on opening day and 2-3 select ones got printed in the magazine. Perhaps by lot or otherwise. That would definitely explain how a movie like Haruhi is able to have such inflated scores and compete with a movie like Invictus with it's wider audience of varied tastes. Honestly though I still don't see what good this ranking does for anybody though.

[Archon_Wing]

Originally Posted by Kaioshin Sama

Clearly all these charts, reviews and statistics serve to show that this is the greatest movie of all time....right....RIGHT?!

No, but stop beating up the strawman. Even if I am doubtful of the movie's quality, I don't really understand where this greatest movie thing even comes from.

[Triple_R]

Originally Posted by Kaioshin Sama

Clearly all these charts, reviews and statistics serve to show that this is the greatest movie of all time....right....RIGHT?!

I would have thought that Haruhi being No. 2 in that list would be enough to placate you.

At least something is doing better than it, right?

Just joking around with you there...


But seriously, Kaioshin... and this is coming from a guy that has been consistently critical of E8 since the airing of Part 4 or 5 of it... I think that the reactions of Haruhi fans to the movie has been downright polite and reserved.

This thread isn't really the overflowing "hype central" like I thought it would be (Nanoha's movie thread is way more active than it), and honestly, that's something I tip my yellow headband to my fellow Haruhi fans for.

Yes, there's been plenty "The movie is a success!" cheerful shouts, but that's not really like saying "The movie is the best thing EVAR!!1!".

It's just saying that the movie is a success. We're not comparing it to Citizen Kane, lol.

[Archon_Wing]

Originally Posted by Triple_R

This thread isn't really the overflowing "hype central" like I thought it would be (Nanoha's movie thread is way more active than it), and honestly, that's something I tip my yellow headband to my fellow Haruhi fans for.

Hah, that is quite true. Though it seems they are very critical at that film over there seems; it feels very cautious. I have no idea about f/ubw but I really can't visualize hordes of fanboys/girls raving and ranting everywhere for any of them. IMO, people are approaching them pretty reasonably, this site at least.

It's just saying that the movie is a success. We're not comparing it to Citizen Kane, lol.

Meh, what a cliche plot twist. j/k

[Game8910]

this is when I come in and say this is the best movi ever produced ever in history without even watching it yet

[Archon_Wing]

Originally Posted by Game8910

this is when I come in and say this is the best movi ever produced ever in history without even watching it yet

Not enough CAPS imo. ZOMG BEST MOVIE EVAR!@!!!!!!!!!!111111

[aegisofrime]

Kaioshin, once upon a time (2 weeks ago to be exact), I thought you were just playing devil's advocate or doubting Thomas.

Now you are become just too obvious in your dislike of Haruhi. Why am I not surprised that your posts are full of anti-Haruhi rhetoric?

You don't like it, fine. But don't pour water on our parade.

[bayoab]

Quick and dirty
Peer ranking: Published weekly on Mondays for opening movies
# of people
average score [movie name]
highest score/lowest score (where and when the survey was done)
right side: 3 selected surveys
Far left pentagon: what about it did you like
top: story
left: picture
bottom left: cast
bottom right: music
right: characters
Middle bar chart: age
Right pie chart: Who did you go with
Grey - Friends / Blue - Alone / Pink - couples / Yellow - family

[bhl88]

though I wish I know what they were saying....

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by aegisofrime

Kaioshin, once upon a time (2 weeks ago to be exact), I thought you were just playing devil's advocate or doubting Thomas.

Now you are become just too obvious in your dislike of Haruhi. Why am I not surprised that your posts are full of anti-Haruhi rhetoric?

He simply feels that the fans can lack objectivity and are blind to weaknesses and possible failings in the products. A lot of this is legacy from the early days of Haruhi when it was hype-central. I hope we don't have to re-kindle that whole discussion all over again for the nth time.

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Regarding the exit survey, I would suspect that the ratings would be rather high because the opening weekend crowd will consist of a lot of novel readers and franchise fans, and it seems the movie was quite faithful to the novel overall. But that also fits the sort of movie this is with its limited release -- it's not really exactly a movie for "everyone" anyway, given that it picks up in the middle of a pre-established story. So in a sense these sort of rankings are probably more useful as an indicator of whether existing fans of the series will like it -- and, suffice it to say, signs point to yes. Don't know if it was ever meant to pull in new fans anyway; it's not that sort of movie.