“Kubo and the Two Strings” is the most gorgeous and masterful animated feature that I never want to see again. You should go see it. It is exactly what I needed to see to remind me why I do what I do while I'm still mourning the second loss of a parent.
Normally when I see an animated feature, some part of my brain is sitting there picking apart technique. I trained for this for years; I see the 1/24th of a second images that combine into the “illusion of life”. But I stopped trying to dissect this one, because its story was too good. It touched upon a bunch of the standard feature cartoon tropes and turned them around in beautiful, bittersweet ways.
I could talk about the plot, I could talk about the artistry. But fuck that. Just go see it. And bring tissues.