Yuru Camp△ Movie

This is one of the best feel good series for me when I just wanted to watch something slow and relaxing. In this movie, it did not fail me at all with the reunited warm friendship among the now adult characters and the ion they still have towards camping. Of course, the food that the show portrayed, although mostly simple fare, never failed to make me drool. It was amazing how the art made the food looked so delicious. Soundtrack was wonderful and soothing to the ears too.

Watching this, it made me think that even with all the hustle bustle of everyday life, one must ... never forget to slow down and take time occasionally to indulge in some of our ions in order to fully enjoy and appreciate life.

Wow, what a nice movie. I kind of got a bit emotional listening the ending song. The story was one unique one which shows how a group of people ionate for a goal can work together and fulfil it.
This movie shows how ionate the characters are when it comes to their favorite activity, camping and how camping can bring people together.
The art work was also good, showing beautiful sceneries, funny character expressions.
Life goes on, responsibilities keep coming, but for something one is ionate about, they should try finding enough time for it - this is the message I got from the movie.
People will definitely like ... this move, it's a family friendly movie so they can watch it with family. Those who have already watched the series will also like it.

The anime is good but the OVAs and this movie are kinda the low points to the series.
It mostly feels like an attempt to replicate the anime without actually having enough of a plot to justify the 2 hour run-time. I understand the movie isn't canon and this likely explains why it feels less polished.

The good:
Recognisable, likeable characters and great soundtrack, animation seems better.

The bad:
Pacing, humour is weaker and less original at times, animation doesn't focus on scenery which is generally it's strength.

-Instead of beautiful scenery being the focus of quiet moments, we get long, drawn out scenes of the girls... cutting grass, and ... sitting around sadly because they can't cut grass (for like 30 damn minutes).
-Instead of looking at different ways to use the natural environment to camp, we contemplate unmoving faces as people pause and say 'Hm' at each other; you know, adding nothing to the story and definitely not worth slowing down a scene to show multiple times.
-Instead of great camping meals that highlight realistic ways to eat well in nature, we get several non-camp related meals that drag on and on and on and offer no real educational value (that crab scene was honestly uncomfortable ASMR more than anything).
-Instead of a steady stream of light-hearted situational jokes, we get spaced out humour, most notably, throwback jokes taken from the anime series.

It's like they took the general elements of the anime and made a bad photocopy and hoped that'd replicate the soul. It's servicable for those who care for the general Yuru vibe or nostalgia but this shouldn't have been a film (2 episodes would have sufficed).