My dream house... come true.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
The Films of Studio Ghibli |OT| Creating New Worlds
- Thread starter cj_iwakura
- Start date
My dream house... come true.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
super underrated.
thequickandthedead
Member
Despite its flaws, i still think Earthsea was a lot more memorable than Cat. The psuedo-philosophical bs in Earthsea was just too hilarious to forget.
"By denying death....YOU DENY LIFE!"
Was so strange how they tried to shoehorn in those themes in the second half of the movie when little in the first half seems to hint at that. I'm still not sure why exactly
Arren kills his father.
thequickandthedead
Member
Don't worry, he doesn't either.
I highly doubt someone who has read the books even understands half the shit going on in that movie.
trab pu kcip
Member
understandable. just reading this makes me want to rewatch.
neoism
Member
Yep just watched it for the first time.... amazing amazing little film...
I really wish real life had the same feeling as Studio Ghibli films... They make me feel soo good after watching them. Best Film Studio of all time...
I used this gif for a year or so and never knew it was from that film.
Reallllly love it.. <3
Need the see The Cat Returns next... T___T why no bluray yet.... also its disappointing to see that its not that long of a movie... only an hour and 15 minutes...
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
You'd be better off skipping it, tbh. It's easily one of the worst Ghibli films.
neoism
Member
:/
art style looked interesting,,,,
My
S Ghibli film ratings
My Neighbor Totoro Masterpiece......
Princess Mononoke My first Ghibli film
Howl's Moving Castle Can watch if forever....
Whisper of the Heart Seen it for the first time day in my top 5.. <3
Spirited Away Classic
The Secret World of Arrietty Love this movie I cried at the end for awhile.. :*(
Ponyo
Tales From Earthsea Gets alot of hate but I really enjoyed it...
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Looks great for its age.... nice story
The Castle in The Sky liked it...two nice characters
not sure why but Porco Rosso is the only one of which I've seen I just didn't like very much... I did watch the Eng dub though didn't like Micheal Keaton's voice over.... also for me something I always love is the artist style.. not sure it just didn't set with me.... Totoro is older but looks better... maybe it will look better on bluray...maybe I really should give it another watch and watch it in Japanese next time....
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It looks like a cheap direct to DVD knock off of a Ghibli film. Just awful.
Watch 'Iblard Jikan' instead to see a cool art style.
Forget the haters and see it. Is it probably Ghibli's worst film? Yes. Is it still better than most animated shit released nowadays? Yes. I watched it last week and didn't love it, but it was a fun film. Also, cat's. CAT'S ON CAT'S ON CAT'S.
:/
art style looked interesting,,,,
My
S Ghibli film ratings
My Neighbor Totoro Masterpiece......
Princess Mononoke My first Ghibli film
Howl's Moving Castle Can watch if forever....
Whisper of the Heart Seen it for the first time day in my top 5.. <3
Spirited Away Classic
The Secret World of Arrietty Love this movie I cried at the end for awhile.. :*(
Ponyo
Tales From Earthsea Gets alot of hate but I really enjoyed it...
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Looks great for its age.... nice story
The Castle in The Sky liked it...two nice characters
not sure why but Porco Rosso is the only one of which I've seen I just didn't like very much... I did watch the Eng dub though didn't like Micheal Keaton's voice over.... also for me something I always love is the artist style.. not sure it just didn't set with me.... Totoro is older but looks better... maybe it will look better on bluray...maybe I really should give it another watch and watch it in Japanese next time....
No love for Grave of the Fireflies?
But outside of that, thats pretty much how I feel too. I cant help but love all of their films, even the ones that are not THAT good.
They simply set a tone, its hard to describe. Its really something else.
neoism
Member
No love for Grave of the Fireflies?
But outside of that, thats pretty much how I feel too. I cant help but love all of their films, even the ones that are not THAT good.
I more than likely would love it but I've never seen it.. I got spoiled too
... I did just watch From Up on Poppy Hill was really nice, and well animated but the story was just ok... I will watch GotF one day when I feel like crying.. :/ALSO WHHHHY in the fuck isn't Spirited Away on bluray.....@_@ Disney is fucking stupid.. I mean wtf...
Rukes
The front page still gets no respect
It has nothing to do with Disney, Ghibli hasn't released it on Blu-Ray yet at all in Japan. It will probably be one of the last back catalog releases so they can hype it up.
neoism
Member
-___-
trab pu kcip
Member
it's not ghibli's worst film! I honestly don't understand the hate...characters were interesting, narrative and pacing were nice and fluent (unlike earthsee) and the story was FUCKING cute
thequickandthedead
Member
Just watched Whisper of the Heart. Country Roads is so damn addictive.
