Hayao Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:41 pm
Miyazaki was mentioned elsewhere on the forum, and I thought his films deserve a thread of their own. Even though some Ghibli films are bad, I included also the studio in general because of e.g. the less-known Isao Takahata. (Grave of the Fireflies and Princess Kaguya are both incredible, though harder to watch than Miyazaki.)
It's impossible for me to decide which of Miyazaki's four best movies - Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle - I prefer. They are not only some of the best films I know of, but some of the best art overall. This is a thoroughly unoriginal opinion of course, but some things just force one to abandon the will to be edgy.
How do you interpret these movies, or ones I haven't mentioned? How do they look from an esotericist's perspective? Do you think they are overesteemed and if so, why?
It's impossible for me to decide which of Miyazaki's four best movies - Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle - I prefer. They are not only some of the best films I know of, but some of the best art overall. This is a thoroughly unoriginal opinion of course, but some things just force one to abandon the will to be edgy.
How do you interpret these movies, or ones I haven't mentioned? How do they look from an esotericist's perspective? Do you think they are overesteemed and if so, why?