| It's not that they "aren't developed all the way." They just didn't kiss or have a stereotypical "happily ever after" ending. Why does romance has to follow a generic pattern like that to be considered satisfying? It's more complex of a relationship than that, the film presents an ending that suggests that the characters' lives will go on past the film, because the real world doesn't always have neat and tidy endings. Especially when the humans just happened to kill the guardian of the forest. "But that's no big deal, the plants grew back so we're cool." And no, that doesn't mean an ending that doesn't follow the stereotypical formula can't be satisfying. Clearly you don't want that out of a film, but I'd hardly consider it "not developing the romance all the way." Especially when we're clearly told that they love each other and will stay by each other's side. Also, the last part of your comment is a bit irrelevant. Everyone has different favorites based on their subjective criteria for what makes something great, but we weren't talking about those other works, regardless. |
JoshimatsooJan 8, 2017 12:40 PM
symbv said: the scene when the prince chops off the arms of some soldiers is enough to make it not for kids. The movie is certainly not limiting itself to a children audience. But this kind of argument wasn't valid in Japan until recently. Back then, they were considering "violence", death etc were things children had to "learn" (opposed to the way the USAs and some european countries view it: something that should be kept hidden from children during a supposed innocence period in order to preserve them). Of course, they kind of aligned with us since then. -_- |
| Sure you are the ONLY ONE in the world who thinks this is overrated... |
| It's a shame that |
| LOL |
| Out of 6 billion people in the world, I'm sure you're the only one. |
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| So far the best Miyazaki movie I've seen thus far. Usually is movies aren't naive and the writers understood that very well but this movie applies everything pretty much perfectly. There's always a cause and effect. It's a closed story and while I wasn't a big fan of the giant monster at the end the ending itself between Mononoke and Ashikata is perfect for the story in question. There's no such thing as a perfect solution and I admire that they went that route. |
| avatar did it better, and avatar is mediocre |
MichaelJacksonOct 12, 2020 9:18 PM
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EmperorDemonGava said: I thought it was kinda mediocre. ur probably inactive since ur post was made about 10 yrs ago, but i want to share my opinion. the reason u probably think that it's mediocre is because u didn't understand the story. this movie is studio ghibli's most sophisticated and complicated movies teaching about the consequences of colonialization and imperialism. |
| boccho is love, boccho is life |
HeyTahtsIllegal said: Honestly, my main issue with the movie is that its premise and themes don't really go anywhere beyond just being 'shown'. Sure, there is conflict between the two sides, loss occurs on both sides, something changes, but that's it. I'm not saying that something else should happen in most cases, just that it was needed in this film. The movie was rushed, nothing really developed beyond surface level and just explanations of the situation and due to this, it's hard to really suck in the significance of what's at stake and what's going on and as such, get emotional enjoyment from the film. If you try really hard, of course you could find some stuff that was significant, like environment, nature, humanity's lust for destruction. It's not really told well in the film though, it's more inferential. So looking straight into the surface material for the first time, with average eyes, you don't really feel anything significant beyond what's put out there, which is rushed and lacking necessary development. This type of premise would've been great for a TV series, where we could actually have time to understand the characters and comprehend the significance of the situation at hand, and obviously this would lead to more enjoyment for this plot and premise. But obviously, this was not an option for Ghibli. Don't flame the hell out of me, but from what I recall, this could be said the exact same as Spirited Away. maybe it's just been a while, but the way the story managed to be told in such a poignant and impactful manner with empathy, turned the 'lacking' plot and characters more realistic, human and emotional. There's no upvote button so I'll just quote you. Couldn't have said any better. Started out pretty good but the lacking-ness can be seen by the forest part and then it just becomes predictable and nothing special (for me). |
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| Man, people are really passionate about this movie. Or were anyway, yeah tho it was just fine. I hate to say this about a ghibli movie but I was kinda struggling to get through it. The messages didn't really hit or get across well, the character motivations and actions were sorta nonsensical and not explained well? Action was for the most part, unexciting somehow, I think maybe because the violence was pretty... unrealistic... which hurts to say about Ghibli considering they usually have weight and shit down pat but things felt floaty and "jelly-like" at times here. |
TeirayoMar 29, 2022 12:48 AM
No watch list sig cuz "You watch anime in 3 days or 3 months! Such is the proper way!" |
EmperorDemonGava said: Yeah me here . Trying to watch movies of the so called Masterpiece maker Studio Ghibli and completed Mononoke Hime too . The start seemed great but the rest of the movie it felt like how tf does this even happenI thought it was kinda mediocre. |
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