Lost in Starlight

90 A breath of fresh air, finally another good romance animation movie and this time it’s from South Korea so I ain’t bias.  First of all I love how they handled this plot, other movies like this try to take on sci-fi plots with similar weight and often dive too deep into it, here it is handled with much more maturity ironically, only showing explaining what we need and affects the characters, effectively giving us laymen's terms which worked great. Especially towards the end the plot really concretes it’s place in the movie, showing us the weight of the situation and the polar side of it alike.  Now of course the romance is fantastic, recent anime drama from what I have seen haven’t been able to handle it as good as it is here, they take just the right amount of time to build and earn this relationship and just like that are able to tear it apart just as pace-fully. The chemistry is great from the get-go, simple meetings like this build beautiful foundations for solid relationships as well as their very distanced personalities and careers, as they are both able to support each other with different methods. Now I won’t spoil the way their relationship closes with the movie but it is crafted very well, very effectively creating immense tension and great build for a reveal, and it got me pretty good, proving to me the fleshing of this connection worked. The pacing and writing are also great here, I love the amount of time they spend with each seen and how they give just the right amount of information in each interaction, that is masterful writing even for a dub it was great.  That brings me to the transitions and animation, this movie is immensely beautiful, just as much warm with the sunset in Seoul as it is cold like the open space we come to explore the colors are magical and the dreams and transitions transport you to another world. Movies like this remind me why animation is so superior to any art form, with the amount of creativity at play here the character design in distinct and emotionally touching, the characters portray the human emotions perfectly throughout and the full range.  I also love how they handled the future, usually movies now like to stray away from the flying cars and holograms gimmicks of the future but this movie keeps it and I’m here for it, it reminds me of movies you just don’t see anymore and this adds even more to my love for this movies animation and atmosphere.  Honestly, I was feeling a 4 star for this right after the finishing but to tell the truth I can’t find much wrong with it, an incredible romance, a very solid implemented plot and story, plus breathtaking animation and world-building to top it off, and the score is nothing to sneeze at, I see no reason this movie can’t reach masterpiece territory.