The Big Blue vs The Place Promised in Our Early Days

The Big Blue has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.6/10 for The Place Promised in Our Early Days). The Place Promised in Our Early Days is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 48m. The Big Blue is the older of the two (1988 against 2004). Both are adventure, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Big Blue posterThe Big Blue1988 VS The Place Promised in Our Early Days posterThe Place Promised in Our Early Days2004
The Big BlueThe Place Promised in Our Early Days
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 6.6/10
Year19882004
Length2h 48m1h 30m
GenresAdventure, Drama, RomanceAdventure, Animation, Drama, Romance
Country––
DirectorLuc BessonMakoto Shinkai
Main castJean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno, Sergio Castellitto, Griffin DunneKazuhiko Inoue, Unsho Ishizuka, Takahiro Hirano, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Masami Iwasaki

Synopsis

The Big Blue

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern…

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.

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