Moviejournal: The wind rises, Godzilla
The first thing that hits you about this beautiful period piece of this particular piece of Japanese history is how peaceful and harmonic the whole idyllic setting is. Miyazaki has done it again with beautiful and serene settings that is truly beyond my vocab, and considering I’m just watching a screen cam version it’s really a compliment. The protagonist is a shy, reserved and all round nerdy yet hugely dedicated Japanese engineer that Japan has an abundance of. The story follows his childhook dreams to fly with the big boys, firstly the Italian legendary plane designer, then later on the industrial might of the Germans. The fictional side of the story about his romantic encounter and love with his late wife was moving and believable, a real Asian way of expressing affection.
The fact that in real life he is survived by 5 kids probably is the opposite what happened in this film. Beautifully and idealistically told love story which is hauntingly appealing. The fact that this film is controversial shouldn’t really surprise anybody. The lifelong pursuit of this guy is a lean mean killing machine in its truest sense. Both the Americans and the wide Asian continent has been under the full wrath of the zero fighter’s menance during militant japan times. However I do feel that it is their right, indeed their duty, to tell a vivid and compelling and beautiful story of one of their national heroes. Any people would’ve done the same, whether it hurts the feelings of other nations or not. Just watch how Jews shot the eerily poignant film of schindler’s list, among many others. Miyazaki is probably in the stage of his artistic career where he can do an animation about any subject, a truly enviable position to be in which few creative people get to experience. I tip my occasionally worn hat to that.
The de-militarised japan should also take this dude’s words to heart, how he stated early on in the war that japan are seeking certain death by engaging the united states in a war. Miyazaki has been doing his last film for several features now, lets hope he keep doing a few more of his “last” animations.
Now Godzilla, or as the jap guy in it calls it, “gozhilaa”, is everything that’s wrong with our pop corn movie culture and probably everything that’s wrong with me that pushed me out of the target audience bracket. Surely a 2 hour wooden fight scene between 3 ugly creatures doesn’t warrant any entrance ticket price albeit however cheap it it?! The film sort of begins with great promises and that promise just vanished towards the end and you can hear the the proverbial “plomb” of the movie plot together with the plomb of the gozilla itself in the film. Such bland and tasteless servings! This actually protrudes to a wider realm of issues relates to the consumerism culture we found ourselves incapable of escape out of. We need to explore and seek joy and fulfilment in an inside-out and constant feedback style instead of getting locked-in in a duck-feeding cycle of following the latest internet craze. Easier said than done. Also what’s with all the cheapie restaurant food? Disgusting.
The fact that in real life he is survived by 5 kids probably is the opposite what happened in this film. Beautifully and idealistically told love story which is hauntingly appealing. The fact that this film is controversial shouldn’t really surprise anybody. The lifelong pursuit of this guy is a lean mean killing machine in its truest sense. Both the Americans and the wide Asian continent has been under the full wrath of the zero fighter’s menance during militant japan times. However I do feel that it is their right, indeed their duty, to tell a vivid and compelling and beautiful story of one of their national heroes. Any people would’ve done the same, whether it hurts the feelings of other nations or not. Just watch how Jews shot the eerily poignant film of schindler’s list, among many others. Miyazaki is probably in the stage of his artistic career where he can do an animation about any subject, a truly enviable position to be in which few creative people get to experience. I tip my occasionally worn hat to that.
The de-militarised japan should also take this dude’s words to heart, how he stated early on in the war that japan are seeking certain death by engaging the united states in a war. Miyazaki has been doing his last film for several features now, lets hope he keep doing a few more of his “last” animations.
Now Godzilla, or as the jap guy in it calls it, “gozhilaa”, is everything that’s wrong with our pop corn movie culture and probably everything that’s wrong with me that pushed me out of the target audience bracket. Surely a 2 hour wooden fight scene between 3 ugly creatures doesn’t warrant any entrance ticket price albeit however cheap it it?! The film sort of begins with great promises and that promise just vanished towards the end and you can hear the the proverbial “plomb” of the movie plot together with the plomb of the gozilla itself in the film. Such bland and tasteless servings! This actually protrudes to a wider realm of issues relates to the consumerism culture we found ourselves incapable of escape out of. We need to explore and seek joy and fulfilment in an inside-out and constant feedback style instead of getting locked-in in a duck-feeding cycle of following the latest internet craze. Easier said than done. Also what’s with all the cheapie restaurant food? Disgusting.
A watershed moment where from this point on I will not willingly sacrifice my time money energy and outing opportunities on mindless and soulless and outright cold hard commercialised flicks. A stay home movie would be so much nicer, with so much on offer these days that home content technology has evolved. Sigh.
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