Comments on: Ponyo on the Cliff: Pony-up, yo!

By: moye

moye — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:39:04 +0000

I can't believe I forgot Spirited Away, which is I think is his best. Crazy ass drug trip or maybe just crazy ass Japanese trip, I just love it. It's all about growing up and your imagination and magic and uh…..pigs.

By: ErnieAtLYD

ErnieAtLYD — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:20:42 +0000

I'm probably a horrible person for admitting this, but my first Miyazaki movie was Spirited Away. When you really think about it, that movie screams CRAZY-ASS DRUG TRIP. Hello? Her parents turn into pigs, like what, six minutes into the movie?*

* OK, so was Alice in Wonderland. But everyone knows that.

By: hadashi

hadashi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:14:48 +0000

i agree with moye. don't forget Kiki's Delivery Service or Porco Rosso. but Totoro is the most magic of them all.

By: moye

moye — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:04 +0000

By: ErnieAtLYD

ErnieAtLYD — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:20:42 +0000

* OK, so was Alice in Wonderland. But everyone knows that.

By: hadashi

hadashi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:14:48 +0000

i agree with moye. don't forget Kiki's Delivery Service or Porco Rosso. but Totoro is the most magic of them all.

By: moye

moye — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:10:37 +0000

You're not allowed to write any more about Miyazaki until you've watched My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa, Howl's Moving Castle (though not his best), Princess Mononoke and Grave of the Fireflies.

And there's nothing intellectual or pretentious about his movies! They're so overly cutesy but solidly good story-telling.

(as you can tell, I'm super excited about his new movie, also because he keeps saying that he's going to retire)