This movie was so beautiful it left me gobsmacked. Too bad the rest of it is kind of dumb.Kenji (Kamiki Ryunosuke) is a math genius suckered into pretending to be popular girl Natsuki's (Sakuraba Nanami) boyfriend at her grandmother's birthday party. While there, Kenji solves a math problem online but discovers that this has enabled a hacker to take over the online world of Oz. Having gained privileges from over 400 million users, the rogue AI begins tampering with infrastructure all over the world. Kenji and his fake girlfriend's family must band together to stop it before it crashes a satellite into a nuclear facility.
Basically, if Her and Live Free or Die Hard had an animated Japanese baby movie, it would be Summer Wars. It's certainly watchable and like I said the animation is so freaking gorgeous it makes me insane but there are some serious pacing issues. Chief among them being a subplot that I think is supposed to be a humorous parallel about the local high school baseball team, but one I found to be completely unnecessary. Also, a traditional game called Hanafada plays a pretty significant part. It's not a deal breaker, but I'm sure it would have added some depth if I knew anything about the game.
I'd put the ideal viewing age for this around 13-16-years-old. I think you'd be much more inclined to be blown away or even entertained more deeply than anyone older.
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