[ SECRET POST #5130 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5130 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Make no _sense_? Really? I agree the plots in Howl and Ponyo were the messiest but I still feel refreshed not having to go step by step through the Disney/Pixar story formula with an animated movie.

[(Anonymous)]

I’d say that the movie of Howl’s Moving Castle actually simplifies the plot and removes a bunch of the weirder aspects found in the book.

[(Anonymous)]

Lol because it's true. Diana Wynne Jones's books are something else.

[(Anonymous)]

After MANY MANY years, last week I decided to read Howl's Moving Castle (not realizing it was originally a book) and suddenly, so much of the plot is making sense. I feel kind of cheated by the movie to a degree -- like in the movie I had no...concept of who Howl was, truly, and in the book, you see more of him, have more interactions with other characters that expand things. See, I never knew about Sophie's origins ANYTHING at all really.

That aside, i do enjoy Miyazaki films. But there are other anime filmmakers out there who make some good stuff too that I still need to check out.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, this dumb generalisation makes OP look either like they've got no attention span, no viewing comprehension or just acting like one of those "teehee anime is so weird and random lol and totally not for me xD" people.

[(Anonymous)]

We're really going to pretend that anime doesn't have weird plots sometimes? Really?

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT but weird plot =/= non-sensical plot imo.

Spirited Away's plot (for example) was WEIRD, but it never ceased to make sense (at least not to me).

[(Anonymous)]

DA Yeah, the plots aren't nonsensical, but the pacing is different.

[(Anonymous)]

This. There comes a point in a Miyazaki film where it feels like it just grinds to a halt. In Spirited Away, once the baby is a hamster and they're on the train tracks, that's where I check out.

[(Anonymous)]

That's... that's the best part. The quiet, the experiential now-ness, the Sen-goes-out-with-her-posse, the sometimes-saving-someone-happens-gently. It's like, the focus of the whole story.

[philstar22]

Hmmmm. This sounds like a genre I very much wouldn't like then. I don't mind a slow moving plot sometimes, but I still need it to move. And slow works better in a book for me. Slow bores me much quicker on a screen.

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't call it slow-moving. The part ayrt is referencing is a brief, peaceful interlude with gorgeous animation.

Grind to a halt anon

[(Anonymous)]

The whole entire movie has gorgeous animation. It's a feast for the eyes. So, by then I'm kind of over it, I guess? I do like quiet moments, but that scene just doesn't do it for me personally. I feel a scene that's quiet and done right is when Chihiro is eating the rice ball and begins to cry. That scene just feels really profound to me, and communicates so much through the animation. I love that scene.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not a fan either, but that's actually the point, and you're supposed to just enjoy the scenery more or less.

[greghousesgf]

for a very long time I didn't understand why or how the kid immediately knew her parents weren't in that group of pigs near the end. Years later I heard Miyazaki was trying to imply that there's some sort of ESP between kids ad parents.

[(Anonymous)]

Huh, I thought it was because she knew Yubaba would try to trick her in some way.

[(Anonymous)]

+1
Specially as they added that "anime in general." All anime has nonsensical plots? Really?