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So I am thinking if I should get Pom Poko or not, as I heard a lot of good and a lot of bad about it.
Generally it's the least liked Studio Ghibli film. They say that it's very dark, brutal, naturalistic and depressing, and also they say that the theme is that "evil humans are building more towns, and the good animals are defending their place but ultimately they lose", which is cliché, done a million times (and I just don't like it).
However, many say that if I liked Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke, then I'll like this one, too.
Well, they are my 2nd and 3rd favorite animes.
So, should I get it?
Has anyone here seen it?
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I highly doubt that it'll be anything as good as Nausicaa and Mononoke, tho.
I'm gonna review it after watching it :P
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Well, now that I think about it, most of them are cartoons, but Pom Poko itself is a cartoon (an anime), so it's a cliché amongst cartoons at least :P
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It was AWESOME.AND YOU HEARD I LIEK TANUKIES RIGHT?
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I absolutely loved it!
None of my fears were true, I don't know where people got those ideas that I mentioned in my 1st post.
I can recommend Pom Poko to everyone, while it wasn't as good as Nausicaa or Mononoke (and Laputa, but that's a whole different topic), it was still great. Isao Takahata's best work in my opinion (yes, even better than Grave of the Fireflies).
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As for the "humanity is bad" aspect of it (and a lot of other media lately) I really don't mind it being overdone as long as it's not done poorly. PP was really good about showing both sides relatively fairly, but sometimes it gets shoved down your throat too much. Yeah yeah, humans do bad things. But if there are other sentient creatures on earth or in space, I'm sure they do bad things too. Humans are not unique to badness.
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Anyway, can anyone recommend me any anime movie (that's on DVD with at least English subtitles) other than Studio Ghibli's works, Akira and Ghost in the Shell?
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Most of the anime I have are full series, not just movies.
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Yep.
I saw part of this movie, I need to see the rest of it. The whole Man VS Nature thing is right up Miyazaki's alley though. The guy's a huge technophobe. Though, I like the fact that he's reluctant to use a lot of technology. He's one of the few people keeping traditional animation alive.
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Both Nausicaa and Mononoke have happy endings (although I heard that the Nausicaa manga doesn't, so I'm not sure what Miyazaki really thinks).
In what sense is Perfect Blue disturbing? (if you can tell without spoilers)
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Both Nausicaa and Mononoke have happy endings (although I heard that the Nausicaa manga doesn't, so I'm not sure what Miyazaki really thinks).
In what sense is Perfect Blue disturbing? (if you can tell without spoilers)
The guy doesn't watch TV or use the internet, and constantly condemns modern society. He has decent enough reasons for all of those things, but I'd say they also make him a technophobe.
AAAAAAAND, interview quote overkill.
Miyazaki Hayao: No. I don’t have a computer or fax. I don’t have a DVD player either and I forgot how to use a video recorder. I even seldom watch television.
Robert Whiting: How about the use of e-mail?
Miyazaki Hayao: No. I write letters when I need.
Robert Whiting: And video games?
Miyazaki Hayao: No. I once played Shogi (note: a Japanese kind of chess) with a computer and lost. The PC checks all approaches. That’s not fair.
Robert Whiting: …sigh…
Miyazaki Hayao: He is sighing… (laughing).
http://www.kirainet.com/english/ponyo-a ... -miyazaki/
http://web.archive.org/web/200605240921 ... lineonly01
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Perfect Blue is rather disturbing because it's basically mind rape.
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I still need to see Paranoia Agent. I think I have some of it around here somewhere...
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It takes a bit of the trip that was Perfect Blue, makes it less shock-centric, more comprehensible, increases the story-telling department by tenfold, and... really I don't know what else to say about it that doesn't degenerate into "everything was awesome hell yeah". One of my favorite "commentary" series.
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