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RavenclawPrincess913 (253 KP) rated My Neighbor Totoro (1988) in Movies
Jul 24, 2019

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Oct 4, 2021 (Updated Oct 4, 2021)

Troy Miller recommended Trafic (Traffic) (1972) in Movies (curated)

Brian Wilson recommended track My Obsession by The Rolling Stones in As It Happened: The Classic Interviews by The Rolling Stones in Music (curated)

Awix (3310 KP) rated Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017) in Movies
May 11, 2018
A Familiar Tale
If you were a newly-formed Japanese animation studio and somebody said that your first film was good, but not quite up to the standard of Studio Ghibli, you would probably still be quite pleased. Unless you were Studio Ponoc, a newly-formed Japanese animation studio making use of the talents of many Studio Ghibli veterans, with the expressed intention of continuing the Studio Ghibli tradition.
Yet here we are. This is a very good-looking film, with many classic virtues, and a doubtlessly intentional resemblance to the Wizarding World money-making machine - lonely child finds herself transported off to a school for witches, where various adventures awaits. But the animation is sometimes simply very good rather than Ghibli-standard immaculate, the story is rather simplistic, and the characterisation thin. Where Ghibli films are charming, this one is sometimes just a bit twee. It's by no means a bad film, but by positioning itself as 'the Ghibli successor', and copying the Ghibli house style so closely, Studio Ponoc has basically created a set of expectations which - in this film at least - they struggle to meet.
Yet here we are. This is a very good-looking film, with many classic virtues, and a doubtlessly intentional resemblance to the Wizarding World money-making machine - lonely child finds herself transported off to a school for witches, where various adventures awaits. But the animation is sometimes simply very good rather than Ghibli-standard immaculate, the story is rather simplistic, and the characterisation thin. Where Ghibli films are charming, this one is sometimes just a bit twee. It's by no means a bad film, but by positioning itself as 'the Ghibli successor', and copying the Ghibli house style so closely, Studio Ponoc has basically created a set of expectations which - in this film at least - they struggle to meet.

speaker357 (212 KP) rated 火垂るの墓 [Grave of the Fireflies] (1988) in Movies
Dec 1, 2018
Studio Ghibli (1 more)
Amazing character depth
The most tragic thing I've ever watched.
Contains spoilers, click to show
Amazing story set in the latter end of WW2, focusing on a preteen boy and his little sister. There isn't many happy moments in this one. And it hits hard.

David Betteridge (327 KP) rated All Killer, No Filler by Sum 41 in Music
Mar 2, 2020
Punk rock (1 more)
Fat lip
Great debut studio album
For me this was one of the best albums of the early 2000's it was a great new punk rock sound and had some really catchy songs that would be stuck in your head. Even now it is one of the classic punk rock albums and some songs like In Too Deep still sound great and haven't dated.

speaker357 (212 KP) rated Opiate by TOOL in Music
Jul 1, 2018
2 live tracks (2 more)
1 hidden track
Great quality on studio tracks
Genesis
Amazing start for one of the most mysterious bands of the 90's. Between the vocalists poetic lyrics and the bands synced sound, it is clear there was much evolution to be done.

Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about God of War 4 in Video Games
Oct 29, 2017
