From: azrael_the_muse	Date: July 31st, 2006 01:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)

that's okay, I just found out that my parents have netflix. that scares me. my dad actually gets on the computer to look for movies. he doesn't know how to turn the damn thing on, but can browse netflix for movies after someone turns it on and connects it to the internet for him.

He has He-Man Seasons 1 and 2 in his queue :)

	From: syko1096	Date: July 31st, 2006 02:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Nice! My dad's one of those "computers are the ruination of mankind" sort of people, yet he stands behind my mother while she's on it and has her look for movies for him. He's kind of funny like that. ;)

	From: azrael_the_muse	Date: July 31st, 2006 02:31 pm (UTC)		(Link)

my dad is the same way, but everyone got sick of him standing behind them to find movies, so my step mom told him he had to do it for himself from now on. :)

	From: syko1096	Date: July 31st, 2006 02:42 pm (UTC)		(Link)

heheh!

	From: creamnsugar	Date: July 31st, 2006 02:56 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I have to know. What did they list?

	From: syko1096	Date: July 31st, 2006 03:01 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Howl's Moving Castle

I haven't seen it. Do you know if it's any good? It would seem to be based on the customer reviews, but those can be misleading sometimes...

	From: creamnsugar	Date: July 31st, 2006 03:37 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I haven't seen it either. I wonder if your parents chose it from the "Recommended" list.

	From: syko1096	Date: July 31st, 2006 03:40 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I have no idea. That is quite possible though.

By the way, how are you feeling? Better I hope! :)

	From: creamnsugar	Date: July 31st, 2006 03:55 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Much, thanks! A week of meds really does the trick.

	From: syko1096	Date: July 31st, 2006 04:00 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Yea, meds! :D I'm glad you're feeling better.

	From: bunny_m	Date: August 1st, 2006 12:27 am (UTC)		(Link)

Howl's Moving Castle is indeed a good movie. Not Ghibli's best, but definately in the top 5. I think an important question is: Have you seen some(all) of Ghibli's other films, and which ones did you like (if any)? Howl's is much closer to Porco Rosso than, say Nausicaa or Mononoke-hime.

The Howl's movie, be aware, is not very close to the book at all. So if you go into it expecting that, you will be disappointed.

	From: syko1096	Date: August 1st, 2006 02:22 am (UTC)		(Link)

Ah ok. I remember watching Princess Mononoke a long time ago and from what I remember, I liked it. I just watched Spirited Away within the past couple of weeks and enjoyed it quite a bit. I admit I didn't really research this movie before I made my post. ;) I just added this one to my queue.

	From: bunny_m	Date: August 1st, 2006 02:30 am (UTC)		(Link)

Personally, I only found Mononoke-hime ok (for a Ghibli film), and really didn't like/couldn't get int to Spirited Away. Maybe it was just that I wasn't very well/awake at the time, and that I only saw the first half or so.

In my opinion, Howl's is better than both Mononoke-hime and Spirited Away, but then, my top 3 Ghibli films are Porco Rosso, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Whispers of the Heart.

Which I believe makes me somewhat of a heretic. 0 =)

	From: syko1096	Date: August 1st, 2006 02:34 am (UTC)		(Link)

A little heresy never hurt anyone.

Much. >.>

Ok, that's a lie, but I digress.

I should check if Netflix has the aforementioned as well and just put them all in the queue.

	From: bunny_m	Date: August 1st, 2006 02:44 am (UTC)		(Link)

I strongly recommend all three of them. Porco Rosso is a fine rollicking story about air-pirates, whilst at the same time being about self-forgiveness.

Kiki's is a coming-of-age story, with some lovely visuals and a whimsical bent.

Whispers of the Heart is a more sedate, serious look at a coming of age/growing of romance story. Might re-watch it tonight, actually, it's been years (8? 10!?) since I saw it last.

And of course, being Ghibli films, the music in all of them is wonderful.

	From: foomf	Date: August 1st, 2006 05:49 pm (UTC)		(Link)

You should watch _ALL_ of Spirited Away. Miyazaki films do not work well when truncated.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: August 1st, 2006 12:49 am (UTC)		(Link)

For reference, the director, Hayao Miyazaki won the 2003 Acadamy Award for Best Animated Feature for "Spirited Away". Howl's Moving Castle was nominated (but didn't win) in 2005.

	From: syko1096	Date: August 1st, 2006 02:24 am (UTC)		(Link)

Thanks, A. Nonymous! ;P

From: (Anonymous)	Date: August 3rd, 2006 12:25 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I actually did want to put my name down (with a link to my own site of course ;)) but it doesn't seem like I can do that unless I have an actual LiveJournal account. What the heck?

-- Bob (http://2-d.blogspot.com)

	From: syko1096	Date: August 3rd, 2006 12:38 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Ah, ok! Thanks for the link, Bob! I'll check it out. Take care!

	From: foomf	Date: July 31st, 2006 08:24 pm (UTC)		(Link)

So, at what age is one supposed to not like Anime, and why?


Just askin'.

	From: syko1096	Date: August 1st, 2006 02:16 am (UTC)		(Link)

It's not really an age thing, man. It's just that it's my parents. It's just weird to me. Not the sort of thing I'd expect from them... As far as I'm concerned, you're never too old for anime (or video games)!

	From: foomf	Date: August 1st, 2006 02:19 am (UTC)		(Link)

(gimlet eye) Good.

If they have no fondness for fantasy or science fiction whatsoever, then I'd suspect it was the advertisements. It really is a good movie, for what it is. I wish Miyazaki had tried to make the movie of the book, rather than the movie inspired by the book with just enough of what was in the book to make it interesting.

There's a sequel to the book as well... I'm not sure but I suspect he may have lifted from that. I'd have to unearth the library to be sure, though, and I'm not close to that yet.