Simplicity
by John on Feb.21, 2012, under Main Stuff
So, I went to see The Secret World of Arrietty this evening with friends. It’s almost a stereotypical Ghibli movie, which is to say that if you hate certain aspects of how that studio prefers to tell stories, you’re probably not going to find a whole lot to love here. Moreover, it takes a remarkably different approach to the source material than the mid-to-late 90′s Hollywood adaptation of The Borrowers did, and if you were a fan of that particular one, again, you’re probably not going to be terribly happy with this either. However, it was a pleasant enough film, and Carol Burnett’s performance as Hara pretty much steals the show.
1 comment for this entry:
February 21st, 2012 on 11:16 pm
These movies drive me nuts. On one hand, interesting ideas and stories, really nice animation, good morals mostly, etc.
On the other hand, totally WTF moments all over and not really the good kind more like “hey, let’s just throw something in just because”. There doesn’t even feel like any sort of driving symbolism or anything, it just… is.
This is based on like 3 or 4 Ghibli movies, spirited Away, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Ponyo, was Totoro a Ghibli film? I think there was another but I don’t remember.