I have not seen Grave of the Fireflies (1988).
The only Ghibli movie that I can't watch.
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It's a great film. It made me cry, but still glad I watched it. It's one of those rare pieces of media that have a profound impact.
Originally, it was released as a double feature with my neighbor totoro and both films have interesting parallels.
Upper with the downer.
That's the Miyazaki speedball.
Grave of the Fireflies was actually directed by the cofounder Isao Takahata who generally played more of a producer role but did this and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, which are much more subdued compared to Miyazaki's works, but no less emotional. He was also the artistic producer on The Red Turtle, a co-production between Ghibli and a few French studios, which I would highly recommend watching. Very quiet. Very beautiful.
Exactly. I hate that I watched this. Basically watching two kids starve to death in post WW2 Japan. And I don't care if I ruined it for anyone that hasn't seen it. Two kids. Starve. To death. Fuck that movie.
It's based on a true story. The older kid survived IRL and wrote the book.
None of this makes it any better.
It’s not about making you feel good, it’s about showing you a point in history that happened.
Non-sequitur. I don't need to watch a bunch of Irish people starve to death to know the Potato Starving happened.
Sure, but the movie literally starts by telling you it’s the story of how the kid died.
If you watched past that it’s pretty silly to get upset over the fact that the movie is what it told you it was going to be.
You're not wrong, but I had already paid for the ticket at that point and I didn't want to Karen my way to a refund. And, I had never seen it before, so I didn't know to take it literally. I didn't enjoy the experience, but it was a masterwork of an animated movie.
I didn’t enjoy the experience
There would be something seriously wrong with you if you did!
Agreed. It wouldn't surprise me if there was rule34 material online somewhere.
Swap the place of the kid and animal panels.
Becoming a dad has made me cry sooooooo much more during stories of any kind. I made the mistake of reading The end of the world running club and was pretty miserable the whole time. I also started The Road and had to put it down.
You probably made it further in The Road than I did. Shit, I could barely finish red dead redemption for similar reasons.
I made it to the gas station and the first flashback and noped the fuck out. The weight I feel from the huge backslide it seems like the world is taking is enough in real life, I don't need or want my fiction reinforcing that.
The game Oneshot is definitely a lot of the third and very emotional
If you intend on playing it any time soon DO NOT get spoiled, the game is best played blind