Both the story and the animations are beautiful. Animations are extraordinary and impressive, in a warm and cute way, that Hayao Miyazaki are known and famous for. The story is inspirational and emotional.
I kind of feel that this is a story that would have benifited from being live action instead, with some amazing actors and set pieces. Of course, that would be an whole other undertaking. And Hayao Miyazaki sticks to what he knows and does best, animation. And it works, it's a very unique and beautiful movie in that sense also, don't get me wrong. It's just that compared to other Hayao Miyazaki films, this is a very slow movie, totally based in reality, with almost only scenes with talking and smaller events, besides some dream sequences, it doesn't have any big animations spectacles, like other Hayao Miyazaki. It's also soft and slow phased movie, so might perhaps become slightly boring, especially since the animated characters doesn't have that many facial expressions. Also, film is based on a real person that existed in Japan during the early 1900s to later. But the script makes up its on version of this person's life, that is more an self made interpretation based on self interest. It's not bad, just that I think that should be known.
Good movie. If you feel like watching something light. That is still both insperational, interesting and emotional. This might good watch for you.
I kind of feel that this is a story that would have benifited from being live action instead, with some amazing actors and set pieces. Of course, that would be an whole other undertaking. And Hayao Miyazaki sticks to what he knows and does best, animation. And it works, it's a very unique and beautiful movie in that sense also, don't get me wrong. It's just that compared to other Hayao Miyazaki films, this is a very slow movie, totally based in reality, with almost only scenes with talking and smaller events, besides some dream sequences, it doesn't have any big animations spectacles, like other Hayao Miyazaki. It's also soft and slow phased movie, so might perhaps become slightly boring, especially since the animated characters doesn't have that many facial expressions. Also, film is based on a real person that existed in Japan during the early 1900s to later. But the script makes up its on version of this person's life, that is more an self made interpretation based on self interest. It's not bad, just that I think that should be known.
Good movie. If you feel like watching something light. That is still both insperational, interesting and emotional. This might good watch for you.