I have seen everything by Miyazaki and a lot more and was wondering about Tales from Earthsea ( Netflix has done a good job finally buying some seriously good anime features ), reading all these negative reviews about it might actually make it worth watching haha. I can't be disappointed now ;<)
P.S. I love Grave of The Fireflies too, Ponyo is cute as is Totoro! I've seen Spirited Away 5 to 10 times, Nausicaa and Mononoke rock.
Totally different, but I love Akira too.
Love Akira as well. And Ghost in the shell. Along with the works of Satoshi Kon. Apart from Miyazaki and Takahata, he was the third Japanese animation master that moved my mind.
Do share your thoughts on Tales from Earthsea. :)
Same here. Satoshi Kon's work is pretty unique too. From Perfect Blue to Millennium Actress. Love them all!
I'll share my thoughts. Might watch it tonight, in fact.
P.S. There's a small chance though that I've already seen it and forgot about it haha!
@notacinephile I just finished watching Tales from Earthsea and had difficulty making it to the end.
Here's how I (dis)liked it:
By the way, are you on Letterboxd?
This is my profile:
https://letterboxd.com/vinfilm/
I watched an awesome animated movie from France, yesterday. You might like it too. More info on my Letterboxd page.
P.S. I used to write movie reviews on Steemit ( before Hive ), 2 to 3 years ago but I didn't enjoy it any longer and started sharing my creative projects / personal stuff instead. If you're interested, you can scroll down on my Hive time line.
See you around!
Hi, sorry, I missed this reply, mistook the notification for the earlier one.
I have seen "I lost my body". It was beautiful. Especially I marvelled at the animation style and some of the perspective shots (when the hand was moving about, trying to get itself moving about) as they seemed very hard to achieve. The film itself has a nice, detached, cynical vibe to it. Quite enjoyable.
I've opened a letterboxd account a few months ago. And then added a bunch of films to it, whatever came to my mind but I don't really use the platform often. Mostly because I'm lazy and I've been reading a lot more now (as Werner Herzog insists that we do) and watching less. Also kinda pissed at some of the cinephiles there. My username probably says a lot.
Now when someone reminds me of the platform, I go there and add a couple of films and don't log in for 15 days. 😅
I've checked out your account. We got a lot of films in common. That's great to know. 😀
Anyway, here's mine - https://letterboxd.com/Ordet/
Cool that you've seen and liked that French animated movie.
I've been reading a lot more now (as Werner Herzog insists that we do) and watching less. Also kinda pissed at some of the cinephiles there. My username probably says a lot.
I read a lot too and always have - love the work of Herzog by the way, especially the films with Klaus Kinski ( ever watched the documentary about their love / hate relationship? ) - but I think that advice is meant for filmmakers. Do you ( plan to ) make movies too? I used to and back then watching movies felt different.
By the way, your letterboxd description made me laugh. I don't mind being called a cinephile ( as it literally means you love movies ) but don't like to be called a film snob, as once happened here on Discord. I'm not ashamed of sharing my knowledge about movies, I studied film after all but what you watch or like is up to you.
And yeah, we've got quite some favorites in common, I just tend to watch way less mainstream / blockbuster movies these days and if I do, I prefer the classics.
See you around!
Haha, yes, "My Best Fiend". Werner Herzog has been an inspirational figure for me. But I love him for his eccentricities. Yep, I do want to make films and wrote scripts. Been holding off for some personal predicament.
I don't mind being called a cinephile in a normal sense but the more I see "cinephiles" the more I despise them. For example, hating on Kubrick because he is famous and made films in Hollywood is not cool in my book. I think I'm quite snobbish regarding my film choices as well and I really don't mind being called that. 😎🤣
Wrote a post on why I named my hive nick this way just after I joined - https://peakd.com/gems/@notacinephile/the-dilemma-behind-my-username
I haven't had the chance to study films in academically (majored in physics) but picked up a few things here and there by myself. :)
Nice to know that you read too! 😀
I prefer the classics.
and I already admire you for that. 👍
Haha, yes, "My Best Fiend". Werner Herzog has been an inspirational figure for me. But I love him for his eccentricities. Yep, I do want to make films and wrote scripts.
Indeed, love that documentary! And both guys are extremely inspiring.
Filmmaking aint easy but, now I think of it, I was struggling as much in life in the years I was making or trying to make movies as I did in my filmmaking hahaha!
I seriously considered to write a book called: "How to NOT Make a Movie" as I managed to start a feature film project thrice - in between 2013 and 2017 - and never finished any of them but I'm not sure if I would feel good about that.
I read the post about your user name and understand you a little better now. Might leave a comment on that another day.
P.S. Kubrick is awesome, I love many of his films! The Shining is one of my all time favorites ( and I don't care how Stephen King feels about it hahaha ).
Greetings from another film snob ;<)
P.S. Do you use MUBI to stream movies? I recommend it.