Pom Poko

[Snarf]

IS ON TCM RIGHT NOW!!

[John Mora]

Re: Pom Poko

It's a great, great movie. Its environmental message is a billion times more heartbreaking/entertaining and a billion times less annoying than anything Miyazaki has been able to whip up.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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OMG, I cant take them seriously when one of them has Jims voice from Mission Hill.

[Funk]

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Hmmm, never heard of it, but I did a quick glance at the IMDb. Looks like Watership Down with raccoons.

[gray]

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tcm's been showing miyazaki related work all month.



this is the final one.

[Magus]

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.....................****.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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I almost cried when towards the end they transformed all the land to what it looked like before, and they saw themsleves as cubs, and they went running down the hill crying.

Another good Miyazaki movie(which they showed last week), is Porco Rosso. Great movie, with a sad ending.

[TheHonorableRyu]

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Luckily I caught wind of TMC's good works last week. (I had already seen all the films they showed earlier in the month).

I'm very glad to own Pom Poko on DVD. The message is not just environmental, but the tanukis (misappellated as "racoons" in the English translations) are a metaphor for "non-civilized," indigenous people in the modern age of globalization.

I also watched Only Yesterday earlier tonight (Disney is not currently planning to release it here) and am just about to catch the second running. I'm finding that all of Isao Takahata's films end with a very powerful last-twenty-minutes that complete the rest of the film.

If you're online now, I suggest you watch it!


Did anyone else see TMC's showing(s) of Whisper of the Heart?

[gray]

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i've been lucky enough to catch all the movies they've shown. though their choices seem odd at times, it's nice that they made the effort.

[Kefka Jr.]

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FFFFFFFFFFFF shoot.

If only I was back home.

[John Mora]

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I saw Whisper of the Heart. It tries to survive its first half on beautiful backgrounds and precociousness. Luckily it eventually gets a story.

[TheHonorableRyu]

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Yeah, the precociousness is extreme to the point of constituting a standing metaphor for the complexities that face adults (but it's not like we don't find more ridiculous tomfoolery in, say, the Battle Royale manga).

I think I appreciate the movie more than you did. I'd say the movie cruises on characterization alone, and also unveils a nuanced understanding of human relationships and a mature take on idealism operating with reality. Other essentially idealistic movies with soulmate sensibilities (like Amelie) usually do not do this.

But we both agree that Miyazaki's environmental yarns are comparatively yawn-worthy!

[John Mora]

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I wouldn't say I didn't think Whisper of the Heart more than redeemed itself in the end. Once the story gets going, it has a wonderful message for a person of any age.

[Gustaff 13]

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Wait, which one were we just watching, and how do the two differ?

Also, Princess Mononoke envoked no sympathy or guilt for the environment in either of you?
You're made of STONE.

[Magus]

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ugh don't start

*liked mononoke there that's it*