Is it normal for "Weathering With You" to be criticized as a bad movie?

I think it’s normal for Weathering with You to be criticized as a bad movie. As a symbol of the first generation of Japanese animated films, Hayao Miyazaki officially announced his plans at the 2013 Venice Film Festival, retiring to the altar with seven masterpieces handed down from generation to generation. At the same time, with works such as "The Garden of Words", "5 Centimeters per Second" and "Your Name", Makoto Shinkai has basically become the heir to the second generation of Japanese animated films on today's Internet. After "Your Name" set off a wave of craze in mainland China in 2016, Makoto Shinkai's latest film "Weathering With You" recently landed in cinemas. Douban’s 7.1 rating is quite modest.

Unusually, audiences expressed very opposing views on the film itself. The elements of the movie are extremely "Xinkai Makoto", the theme of love between boys and girls, the complex emotional process across thousands of mountains and waters, the vast natural scenery, and the ancient Japanese god culture. The overall structure is not complicated. In Tokyo, shy teenagers who run away from home only encounter orphans and young girls who can control the weather. They strengthen their relationship through a series of mutual aid and assistance. In the end, the teenager was willing to let the city of Tokyo gradually be submerged in order to change the girl's death fate.

On the first day of the movie’s release, a large amount of disappointment and skepticism appeared on the Internet. Many voices have repeatedly criticized the "bloody, childish, and bland love story", saying that the animated film "belittles the professional capabilities of the Japanese police." In addition, they bluntly said that the plot design of flooding Tokyo for their lovers is extremely inappropriate. The biggest feature of this movie is that the protagonist Fan Gao runs away from home, perfectly dividing adults and young people.

Tokyo, an international metropolis that seems to be full of charm to the audience, is indifferent and even difficult to survive in the eyes of 16-year-old Hodaka. Most of his time in Tokyo was filled with gray emotions. The sky was covered with dark clouds and it rained continuously, which was completely different from the beautiful scenery on his home island. Including the censure from the bathroom owner and the bullying from the gangsters, these have become his inevitable experiences. Ask yourself, when encountering social friction, isn’t this the first feeling that countless new people feel when they enter society? The difference between a young boy and a grown man is never time, but the accumulation of suffering. So I think it's normal for "Weathering With You" to be complained about as a bad movie.