K-ON! The Movie
This was good. Like, really good.
I think what stood out to me most was how even though Yui's still at heart a bit of a ditz and clumsy and lacks an attention span, this was Yui at possibly her most grown and mature that I've seen. The movie was really centered around her wanting to do something for Azusa for once, as it hits her like a bag of bricks that even though Azusa is their friend, she may not look up to them the way their underclassman/protege should. And so the whole time Yui is really trying hard to give something (a song) to her so that she can understand how much she's meant to them.
And it becomes even more than that as she and the others learn how much Azusa has meant to them. Her joining really was the point where they really got to the level they got. And she was the one that kept them focused and grounded (well, focused and grounded enough, considering the people in the band). And it all culminates in probably the best song they've produced. So yeah. I don't want to say the show treated Azusa as a fifth wheel, cause that wouldn't be accurate. But I think this movie really was a good tribute to Azusa and just how much she meant to the Light Music Club.
Last 20 minutes or so were :firehawk as fuck (am I using that right?). The bird they saw at the end, the reminiscing it caused. And then that last scene of their legs just walking. Yui backwards.
So yeah, very good. More thoughts:
-Sentai needs to learn the definition of "road trip" Road trip implies there's a road. Getting on a plane and flying to England is not a road trip.
-Appreciate them using British voices and all, but that guy who owned the sushi restaurant sounded really weird.
-When Azusa mentioned her new shoes when they were about to go on the subway, I thought she was trying to say she didn't want her new shoes ruined by getting in a piss-stained subway station. I don't know what condition London's subway system is in, but if it's anything like the ones in New York or Chicago, I wouldn't have blamed her.
-The moments with Yui and Azusa were the best ones, which is understandable given the focus on the movie.
-You really need to make reservations at a tea place in London? Or did they happen to enter a fancier place and assumed the rest of them were like that?
So yeah, liked it. Tell Chet to stop bugging me now.
. Glad you are enjoying yourself!
