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1 year ago

Taking a walk when it's raining is really good

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al-the-raven updated The web site of al-the-raven

1 year ago

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deluxesb n-has-a-site

1 year ago

thanks for following!! your website is awesome!!

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n-has-a-site 1 year ago

Thank you!, I really like the title tou have put for your website, with the text collage for the title.-Regards,N

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aribluejeans

1 year ago

I'm actually incredibly bored of writing character descriptions but I just have a handful more to do. I'm trying to push through them but I've done a lot of writing already for this shrine and I'm a little burnt out on writing.

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solaria 1 year ago

its okay to take a break, you can always come back to it later!

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aribluejeans 1 year ago

Very true I decided to take a break I'm just worried if I don't push I'll put it off forever. I'm just excited to work on other projects at this point and I won't let myself until I wrap up this one

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princss updated The Castle

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michaelmas 1 year ago

I like your review of The Boy & the Heron. I really hated the movie, so it's cool to see another perspective :)

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hatsu 1 year ago

fuck yeah a review of the boy and the heron

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hatsu 1 year ago

@vashti why?

princss 1 year ago

I would love to hear why you hated the movie!

michaelmas 1 year ago

Oh lots of reasons, but it just made me feel disappointed. I thought the pacing was really poor & things felt unfinished. The relationship between Mahito & the others seemed unearned & said, not shown, particularly between him & his new stepmother. I thought the movie felt disingenuous & almost like a mishmash of what makes Ghibli popular. I guess it felt formulaic, probably because of its lack of personal impact on

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michaelmas 1 year ago

me. I'm sure it was very personal to the creator, but that didn't make it a good movie in my eyes. The relationships felt really unexplored & undercooked & I didn't find myself caring for any of the characters, nor for the setting itself, whether or not it would fall into ruin. I'm kind of rambling because there are so many things I disliked, but in essence, I didn't think there was enough time to explore its themes

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michaelmas 1 year ago

& I didn't feel much of any sort of emotion. It was like reading someone's diary, very personal, but I didn't care for the contents. Or like someone telling me about a dream that was very important & impactful to them but their explanation was too vague for me to understand fully. It was underdeveloped. I mean, I don't particularly think Howl's is a good movie, but I still enjoy it. I think I have the same complaints

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michaelmas 1 year ago

with this as I do Howl's, only Howl's pulled it off better. The main difference is that as cluttered as the story was in Howl's, I still cared for the characters while in The Boy & the Heron, I did not.

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princss 1 year ago

Yeah this is definitely his most divisive movie for sure. I think a big part of my enjoyment of the film lays heavily on my personal investment in Ghibli films. They were kind of the gateway into anime for me. I think knowing who Miyazaki is elevates the story, so if you're not really familiar with who he is then I can understand why you would come out of the theater scratching your head. My partner did.

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michaelmas 1 year ago

I think your perspective is very understandable :) I'm not personally as invested in Studio Ghibli & am a big believer that art, movies, etc. should be self contained, should not rely too heavily on outside knowledge as a prerequisite to viewing, so that's why I personally had a problem with it. When it comes to things I dislike, they normally fall into one of two categories: 1) How could anyone possibly like this? &

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michaelmas 1 year ago

2) This just isn't for me, & my thoughts on The Boy & the Heron fall into the latter. I prefer movies with strong emotional currents & this movie just didn't do that for me. I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it though! I saw it with my friend at the theatre & she felt similarly to me, so you're the first person I've seen that has enjoyed it!

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hatsu 1 year ago

love all the different views of this movie! its so interesting to know that not everyone is in favor of this movie considering it was so sudden in my eyes. and i did walk out of that theater feeling confused.

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bondiaries updated bondiaries ^_^

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