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blackness
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I absolutely love this movie and I wish that I had it. (Unfortunately I'm broke) It made me cry and it has it's own place in my heart. it was so sad when spoiler[the boys little sister died. And whaen the doctor wouldn't tend to her. Most of all when she would suck on the flat marbles because she thought that they were pieces of candy.] There was so much heart felt emotion in it that it was too much not to cry for me. What was your favorite thing about it?
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Murasakisuishou
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It was a good movie, but not really one I'd want to watch again. I think Zac said it best; you can't really see yourself at a party with friends, drinking and having a good time, and then someone says 'Hey, let's bust out Grave of the Fireflies!' (paraphrased)
I don't like to cry that much. It was a very good movie, though. I tried to get my history teacher to show it in class (our textbook was so anti-Japan it irritated me), but she said no. Funilly enough, we ended up watching Hotel Rwanda. |
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Steroid
 Posts: 329 Location: At home, where all good hikikomori should be |
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It is an excellent movie and very heartbreaking. I think the key scene is the one where Setsuko and Seita let all the fireflies loose under the mosquito netting, and Setsuko is amazed by the first nighttime light she has seen since they were made homeless. The scene that follows is foreshadowing, but the reason the movie works is that spoiler[it focuses on the happy times of the two, not their impending deaths. I could be indifferent to a child who suffered all of her life and then died, but a child who was *happy*, and had such a capacity for happiness, and then dies, that is tragic.]
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DragonsRevenge
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I doubt there's a person here who hasn't seen it. If they say they haven't they're lying.
It's one of the greatest motion pictures ever concieved, but it's very difficult to watch. . I learned it was part of a double feature with Totoro, of all movies, back when it was first released in Japanese theaters. I sure hope they showed Totoro second, otherwise a lot of people there would probably have killed themselves out of depression. 
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KAtchan15
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I have seen this movie, To be honest it was very very sad, it kinda made me tear a bit. So i don't actually have a favorite part. Although there was this scene where I really really cried spoiler[when he was burning her corpse, and he just placed her into a small basket. He just stared at the burning basket
 .] I want this dvd, but it's like 45$ and I'm pretty broke right now.  This movie is indeed one of the greatest.
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DragonsRevenge
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It's not a movie you would watch with a bunch of friends drinking booze and eating pizza. But it's true It's not somethign I'd watch over and over again. I lent it to my history teacher in high school, and he loved it. He wanted to show it in class, but time didn't permit. |
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Iwatch2muchanime
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I have and I love this movie. It's extremely sad and I can't not cry every time I watch it but it's very moving and I whish that little girls has a peaceful afterlife....
I know QUITE a few people that haven't even heard of it, that call themselves anime fans. |
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fighterholic
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You actually never know. There's a lot of movies or series that people talk about that I haven't seen yet, fortunately GotF isn't one of them. The first time I watched this movie was with my brother and my sister. I would wonder why the brother would get treated the he would, and why the sister was getting sicker with each passing day. Now when I watched this was probably a good six or seven years ago, so I didn't know enough to actually get. Now that I'm at the age I'm at, and knowing about wartime era Japan, I fully understand what goes on in the movie and why. Anyways, when we finished watching it, after seeing spoiler[the brother burn his sister's coffin], we were all just silent. We didn't cry at all, surprisingly, but after five or ten minutes or so my sister said, "What a sad story." And she was right, that was a sad story, but that's what happened in Japan during the war. |
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DragonsRevenge
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I know QUITE a few people that haven't even heard of it, that call themselves anime fans.[/quote] Probably the Inuyasha and Naruto-dub fans, no doubt.  As an anime fan, it should be required viewing, way before the "big four" (Princess Mononoke, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll)
But I was referring to the anime fans that post here and use the site. If they frequent this site, they no doubt have seen it, I'm sure. |
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CGord
 Posts: 163 Location: Phoenix, AZ suburbs |
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It was incredibly moving, the only movie I've seen that made me really cry. Everyone should see it once, but it beat me up so bad that I have not watched it a 2nd time. I probably won't.
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SharinganEyes92
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I found the saddest part not to be when spoiler[he's burning the basket] but when the spoiler[sister is delrious (sp?) and starts offering him rocks while saying they're rice cakes]. That was when you knew that there was no spoiler[healing her]. Also, now that I think about it, the beginning is one of the most depressing parts as well. spoiler[The boy is sitting in a public train station, unconscious, and janitors are dragging away the bodies of the dead bums laying around train station. And then, a janitor picks up the empty candy container, his only memento of his sister, and throws it out.]
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musashi1600
 Posts: 198 Location: Hawaii |
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It's been 2 1/2 years since I watched Grave of the Fireflies, and I don't plan on doing so again anytime soon. spoiler[I think the most powerful part about the movie isn't so much the fact it takes place in war, but the number of times someone could've stepped in and kept things from turning out the way they did. The policeman who caught Seita stealing food, the doctor who treated Setsuko for malnourishment, and others who I don't remember as well all must have had some idea of what the two childrens' lives were like, but they did nothing.]
It's also worth noting I live in Hawaii, and my house is less than an hour's drive away from Pearl Harbor. Whenever my thoughts linger on this movie, they inevitably turn to the two battleships there, and what they represent.
I remember reading somewhere Tokuma Shoten didn't think Totoro had the potential to succeed as a standalone screening, which is why it ran as a double feature following GotF. IIRC, the premise was that schools would send students to see GotF, and the students would stay on for Totoro. |
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akitainu
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I have a lot of movies (anime and non-anime) that I think are great. I watch them over and over, and get to the point where the message dulls, but the enjoyment lingers.
I've owned Grave of the Fireflies for at least five years, and I've only watched it twice. The second time really didn't ease the impact. It is a swift, heavy whack to the heart. It's a great and horrible experience that is best absorbed and then tucked away. I would like to see more people be exposed to this movie. It really elevates anime to more than the common perception. |
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Area88
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Here's a good quesion, has anyone actually seen the vastly superior Barefoot Gen?
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PantsGoblin
 SubscriberEncyclopedia Editor  Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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Call me heartless if you want, but I didn't find this movie to be the "incredibly saddest film I have ever seen sad". In fact, I didn't find it that sad at all. I'll admit, it did manage to get me teary eyed, but it was really more forced than anything, because I felt that I should cry (and if you know me, I cry at everything). The fact that the main character was an idiot didn't really help either. spoiler[He put his own selfish pride in front of his sister's life (hmm, pride is a sin). I really couldn't feel much remorse for this guy because of that. Even up to the last minute, he wouldn't budge. And of course, what does he do after she dies? He goes into depression and throws away his life. The war is over, he now has a chance to live on yet he gives up so easily. Oh, I'm sure his sister would be thrilled if she knew.]
But other than that, I enjoyed it. It had nice production values for its time. Voice acting, music, etc. was also great. I just didn't like Seita, he's right up there with Shinji. Fortunately, I've heard I'm not the only one who dislikes him... |
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