Grave of the fireflies is not that much sad

Nov 16, 2023 12:04 AM

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Hey everyone,
Don't you think that this movie is not that much sad because it does not even matched with my expectations when i started it i was thinking that this is going to be much sad but it destroyed all my expectation its a good movie but if you think after watching this you will cry than you are totally wrong....I was literally too tired to react on the saddest part of the movie....Please describe about your experience about this movie whether this made you sad or your situation was same like that i mentioned above..

Nov 16, 2023 12:12 AM

Bhavya7

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I got really sad at the end but couldn’t cry where else i cried badly at the end of i want to eat your pancreas, so yes grave of the fireflies is definitely not the saddest thing i have ever watched

Nov 16, 2023 12:12 AM

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silly thread, I think the reason you didn't resonate with the movie is because you don't find value in the method of story telling that the director used.

using your lack of empathy, you make objective statements, making YOU the one who's wrong

Nov 16, 2023 12:25 AM

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I didn't feel anything watching the movie tbh, it really wasn't for me, and the fact I absolutely hate children might have also been a reason I didn't feel anything

Nov 16, 2023 1:52 AM

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lFrogs said:
silly thread, I think the reason you didn't resonate with the movie is because you don't find value in the method of story telling that the director used.

using your lack of empathy, you make objective statements, making YOU the one who's wrong

Yes, you are absolutely right. He didn't have those balls to understand a story.
waste of time for us.

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Nov 16, 2023 3:08 AM

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it's the reality of the world

Nov 16, 2023 3:51 AM

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I thought I would really like this movie, considering I like sad stories/tv series when done right, but the fact that this was all brought about by just the refusal of the boy to get help/ help out his aunt or apologize ect just made me kinda not care. I get children can be like that in real life, but I could not get over it personally, so it tainted the end for me.

TheLastCrusadersNov 17, 2023 12:31 AM

Nov 16, 2023 4:41 AM

CulturedTassel

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you seem like a type of person to rely too much on expectations. I'm like that too so now I don't wanna get expectations in my head and it has worked great.

Nov 16, 2023 4:51 AM

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Grave of the fireflies is my least favorite Ghibli movie, mainly because of that stupid brat of a main character who single handedly killed his own sister he was supposed to protect.

What a prideful cunt. So yes, not a sad movie, i was angry while watching it.

Nov 16, 2023 4:54 AM

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I watched it twice and I cried so much both times. It’s the saddest film I ever watched and I was exhausted after watching it from crying so much. I can’t understand how someone would not feel upset after watching children suffer.

Nov 16, 2023 4:57 AM

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Ishow_suii said:
I was literally too tired to react on the saddest part of the movie

Can’t believe OP really said this as an argument

Nov 16, 2023 5:20 AM

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CrunchyCrobat said:
I didn't feel anything watching the movie tbh, it really wasn't for me, and the fact I absolutely hate children might have also been a reason I didn't feel anything

What is the saddest anime you've watched?

Nov 16, 2023 5:21 AM

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Red_sparkling said:

CrunchyCrobat said:
I didn't feel anything watching the movie tbh, it really wasn't for me, and the fact I absolutely hate children might have also been a reason I didn't feel anything

What is the saddest anime you've watched?

Ef tale of memories/melodies

Nov 16, 2023 5:22 AM

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Klad said:

Ishow_suii said:
I was literally too tired to react on the saddest part of the movie

Can’t believe OP really said this as an argument

Probably baitposting because the account was made today

Nov 16, 2023 5:28 AM

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CrunchyCrobat said:

Red_sparkling said:

What is the saddest anime you've watched?

Ef tale of memories/melodies

Never watched (hearing the name for the first time). Mal summary sounds pretty mid to me, idk. I think you like romance anime more than anime related to real-world tragedies. To each their own, I guess.

Nov 16, 2023 5:30 AM

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Swagernator said:
Grave of the fireflies is my least favorite Ghibli movie, mainly because of that stupid brat of a main character who single handedly killed his own sister he was supposed to protect.

