I went to watch Violet Evergarden The Movie again last week when it returned to Dolby Cinemas in Japan for a limited period. Today is the last day it will be screening at the local Dolby Cinema, and so I thought it would be nice to catch it one more time before it leaves the big screen.
And so I got my ticket for my 17th viewing at a cinema.
Feeling a bit sad that I won't get to see this in cinemas for a while (hopefully not forever). [Note: More details about the movie further down in this post because they include some spoilers.]
I got the exact same seat as last week, hoping this time, I would not cry as much and disturb whoever may be sitting to my side (the other side is the aisle).
The movie has been showing for a week, but it still drew a crowd... I guess we are the hardcore fans. 😅
This time, I didn't cry throughout the entire movie, just maybe 60% of it.
I noticed how Violet called out Yuris for not saying his real thoughts about his younger brother; those thoughts made it into the letter that was eventually given to his younger brother. Meanwhile, Yuris also noticed that Violet might not be saying her real thoughts when she said, "I wanted to tell him I understand what 'I love you' means" and asked her, "Is that all you want to tell him?" Eventually, Violet's real thoughts made it into her final letter.
I also noticed that, in Yuris's letter to his parents, they showed his final line of "I love you" that he wanted to convey to his parents. This could have served as a hint to viewers to watch out for the last line of Violet's final letter, which was not voiced out but had characters that looked really close to the last line in Yuris's letter.
As for the road with the wheel tracks in the movie, I like to think of it as a road on Ekarte Island, with the scene just before the credits showing Violet walking along that road toward that final scene after the credits. 😊
There is also a scene of the Bougainvillea brothers and their father, on the way to see the troops. I like how they framed the scene, with Gilbert being surrounded by the bougainvillea flowers, and Diethard also surrounded by the bougainvillea flowers. Both brothers, entrapped by their family commitments. One accepted his fate and was eventually set free; the other tried to escape but eventually returned for love of his brother.
Before setting off for Ekarte Island, when Violet was worried about what to do, what to say, and if she could convey everything well, Cattleya suggested that Violet write her thoughts on a letter. That letter which Violet wrote on the way to Ekarte Island never got delivered, but she did manage to write that final letter. Like Cattleya's suggestion, the letter managed to convey her thoughts and feelings which she could not express well in-person. I think we all know how it feels. Sometimes, we just cannot express ourselves well in-person.
Hopefully, the movie will return to the big screen again in the future. 🥺
My overall thoughts on Violet Evergarden The Movie
Events:
Translations of short stories:
The Tailor and the Auto-Memories Doll (unofficial translation of 仕立て屋と自動手記人形) Gilbert Bougainvillea and the Fleeting Dream (unofficial translation of "ギルベルト・ブーゲンビリアと儚い夢")
Violet Evergarden short stories: "Logbook entry" and "Diary entry" (unofficial translation)
The Starry Night and the Lonely Two (unofficial translation of 星降りの夜とさみしいふたり)
Diethard Bougainvillea's If (unofficial translation of ディートフリート・ブーゲンビリアIf) Tellsis (Nunkish) translation:
Last line of Violet's final letter to GilbertInsights on the movie:
Audio commentary notes:
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