Forum - View topicThe Borrower Arrietty (movie).
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Reiizm
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Studio Ghibli's newest movie and Hayao Miyazaki's latest masterpiece tells the tale of how miniature sized people called "Borrowers" Live segregated but not separated from humans. Review A Fascinating, Beautiful and Heart-warming story. Hayao stays true to the ghibli style art, music and characters. It's a great family-movie and another one to add to your collection of unforgettable Ghibli movies. (Well, mine anyway) Has anyone else watched it yet? I'd like to know your opinions. |
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SgtMustang
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Its really a great adaption of the book.
Takes the idea of the "borrowers" race and stays true to it and uses it to tell its own original story. You can't help but love the movie after the "borrowing" mission up into the house. If you don't you have no soul and aren't a human bean. Art is 11/10 some of Ghibli's best. |
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Sanosuke_Inara
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Wait, wait, wait--Miyazaki didn't direct this movie.
But anyway, I haven't seen it yet--gonna wait 'till it hits US theatres next year. I've only heard good things about it, though. |
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Cadmium
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He is credited with the screenplay though.... It has most of the hallmarks of a Miyazaki movie: the strong heroine, the enviromental message and extreme attention to detail with regard to the world in which the story is set. No steampunk airships this time though  .
I'm not very good at analysing movies, but I felt that Arriety was better than recent Miyazaki directed works. The story felt more focussed than say, Ponyo. There were no loose ends to the storyline and no unnatural starts and stops. The background art is absolutely amazing. Because this is a film about really tiny people, you get to see stuff like the texture of wallpaper and woodgrain in furniture rendered in extreme detail. And then there are giant waterdroplets, plants and flowers. Towards the end of the film there's a very obvious hommage to spoiler[My Neigbor Totoro] it was fun to see how many people recognized it. I got to see the film at a special screening at a local arthouse theatre and I'm definitely going to watch it a second time when it goes on general release in july. |
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GeminiDS85
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Well, my lifelong aspiration to become a part of a bowl of Campbell’s Chunky Chili has been thwarted because, alas, I have ceased to be a human bean. Ok, in all seriousness, I watched Karigurashi no Arrietty yesterday and was quite disappointed by the film. Firstly, I will say that the animation and music of the film were rather enchanting and magnificent, yet the lackluster story and poor execution really impeded my enjoyment of this movie. When you get right down to it, the best way to describe this movie is to say this: “The movie was very boring.” The first half of the film will unquestionably make a fantastic soporific for any parent looking to sedate their rambunctious child, but I’m not too sure this is what most parents are looking for when they rent, purchase, or bring a child to a movie. I can’t imagine Disney giving this movie a wide theatrical release because it really isn’t a very good children’s movie. I’m going to guess that Arrietty will get a very limited art-house run because I’m fairly confident that the same reviewers who told parents to bring their children to see Ponyo will tell them not to bother with Arrietty. This is the main problem with the film: it doesn’t seem like the director could decide what sort of movie he wanted to create. Arrietty is a children’s movie that strives to be deeper and more poetic than it actually is, but in keeping the plot rather simple, easy to follow, and unthreatening, the movie fails to work as either a movie for kids or adults. This movie is caught somewhere between apathy and melancholy, stuck in its own lackadaisical purgatory where no one cares and everyone is bored. First Gripe: Arrietty is void of any semblance of dramatic tension. The central antagonist comes across as an inept and grossly incompetent mooncalf, and her most terrifying and abhorrent action is the locking of a door. Hypothetical child watching this movie: “Mom, I’m so scared!! Do you think she might lock another door? Ahh, the horror of her door-locking evilness!!!” Second Gripe: Analogous to many other Ghibli films, Arrietty features a quandary regarding the relationship between humanity and the environment. When stepping back and looking at the larger purpose of the film, Arrietty is essentially an allegory for the inherent problems created when humanity tries to coexist with another species; at times the movie flirts with the questions surrounding how to deal with an invasive and vexatious species. However, the problem is that the film only flirts with this message and it ends up getting lost among the latter half of the movie’s half-assed attempt to create a sensational children’s film. It’s late so I’m going to stop here, but I can certainly bitch about this movie at greater length if anyone so desires. Final Grade: Not Really Good |
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st_owly
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I got to see it the other day on the big screen as part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival and I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed watching it, and the music was noticeably good compared to a lot of films, not just anime. The animation was beautiful as well. I'm not sure if I'd consider it one of the best Ghibli movies, as it is based on a children's book, so the story is a little simple because of that, but it's very enjoyable nonetheless, and ultimately, that's all I really look for in any form of entertainment.
@Gemini - spoiler[She imprisoned Homily in a jar. That's a little worse than just locking a door] |
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stinknasty344
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I just finished the movie, and I'm going to have to disagree with the poster above who thinks it's a terrible movie. I think it appeals to children as well as adults. The theme of the movie mostly revolves around not living your life in fear, and taking the chance to explore new places. The movie does a good job by giving you a pro and a con to this and making it more realistic. If you take a chance on the world and don't live in fear, you can find something worthwhile, in this case a very good friend. On the other hand, this has it's risk, such as the many perils they have to endure. But in the end, the risk is worth it, and you learn and grow from it.
Children don't get messages from any movies anyway, I can't remember a time as a child where I watched a movie and thought "Well, the theme of this movie is obviously this". It's colorful, imaginative, and has a nice story. Which is all what kids care for anyway, the theme and characters are what appeal to the adults watching the movie anyway. Arrietty was a nice character, strong willed and courageous. Just like his other movies. I thought she was great. A movie doesn't need an uber bad antagonist to be good, the point was things that weren't so evil to us humans, are a potentially much greater threat to Borrowers. Whether it's cats,crows, frogs, or grasshoppers, to misunderstanding humans who don't necessarily wish harm upon them.spoiler[ the old lady was crazy, but I think she just wanted to keep them as pets or something, not kill them.] I thought it was a very good movie, one of Ghibli's best, and I'm not a huge Ghibli fan at all. |
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Reiizm
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There was a homage to My neigbour totoro at the end? I am a disgrace. noticed no homage. I cannot truly call myself a ghibli fan (despite having all of his movies and have watched every single one growing up). could you please tell this lost soul what it was? I did, however notice the homage to "The cat returns" however: spoiler[In the beginning when Sho walks up to the house, the cat, which is a homage to muta or "moon" is attacked by the crow. I forget the crow's name but he had a rivalry with muta in the cat returns.] |
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Cadmium
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It involves the cat. spoiler[ As Arriety and her family are about to leave. The cat leads Sho to them, so he can say goodbye to Arriety. Arriety thanks the cat by hugging him. The way that shot is framed is exactly like the scene in My neighbor Totoro where Satsuki hugs the Catbus. The cat even rolls his eyes up the way the Catbus does. The difference in size between Arriety and the cat is also pretty similar to Satsuki/Catbus.] AFAIK it is not common practise for Ghibli to quote its own or other peoples works in new movies. That's why it stuck out to me. And you just made me realise that I haven't seen The Cat Returns yet. |
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Reiizm
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Please watch it! Have you watched Whisper of the Heart yet? I suggest you watch that before it, though. |
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