Summer Wars (2009) follows Kenji, your typical teenage misfit. Hes good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has--until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancé at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI intent on using the virtual word of OZ to destroy the real world, literarily. As Armageddon looms on the horizon, Kenji and his new family set aside their differences and band together to save the worlds they inhabit in this near- perfect blend of social satire and science fiction. Mark Schilling of The Japan Times rated the film 5 out of 5 stars and observed that Summer Wars may contain familiar elements, beginning with its bashful, moonstruck young hero, but it combines them in ways fresh, contemporary and dazzlingly imaginative. He also said that the film provides a social commentary on the differences between an analog world and a realm of digital devices. Schilling titled his article The future king of Japanese animation may be with us; Hosoda steps out of Miyazakis shadow with dazzling new film. The Library now has the film available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:49:04 +0000
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