just finished watch arrietty - everybody otm, felt like a miyazaki film. things I loved:
-the fluid dynamics. when they pour tea, it comes out a drop at a time. -the tall big person boy is so weak and going to die and can't do any physical exercise but the borrowers are on some ninja warrior shit 24/7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oco3lPfokaU
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
I hated "Ponyo."
Also, dubbing is a non-issue when it comes to most cartoons. I mean, they're all dubbed!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
not that it's miyazaki, but i watched pom poko the other night (studio ghibli flick abt raccoon balls). was weird.
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
Nausicää is my favorite, followed by Castle in the Sky, then Kiki's Delivery Service. Still need to see the Lupin movie, Totoro and Princess Mononoke, though.
― tanuki, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
Also: really disliked Ponyo when I saw it in theatres, but that could've been due in part to the English dub.
― tanuki, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 03:25 (twelve years ago) link
ponyo didn't really grab me
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
it isn't directed by miyazaki, but the secret world of arrietty is fucking a plus. amazing movie. much more conventional narratively than ponyo (whose plot really irritated me despite all the beautiful animation of water and such) but no worse for that. just amazing.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
for the voice of the dad will arnett seemed to be channeling christian bale's batman.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 05:40 (twelve years ago) link
Ponyo's ending is even worse than Howl's. Miyazaki's never been too good at endings - the few I can think of off the top of my head tend to involve some hurried deus ex machina thing, but it doesn't usually matter because it's the ride that counts.
― Alexandre Dumbass (dog latin), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
Just realised Josh In Chicago said the same thing.
― Alexandre Dumbass (dog latin), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, March 7, 2012 12:40 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
I watched the japanese audio version and the dad was voiced by a gruff dude
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 12:03 (twelve years ago) link
so so so glad that I didn't have to think about gob at all during my viewing
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 12:04 (twelve years ago) link
pom poko is great
― Pup Shalom Dog Costume (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
greatness tempered constant raccoon balls
― Moodles, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
*tempered by
i would say "muddled with" rather than "tempered by"
― Pup Shalom Dog Costume (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
*tempted by
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
infused
thought pom poko was really up and down. story, impact, themes & more naturalistic animation = GREAT. otoh, at least half the comedy & anthro tanuki action was really lame & grating.
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
― tanuki, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 3:24 AM (16 hours ago)
^^^ correct first and second choice :DI'd throw Porco Rosso in at #3
― monkeys on the ceiling fan, ceiling fan (CaptainLorax), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
Nausicaä is pretty good, but sadly I read the comic first, and even though the movie is a fine adaptation, it just doesn't manage to convey the richness of the comic's themes. (Partially because the comic wasn't finished when the movie came out.)
Here's how I'd rate Miyazaki's films, to to bottom:
TotoroCastle in the SkyPorco RossoNausicaäPonyoLupin IIIMononokeMoving Castle
I still haven't seen Kiki, need to correct that soon.
― Tuomas, Friday, 9 March 2012 10:01 (twelve years ago) link
Oh sorry, add Spirited Away there, between Nausicaä and Ponyo.
Miyazaki's never been too good at endings
This is nuts! Kiki - awesome ending! Mononoke - awesome ending! Totoro - awesome ending! Laputa - awesome ending!
― Stevie T, Friday, 9 March 2012 10:08 (twelve years ago) link
Totoro | Spirited Away | Kiki's Delivery ServiceMononoke | Castle in the Sky | Ponyo | Howl's Moving CastlePorco Rosso | Nausicaa | The Castle of Cagliostro | Cat Returns
― a serious minestrone rockist (remy bean), Friday, 9 March 2012 11:14 (twelve years ago) link
Cat Returns is not Miyazaki.
― Tuomas, Friday, 9 March 2012 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
oh. it wasn't very good, anyway.
