i love and hate this movie. I mean, this movie talk about Indonesia (my country). I left the movie theater a little underwhelmed. the plot and storyboard is decent. The point is, this film has so many points, that ironically, it has no point at all. sometimes the story was just off and this movie try too hard to be funny. i don't know what's wrong w/ me but some jokes so lame. some scenes exceeding comedy awkwardness level. Nothing is perfect, I mean I get it this movie is Indonesia's product. so yeah this is my love and hate opinion about this movie. Good luck w/ your next project. PS : I liked it, but didn't love it as much as i love other animation moviePS again : AND GUYS PLS BE HONEST W/ YOUR REVIEW AND RATING :)

So, I just watched this movie with my friend who is avid anime fan. It wasn't something we expected. But it goes well in some parts of movie.The Story:For almost half of the movie, we see main characters interacting in sort of romance, not in war except the day of war happened. We were expecting to see high-pace action movie from start till end though. And BoS apparently revolved around the main characters with supporting characters who have different purpose.The CastThe odd thing we felt that the main cast talk like Jakartan not Suroboyoan (the setting where the event happened) except for some additional cast that gives some comical relief for the movie. It takes time to listen Indonesian language in animation movie but it supposed to be more depicting local accent. I am sure the English version is going to be fit than Indonesian dub. Its like listening sinetron (tv opera soap ) dialog line in anime. It supposed to be better, but yeah.. I know this is the first step of Indonesia animation development. The Audio:The musical score and effect was convincing and can be plus for this movie. Dialog line aren't fit but some cast could play very well. It takes time to get used with Indonesian dialogue where we get used with Anime. And background music and soundtrack, I expected some old songs in the era were remade and not only typical modern pop song where I thought isn't really fit.The Graphic:Superb drawing with 3d background, its eye porn for us. But, we take a closer that main characters animation movement looked stiff when they talk or in action. The Fun:Kid may love this and so adults. Even though in war, you cant see any blood. The message is great. No glory in war. And yet the ending... people would love it. Its good to bring kids to watch this movie and see their reaction. The Rating: 7/10

So far this is the best Indonesian animation movie. Great graphic,smooth movement for each scene. I love the story which combine love,friendship and history. This movie still have several minor weakness but i think that's not a big problem. I like the soundtrack which titled "Mengingatmu" (Remember you). The weaknesses of this movie is The dubber of "Yumna" character not really fit with the character. In some scene her voice looks not natural. And then in several scene in cinematography we called it with jumping scene. And In the future if you wanna change the scene from a happy scene into sad and frightening it's better if the scene is changed step by step not suddenly and directly. And the message in this movie is: There is no glory in the war that's absolutely true. Even though you win in the war you still sacrifice many people who die in the war,money to buy the weapons and etc. Overall i give the score 8,5 from 10. I hope and i believe that Indonesia can make movies with high quality from all of movies component (story,music,graphic and etc) like this movie.

the animation is pretty good, even tough the artwork, soundtrack is amazing, there are some parts that out of touch, and one of the sound effect is out of place but the story is good, Musa, who is only a thirteen-year-old shoe shiner, undergoes destiny through his adventure of waging war during the war time. fighting the dutch, england, ex japan samurai/ninja? and have a crush on his childhood friend? Does he manage to bring peace among the troops keeping on fighting for nothing?Battle of Surabaya is a film very much amaze me. Ten or fifteen years ago i never think that Indonesia can make a film like this. The audiences like it, especially the children, and in some place (like in Jogjakarta) the movie is sold out, so i think there are really proud people that support this film i really surprised that Indonesia can make a good animation film, hopefully this film will be the first step to the rise of Indonesian film