Miyazake

[frankenhooter]

Am I really the only one who feels very "meh" about his films? It's probably because I just don't really enjoy the style of anime in general.

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[_terra_]

I just find it very hard to identify with a lot of his films. I absolutely love Kiki's Delivery Service and Howl's Moving Castle, which are obviously easy for me to identify with older female leads. Ponyo looks cute, but I doubt it will be one of those films I constantly want to pull off the shelf and watch all the time.

[breepants]

THOSE ARE MY FAVORITES TOO.

I didn't really care all that much for spirited away. 8|

Yeah, I went there.

[_terra_]

I saw Spirited Away once and never really cared to see it after that. It was a good film, I'll give it that, just not one of my favorites.

Oh. Princess Mononoke was good too, but it just wasn't as endearing as Howl's or Kiki's.

[breepants]

What I got out of Princess Mononoke: Recycle and stop fucking up the earth.

8|

[breepants]

If anti-war sentiments were the only thing you got out of that movie, then you missed quite a lot.

[_terra_]

The war itself was barely touched upon. What parts of the film did you actually watch?

[_terra_]

What parts of the film did you pay attention to then? You missed the ENTIRE point of the film

[breepants]

N-no, there were other things they touched on: beauty (or lack of it), running away from problems, the ability (or inability) to love, and I can keep going.

I think 'beauty' was probably one of the bigger ones, as you dealt with Sophie's 'lack of beauty' and aged self throughout the entire film--which also lends to Howl falling in love with her despite her not being beautiful.

[_terra_]

Oh noes. War. In a movie. That was adapted from a book. That was a central plot of said book. Obviously, Miyazaki is trying to shove anti-war propaganda down our throats.

tl;dr- it's a movie. Sit down, shut up, and enjoy it. Not everything has to be analyzed to death.

[_terra_]

It was based on a book! About a country in war! WHAT DO YOU WANT?

[frankenhooter]

To me Spirited Away seemed something that would be much more entertaining if I were stoner.