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jimbunny:
Can I just head off all the Miyazaki worship with the fact that Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind was without a doubt the peak of his career?

Alex C:
No, you can't, mostly because it wasn't. Miyazaki didn't peak in the '80s so much as he plateaued; trying to figure out whether My Neighbor Totoro or Kiki's Delivery Service is the better children's movie is little more than an exercise in inconclusive hairsplitting. Ghibli hit a high level and camped out there for quite a while and I don't really expect anything but excellence out of them.

Scandanavian War Machine:
seconded!

jimbunny:
While My Neighbor Totoro is probably his best children's movie (haven't seen KDS in too long to remember), Nausicaa manages, in my opinion, to just be a great movie, period. A rich story (more of a plot than any of his other movies), his fullest exploration of "nature vs. civilization" as a theme, a cast of well-developed characters. Most of Miyazaki's movies specialize in nostalgic reverie and imaginative settings - which are great, and what he manages to achieve is excellent - but Nausicaa builds on top of that to get at something with a much broader and deeper impact.

StaedlerMars:
Miyazaki,

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