In which Puri does nothing but watch animated movies.
Puri decided to quit delaying the torture and get "Thumbelina" out of the way. While it's Idiot Plot Central, I surprisingly liked it better than "The Pebble and the Penguin." A certain song called "Let Me Be Your Wings" helps like... a whole friggin' lot. Especially since it's the best song (hell, thing) in the entire damn film. Even if it is a ripoff of "A Whole New World", it still gives me warm gooey fangirl feelings in all the right ways. So yeah, I genuinely love that song. ;; As for my thoughts on the infamous "Marry the Mole"... let's say that after I've been exposed to an atrocity like Hot Problems, I've been desensitized from the worst Barry Manilow had to throw at me from that film.
Now that I've gotten those two 90s Bluth films out of the way, that leaves me room to watch quality movies, particularly a certain obscure gem that's been recommended to me... "The Sea Prince and Fire Child"/"The Legend of Sirius" made by Sanrio, the same studio who brought you the Unico movies and "Ringing Bell."
"Sea Prince and Fire Child" is the English dub, while "Legend of Sirius" is the Japanese version. I've watched both of them similtaneously and it's interesting to compare them. Some lines/scenes I liked better in the dub than the sub and vice versa. The dub does have its fair share of Narm, though. :P Only the sub has an opening and ending theme, while the dub is just instrumental. :o Shouldn't really matter which version you watch though.
Sea Prince and Fire Child: Part 1
The Legend of Sirius: Part 1
What's it about? It's loosely based off of "Romeo & Juliet", starring an Underwater Peter Pan and a Fiery Feferi.
Non-Spoiler Verdict: Oh my god. ALL. MY. FUCKING. FEELS.
You know how animated adaptations of "Romeo & Juliet" tend to be all, "LOL ROMEO & JULIET ARE BOTH ALIVE AND THEY GET TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!!11!11"?
Not "The Sea Prince and Fire Child"/"The Legend of Sirius." Oh no. Ohhhhhhhh no.
The ending is a fucking tearjerker and I bawled my eyes out.
It's a pretty heavy film where almost everybody dies. The cutesy Unico look/sound-a-like died. The fire fairy who seemed to have had a one-sided Les Yay crush on Malta died. Even the obnoxious brown dinosaur and his minions get swept away and are never seen again. I don't think we ever know what became of the Wind God either. Is he still wreaking havoc to this day? In the age of tripe like "Gnomeo & Juliet" and CGI "Alvin and the Chipmunks", this would never fly in America today.
Which is a shame, 'cause this movie is friggin' beautiful and creative. In fact, I was shocked it didn't have its own TV Tropes page. C'mon. Scamper the friggin' Penguin has its own page, but not SP&FC/LoS? I knew it was obscure, but even Unico and Ringing Bell had their own sections. :(
Depressing ending or not (Sirius and Malta do get to reunite and watch us from the sky, so that's a sliver of peace there), it left something other animated films didn't, and that was a positive impact. (I'm looking at you, Don Bluth. Remember when you used to create movies like NIMH?) Just... holy shit. I think I need to watch a couple funny Youtube shorts to recover. Like retsupurae's stuff or something.
This post has been crossposted with Dreamwidth at http://shamanicshaymin.dreamwidth.org/22713.html. Pick your poison. Mwoiiiiiiiing~!
Now that I've gotten those two 90s Bluth films out of the way, that leaves me room to watch quality movies, particularly a certain obscure gem that's been recommended to me... "The Sea Prince and Fire Child"/"The Legend of Sirius" made by Sanrio, the same studio who brought you the Unico movies and "Ringing Bell."
"Sea Prince and Fire Child" is the English dub, while "Legend of Sirius" is the Japanese version. I've watched both of them similtaneously and it's interesting to compare them. Some lines/scenes I liked better in the dub than the sub and vice versa. The dub does have its fair share of Narm, though. :P Only the sub has an opening and ending theme, while the dub is just instrumental. :o Shouldn't really matter which version you watch though.
Sea Prince and Fire Child: Part 1
The Legend of Sirius: Part 1
What's it about? It's loosely based off of "Romeo & Juliet", starring an Underwater Peter Pan and a Fiery Feferi.
Non-Spoiler Verdict: Oh my god. ALL. MY. FUCKING. FEELS.
You know how animated adaptations of "Romeo & Juliet" tend to be all, "LOL ROMEO & JULIET ARE BOTH ALIVE AND THEY GET TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!!11!11"?
Not "The Sea Prince and Fire Child"/"The Legend of Sirius." Oh no. Ohhhhhhhh no.
The ending is a fucking tearjerker and I bawled my eyes out.
It's a pretty heavy film where almost everybody dies. The cutesy Unico look/sound-a-like died. The fire fairy who seemed to have had a one-sided Les Yay crush on Malta died. Even the obnoxious brown dinosaur and his minions get swept away and are never seen again. I don't think we ever know what became of the Wind God either. Is he still wreaking havoc to this day? In the age of tripe like "Gnomeo & Juliet" and CGI "Alvin and the Chipmunks", this would never fly in America today.
Which is a shame, 'cause this movie is friggin' beautiful and creative. In fact, I was shocked it didn't have its own TV Tropes page. C'mon. Scamper the friggin' Penguin has its own page, but not SP&FC/LoS? I knew it was obscure, but even Unico and Ringing Bell had their own sections. :(
Depressing ending or not (Sirius and Malta do get to reunite and watch us from the sky, so that's a sliver of peace there), it left something other animated films didn't, and that was a positive impact. (I'm looking at you, Don Bluth. Remember when you used to create movies like NIMH?) Just... holy shit. I think I need to watch a couple funny Youtube shorts to recover. Like retsupurae's stuff or something.
This post has been crossposted with Dreamwidth at http://shamanicshaymin.dreamwidth.org/22713.html. Pick your poison. Mwoiiiiiiiing~!