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Ikrik:
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Oh, and I did see Spirited Away once. Better, but it kind of presented its plot a little one-dimensionally.
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Spirited Away was only that simple because they wanted to appeal to children as well as adults. It was meant as a modern day fairy tale.
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I will challenge that directly. ALL of Miyazaki's films are like this. Every single one of them. Spirited Away just happens to be his most beautiful film, but all of his films have shallow plots. Almost all of his films are also directed more to children but have issues that adults take away from them as well. I say that most are kids films because Princess Mononoke has some....non-kiddy scenes of violence. But all of his other films have that very annoying kiddy quality. Like Porco Rosso, Howl's Moving Castle, Laputa....
Dimmukane:
And from what I gather, Howl's Moving Castle was practically lifted from the Hungry City books, which I read, and they aren't that deep either.
Ikrik:
--- Quote from: Dimmukane on 06 Apr 2008, 19:54 ---And from what I gather, Howl's Moving Castle was practically lifted from the Hungry City books, which I read, and they aren't that deep either.
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ACTUALLY Hungry City is completely, completely different. It's steampunk, and it's set in a post-apocolyptic world.....don't really know where you got that connection from. It's actually based on the fantasy novel by Dianna Wynne Jones. It was published in 1986 (The first Hungry City novel: Mortal Engines, came out in 2001)
Calaveth:
--- Quote from: Streltsy on 04 Apr 2008, 20:37 ---So has anyone watched this Shigurui anime I mentioned? It was good in a few ways (mostly the art I think) but honestly, fucked up in so many more ways.
Also, lots of thanks to whoever recommended Black Lagoon first, it was absolutely badass.
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Not sure if it was I, but I'm glad you liked it, Black Lagoon is awesome. Don't miss the second season, called The Second Barrage. If anything, it turns things up a notch.
Dimmukane:
--- Quote from: Ikrik on 06 Apr 2008, 20:28 ---
--- Quote from: Dimmukane on 06 Apr 2008, 19:54 ---And from what I gather, Howl's Moving Castle was practically lifted from the Hungry City books, which I read, and they aren't that deep either.
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ACTUALLY Hungry City is completely, completely different. It's steampunk, and it's set in a post-apocolyptic world.....don't really know where you got that connection from. It's actually based on the fantasy novel by Dianna Wynne Jones. It was published in 1986 (The first Hungry City novel: Mortal Engines, came out in 2001)
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Wherever I read it had Miyazaki saying something about the Hungry City books. That's all I know.
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