My Neighbor Totoro
Just watched another Miyazaki masterpiece last night :) It was super cute! I must say I wasn't expecting Totoro to be so....scary? Although one of my favorite scenes was when the girls were waiting at the bus stop to give their dad his umbrella and Totoro shows up with a leaf on his head and they all just stand there for a moment, side by side. I laughed so hard!!! Adorable!!
I really liked all of his movies, of the ones I've seen so far. Except for Ponyo. The thing about the others I've seen is that the characters are accepting of the weird shit that happens because they seem to know it's all a part of the world they live in. For example, in Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke, witches and demons are considered "normal" to the characters and so they aren't too surprised to encounter them. However, in Ponyo they live in a fairly normal and modern world, and then at the end WEIRD SHIT happens and everyone is just okay with it? I thought it was bizarre. I also thought it bizarre for people to allow two 4-year-olds to sail around in a little boat all by themselves! ANDDDD Ponyo's dad was a total creep (which I'm pretty sure the mom points out at one point).
Next on the list is Castle in the Sky :D
I really liked all of his movies, of the ones I've seen so far. Except for Ponyo. The thing about the others I've seen is that the characters are accepting of the weird shit that happens because they seem to know it's all a part of the world they live in. For example, in Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke, witches and demons are considered "normal" to the characters and so they aren't too surprised to encounter them. However, in Ponyo they live in a fairly normal and modern world, and then at the end WEIRD SHIT happens and everyone is just okay with it? I thought it was bizarre. I also thought it bizarre for people to allow two 4-year-olds to sail around in a little boat all by themselves! ANDDDD Ponyo's dad was a total creep (which I'm pretty sure the mom points out at one point).
Next on the list is Castle in the Sky :D