#ghibli asthetic

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Chihiro y Haku💞

[psykopaths]

Spirited Away, (2001)

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[squeln]

- Quelle sensation horrible ! J'ai l'impression d'être coincé sous une pierre !

- Oh oui ! Un cœur c'est lourd à porter...

Le Château Ambulant.

[cactous-momma]

I drew Ponyo and Sosuke on one of my 35mm film photographs <3 please enjoy 💕

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[rizo421]

Decorating my work tool for more inspiration.

my tastes are quite opposite.

[kuromigurl98]

yeah god forbid someone take inspiration from one of the cute environmental scenes in totoro instead of focusing on "industry bad" everyone taking inspiration should only be allowed to have the inspiration be a 10 page dissertation about the evils of colonialism instead of a beloved part of their childhood being used as inspiration to create something beautiful.

[aribaby9]

[taravangianlistenstothebeachboys]

Some notes from watching Ghibli's Tales from Earthsea:

I guess they were hoping having Lebannen be a killer runaway would make him more engaging a character than he was in Le Guin's books. Certainly its a more exciting introduction than "was sent to Roke and Ged decided he should tag along." But this is hampered by how Lebannen and all these characters have maybe two character traits between them.

No matter how bad the movie is, if its a Ghibli film its gonna be beautiful. The background artists for this should be given a medal. Hork town especially is incredible:

Although these are clearly Ghibli asthetics more than Earthsea aesthetics. We got all your Ghibli staples: the weird mammals that are almost real animals, the random fighterpilot elements in the costume design, that one weird type of hood, etc.

I do like the action scene of Lebannen dealing with the slavers. Only well-paced part of the film I've seen.

The shadow "visiting" Lebannen while he rests was done very well. The color dimming, the shadow on the water, the rushing wind towards him, its all great. I'm especially a fan of how when Lebannen looks over his shoulder, he sees nothing but a stream of water coming out of a wall. Fits with what's actually happening on in the dryland very well.

The "Ged rescues Lebannen but only takes the chains off the other slaves" is a weird detail to keep in the adaptation, though I guess it's less an obviously dick move when the slaves aren't trapped on a boat with their former captors.

I feel mixed about this version of Cob? Making him the slaver lord isn't a bad choice, though it does kind of positions slavery in Earthsea as "the bad thing that the one bad guy is doing" instead of, y'know, a cornerstone of Hork Town's economy.

They don't make him an especially originally villain either. He's literally introduced with the old "flash of villains castle, lieutenant comes in nervously to report on escape, almost gets killed until he mentions something important" trope. They did kind of flatten him into the stock fantasy big bad.

But Cob from the books didn't really have a lot going on character-wise either, so its less offensive a flattening than some of the other characters. And I do like his character design alot. That eye makeup is some Hot Topic Shit but it works. The thin lips and tall everything is a type of exaggeration I don't see in Ghibli's character design very often.

Christ, Ged's monologue about the balance and true names is really just plopped on the audience's lap like a dead mouse. The bridge from "why does a wizard like farming" to "everything has a true name that wizard's use for its power" is nonexistent. They really couldn't find another place to explain the basics of the magic system? Couldn't seed it with Ged using true names while freeing the slaves? No? Lord.

The ghibli food twitters aren't gonna touch this movie. No love was put into that cheese.

Oh this depiction of the dry lands fucks. Love how the sky is a completely different artstyle than anything else in this movie, really sells this as a weird and alien place.

Hare and two suspicious women clutching each other and going "they're not from around here" are the only time this movie has felt like it knew what it was doing. They're giving them banter and the actors are being allowed to put emotion into their voices. They're actually breaking out facial expressions for these guys.

God all the dialogue is so bad.

WHEN IS THIS SONG GONNA FUCKING END

What the fuck is Lebannen and Tehanu's relationship. None of their emotional beats have any real connection.

The thing haunting Lebannen (are they giving him the gebbeth plotline?) always makes the best scenes. Lebannen struggling to wade through the muck while the shadow casually strolls atop the water's surface creates such great tension and horror.

Tenar keeps talking about being rescued from the tombs and pausing like there's about to be a flashback. Why are they bringing so much attention to that detail if they're not gonna tie it in to anything. Either have it be an aside to make the world feel richer without it being a thing your constantly gesturing at, or don't bring it up at all.

It really was a choice to take the worst Earthsea book as the main thing they're adapting. All the "life without death is no life" rubbish and not even Le Guin's prose to save it. It's not even a theme the rest of the movie seems concerned with.

Why are they taking something called "Earthsea" and making 90% the outskirts of Hork Town. We saw the ocean like twice. This supposedly expansive fantasy world feels twenty feet across.

Having Tehanu follow the gebbeth to the castle is honestly a really cool adaptational choice. I do like the weird conflict they set up between the gebbeth and Cob over who gets to have Lebannen.

Great shot of Cob getting amputated. Thats some Mononoke-level satisfying gore.

See when Ged didn't do shit for most of The Far Shore it was fine, because it was the third book in the series and the reader already knew why he was a big deal. Here we keep hearing how cool and powerful he is but get shown nothing.

2D has grown odd in his old age.

They have not set up dragons as a thing (or connectd them to Tehanu) nearly enough for this ending to work. Having Tehanu transform instead of calling Kalesin works adaptation-wise though.

Final analysis: I liked Hork Town. I like how the dragons trail sparks from their eyes. I like Cob going all gooey. I like Hare. These were the isolated pockets in an otherwise bland experience. The plot was barely held together and I can't imagine someone who hadn't read the books would be able to enjoy this at all.

[weaseltotheface]

That post is so right. I rly am so sick of people using Ghibli inspired to mean bland but beautiful, kind of ethereal world, with little to no substance

Where's the blood! Where's the rage! Where's the grief and the dilemmas and the moral quandary!!

Bitches saw totoro and spirited away and took NOTHING but asthetic

The hope these stories inspire in you is nothing without the grief and the anger that comes along with it.

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Tagged by @canirove to post 10 comfort films and tag 10 more people! Thank you love! ღ

In no particular order...

The lord of the rings: the love of my life, I fell in love with cinema watching hours of dvd extras.

My neighbor Totoro: I could've written any Ghibli movie but Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service make me smile from start to finish.

Pacific Rim: only movie about robots I enjoy, had to be Del Toro.

Little miss sunshine: so funny but the message is so important.

Harry Potter: I love the books 100 times more than the movies, but the story feels like home.

Rush: I can't barely think about sport movies that work but this one is great.

The Grand Budapest Hotel: Wes Anderson's asthetics are always comfort for me. This one and Isle of dogs are my absolute favourites.

Pride: Nobody I know has seen this movie, it must be my most recommended film.

Some like it hot: I had to include Billy Wilder.

The Mummy: best action movie ever! Plus romance, and comedy, and history, and great effects, and a librarian as the main character.

Tagging @little-miss-lover, @formulaidk, @enchantedby, @lesharl-eclair, @boston-strong-forever, @suzie-shooter only if you're bored and want to do it, obviously! I don't want it to be a bother 😊

[skydancer369]

There was a point in my life I thought anime world was better and then…one day I realized this world is better but it is fun to imagine life in an anime perspective. As I got older that idea changed and now I find inspiration in asthetic videos from anime movies and ghibli movies. 💖

It's definitely getting chilly even in California and I already got sick with the flu. Stay warm everyone!

More umbrella art because I love them ☔