I was wondering if any of you have seen this wonderful movie, and if you haven't I highly suggest it. I've never seen a more poignant film. Sorry to gush but its just so hard to resist! Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I cried through that entire movie, practically. It was like the saddest movie ever. OH MAN.
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Yes, as I said I was having a hard time resisting the urge to fill about 10 pages on the subject of this movie and its brilliance. I've shown it to everyone I have had the opportunity to show, and only wish to God that I could share it with more people. When I typed 'essential viewing' in the title I was being very honest. If you ask me, this is a movie that, in a perfect world, everyone would see at least once in their lifetime (and preferably many more times!). I've seen it... 5 times, I think, since I got it about 2 weeks ago, and the only time I didn't cry it was 4:30 in the morning after playing hours of the old-school Nintendo games on my friend's modded PS, Warcraft III, and watching Monty Python.
So.... to summate: YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
I wish there was a way to get OSC to review Grave... Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
I saw it, and it's wonderful and so sad and yet so beautiful... I can't tell in words (especially in English) how this movie moved me. Just one thing to add : I don't know about the USA but here a lot of people think that japanime are for children : THIS IS NOT THE CASE OF THIS ONE.
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Very good point. In fact all of my youngest siblings, ranging from 4 - 12, could not really understand/handle it, but my parents and older siblings simply adore it, even my dad, who previously called all my animation 'kid's stuff'. Oh, and I'm interested to know where you're from Anna.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
You are right. I got "Grave of Fireflies" two weeks ago. Saw it with my girlfriend and her sister. Man...sad...sad movies. It's a nice thing this thread popped-up. Almost nobody here (Rio, Brazil) know "Grave of Fireflies".
Are there any Brazilian anime fan over here?
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
I'm from France.
Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
I started crying just reading the dvd box. I want to see it but I have to find a time when I'm up for feeling that sad. War sucks.
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Yea, but somehow Grave of the Fireflies manages not only to devestate your soul, but to uplift it as well... otherwise I'm sure I couldn't have seen it more than once. Just make sure its the right atmosphere for your first viewing, any movie can be ruined by the wrong environment : P
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I couldn't bear to watch it but once.
It was just too haunting.
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Absolutely, but so much so that it drove me nuts when I wasn't watching it. It's very similar to a drug addiction. You get this huge emotional surge every showing, and it leaves you thinking and dreaming about it afterwards, and if you don't watch it again eventually it tortures you.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Ummm, I went and looked at the movie on Amazon, and I must ask:
IS IT NORMAL FOR THEIR REVIEW (Amazons, not a reader one) TO COMPLETELY GIVE AWAY THE ENDING OF THE MOVIES!!!!!
I won't post what they say here because it is about as much of a spoiler as you can get. I'm really mad at Amazon right now.
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
Grave of the Fireflies was the very first movie I rented from Netflix. And yes, it is a wonderful movie.
*reads Amazon.com review* Ugh. Actually, the movie is written as one big flashback, so it's not too hard to figure out how it ends, but geez, Amazon.com went and gave the HOW away. Stupid Amazon.com.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
it's in my list of absolutely wonderful movies that i will not watch more than once in a five year span.
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Well don't worry too much, considering the first like 2 minutes of the film reveals Seita's and Setsuko's fate.
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
I agree, it's an amazing movie. I don't know if I could watch it a second time, ever. But everyone should see it once.
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Yea.... if I were rich enough I'd pay to have it widely released in theaters in the US... Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
If you liked "Grave of Fireflies", try also "Saikano" and "Jin Roh - The Wolf's Brigade". Both are superb. Very powerful narratives. If anyone want some tips, I have quite a list here (does not include pokémon, hehehe).
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Hmm, I've never heard of either. Now look what you've done, making me use a search engine... Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Mormonical, I think you will also like Hayao Miyazaki features: Totoro, Porco Rosso, Nausicaa, Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke), Laputa - Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service and the newest one, Spirited Away.