― a serious minestrone rockist (remy bean), Friday, 9 March 2012 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
Eh, i consider ghibli close enough
― God: Huummm (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 March 2012 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
i LOVE cat returns, one of my favorite ghibli films (a long list, admittedly)
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
The ending of Mononoke might look halfway cool but it's absolute garbage. The forest spirit is a stupid way to wrap up a movie.
― monkeys on the ceiling fan, ceiling fan (CaptainLorax), Friday, 9 March 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 9 March 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
notm
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
mononoke ending is v satisfying
I was being sarcastic
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 9 March 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
If Miyazaki is so bad at endings, why am I always moved to tears at the end of his movies??? That doesn't happen at movies with good endings (except for Cold Mountain, I was v mad at myself for crying at that).
― Abarham Lincoln posing (Abbbottt), Friday, 9 March 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
subtlety is lost on me
xp
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Friday, 9 March 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
The endings aren't usually stupid. There might be three dissenters here but they only make up a minority
― monkeys on the ceiling fan, ceiling fan (CaptainLorax), Friday, 9 March 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
loved this! saw it today. so well written - understated and elegiac. and the animation was gorgeous - so carefully drawn and so lush. really one of the best - up there with totoro, spirited away and kiki in my eyes. maybe the best of the bunch actually (tho i haven't seen spirited away in awhile and i do remember how much i loved it)
― Mordy, Monday, 19 March 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
also will arnett did not bother me at all! i thought he did a great job as the dad.
― Mordy, Monday, 19 March 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
i have never seen any of these but my kids watched Nausicaa the other week and seemed pretty into it
― buzza, Monday, 19 March 2012 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
cosco has most of these in their movie section now
― monkeys on the ceiling fan, ceiling fan (CaptainLorax), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
2 new Ghibli films announced for summer 2013 in Japan!
http://i.imgur.com/5YuiX.pngKaze Tachinu (The Wind Is Rising) written & directed by Miyazaki, story is about Jiro Horikoshi who was the designer of many WWII Japanese fighter planes.
http://i.imgur.com/95rlW.pngKaguya-hime no Monogatari (The Tale of Princess Kaguya) directed by Isao Takahata, based on a Japanese folktale about a princess discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
― ばか ざっぴ (zappi), Thursday, 13 December 2012 12:10 (eleven years ago) link
those are some beautiful promo posters. especially Kaze Tachinu - looks so breezy and sunny.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
Although I'm starting to wonder whether Ghibli will make another truly great movie again.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
Great news and yeah, *gorgeous* posters. Almost more excited about a new one from Isao Takahata than Miyazaki tbh, it's been so long since he directed anything and Only Yesterday is up there with anything else that Ghibli has made.
The premise of The Wind is Rising sounds fascinating though, hopefully an excuse for plenty of aerial sequences too. Man, I'm totally psyched for these :)
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:06 (eleven years ago) link
Sounds like the Wind is Rising could potentially be the first Miyazaki with no fantasy elements, interesting.
Watched Ponyo for the first time the other day, some absolutely stunning sequences, particularly the flooded town. Though the plot felt like it was invented by an eight year-old on the fly (maybe that's the point?).
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
Oh and the use of colour was phenomenal, maybe his best yet in that respect.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
For real, there's some spectacular stuff in Ponyo] - the sequence where they they're racing the storm back to the clifftop home always sticks with me: the roiling sea, and the tiny figure of Ponyo pelting along beside the car on the cresting fish-like waves. And then they get back and have a ham/eggs/noodles meal - from a hurricane to domestic bliss in 10 minutes. And yr right, glorious work with colour throughout. Def. gonna have to watch it again soon.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Thursday, 13 December 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
my niece and nephew are your exemplary cultural-ADD children of today, nothing holds the attention, everything's accompanied by simultaneous DS-playing or similar, but the other day I put Ponyo on and within fifteen minutes they had dropped what they were doing and were silent and rapt till the end of it. Considering that they watch even their favourite films in a really passive way it was amazing to see.
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 29 December 2012 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
Lovely!
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 29 December 2012 04:03 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7D-1RG-VRk
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 04:34 (eleven years ago) link