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I watched Boy and the Heron for a second time. I did not enjoy the first watch.

It is good, but it is very Miyazaki "meta". I'm convinced that to enjoy it, you have to understand his visual language, his philosophic contradictions, his past, and his fraught relationship with Ghibli and letting it be its own thing, out from under his shadow.

I don't really know if that makes it a good movie, but it makes it one of my favorite Miyazaki movies.

7fqx 2y ago

Need to watch this still 👀

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Rich Nost 2y ago

Honestly, if you want to save some money on a second watch, YouTube some of the non-spoiler thinkboi videos. My biggest problems with the movie is that, at key junctures in the plot, the motivations of the characters' actions are sometimes barely explainable.

7fqx 2y ago

Oh I was gonna stream it. Didn't realise it was still out in cinemas 👀👀

Rich Nost 2y ago

The marketing behind this movie was intentionally minimal. I didnt know it was out until I saw it on a marquee.