Comments on: Porco Rosso Review - 88/100

by: psgels

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:05:24 +0000

Ipso: thanks for the critizism on “the most unique”. “The most original” fits better, I think.

Also, the reason for my comment at Karry was that he/she comments more often on this blog, with comments that border outright and unargumented flaming. After a dozen of these things, my patience just ran out.

by: ipso

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:51:24 +0000

Psgels: I find fault in your reasoning. It’s a little ridiculous to ask someone why they read something in the first place if they didn’t like it. How could someone decide to not read something because they didn’t like it without first engaging in the opinion-deciding (like/dislike) reading?

More simply:

1. You can’t like or dislike a review without first reading it.

2. By that time, you can’t decide to unread it ‘in the first place’.

3. Maybe you should read Catch-22.

As to why Karry posted something if s/he didn’t like the review, well, I’d say that s/he’s allowed to, isn’t s/he? It wasn’t exactly a critique, but still a valid opinion, no?

And I think Karry does have a point: any review that, inter alia, describes something as ‘the most unique’ is probably suffering from some kind of defect.

by: psgels

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:55:53 +0000

Grave of the Fireflies was actually the first Ghibli-movie I ever saw. The reason there isn’t a review is because I watched it before starting this blog.

I’m afraid that I watched it a bit too early, because I didn’t like it. Perhaps it was Takahata’s style of dragging things on for too long, but the movie really felt boring and uninteresting to me.

Karry: I’m getting quite a bit tired of your trolling. If you don’t like the review, then why do you read it in the first place?

by: Karry

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:48:47 +0000

You call THIS a review ?

by: qwaszx

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:00:41 +0000

Hah, a guy turns into a pig, definitely goin to watch.

by: primeparadigm

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:52:20 +0000

Porco Rosso is my favourite Ghible movie because of its light hearted feel. I think it had a great ending, that forced viewers to read between the lines and was conclusive enough to satisfy me, while most other Miyazaki movies tend to have really rushed endings.

by: marmot

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:53:30 +0000

I think Porco Rosso is a great film and I don’t mind ambiguous endings but I felt that the ending was a bit too inconclusive. I think again it has a lot of ideas that due to time constraints can only be touched upon and not explored. Then again maybe it’s a sign that the worlds miyazaki creates are so intriguing you don’t want to leave them.

by: bateszi

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:10:48 +0000

Nikobless beat me to it, but it doesn’t seem like you’ve reviewed Grave of the Fireflies, which is arguably their best work, and certainly the most important film produced by Studio Ghibli.

by: Nikobless

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:18:11 +0000

did you do a review of grave of the fireflies yet? it’s a major ghibli film and it’s an incredible one. you might want to check it out if you already haven’t.