I wasn’t too impressed tbh. The plot felt a bit too messy. I liked Across the Spiderverse better.
It feels like Ghibli just won it for the sake of it being Ghibli. I won’t say I disliked the film. The visuals were great and the voice acting was very well done as usual. But yeah, plot left a lot to be desired. It felt like we were missing half a movie in the middle
I’ll be honest. I always autofill heron with heroine every time I read the title. I’m too news pilled
The weakest Ghibli film I watched. granted I didn’t watch every one but a lot of them. My main problem is the last third of the film. Nearly every arc they started is not paying off at the end because this stupid bird just destroys everything. Nothing is explained, like in a lot of Ghibli films, however most of the other films imply meaning in a lot of ways and explain the world in subtle ways which this one just misses so hard…
Yeah, I agree with this. Also each of his films has a clear motif, but this one is super vague. It’s about acceptance of death maybe? Or growing up? Letting go of… stuff?
The weird thing is: the first time I saw this movie I thought “ah the first Ghibli movie that is not from Miyazaki” and its the exact opposite xD
I loved all of the Miyazaki films except The Wind Rises, which I found to be awful and boring. So I’m kind of afraid to watch this one. Is it more like his earlier work or more like the wind rises?
It’s mainly surreal fantasy used to explore the protagonist’s trauma. The WWII aspects are mostly in the background, besides the first scene.
Hmmm it’s hard to say because its theme is definitely similar to The Wind Rises in that it’s semi autobiographical about his childhood during WWII. However it has more of Myazaki’s trademark mystical elements than TWR.
For me I genuinely loved it and thought it poetically blended aspects of his real childhood and how time distorts memory. It’s kind of a culmination of his old work and his more “realism” movies like TWR. In the end, it stands as a unique work of art as anyone would expect from a Miyazaki film. Highly recommend it.
As a note, Mark Hamill and Robert Pattinson were particularly exceptional performances in the Eng version.
Same, could not finish Wind rises either but I guess I will just have to go see the new one.
Very unstimulating and dull in my opinion
