She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points
1999 ‘Kanojo to kanojo no neko - Their standing points’ Directed by Makoto Shinkai
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A cat reminisces about his life with and feelings for his owner, a single woman.
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I think it only fair to start this review by stating that I don’t particularly care for director Makoto Shinkai’s films. They are undoubtedly beautiful to look at and he does have a talented but the gushing hyperbole that followed his longer form debut was ridiculous (comparisons with Miyazaki being both lazy and, at the time, undeserved). She and Her Cat is an early monochrome short about a relationship between a lonely woman and her cat and narrated from the cat’s point of view.
As with Shinkai’s feature length work it shares the same strained poetic pretentions and failed stabs at profundity. Admittedly the flat fandub on YouTube doesn’t help the film’s cause but in a way it feels like…
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I really love the comic book lines and shading in the way most of this short is drawn. But why in surroundings made with such care, are the cats little blobs?
The odd inter-species romantic love of the cat for his oblivious human very nearly saves this tiny anime from being twee despite the plinky delicate music.
The dubbed narrative voice was jarring; I kept visualising Sean William Scott though it's years since I've seen any of his films, so am not sure how close the similarity is.
Cautiously, I'd watch more of this animator, Makoto Shinkai, however only with subtitles.
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Last time I take a dump while naked infront of my cat.
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I really love the comic book lines and shading in the way most of this short is drawn. But why in surroundings made with such care, are the cats little blobs?
The odd inter-species romantic love of the cat for his oblivious human very nearly saves this tiny anime from being twee despite the plinky delicate music.
The dubbed narrative voice was jarring; I kept visualising Sean William Scott though it's years since I've seen any of his films, so am not sure how close the similarity is.
Cautiously, I'd watch more of this animator, Makoto Shinkai, however only with subtitles.
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I think it only fair to start this review by stating that I don’t particularly care for director Makoto Shinkai’s films. They are undoubtedly beautiful to look at and he does have a talented but the gushing hyperbole that followed his longer form debut was ridiculous (comparisons with Miyazaki being both lazy and, at the time, undeserved). She and Her Cat is an early monochrome short about a relationship between a lonely woman and her cat and narrated from the cat’s point of view.
As with Shinkai’s feature length work it shares the same strained poetic pretentions and failed stabs at profundity. Admittedly the flat fandub on YouTube doesn’t help the film’s cause but in a way it feels like…
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Who knew cats were so poetic?
Please seek out the original version of this short. The fandub just doesn't seem to fit correctly.
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Feline owners, grab your furry little friend(s) and give him or a her a squeeze. This is a heartwarming four and a half minute short film about the love of a cat and his owner. Aforementioned may be the initial reaction after viewing, but getting from point A to point B is pervaded by a sort of melancholy. She and Her Cat has limited animation in a black and white, monochromatic style, with two beings--the cat, Chobi, and his owner "She". The story is told from the perspective of the stray cat; who, by chance, on the first, humid, day of spring finds himself upon the doorstep of She. She is the embodiment of a kind, amiable person, but something…