OSC seems to like Miyazaki a lot. He wrote very favorable reviews of his works.
(Oh, yes...Miyazaki owns the studio where Grave of Fireflies was made).
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Lol, yes of course, you are speaking of Studio Ghibli. I own Spirited Away on DVD also and considered it the best animated film ever (and one of the best films period) before I saw Grave of the Fireflies. Too bad OSC hasn't reviewed Grave... I wish there was some way to get him to!
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Well, maybe we could all chip in, buy the DVD, send him and ask him to review ;-)
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I loved this movie - made me cry.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Spirited away is one of my favorite movies too.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
This is one of the saddest movies I've ever seen. I get emotional and tear up at the oddest things, but at the end of this movie I sobbed. My husband and I just held each other and bawled.
Its definitely a must see picture.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Well, people...now don't be mad at me, but...I think that, in this day and age, only Japan could make such a haunting piece of animation. Nobody else, american, european or otherwise, would have the guts. Unfortunatelly, we westerns think that animated movies are kids' stuff.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
The middle part of Hunchback of Notre Dame - I know it ends horrendously, but the scene where Quasi and Frollo fight contemplate what has happened inside of them since Esmerelda came... that scene still gives me chills.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Well, Katharina...as you said, Hunchback has fine moments, but lets talk seriously...Disney murdered the end. Victor Hugo's ghost howled in outrage when the first screening ended :-)
But the score is great! I love the "hellfire" music (it plays when Frolo "sees" Esmeralda dancing in the flames).
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Yeah, the ending is completely disney-fied. If you stop the movie two thirds of the way through, though, and imagine the ending, it isn't bad.
Hunchback BOMBED in the theatres. Which is why that kind of movie won't happen again. It's too confusing of a mix.
Only pixar seems to be able to do it well.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I would have hated Hunchback if it weren't for that middle part. It's so very... well done. But then they had to crap it all up with their stupid happy ending... and those talking gargoyles... URGH.
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
quote:Well, people...now don't be mad at me, but...I think that, in this day and age, only Japan could make such a haunting piece of animation. Nobody else, american, european or otherwise, would have the guts. Unfortunatelly, we westerns think that animated movies are kids' stuff.
Sigh... yes, the often-discussed (in certain circles) lack of originality, disgustingly rigid conformity to formula, and pandering to toddlers in order to sell toys in happy meals has degraded Western Animation almost to the point of no return. The one exception to this is Pixar: the writers/directors/producers (basically everyone) there are free spirits who are making movies for the fun of it - doing what they love, and finding a bigger market for their films because they are CGI and much more mature and adult-oriented than Disney's fluff - this helps to shed some of that irrational hatred of animation as a medium (hatred of animation via Disney isn't all that irrational ) It's too bad that the American public has to have the novelty of glittery computer graphics to suspend their disbelief when watching animation. Walt Disney himself certainly wouldn't be happy with what has become of his company. It was never his intention to pigeon-hole animation as a children-only marketing tool. Disney may bring "joy" to millions of children (but only in the same way that, say, an episode of Barney does), yet it has rendered Walt's chosen art form almost completely inept in the Western hemisphere. Perhaps with the surge in popularity of Pixar's films, and the steady and persistent badgering of animation fans like myself, the general American public will begin to appreciate animation as the art medium that it is. Unfortunately, it looks to be a long, bumpy road.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
I refused to watch The Hunchback because I find that all thing to take a story, some characters and then do wathever you want with very irritating. Especially for children - and I know a lot of them - who think they actually know Victor Hugo's Hunchback. They will have a hard time in school...
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I readed "Hunchback" when I was 11. Watching the Disney Movie shattered some childhood memories (hey, I couldn't sleep well for 2 days, after finish reading the book).
Oh, yes, animation fans: Check as soon as possible the wonderful Anime series "The Vision of Escaflowne". 25 episodes of greatness!
