Yea, Makoto Shinkai movies are corny and shallow, and I don't think that's a controversial opinion lol. One of the things I respect about him is that he doesn't seem to disagree, like most of what he talks about in interviews is craft and he's not interested in awards or anything like that. Like he once told people to stop going to see Your Name which is very funny to me.

More than anything else he really just wants to make movies, and while I wish they were more interesting I can't like, dislike him lol