My Neighbor Totoro

[ellen_datlow]

Just finished watching it and it's really lovely. Utterly charming and quite moving with the underlying worry throughout (for those who haven't seen in, I won't go into detail).
I'm glad I finally got to see it. So are there any sequels to it?

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[cinriter.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'm a full-on Miyazaki fanatic. I've even watched the early television things that he only worked on as an animator or director.

Netflix should also have CASTLE IN THE SKY, although they may have it as LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY. I'd put that and KIKI'S at the top, myself, although NAUSICAA is astounding (and his one real science fiction film).

What was disappointing was Studio Ghibli's recent TALES FROM EARTHSEA. It was directed by Miyazaki's son, and had beautiful moments but never worked as a whole. Turns out Ursula K. LeGuin has basically disowned the film, and I can see why.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Castle in the Sky added. I don't like to watch too much of any sort of movie in a row (except for tv shows) so will mix and move my queue around periodically. Otherwise, I'll sometimes find myself with three really depressing movies and don't want to watch any of them!

[cinriter.livejournal.com]

Good philosophy!