Studio Ghibli Films

[Ruto]

Prepare to cry.

Agreed. Better watch it with other people around...

[KefkaticFanatic]

That is the most depressing film ever ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

[Super Zombie]

WHY WOULD YOU WATCH THAT!? Don't do that! Are you trying to convince yourself to commit suicide?

Also, I don't get why people like Miyazaki movies. I watched Spirited Away and I can sort of see how little kids would find it fun but not someone in their teens or older.

[Olimar12345]

Also, I don't get why people like Miyazaki movies. I watched Spirited Away and I can sort of see how little kids would find it fun but not someone in their teens or older.

Ban.

[SlowPokemon]

Ban.

Same...if you don't appreciate Miyazaki, I can't take you seriously as a movie lover.

[Winter]

Ban.

I'm on it.

[KefkaticFanatic]

No you aren't.  It is one of the more poorly reviewed films :|

[SlowPokemon]

^not from anything I've seen.... 3 and a half stars from ebert, 97% on rotten tomatoes and 100% from top critics...I haven't read a bad review beyond narrow minded people.

[Super Zombie]

I'm don't see how someone could call me narrow-minded. I gave it a shot. When someone recommends a movie to me, I almost always watch it. I really just don't see the appeal to an older audience. A little girl (who has no nose apparently, but that's besides the point) goes to a spirit town and her parents are turned into pigs. She has to work for a woman. There are several (more than most movies) antagonists, but every single time she overcomes the conflict, the antagonist turns good (reminded me of all the spy-kids villains). Then she gets her parents back and goes home. I guess one of my main problems with the plot was that every single bad guy turns out to be misunderstood or turns good, and there are a lot of them, with no main antagonist really. So it feels like a drawn-out sequence of episodes put together into a film. And I was bored the whole time.

I gave it a shot, I didn't like it, no one's ever been able to explain why they think it's good (and I have heard it's one of Miyazaki's worst, but the trailers for some of the other ones look very similar to this movie (ex: In the trailer of Howl's Moving Castle, you see a flying boy (who I guess turns into a flying creature) with a girl and an old woman. Very Spirited Away-esque, no?)). So don't hate me because I don't agree with you. I've given it thought and I'm not just dismissing it closed-mindedly.

[SlowPokemon]

I just have an inability to understand your viewpoint it's Miyazaki's masterpiece, other than Totoro, Kiki's, Mononoke, or Howl's...I can't understand your opinion. But whatevs.

[Nana1Popo2]

Not sure if this has been brought up anywhere, yet, but has anyone seen Arrietty?

I just saw it a few days ago, the American title "The Secret World of Arrietty." I thought it was pretty good! Spoilers: The only critique I'd have is the english voice acting for Sean and Arrietty's dad was a little bland... but. Sean was dying anyway, so I guess his voice would have to sound tired and all. Oh well! My favorite part was when they first entered the kitchen, and you could hear all the little sounds that we wouldn't hear normally. and i thought it was a cool idea. etc..

[SlowPokemon]

Arrietty was fantastic, it made me tear up a little at the end.

[Pit0010]

lol, i was the first one to like spirited away. I've watched it soo many times and loved it!

[Super Zombie]

Now that I've explained why I don't like it, why doesn't someone explain why they LIKE Spirited Away, so at least I can understand your viewpoints?

[Pit0010]

lol, lemme do dah explaining.

It's good for me coz it was my first ghibli studio film and i enjoyed the plot and characters sooo much! everything was plot at correct spots and everything finally came together smoothly. and at the end when the main character finally turned to look behind her gives us the suspense on whats gonna happen to that ghost bathhouse. the producers did it this way to give the viewers their own imagination on what's gonna happen to that bathhouse