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bwdowiak · 01-13-2016, 12:43 AM

I pulled the trigger on a blind buy of My Neighbor Totoro this past summer. I still haven't seen it. The only anime film I have seen is Grave of the Fireflies and that was very good. Cool to hear that so many people love Totoro. Like other films I seek out, I'm hoping this is something I can share w/ my son when he gets a little older.

filmmusic · 01-13-2016, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by bwdowiak

The only anime film I have seen is Grave of the Fireflies and that was very good.

???

Please, watch the entire Ghibli anime catalogue right now!

Not to mention other anime masterpieces, but Ghibli is a good start. (by the way, my own personal favourites are Only Yesterday and Whisper of the Heart, which are among the most realistic ones)
Also, 5 centimeters per second, Makoto Shinkai's masterpiece.
This could be trully a Criterion material release!

here's the trailer:

Knaldskalle · 01-13-2016, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Sifox211

Well spotted; I have one too, sitting grinning at me from on top of my DeskJet printer

How many other posters in this thread have Ghibli plushes lying around the house?

Guilty. I have a 2 ft tall Totoro in the bedroom (oldest daughter used him as a "bouncer" for a while so his stitches started to come undone. He's now off limits).

bwdowiak · 01-13-2016, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by filmmusic

???

Please, see the entire Ghibli anime catalogue right now!

Not to mention other anime masterpieces, but Ghibli is a good start.

I've got quite a few cinematic holes, fm

I was thinking just the other day, though, that I am probably enjoying the Blu-ray format and collecting at least three times as much as I enjoyed collecting DVDs.

Just a couple years ago, I can recall browsing the films available through Criterion and saying to myself, "I'll never own that one (Still Walking, Yi Yi, Harakiri, even the Satyajit Ray titles.) luckily, I've got this thread.

filmmusic · 01-13-2016, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by bwdowiak

I've got quite a few cinematic holes, fm

I have understood that most people that haven't seen anime and/or avoid them, think that anime is like Pokemon, Naruto and such stuff.
I assume/hope that you are not one of those people.

I started watching anime systematically in 2005, with Spirited Away. (up until then i only had watched some anime series and a couple of films in my childhood)
After that, I was hooked.
Of course, I always prefer the most realistic ones than the fantasy/sci-fi ones.
I don't know what genre you like most but if you decide to watch more anime, I have many to suggest.

Edward J Grug III · 01-13-2016, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

I watched Inherent Vice for the first time last night.

I don't know whether I love it or hate it.

I know that I haven't been as utterly baffled by a movie plot since The Big Sleep.

...PTA threw me a curve ball on this one.

I found it wonderful, if a little baffling. Plus I could tell I would like it more the next time I watched it.

PTA is our greatest living director, IMO. (Scorsese is close, so close)

bwdowiak · 01-13-2016, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by filmmusic

I have understood that most people that haven't seen anime and/or avoid them, think that anime is like Pokemon, Naruto and such stuff.
I assume/hope that you are not one of those people.

I started watching anime systematically in 2005, with Spirited Away. (up until then i only had watched some anime series and a couple of films in my childhood)
After that, I was hooked.
Of course, I always prefer the most realistic ones than the fantasy/sci-fi ones.
I don't know what genre you like most but if you decide to watch more anime, I have many to suggest.

no, I've known that there are artful/highly regarded films, I just didn't think they'd be me thing. If I do enjoy them, I'd guess my preferences would lean towards anything more realistic as fantasy is not really my genre.

like I said, though, Grave of the Fireflies was definitely a good watch. Ebert said about Totoro: "Here is a children's film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy." that and its high critical approval, in general, pretty much sold me on it.

don't necessarily know if this is apples and oranges - that would depend on how seriously people take their fandom, but I've seen fewer feature length animated films than I have fingers.......... on one hand.

Ray Jackson · 01-13-2016, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

I found it wonderful, if a little baffling. Plus I could tell I would like it more the next time I watched it.

PTA is our greatest living director, IMO. (Scorsese is close, so close)

No way PTA's body of work can compare to Scorsese's imo.

That being said...Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood and The Master are three cinematic masterworks.

Scottie · 01-13-2016, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

No way PTA's body of work can compare to Scorsese's imo.

That being said...Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood and The Master are three cinematic masterworks.

Magnolia and Hard Eight wave hello.

Edward J Grug III · 01-13-2016, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

No way PTA's body of work can compare to Scorsese's imo.

That being said...Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood and The Master are three cinematic masterworks.

In my reading, PTA has a 100% success rate. Scorsese doesn't.

And PTA doesn't play it safe either, I respect both of them for the chances they take. But, again, in my opinion, PTA has landed all of them.

Now I said they were very close, but Scorsese will drop off his perch soon, so it won't even be an issue. ;P

DaBargainHunta · 01-13-2016, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

In my reading, PTA has a 100% success rate. Scorsese doesn't.

