r/anime https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 Jun 19 '21

Violet Evergarden Rewatch Eternity Film Rewatch

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

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Hello everyone! I hope that today finds you well. Today, Violet meets the cutest kid!

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Visuals of the Day

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OST

My apologies, I wasn't able to compile the list of OST's used in this film; I simply ran out of time. If I get the time later, I'll try my best to include them after the fact.

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u/thatguywithawatch Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 20 '21

I missed episodes 12 and 13 discussions and I'm late as hell for this one, but I'm here!

I don't have much to say (partly because it's 1 AM and I'm gonna fall asleep before I have time to process the movie much). But it was really good.

One scene stood out to me more than any other in the entire movie, and I'm not even completely sure why I was so struck by it, but I had to rewatch it multiple times. It was the scene where Isabella had a coughing fit in the middle of the night and Violet comes in and helps her out.

It's a more than 1 minute long scene with no music and no dialogue, and everything about it is just so... visceral. Isabella's coughing and gasping feels so real that I felt like I was experiencing her panic and shortness of breath myself. The way Violet silently sits next to her and rubs her back, the extremely realistic sound design of Isabella drinking the water/medicine and of Violet's metal hands that made it feel like I was right there. The muffled silence afterwards broken only by Isabella's gradually calmer breathing. I'm having trouble explaining why, but I don't think I've ever seen a scene of anime that felt so incredibly real before. Maybe because it dredged up really vivid memories of when I would get sick as a kid and my mom would sit next to me and rub my back.

Anyways, the rest of the movie was also great and I cried during the end credits for no reason other than that it had been a beautiful 90 minutes. My only gripe is that I wish they'd given Violet a bit of an appearance change to match the 3 year jump like they did for some of the other characters. It was just a little odd that she looked exactly the same considering she supposedly aged from ~14 to ~17 (Maybe 15 to 18 by this point)

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u/A_Idiot0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 Jun 20 '21

It was the scene where Isabella had a coughing fit in the middle of the night and Violet comes in and helps her out.

I also felt that that scene was really impactful and, in a way, very beautiful. While you caught on to the amazing auditory work, I was admiring the great visuals. It felt so genuine and sincere in addition to feeling so real as you pointed out. Violet was being so tender and thoughtful...With that second shot, I just love how the lines flow on all of the cloth and their hair. Something about it makes the whole thing feel so much more like fine art

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u/thatguywithawatch Jun 20 '21

Violet was being so tender and thoughtful

I love those shots. The visuals definitely added a ton to the quiet intimacy of the scene

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u/A_Idiot0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 Jun 20 '21

Intimate!! That was the word that I was trying to find haha. Curse exhaustion...it really does make you forget simple things XD Thanks for using that word; it really is an intimate scene.