I've watched the original Whisper of the Heart by Studio Ghibly more than five times and I love it!
This here... well, it is terrible. I'm not sure if it's just Japanese acting, inspired by Noh theater that I simply do not understand, or bad writing, forcing OK actors to act terribly or if the actors are just plainly bad, but it's hard to watch. This over the top emotionalism, that is very much welcome in Anime (not Studio Ghibli Anime, but rather weaker works in the Shonen genre) is lost in live action.
Also, Seiji went to Italy to learn to build violins, not to learn to play the cello. What is this? And where is the grandfather? Even in the memory-part, where he should have been very much alive, they talk about him as if he were dead which is not in line with the Anime.
This here... well, it is terrible. I'm not sure if it's just Japanese acting, inspired by Noh theater that I simply do not understand, or bad writing, forcing OK actors to act terribly or if the actors are just plainly bad, but it's hard to watch. This over the top emotionalism, that is very much welcome in Anime (not Studio Ghibli Anime, but rather weaker works in the Shonen genre) is lost in live action.
Also, Seiji went to Italy to learn to build violins, not to learn to play the cello. What is this? And where is the grandfather? Even in the memory-part, where he should have been very much alive, they talk about him as if he were dead which is not in line with the Anime.