porschelemans
Since: Sep, 2012
05/25/2014 00:00:00
I can't say I noticed any major historical inaccuracies, but it glazed over some major parts of that era and I can see why that might piss off the Koreans, but at the end of the day, the history wasn't important, it was a personal story, not a historical one.
I felt very little sense of the passage of time. I found it hard to tell whether one scene was supposed to be occurring immediately after the one that preceded it, or two years later.
The animation seemed to be about Kyoto Animation standard to me. Not to insult Kyoani, but I expect Ghibli to be just that cut above the rest.
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Heartful.
The wind rises is a film that will probably mildly polarise people between whether "it's good, but not as good as previous miyazaki films" or "it's just as good as the previous ones".
As someone who considers themselves a Ghibli fan and was (gasp!) not a fan of My Neighbour Totoro and couldn't get into it, I find this film great, touching and heartful. I am not sure how historically accurate the film is, but as a life story I found it immersive and moving, with a good sense of the passage of time. I felt like I was shown something important in this story of one man's life, not sure what it is but it was there.
The animation is obviously going to be beautiful so I won't waste any more words on it. You KNOW Ghibli.
I was expecting to like this film less than I did, because I tend to like Ghibli's fantasy works more than their non-fantasy works, and because I'm not a fan of planes. But this movie accomplished the impossible feat of making me give a crap about planes and what goes into them, while also providing one of the best romantic subplots I've seen in a Ghibli film, and it was genuinely emotional.
Not my favourite Ghibli film. (Laputa takes that crown), but definitely a good way for old Hayao to go out.