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
I know that the real Hunchback can be traumatic and everything. Point is, if they wanted to do a nice, non traumatic movie, why did they choose that particular story ? They could have chosen another one, or make up one !
Posted by ana kata (Member # 5666) on :
Exactly! Why do they have to desecrate my most treasured stories for their idiot movies? They should have made up their own out of whole cloth. That's practically what they did anyway. They have trampled on and ruined so many precious things. I will never forgive them for what they did to The Jungle Book. My nieces will never know that story as it should be. It will be forever tainted in their minds by that stupid movie. Winnie the Pooh they completely destroyed. We hates them forever. Nassssty Disssney. Pah!
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Gives water and sugar to Ana Kata.
But oh, yeah, you're right. Oh, yes! Did you know Disney's Hunchback have a sequel? yup! It went straight to video, but it is everywhere here in Brazil. Guess you should be able to find it quite easily in U.S. (not that you'll want to). Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
A SEQUEL ? They are really mad. What story have they been able to make after that ?
[ October 30, 2003, 09:21 AM: Message edited by: Anna ]
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
Ok, so I've heard alot about how horrible Disney is, Which I would agree for the most part. I have also heard that Grave of the Fireflies is a must see. What else out there is worth seeing? I enjoy Anime but haven't seen much of it (i have seen Princess Monanoke, Spirited Away, Akira) because it's tough to tell what is worth seeing. So I'll be renting Grave of the Fireflies, but what else should I pick up?
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Ghost in the Shell Any of the other Miyazaki films
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Castle in the sky. And Ghost in the shell is very beutiful too.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Well, that's frustrating. I had a fairly lengthy reply, and my computer just ate it.
In any case, I was replying to aka's comment that Disney had ruined the classic stories that it had made adaptations of. I don't really agree with that. As an adult I don't care for the Disney versions. As a child, I thought that the Disney Jungle Book, for example, was okay (although I didn't like all the singing, and I felt indignation that they made a character as cool and interesting as Kaa a villain). I preferred Kippling's original stories, though, and recognized them as "the real thing". I really wanted to be Mowgli for a time, and it was Kippling's Mowgli, not Disney's, whose life I wanted.
I felt the same way about The Electric Company's Spiderman, or the TV show Spiderman's Spiderman. I pretty much worshipped Spiderman as a child, and I saw the Marvel comic book depictions of him as authoritative, and recognized the other versions as luke warm interpretations.
The originals are still there, and still just as accessible as they ever were. I don't think the interpretations do any real harm.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Beatnix, I already put some anime titles, over the thread, but here is all them in a single place:
- Saikano - Jin-Roh, The Wolf's Brigade - Everything by Miyazaki (Mononoke, Laputa, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausicaa). - Akira - Ghost in the Shell - The Vision of Escaflowne - Vampire Hunter D - Angel Sanctuary (Controversial and may offend religious people) - Battle Angel Alita - Hurouni Kenshin (Samurai X) (mainly the OVAs)
Well...there are many others, but I guess that's a large list Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Oh, yeah...since we are talking about animated movies here:
I bought today the Lion King double DVD for my girlfriend and we watched it together. Well...it never tires me (although I've watched it 4 times already). Disney had its moments.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
(hugs Sauron) (...I know, it's a strange picture)
I LOVE Escaflowne!!! It's my absolute favorite series ever. ;_; So beautiful..
I like you! You're my friend now!! ^__^
Dorky and nitpicky note: There are 26 episodes.
[ October 31, 2003, 01:04 AM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Well, I couldn't find this movie to rent, so I bought it and watched it. You were right. It was very well made. Beautifully filmed, and it brought me to tears. I watched it with my wife, and she's inconsolable, even now, an hour after it ended.
Thanks for the recommendation. Now I just have to convince you all to see After Life.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 619) on :
I rented “Grave of the Fireflies” this last week, but about 20 minutes into it I had to stop.
