I just realized I haven't seen a lot of anime feature films; I saw Pokemon and Yugioh, but other than that I only saw Castle of Cagliostro, Metropolis, Akira, Armitage III and Golgo 13studio Ghibli makes some awesome ones! You should def look into them!
I haven't watched them all but here is my top 3:Nice. I love spirited away. But grave of the fireflies looks a bit sad for my taste.
1. Spirited Away
2. Grave of the fireflies
3. Howl's Moving Castle
You should check out boy and the heron! Its good!I was actually extremely disappointed by Boy and the Heron, which is sad to say because I've enjoyed every single Ghibli film I've seen. I know that it is heavily themed after Buddhist and Shinto philosophy on life, death and the afterlife. So a lot of what left me totally confused probably has a lot to do with this. But one of the most important aspects of Ghibli Films, the representation of strongly written characters and their relationships was completely lacking and insultingly bad. Characters just appear and we're expected to know who they are all of a sudden, and the protagonist instantly forms close bonds with them for no reason at all as if they've spent any amount of meaningful time together. It got to a point where I strongly suspected that the film was written by AI, that's how bad it was.
I was actually extremely disappointed by Boy and the Heron, which is sad to say because I've enjoyed every single Ghibli film I've seen. I know that it is heavily themed after Buddhist and Shinto philosophy on life, death and the afterlife. So a lot of what left me totally confused probably has a lot to do with this. But one of the most important aspects of Ghibli Films, the representation of strongly written characters and their relationships was completely lacking and insultingly bad. Characters just appear and we're expected to know who they are all of a sudden, and the protagonist instantly forms close bonds with them for no reason at all as if they've spent any amount of meaningful time together. It got to a point where I strongly suspected that the film was written by AI, that's how bad it was.I didnt like it either if Im being completely honest. I didnt understand it at all. I just really liked the animation and Im a big Miyazaki fan.
I didnt like it either if Im being completely honest. I didnt understand it at all. I just really liked the animation and Im a big Miyazaki fan.Yeah, it was beautifully animated. I can definitely agree with that.
Everybody else kept singing its praises so I just figured maybe its good and its just going over my head or something. The animation was spectacular though.
I kinda think that movie suffers from an Emperors New Clothes scenario. Its not great, but nobody wants to admit it.
It got to a point where I strongly suspected that the film was written by AI, that's how bad it was.This is deeply into "Charlie Brown had hoes" territory of absurd nonsense. Its a silly comment on its own but I thought it was common knowledge that Miyazaki would rather blow his brains out onto a canvas and call that a script than allow a robot to make any part of a thing he was associated with.
I thought it was common knowledge that Miyazaki would rather blow his brains out onto a canvas and call that a script than allow a robot to make any part of a thing he was associated with.Which is all the more reason why the quality of writing was so shocking. Considering his age and the length of time it took for production, it's entirely possible he personally had minimal influence on the end result itself. I hate to even suggest it, but that's really how it felt.
When I had Covid, my daughter played Ponyo on a loop. Back to back for hours and days.That sounds more like a form of torture than a get well soon
Which is all the more reason why the quality of writing was so shocking. Considering his age and the length of time it took for production, it's entirely possible he personally had minimal influence on the end result itself. I hate to even suggest it, but that's really how it felt.If you're using it for shorthand for bad then whatever, you're free to phrase it that way. If you actually think ChatGPT wrote a Ghibli movie then I've got a sack of magic beans and a bridge you can trade your life savings for.
He is also famously quoted for valuing real human interaction in his films, something that was lacking in Boy and the Heron. So it really does make me think.
My top 2 would be:
Spirited Away
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
After that it's very close between Castle in the Sky, Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke and The Boy and the Heron