#but nah you were supposed to feel enchanted and drawn in by those moments because they were THE POINT

[lastoneout]

A critique I've seen of Suzume that drives me a little insane is like, people saying that the big dramatic "main" story was less interesting than the moments of mundane life where Suzume is just spending time with the strangers she meets on her journey bcs listen, those moments ARE the main story!! Those slice-of-life bits?? Where she's helping Chika's family around their bathhouse or babysitting Rumi's kids or complaining about Serizawa's road trip music?? THAT'S WHAT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT!! It isn't really about the magic or time travel or gods and demons, it's about beautiful, average people and their beautiful, average lives.

Suzume is a love letter to humanity. And every second that Suzume and Souta spend just doing normal things with the normal people around them is JUST as important to the story as the big, dramatic scenes where they're fighting to save the world. It's not fluff or filler, it's the thesis statement of the whole film. They felt important because they were!!