I can watch dismemberment, immolation, walking zombies and the like without any problem. But show me a four-year-old asking for her mommy and knowing she will never see her again alive, and I collapse like a house of cards. It was just too intense for me. Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Ryuko: Escaflowne is fantastic, isn't it? Falken is the best character, for me. And you? Oh, yes...there are 26 episodes, thanks
AndrewR: "Grave of Fireflies" does that to people. Don't worry. Here we were 4 grown people (me, my girlfriend, her sister and her sister's fiancée). We were all crying by the end. Sad, but powerfull and beautifull.
I still say we buy OSC the DVD and ask him to review it Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Actually, what you should do is get Geoff to watch it, and then let him rave about it to OSC until he finally breaks down and watches it on his own.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
^__^ I love Folken. But I'm a bit crazy, so my favorite character is Dilandau. The truth of the matter is that I love all the characters! YAY!
....I'm currently really obsessed with that series, in case you couldn't tell.
Posted by Human (Member # 2985) on :
If you liked Grave of the Fireflies...try Voices of a Distant Star. It's short, only thirty minutes...but extremely well done, very powerful. Extremely depressing, but so is GotF.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Ryuko, did you see the Escaflowne movie already? If you didn't, don't. It's painfully bad (oh...it's an animated movie).
Dilandau is fun! Liked him(mmm...) a lot. But Folken, he is so much more...complex :-)
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
"Voices of a Distant Star"... Don't know this one, Human. It's an animated japanese feature?
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Voices of a Distant star or Hoshi no Koe was a feature made entirely by one person and his wife. It was very critically acclaimed, though I have yet to see it.
I actually saw the Esca movie before I saw the series, so I am favorably disposed towards it... The plot's not altogether great, but I love the character designs. It doesn't hurt that Dilandau comes out of it unscathed, with a few of his soldiers still intact. It gets brownie points from me for that. I was greatly disappointed by what happened to him in the end of the series... It was a huge let-down, but a great plot twist.
As for Folken, he's great. Definitely one of the most complex and hard to figure out characters in the show. I just love him. He's very very cool. Like I said earlier, I love almost every character from Escaflowne, barring Emperor Dornkirk, the madoushi (the sorcerers), the guy with the pink hair and the snake, and King Aston.
[ November 01, 2003, 04:26 AM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Hose No Koe! Oh, ok! I have this one! Just didn't link the english name to japanese one. Shame, shame on me.
Thanks! Its really great!
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Ryuko: Hey, gotta love Dornkirk, the "apple guy", if you get what I'm saying ;-)
Never woult thought about THAT particular guy as an archvillain, though.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
No, I was rather surprised at that, too. Interestingly enough, it was based on fact. Apparently in his later years, he dabbled in alchemy... Who knew? Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Yep. Who Knew?
I'm watching "Serial Experiments Lain", right now. Does anyone know this one?
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
quote: Well, I couldn't find this movie to rent, so I bought it and watched it. You were right. It was very well made. Beautifully filmed, and it brought me to tears. I watched it with my wife, and she's inconsolable, even now, an hour after it ended.
Thanks for the recommendation. Now I just have to convince you all to see After Life.
Speed: Yay! I'm happy you took the leap of faith and discovered this film. This is what I hoped for when starting this thread . Perhaps I'll look into 'After Life.' Could you give me a little detail on it?
quote: I rented “Grave of the Fireflies” this last week, but about 20 minutes into it I had to stop.
I can watch dismemberment, immolation, walking zombies and the like without any problem. But show me a four-year-old asking for her mommy and knowing she will never see her again alive, and I collapse like a house of cards. It was just too intense for me.
AndrewR: Don't worry, that's only one of the least intense moments... While I completely understand, I'd still recommend that you summon the courage to watch it all the way through. It is very intense and soul-wrenching, but sometimes pain can be a beautiful thing. Strange isn't it?
