The Boy and the Heron follows the story of Mahito, the son of a factory owner whose mother died in a fire when he was a young boy. Two years after, his father marries his Mothers sister, and impregnates her with a child, of which Mahito learns when he arrives in her town and meets her for the first time. It is at his new mothers home that Mahito meets the main supporting character, the Heron. He tells Mahito that “his presence is requested”, and shortly after Mahito is taken to another dimension(dreamlike world) where he is trying to find his new mother Kiriko, and bring her back home. Several hijinks occur involving little marshmallow fellas called the Warawara, a run-in with a civilization of huge talking parakeets, and the Parakeet king just being a general nuisance. All of this culminates into Mahito finding the “God” of this realm and learning that he wants Mahito to stay there and become the new God of the realm, to which he denies. Soon after this the entire world starts crumbling down, and Maihito, the Heron, his mother, the fire girl, and all of the parakeets escape from the dimension, returning to the real world. I really really really enjoyed this movie. This was the first studio Ghibli film that I have ever seen, and I feel like it probably isn't the best in terms of a first movie, but it is still incredible nonetheless. I was expecting to be confused during the film, due to it being a Miyazaki movie, but it wasn't confusing to the point where I could not understand what was happening. The plot felt well paced, and I never thought “man… When is this going to end? " On top of this, the voice acting was incredible as well. As someone that heavily prefers watching Subtitled anime compared to Dubbed anime, this was a rare case of a simply incredible dub. I could really feel that each VA put their heart and soul into their roles, and the voices fit each character perfectly, with the exception of Mahitos, which I felt could have sounded a little bit less childish. Now, I cant write a post about a Studio Ghibli film and not talk about one key aspect that each and every movie by this studio shares… other than Earwig, and that is the downright jaw dropping animation. Every single frame in this movie shows a ridiculous amount of effort being put into each inch of color, every cell of animation, each background/character/set piece has an incredible amount of detail and visual appeal. This is one of the most visually stunning movies that I have ever seen, coming only second to the spider verse films, but that is in a category of its own. This is a movie that I feel would get better with each and every rewatch, finding little nuanced tidbits of information, being able to analyze little details in each scene, and coming to love each and every character more and more. That's another thing too, the characters. I find it a struggle to find a single character, main or side, that I really disliked. They all just oozed personality and charm, and really served a purpose in the story. I would have to say my favorite is the collection of Grannies and Grandpas near the beginning of the story though. They are so full of character and act as if they are a group of children, despite being quite far in their years. All in all though, it feels criminal to give this movie anything less than a 9.2/10
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I thought that this movie was fine. It was better than some movies that I had seen, but I think i needed to read the book to really understand what was happening beoferr i watched the movie. I was half asleep during most of the film, but I enkjkoyed the premise/idea of the film with the whole " planet made ofdrugs" idea. I thought the acting was really good too, Timothy Chalamet's performance was a step above what I was expecting. overall, 6.8/10
This movie was really really really good. I think that this is an extremely good movie, especially if your a person that loves suspense and a lot of twists. This movie kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire film, I could never guess what was gonna happen next. Plus the casting was really good aswell. The writing left a little bit to be desired, but overall this movie was great. 9/10
This movie was pretty ok. I really enjoyed the animation style, and I thought that some of the side characters were pretty funny aswell. Kamek's voice was such a perfect fit for him aswell, it really embodied the "Nerd" stereotype. Plus, Jack Black played the role of Bowser perfectly! I could care less about Chris Pratt's preformance, but the voice for Luigi was great too. The pacing felt good throughout the movie, and the Kongs were a great collection of characters too.
Now this is a movie that I have seen many many years ago, and it was hands down one of my favorite movie(s) as I was growing up. And upon re watching it, I can say that it still holds up. IT is just such a gorgeous movie even 13 years after its release. The plot was still so endearing and the characters were just as lovable as ever. And the flight scenes, god don't get me started on how beautiful they were. Plus, I love Scottish accents and this movie was choc full of them. Hiccup remains one of my favorite protagonists to this day, and Toothless is as adorable as ever. 9.2/10
This was probably the weakest movie out of the Kubrick films that I have seen, but that doesn't make it a bad movie in the slightest. I wasn't a huge fan of the opening 20 mins of monkeys being monkeys, until the beginning where the obelisk appeared which kinda startled me a bit. However this scene does lead into one of the best match cuts of all time, the bone flying in the air to the space station. I really thought that this movie had some great spectacle elements to it, but after watching the shining, clockwork orange, and eyes wide shut, it really doesn't stand up as well in my opinion. 6.6/10
Just like Clockwork orange, this movie is weirddddd, more so than clockwork. I did enjoy it at times, but it really felt slow throughout the beginning of the movie, and it really felt like the dialogue was dragging on and not really going anywhere at times. The ritual scene was really really really weird, but it was shot beautifully. The whole mask concept was pretty cool aswell. overall id give it a 6/10. just because It was so so so strange.
I'm gonna be honest, this movie felt like a fever dream. I think this might be the most strange, random, and just downright confusing movies I have ever seen. Between the atmosphere, the milk bar, down to the characters themselves, this movie is just filled with curious oddities. I think Alex is such a strange character throughout the whole story, going from a psychopathic thief/hoodlum, to a prison inmate that has been "reformed" thought God, back to a psychopathic individual in society, who cant experience violence without having heaving outbursts. I really don't know how to feel about this movie, but I will say it kept me intrigued and kept my attention the whole way through. 7.5/10
just because I feel like i either need to read a deep dive on the movie itself, or rewatch it a few times. I really enjoyed this book(considering it was a school mandate read). This was one of the better books that I have had to read, thank god it wasn't a repeat of A Separate Peace, or the Diary of Anne Frank. I really thought that this was going to be a really boring read, and was not expecting much from it, but I am happy to say that I was pleasantly surprised.
The good. Id have to say about 90% of this book was good. I thought the length of the chapters was pretty perfect, not too long, not too short. The plot was easy to follow and kept me engaged the whole way through. The art style, despite being really simplistic, made the read more enjoyable as a whole. The Bad. I felt that some of the chapters didn't really need to be there. There were times where the story didn't really progress, and nothing really happened, but it still felt like it was dragging on and on and on. This was the only big flaw in my eyes, aswell as the fact that the side characters didn't really feel that fleshed out. Like Marji felt like a whole character, but the side characters felt really one dimensional. overall - 7.8/10 I really enjoyed this movie. I really liked how the first 30 mins of the film was a typical style marine comedy of basic training, but then it went into a sort of psychological thriller for about 15 mins before Pyle shot himself. I loved the comedic elements of what the drill sergeant was saying. this was a movie that I was really excited to watch, because I had seen the beginning clips so many times, that i was thrilled to find out what the rest of the movie was like. Overall id give FMJ a 8.65/10.
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