Let all the dreamers wake the nation, come, the new Jerusalem
Man, I'm on a Hayao Miyazaki kick!
I watched Howl's Moving Castle last night... I got so confused sometimes, because while I know it strays pretty far from the book, I kept getting tripped up on minor details. Like, "Is Sophie actually changing back and forth, or is Howl just able to see it because he's a wizard?" and "Wait... does Sophie know that Howl knows about her curse?" and "Wait... did that scene actually happen because they're acting like it didn't..."
I just finished watching Princess Mononoke, which all kinds of epic and win and just the kind of movie I'm in the mood for right now, beautiful and majestic and strange and not crammed with details like so many fantasy movies are. And I do agree with what Andrew said so long ago after watching it--that nothing is really actually resolved in the end. It's just going to happen all over again. BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT! You gotta believe....
IN YOURSELF! Sorry, shout out to Magic Knight Rayearth. Anyway, the point is that you have to just suspend disbelief. Because that's what fantasy is all about :)
I also reread the first volume of Amatsuki, while I cried that no one had continued translating and scanlating the chapters. The last one came out more than a year ago, yes? Curse their eyes!
Today I felt very much like sitting around doing nothing and that is precisely what I did.
I watched Howl's Moving Castle last night... I got so confused sometimes, because while I know it strays pretty far from the book, I kept getting tripped up on minor details. Like, "Is Sophie actually changing back and forth, or is Howl just able to see it because he's a wizard?" and "Wait... does Sophie know that Howl knows about her curse?" and "Wait... did that scene actually happen because they're acting like it didn't..."
I just finished watching Princess Mononoke, which all kinds of epic and win and just the kind of movie I'm in the mood for right now, beautiful and majestic and strange and not crammed with details like so many fantasy movies are. And I do agree with what Andrew said so long ago after watching it--that nothing is really actually resolved in the end. It's just going to happen all over again. BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT! You gotta believe....
IN YOURSELF! Sorry, shout out to Magic Knight Rayearth. Anyway, the point is that you have to just suspend disbelief. Because that's what fantasy is all about :)
I also reread the first volume of Amatsuki, while I cried that no one had continued translating and scanlating the chapters. The last one came out more than a year ago, yes? Curse their eyes!
Today I felt very much like sitting around doing nothing and that is precisely what I did.