What a prideful cunt. So yes, not a sad movie, i was angry while watching it.

This is valid, because I felt the same thing after watching the movie to an extent. He made many poor moves that ended up costing him his own life as well as his younger sister’s. Still, he was just a kid in an awful situation.

However after thinking about it more, his character was really the point that the movie was driving at. The entire movie was really a critique and criticism of Japanese pride during that era of history and they used the protagonist character to illustrate how that prideful attitude and making terrible moves for selfish gain ended up backfiring horrifically. The younger sister represents the innocent lives caught up in it all. Whether you agree with that or not, it’s what the movie was getting at.

Nov 16, 2023 5:32 AM

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Red_sparkling said:

CrunchyCrobat said:

Ef tale of memories/melodies

That's the thing, I'm not a big romance anime fan, there's just a few that I like, and you really called it mid, man, you should actually watch it, it's not just the story but also how it's told that makes it really good

Nov 16, 2023 8:36 AM

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Ishow_suii said:
Hey everyone,
Don't you think that this movie is not that much sad because it does not even matched with my expectations when i started it i was thinking that this is going to be much sad but it destroyed all my expectation its a good movie but if you think after watching this you will cry than you are totally wrong....I was literally too tired to react on the saddest part of the movie....Please describe about your experience about this movie whether this made you sad or your situation was same like that i mentioned above..

You must have 0 empathy and I hope you do not work in the healthcare field. Yeesh.

Nov 16, 2023 9:31 AM

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Yikes the comments are somehow worse than the post....

𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊. - 𝑅𝑒𝒾 𝒦𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓎𝒶𝓂𝒶

Nov 16, 2023 12:04 PM

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in my opinion it's the saddest anime movie ever next to i want to eat your pancreas

Nov 16, 2023 12:41 PM

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MIME_07

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yeah it was boring as hell I genuinely felt sadder watching fucking School Days than this but maybe my expectations were too high

Nov 16, 2023 4:06 PM

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I couldn't relate at all with the hardships of war. I thought the movie was frustrating at most. Stories I find the saddest are about loneliness, longing and nihilism. And dogs. If instead of a little sister this movie had a dog, jt would have made me cry.

Nov 16, 2023 5:27 PM

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I was trying to hold my tears not until he burns his own younger sister. This is why I hate war since the beginning. If might be the best if Oswald Mandus didn't destroy his own machine (from the game Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs).

Nov 17, 2023 4:17 AM

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You must have 0 empathy and I hope you do not work in the healthcare field. Yeesh.

@JacobEZ5 well sorry for having a different opinion

Nov 17, 2023 4:26 AM

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ToufiqHassan

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yeah it just crushes your soul and you go into apathy feeling no emotions

May 13, 3:06 PM

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CosmicGirl

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I couldn't shed tears, I was busy hating the mc

Sorry if I write something incorrect, English is not my native language.

Sep 28, 1:50 AM

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I didn't cry either but I think it wasn't about making an incredibly sad movie to begin with. This is about a reflection of a reality that people in war torn countries/area face. I think the goal of the movie is to reflect on the effects of war in the lives of ordinary people.
War not only destroys what gives you comfort and security (e.g. home, fresh running water, home cooked meals) but it also distorts and warps us up as people. Morality, sympathy, empathy goes out the window when you want to survive (e.i. the farmer not caring about the siblings condition despite seeing where they were living, the doctor nonchalantly telling Seita Setsuko's condition, the aunt only giving substantial food her children).
This is coming from someone whose country has been greatly affected by the Japanese occupation during WW2 and we have a long family background that have served as military soldiers/personel, too, which is perhaps why I'm more critical about it in terms of its theme and message.
This was an anti-war film and it did it brilliantly.

huh. weeb. (≖ ͜ʖ≖)

Oct 14, 7:31 PM

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I wasn’t a big fan of the movie myself

It felt like there was a lot of tonal dissonance going on that the movie never adresses

It had some good moments but overall i felt like it was not very coherent of an experience due to so many moments that had a clashing tone for me

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