Some of that is new very nice! Can't wait to see that.
thequickandthedead
Member
I find it fascinating that My Neighbour Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies were both released on the same day.
questionmark
Member
Balance.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Grave of the Fireflies made me cry.
Just wanted to say that I've been there. It is pretty good. The area around the house isn't that great though.
They were a double release aka they were shown back to back in theaters so people wouldn't feel so sad after Grave of the Fireflies.
Coreda
Member
I saw a re-run of the double and they played GotF after Totoro... smh
From what I remember of the experience while watching Fireflies it was kind of like I was expecting something that would make me cry, yet the film didn't pander to that and instead left me in this kind of powerful emotional/depressing state all the way through (and I'm used to crying during films). It intelligently steers clear of heavy-handed tear-jerker moments and meaningful conclusions, etc.
Coreda
Member
Well I'm a little LTTP but I found out about the tradition in Japan of tweeting of Sheeta's incantation "Balse/Balus" during the Japanese TV broadcast of Laputa: Castle in the Sky, at the moment she says the destruction spell. Both in 2011 and 2013 it broke the Twitter record for most number tweets per second, this year it was 143,199.
My favorite Ghibelline song. I love the lyrics. I sing it at karaoke sometimes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O4SMw_8Om0&sns=em
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O4SMw_8Om0&sns=em
FYI Amazon sent an email advertising From up on Poppy Hill preorder and has the other burays for about $10 off their advertised price. Not the best but still brings them all down to <$30.
From Up on Poppy Hill $22
My Neighbor Totoro $28
Howl's Moving Castle $27
Nausicaa $27
Castle in the Sky $27
Whisper of the Heart $30
Ponyo $28
Arrietty $29
Grave of the Fireflies $19
From Up on Poppy Hill $22
My Neighbor Totoro $28
Howl's Moving Castle $27
Nausicaa $27
Castle in the Sky $27
Whisper of the Heart $30
Ponyo $28
Arrietty $29
Grave of the Fireflies $19
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I bet Disney doesn't have any interest in Takahata's film.
That's pretty cool didn't know about that.
TDLink
Member
Awesome news. Disney typically handles localization of Ghibli movies very well. They always very good actors.
Spirited Away is phenomenal. My favourite movie of all time. God it's absolute perfection. The music. The animation. The character designs. The creativity. The world. The pacing. Gosh I watched it today after a long time and man it puts me to tears. It's perfection.
Megalosaro
Banned
My top 5 Miyazaki/Takahata films
1 - Hesei-era Tanuki War Pompoko
2 - Castle of Cagliostro
3 - My Neighbor Totoro
4 - Castle In the Sky
5 - Kiki's Delivery Service
1 - Hesei-era Tanuki War Pompoko
2 - Castle of Cagliostro
3 - My Neighbor Totoro
4 - Castle In the Sky
5 - Kiki's Delivery Service
neoism
Member
people like to shit on it for some reason... but I liked it alot.... but when I watched it I caught the English dub on Starz last summer in the morning and I was really high.. lol
Gorō's From up on Poppy Hill is better directed but its a little boring in the subject matter..but still like TFE better...
In 2009 it killed Twitter, taking down the service worldwide. The 2013 version spared Twitter but took down 2ch for 5 minutes or so.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Looks like Disney is releasing The Wind Rises under their Touchstone banner.
The beginning piece and the end piece. Brilliant stuff.
Speaking of Nausicaa, finished the last three pieces to my ten part series:
Nausicaa 6-2: The God Warrior
Nausicaa 7-1: The Garden
Nausicaa 7-2: The Crypt
Impressive! Judging from your background and the fact you live in BC, the manga must have a very special significance for you.
I'm due for a re-read (my third) of the manga. Just need to decided if I go with the new US box set or the French full size series.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Once again, great stuff. It really is Miyazaki's magnum opus.
Only a few hours into this, but it absorbs me in a way very, very few games can accomplish. It's joyful just to run around. Not technically the best game ever, but it is still wonderful.
The combat system is slightly flawed at times. The story is great, however, and the visuals and soundtrack are on a different level.
Scullibundo said:
Thanks for reading! For me, it really is a great work on par with Herbert's Dune or Tolkien's Middle Earth. It feels like a broader and more complex version of Princess Mononoke.
It is a profoundly influential piece of work for me. I identified with Miyazaki's struggles with his own worldview as it evolved throughout the entire manga.
I love the box set, but I think the full size 7 volume set are easier to read. Personal preference
So does that mean it'll have a $20 bluray price tag?!?