Posted by FlareNetworkC on 07.07.2015, 05:36 PM: On Amazon, the Blu-Ray is only $19.99. A great deal, if you ask me.
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Posted by Saddletank on 07.08.2015, 03:24 AM: I still use DVDs and I need this and Marnie to close my Ghibli collection. I have Takahata's 'making of' DVD about this film which I've been saving until after I watch it. I can hear my debit card calling a siren song of corruption from my wallet...
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Posted by FlareNetworkC on 07.08.2015, 10:36 AM: The DVD is only $14.99 on Amazon. For the longest time, I saved up for Ghibli to buy from Barnes and Noble, before discovering that Amazon's prices are about $10 lower.
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Posted by Koda on 07.08.2015, 06:02 PM: Yeah they're pretty good, I have the Collector's Edition for £21.99 ordered, comes in a digipack and 5 art cards.
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Posted by Saddletank on 07.26.2016, 06:48 PM: I watched the film today on the big screen and it truly is unusual and beautiful. Some of the more conventional static scenes are very traditional but some of the scenes - the ones I like to call "extreme motion" - are breathtaking, not only in how real they seem (I often forgot I was watching animated drawings), but also in how, at the same time, they seem so deceptively simple.
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Posted by makc on 07.27.2016, 07:20 AM:
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Posted by Saddletank on 07.27.2016, 11:39 AM: I was referring to Takahata's version, not the original. I wanted to get to understand better what I was watching, not the long-ago folk tale.
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Posted by Kazegami on 07.27.2016, 03:52 PM: If it's the message of the film we're after... it seems nothing more complex than 'live authentically'. She came back to earth seeking happiness, but the happiness her adopted father tried to buy her with gold was no such thing. Now I think of it, was he trying to please her or the gods? No, he did try his best for her, I think. But of course was misguided, not seeing the value in a life close to nature.
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Posted by makc on 07.28.2016, 05:29 AM:
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Posted by Saddletank on 07.28.2016, 10:29 AM: I am not insisting there must be deep hidden meanings, just *any* meaning, or message. I am sure Takahata does not expend this much love and devotion and effort on something he does not intend to use to pass on something.
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Posted by makc on 07.28.2016, 06:08 PM:
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Posted by Kazegami on 07.28.2016, 07:16 PM: I think it's really devaluing if not insulting to these films to imply that they're just pretty to look at. They're so much more than that. It's... interesting if a bit strange that you can't seem to perceive any subtext whatsoever, and don't want to. I'm with Saddles on that.
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Posted by Saddletank on 07.29.2016, 04:00 AM:
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Posted by makc on 07.29.2016, 05:05 AM:
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Posted by husky51 on 07.29.2016, 09:37 PM: One thing I've learned in the years that I've been a member of the Tavern is that we are all different... Being so, we have disagreements and even arguments with one another at times, but it is generally kept civil and we are all still friends. Here's hoping that this outlook continues. I have the title 'the old guy' because I appear to be the oldest member in age at 69. This does not make me the wisest or even wiser than anyone else, but I have seen a good deal more of life and try to put those learning's to good use.
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Posted by Theowne on 07.30.2016, 12:07 PM: Even on a purely visual level, Ghibli art and animation far outclasses that of most anime. I have bought artbooks for that very reason, which of course, do not communicate story at all and purely reflect the visual appeal.
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Posted by saviour2012 on 07.30.2016, 02:02 PM: I think you are misunderstanding something makc
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Posted by makc on 07.30.2016, 08:00 PM: @husky51 thanks,
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Posted by saviour2012 on 07.31.2016, 03:38 AM:
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Posted by msteve60 on 02.10.2017, 02:12 AM: I saw Kaguya when it was released in theaters in the US in fall 2014. I saw it literally three times in theaters...that's a record for me. The movie was that amazing. It's literally my new favorite movie of all time. I think it really is a pity that people on this board don't seem to appreciate it that much. |
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