Ryuko and Eduardo: The little I know of Escaflowne is from the dubbed version released on Fox a couple years ago. I was wondering if either of you saw it then and whether or not it was a good presentation of the series. Personally, it looked just like about a hundred other 'giant-robot-piloted-by-teenager-trying-to-rescue-the-princess-and-save-the-world' animes out there, but it might just be a bad impression from the Fox version.
again, Eduardo: Actually, yes I do know of Serial Experiments: Lain. In fact it is the series that brought me back to anime after several years. I saw one of the first episodes, it haunted me for days, then I bought the DVD boxed set. I tried stopping in the middle since it was midnight when I started watching it, but I couldn't get it out of my mind and had to watch it through to the end. (all 13 episodes) I'm very glad I did: it was a powerful experience on many levels, including philosophical, emotional, and spiritual. I then commenced to watch it several more times, though spread across weeks and months instead of hours. It is my favorite anime series (so far) and Lain is one of my all time favorite characters. Call me strange but towards the end I really did care for her. I cried when she cried and was elated when she was elated (and exalted... props to any who know what I'm referring to ) This is a mind-bending and intense series. Definitely a must see. Just be prepared for some wierdness!
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Mormonaiacal: !!!! God, no!! That's a terrible representation! For one thing, the dub is BAD... Painfully bad. For another thing, they cut it to shreds to put it on TV. They even cut out the entire first episode... It sort of seems like that at first, but if you look beyond it, there's an incredible amount of well-characterized characters and plots and wow. You should watch it.
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Heh heh, I kind of figured as much. Unfortunately I don't have cable or directtv or anything, so to watch it I'd probably have to buy the dvd's... which is currently an investement I'm not willing to make. Forgive me!
Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
Have you seen any of SE: Lain Ryuko? If not, do so. Maybe it'll get you off your Escaflowne addiction, and on to something a little more moderate... like Accela... Once again, props to any who have any clue as to what the heck I'm referring to! Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Accela, moderate...yeah, right... sheesh, do know what you are talking about, Mormonical, what I am now? Maybe I've been too much surfing the "wired", you know
Oh...fortunatelly I've bought Escaflowne boxed DVD series at Amazon.com . From what I know about anime series aired on tv, they must have cutten it to shreds all right.
Rent the dvd. You will have great fun. Watched "Voices of a Distant Past" again, this saturday. Man...it IS sad. 30 minutes of a very, very emotional movie.
And Lain IS weird!
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 619) on :
I'll take your advice, Mormoniacal--in about 10 years, when my little's boy's childhood pain is but a fond memory of the "good old days." Posted by Mormoniacal (Member # 5333) on :
I get the concise feeling that there is something in your background to make gotf even more devestating that i know nothing about...
Posted by Human (Member # 2985) on :
Lain is weird? No. No no no. You have not seen weird anime until you've seen Evangelion. Period.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Hi. Just thought I'd resurrect this thread since I never gave the film an appropriate response. As I said earlier, I couldn't find it to rent, but I found a store about a half hour drive away that sold it. Having confidence in such strong Jatraquero opinion, I drove out there and bought it. I found it to be powerful and well made. Fascinating to see WWII from a Japanese point of view. I thought it was a little emotionally manipulative, but it worked despite it all, so I didn't mind.
My wife, on the other hand, will never see that movie again. At the end of the movie we were both crying. I calmed down a while later, but she didn't. I stayed up for several hours trying to console her, but finally I fell asleep. I woke up the next morning and she was still sobbing with as much intensity as she had the night before. She hadn't slept all night. She went to school, and when she came back she was still whimpering and her eyes were red and puffy. She had to wear dark glasses so no one thought I was abusing her. In all, I think she got about 18 hours of crying out of that movie, and even now she can't be reminded of it without getting choked up.
