z55177
Since: Jan, 2011
03/28/2013 00:00:00
VIOLENT? DARKER? I guess you have not seen "Grave of the Fireflies", a struggle of a teen boy and his little sister in Japan after WWII. It is an old movie done by Miyazaki (can be found floating on the web). The movie is very graphic, sad, and will leave you in a state of depression for weeks.
doctrainAUM
Since: Aug, 2010
03/28/2013 00:00:00
Grave of the Fireflies is a Ghibli film, but Miyazaki had nothing to do with it.
"What's out there? What's waiting for me?"
ChaoticTrilby
Since: Jan, 2011
02/23/2014 00:00:00
Indeed, Grave of the Fireflies was not one of his. I think that Isao Takahata directed it. And it the story itself was based off of a novel, which was written by someone else, if I recall correctly.
Jan_z_Michal
Since: Dec, 2016
08/26/2017 00:00:00
Not his finest? It\'s his bloody Magnum Opus.
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Not Miyazaki's finest, but still a very watchable movie
Princess Mononoke is a very different beast to the usual fare of Hayao Miyazaki, but is still undeniably a brilliant film. The animation is beautiful, as with all Studio Ghibli, and the film does possess an enormous amount of power.
Mononoke is notably more violent than Miyazaki's other films. As in, it's REALLY REALLY VIOLENT, but this in no way detracts from it, as it suits the tone of the story. And what a story...
Far darker than other works by the same director, it drops Miyazaki's usual beautiful childlike innocence for a gritty historical fantasy style, although many of his hallmarks are still clearly there, such as strong female characters (arguably more so than any of his other films), and copious amounts of Scenery Porn.
Don't go into this expecting Ponyo, this is a very mature film, and one I'd highly recommend, but, I cannot compare it to the likes of Castle In The Sky, as, quite simply, the feeling of childlike wonder most Miyazaki films instil in the viewer is not there, even if the plot, with it's morally ambiguous tale of man versus nature, is most likely his strongest.
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