Why was this made? What was the story that was so great it had to be realised? This movie honestly feels like someone tried to improvise the story of a Ghibli film with nothing to base it off.
There are of course some great visuals (although classic Ghibli films still have a lot more beauty and quirkiness). Some excellent voice acting (although some of the voices just don't fit, seems weird to have distinct actors voicing). The score by Joe Hisaishi was nice (but not near his best work).
Miyazaki likes to take time in his films to give sense of real time, having the characters do normal things in silence. Happens quite a lot in this film though and it's not really happening between excitement, so chunks of the film are genuinely boring.
The main issue is the story. You could summarise it and establish a through line, but it's very basic and uninteresting. The movie just feels like scene after scene with very little substance carrying through. A lot of weirdness happens with zero explanation (pretty typical for Ghibli films) but then are forgotten just as quickly. The charm of Miyazaki's work is the quirkiness that goes with the stories and worlds built, but this just feels like quirks were added to try make a boring story feel like a Ghibli one.
This is an incredibly disappointing film, and again I just want to know what was the point of it? What story or idea was behind the motivation to create this?
There are of course some great visuals (although classic Ghibli films still have a lot more beauty and quirkiness). Some excellent voice acting (although some of the voices just don't fit, seems weird to have distinct actors voicing). The score by Joe Hisaishi was nice (but not near his best work).
Miyazaki likes to take time in his films to give sense of real time, having the characters do normal things in silence. Happens quite a lot in this film though and it's not really happening between excitement, so chunks of the film are genuinely boring.
The main issue is the story. You could summarise it and establish a through line, but it's very basic and uninteresting. The movie just feels like scene after scene with very little substance carrying through. A lot of weirdness happens with zero explanation (pretty typical for Ghibli films) but then are forgotten just as quickly. The charm of Miyazaki's work is the quirkiness that goes with the stories and worlds built, but this just feels like quirks were added to try make a boring story feel like a Ghibli one.
This is an incredibly disappointing film, and again I just want to know what was the point of it? What story or idea was behind the motivation to create this?
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