The Sky Crawlers is brilliant. The style of the movie is altogether queer yet this is its strength. The awkward pauses throughout the film truly bring out the emotions of the characters. I'd prefer to watch this movie over again any time over Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle. I like how the plot will keep you on your toes as it hides the huge mystery of what the whole film is about till the very end. So here's a synopsis- simply put, this storyline is of bionicle kildren (children who never become adults) and their struggle in living their life of piloting planes (their designed purposes). The issue isn't with flying their planes to destroy the enemy, rather, it's in discovering that such a life is pretty much purposeless. But the ending though not the typical happily ever after, had this statement to actually find meaning beneath all the inner turmoil of the characters:“You can change the side of the road that you walk down every day. Even if the road is the same, you can still see new things. Isn't that enough to live for?”
– Yuichi Kannami To me, it was a perfect ending for a film so full of silent emotions
