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| OK Miyazaki’s latest film that came out last year, what do I think of it personally? Well there’s quite a lot of good riding on it, animation is as always amazing to look at, the music is just spellbinding and the ending theme for this movie that plays for the credits is just unbelievable. I will say this is certainly one of the more darker films that Miyazaki has made in his long career for Studio Ghibli probably a lot more darker than say Porco Rosso but probably on the same level as Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle in terms of tone. I feel for some people it’ll be a bit harder to understand in terms of the concept cuz there’s so much symbolism that it kind of needs multiple rewatches to understand but I can look past it because the story itself is very well written. You won’t be able to understand it right away because it does go in deep with it’s narrative but it’s got enough that it’ll keep you engaged and interested at the same time. It’s slow but things do change roughly around the second half in particular but I’d say it’s quite poetic in a beautiful way honestly. If your curious about seeing it dubbed, do so, it’s probably one of the best dubs we’ve got for the studio Ghibli stuff and I think Robert Pattinson is probably the best thing in the entire thing I mean the guy goes in with no experience in voice acting whatsoever and he literally smashes it out of the park with his portrayal of the titular Heron. So good that you don’t even recognise his voice half the time. It is that good of a performance. It’s probably one of the only times where I feel Pelicans are scary normally they’re not but in this film especially when they are Mahito at the graveyard I was genuinely scared of them here. Overall I’ll say it’s not my favourite when it comes to Hayao Miyazaki films but it’s pretty good for what it is. And I’ll give The Boy and The Heron an 8/10. |
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