How can that be even remotely true when Magnolia and The Master are both so divisive? (I haven't seen either, so I have no opinion.) With those two alone (but probably others as well), there's no way he has "a 100% success rate" - unless you're referring only to your own opinion, in which case, fair enough.

pedromvu · 01-13-2016, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

No way PTA's body of work can compare to Scorsese's imo.

That being said...Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood and The Master are three cinematic masterworks.

I like Scorsese, but just talking about quantity of films I love, I prefer PTA, also if we count the ratio of great films it is clearer, since PTA output is so small compared to Scorsese.

The only PTA I could say didn't care for, at least after one viewing is Inherent Vice.

Ray Jackson · 01-13-2016, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

Magnolia and Hard Eight wave hello.

Haven't seen Hard Eight.

Didn't really like Magnolia.

Too over the top imo.

The raining frogs scene is one of the most ridiculous scenes I've seen in a movie.

...don't hate me.

cheez avenger · 01-13-2016, 01:51 AM

Magnolia is great but I hated The Master.

Edward J Grug III · 01-13-2016, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

How can that be even remotely true when Magnolia and The Master are both so divisive? (I haven't seen either, so I have no opinion.) With those two alone (but probably others as well), there's no way he has "a 100% success rate" - unless you're referring only to your own opinion, in which case, fair enough.

Of course I am referring to only my opinion. I said so several times to make it clear.

(But just because some dummies don't understand some amazing films, it doesn't make them unsuccessful. You can find people who don't enjoy any great film you can name.)

DaBargainHunta · 01-13-2016, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

The raining frogs scene is one of the most ridiculous scenes I've seen in a movie.

This is the scene everyone complains about. It sounds utterly absurd and self-masturbatory to me - like "look at what a great artiste I am" - but I haven't seen the movie, so I can't be a fair or accurate judge. Did find the DVD for $3 or $4 at Ross years ago, so I'll get around to it eventually. I assume knowing about the silly ass frogs ahead of time won't ruin the rest of the film for me?

Ray Jackson · 01-13-2016, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

In my reading, PTA has a 100% success rate. Scorsese doesn't.

And PTA doesn't play it safe either, I respect both of them for the chances they take. But, again, in my opinion, PTA has landed all of them.

Now I said they were very close, but Scorsese will drop off his perch soon, so it won't even be an issue. ;P

Scorsese's made about a gazillion more films than PTA.

Plus he dips into just about every genre imaginable.

PTA only makes about one film every four or five years.

...Scorsese has made more great films than PTA has made films in his whole career.

pedromvu · 01-13-2016, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Haven't seen Hard Eight.

Didn't really like Magnolia.

Too over the top imo.

The raining frogs scene is one of the most ridiculous scenes I've seen in a movie.

...don't hate me.

Everyone on the cast suddenly start singing the same song in their own scenes making this amazing musical montage, I think raining frogs is not as over the top as that, I guess that and the prologue foreshadow that not everything in the movie should be taken literally.

But I guess I am biased, it is my favorite of him

DaBargainHunta · 01-13-2016, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward J Grug III

(But just because some dummies don't understand some amazing films, it doesn't make them unsuccessful. You can find people who don't enjoy any great film you can name.)

Yes, there will always be people who hate every great film you can think of. That in and of itself doesn't make someone a "dummy." If I hate Citizen Kane (I love it), I'm not dumb if I can back up my opinion reasonably and logically.

Ray Jackson, for example, may have the worst avatar on Blu-ray.com, but he seems pretty sharp and smart about movies - at least from what I've read here and there in this thread. He seems to have an issue with (some?) PTA. Don't think that makes him "dumb."

Ray Jackson · 01-13-2016, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by pedromvu

Everyone on the cast suddenly start singing the same song in their own scenes making this amazing musical montage, I think raining frogs is not as over the top as that, I guess that and the prologue foreshadow that not everything in the movie should be taken literally.

But I guess I am biased, it is my favorite of him

LOL...that singing montage scene is so utterly preposterous.

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01-13-2016, 12:43 AM	#141641
bwdowiak Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2013 Location:Chicago 4K collection:28 Blu-ray collection:502 DVD collection:28 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:5	I pulled the trigger on a blind buy of My Neighbor Totoro this past summer. I still haven't seen it. The only anime film I have seen is Grave of the Fireflies and that was very good. Cool to hear that so many people love Totoro. Like other films I seek out, I'm hoping this is something I can share w/ my son when he gets a little older.

01-13-2016, 01:51 AM	#141654
cheez avenger Blu-ray Champion Member since:Dec 2009 4K collection:806 Blu-ray collection:1585 Trading Score:9	Magnolia is great but I hated The Master.

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