I'm glad it was recommended to me, but if any of you b@$#@rds ever do something like that again, I'll smack ya. Thanks, though.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I'm very fond of this topic. It's one of the firsts in wich I've posted. And it is interesting to see how people react to such a powerful movie. Well...I said it before and I will say it again: "Voices of a distant Star". It is a short movie (about 30 minutes or so), very sad but not as "emotionally manipulative" as Grave of Fireflies.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Awww... I felt so sorry for those children And so mad at their aunt!
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Someone other than me finally mentioned Jin-Roh! Wow. Well if anyone's lumping this Grave of the Fireflies with it, then I'll definitely see it. That was an excellent film, 'haunting' is a very good word for it. I still think about the protaganist's last act in the film from time to time, it's stuck with me.
As for Disney's The Jungle Book, I've read the book and seen the film. I enjoyed both tremendously, but I think the film was mostly because of all the songs, lol (Sorry Noemon)
[ March 26, 2004, 11:57 AM: Message edited by: Rakeesh ]
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I would say that "Grave of Fireflies" is, at least, as good as Jin Roh. Both are superb.
I sould also recomend "Saikano". Does anyone know this one?
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
It sounds like a radically different kind of film, though (aside from being animated in Japan ). Jin-Roh had elements of suspense, history, politics, action, and intense personal crisis and conflict. And although I usually latch onto the second two items, it was the first and last items that I always think about when I think about that film.
Is Grave of the Fireflies widely available? Could I pick it up at Blockbuster or Hollywood, or would I need to buy it online or find it at an anime shop?
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Rakeesh, I wanted to get it for my brother for Christmas, and the only way I found to get it was with it included in a Studio Ghibli DVD boxed set for around 65 bucks.
Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
Grave is a powerful film, and I must add watching the entire series of Cowboy Bebop to the list. Overall, that is my fav anime series.
I believe I picked up Grave at Best Buy, and had to order Cowboy from Amazon.com. But to my dismay, I caught Cowboy on adult swim on the Cartoon Network.
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
I found it at Amazon.com for $24.59 link Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
You can get Grave of the Fireflies from Best Buy. We rented it from Netflix about a month or so ago. A few Blockbusters carry it - but call them to ask first (or search the inventory of your closest stores online) - there was only one that carried it within about 10 miles of me.
I thought is was very powerful. I was somewhat prepared for it (having read a very detailed synopsis of the plot), but it still had me in tears at several points. I don't know if it's a movie I will ever watch again, but it's one I know I won't ever forget and would definately recommend it to those who haven't yet seen it.
[ March 26, 2004, 02:19 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Thanks for the tips, all:) And ack! at the price for the gift, Saxon! Hate it when that happens (unless you or he wanted the rest of the set, in which case cool)
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
As long as we're recommending powerful and brilliant Japanese films, I'm going to throw something out again. I've mentioned this on this and several other threads before, but I don't think anyone has seen it yet, so I'm going to say it again. If you liked this movie, see After Life. It's great. But don't expect to be convinced by reading the blurbs on imdb or Amazon. You really must see it to understand. Watch it. Let me know what you think.
[ March 26, 2004, 05:44 PM: Message edited by: Speed ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Well, I'm sorry I wasn't able to find the movie by itself, but in retrospect, it's a pretty awesome deal. The DVD set includes everything done by Ghibli, so you get something along the lines of like ten or twelve films that include gems like Princess Mononoke and Castle in the Sky and Spirited Away.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Best Buy has GOTF for $20 ($5 less than Amazon), and if you select the bottom link in the blue box under the picture of the cover art, you can find out if your local Best Buy carries it. That's how I found it.
After Life, on the other hand, is the same price at Amazon and Best Buy, but you might have to wait a couple weeks to get it from the Best Buy online store, and it ships within 24 hours from Amazon, so that seems to be the better deal.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Storm - I've actually been thinking about getting a set like that. Where did you get yours and what are the movies that it has in it?
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
I can't vouch for this seller, I'm just pointing out an example. There are lots of sets on ebay at any given time.
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