Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by mousepod

For me, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service and Porco Rosso have stood the test of repeated viewings more than any other of the the Ghiblis. Beauty aside, it's the storytelling that gets me every time.

Have you seen Princess Mononoke? Because of those (well, Kiki's and Spirited, haven't seen Porco), Mononoke is a far better example of story telling.

[blueerica]

I agree with iSm's House of Sand and Fog sentiments. It was a really wonderful film.

I am too lazy to see if anyone else saw The Number 23. Me like.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I agree with iSm's House of Sand and Fog sentiments. It was a really wonderful film.

I am too lazy to see if anyone else saw The Number 23. Me like.

I refuse to see it. Not because I think numerology's a load of crap. I can still enjoy a good story based on numerology despite that. But the trailers keep showing "2/3=.666". It most certainly does not. It's .667 if you're going to 3 decimal places. Picky? Yes, but the whole point of numerology is being picky and if they're using something as blatantly wrong with that, there's no way I can enjoy it.

[Alex]

My desire to see The Number 23 is a perverse one. I don't really have any interest in it natively but the fact that a movie where the intent was to make a good one (as opposed to something like Norbit where the intent is to make a successful bad one) but ends up with a 9% RottenTomatoes rating has me curious. Curious about just what went wrong with it (assuming I won't like it either) or what the critics are missing (assuming I would like it).

I'm guessing the former, though, since one of its rare positive reviews is from the San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSalle. We disagree a lot.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Yes, but the whole point of numerology is being picky

The whole point of numerology is to be selectively picky.

[Gemini Cricket]

I liked Howl for the most part. The animation was neat. The castle itself was super. But in the end, I just don't think I get it. It was kind of dull to me. And the creepy scarecrow dude reminded me of a character on the Animaniacs.

Spirited Away was great. Lots of neat animation, too.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

The whole point of numerology is to be selectively picky.

Well, yes. But they could have at least made it a challenge to pick it apart.

[Not Afraid]

I don't think I could rank the Ghibli films. There are those I love more than others but they all have their redeming qualities. Some have a tighter story, some a more entertaining, some a incredibly beautiful some are just damn charming. I'm not sure I could ever pic a favorite.

I DO, however, have favorite characters.

[innerSpaceman]

Yeah, ranking the Ghiblis is pointless. Most are great, for different reasons. I adore Mononoke ... but also love the fun of Porco Rosso. I'm a big, big fan of Howl's ... especially after reading the book at ElizaHodgkin's suggestion. With another Pinocchio anology, Howl too (imo) took a mess of a written story and masterfully adapted it to film (with a few kinks that I found far easier to forgive after reading the story).


I'm ultra curious about Number 23 and will likely see it today or tomorrow (I took a week off work, 'cause I'm supposed to stay off my feet .... movie theater ass-sitting is perfect!)





ETA: Hahaha - the byline above my current avatar is perfect for my present situation!

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Have you seen Princess Mononoke? Because of those (well, Kiki's and Spirited, haven't seen Porco), Mononoke is a far better example of story telling.

Of course I've seen Mononoke. I loved it. It might even be Heather's favorite. I was talking about repeat viewings. For me, the story of Mononoke, however engaging it is, was just a sliver below the three I mentioned the last time I watched them all.

Like NA, it's hard for me to rank Ghiblis, so expect my order to change next time this conversation comes up.

...and GD, I think you'd really like Porco Rosso.

[mousepod]

Why I won't pay to see Number 23 in the theater: two words: Joel. Schumacher.