The Boy And The Heron Is the first movie that instead of saying "the world we're giving you Is fucked up and horrible and it's up to you to fix it" went "i cannot balance this world anymore because im old and my time has come, so im giving you the choice to be my successor as the peacemaker or war instigator and i think you're worthy of... nevermind the fascist bird fucked it completely. go live your best mundane life and be happy to have loved ones" and i think thats beautiful
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Fellas, if something is truly inspiring, it is:
Hayao Miyazaki made an uncompromisingly personal, artsy movie that no one was supposed to get because it's too personal, too dark, too 'exotic' or whatever. And it actually became immensely successful and popular despite it (because of it???) And Disney made the safest, most backbone-less, most non-combative and soy and politically correct and soft and crowd-pleasing 'Wish' and it failed!!! It fucking failed, my friends! A historical moment! Should we finally throw away all those Hollywood seminars and workshops that try to sell us 'how to make the universally loved stories Disney style'???
There is nothing universal about any movie.
And the world is finally hungry for something different.
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A heart’s a heavy burden 🤍✨
i didn’t forget to post this here what are you saying
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Kiki, Tombo, and of course, the star of the movie…Jiji
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people often say that art is a reflection of ourselves, but it happens to be that a mirror is always reversed. and that shows through jUNJI ITO AND HAYAO MIYAZAKI EVERYONE
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Who ever thought THIS would happen in my lifetime?
I am stunned, happy and just urge anyone who hasn't yet to see both of these films!
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So you know how Diana Wynne Jones basically expressed how surprised and confused she was getting fanletters of girls professing their love to Howl because she wrote him as the most selfish, egotistical man in existence? She couldn’t even fathom how everyone was just looking at him through rose colored lenses when the man’s first appearance was him catcalling Sophie? I’d like to propose Hayao Miyazaki was one of those fangirls. In this essay I will—
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