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urbpanI'm trying to submit a review to Netflix, and it keeps giving me an error message: This review contains one or more words that is larger than 25 characters. All words in a review must be smaller than 25 characters. Please change any words that exceed this length.
Am I missing something here? Here's my review:
Pollution has thrown the world out of balance and Nature is restoring equilibrium via toxic spores and giant insects. Meanwhile the few surviving humans live in warring kingdoms that battle one another in retro-futuristic airships and flying wings. Nausicaa is a girl who can ride the wind, communicate with animals, and, hopefully, prevent the kingdoms from bringing about their own destruction.
Thus Miyazaki’s first feature establishes his favorite recurring elements: Our heroine is a teenage princess from a besieged royal family, a pacifist action hero whose most powerful weapon is compassion. Her allies are her protective and adoring soldiers at arms, and a boy from a rival kingdom, won over to her ways. The villains are a collection of arrogant leaders who solve all their problems with violence, and who mean to wage literal war on the environment itself. Other present elements that Miyazaki would return to include the cute animal sidekick, fantastic and morally ambiguous monsters, and Technology and Nature rendered with equal grand-scale lusciousness.
“Nausicaa,” with its bloodless action (in fact, a single drop is shed, with belabored significance), and total lack of sexuality, is child-appropriate. However, Japanese attention spans are apparently longer than ours, and there is no singing crab or teapot to entertain the young ‘uns (thankfully, in my opinion).
The voice-over performances (even Mark Hamill’s) are able, in this updated dubbing. The American producers had the good sense to hire Patrick Stewart, who could command respect and lend dignity to a reading of a fast food menu. His Gandalfian character, as well as the theme of a forest exacting revenge for environmental destruction, should be familiar to LOTR fans. Incidental synth music robs the movie of some of its timelessness. DVD extras are scant, but the short interviews with the voice actors are enjoyable.
Am I missing something here? Here's my review:
Pollution has thrown the world out of balance and Nature is restoring equilibrium via toxic spores and giant insects. Meanwhile the few surviving humans live in warring kingdoms that battle one another in retro-futuristic airships and flying wings. Nausicaa is a girl who can ride the wind, communicate with animals, and, hopefully, prevent the kingdoms from bringing about their own destruction.
Thus Miyazaki’s first feature establishes his favorite recurring elements: Our heroine is a teenage princess from a besieged royal family, a pacifist action hero whose most powerful weapon is compassion. Her allies are her protective and adoring soldiers at arms, and a boy from a rival kingdom, won over to her ways. The villains are a collection of arrogant leaders who solve all their problems with violence, and who mean to wage literal war on the environment itself. Other present elements that Miyazaki would return to include the cute animal sidekick, fantastic and morally ambiguous monsters, and Technology and Nature rendered with equal grand-scale lusciousness.
“Nausicaa,” with its bloodless action (in fact, a single drop is shed, with belabored significance), and total lack of sexuality, is child-appropriate. However, Japanese attention spans are apparently longer than ours, and there is no singing crab or teapot to entertain the young ‘uns (thankfully, in my opinion).
The voice-over performances (even Mark Hamill’s) are able, in this updated dubbing. The American producers had the good sense to hire Patrick Stewart, who could command respect and lend dignity to a reading of a fast food menu. His Gandalfian character, as well as the theme of a forest exacting revenge for environmental destruction, should be familiar to LOTR fans. Incidental synth music robs the movie of some of its timelessness. DVD extras are scant, but the short interviews with the voice actors are enjoyable.
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Date: 2005-02-26 06:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-26 06:21 pm (UTC)Trying to reach the Urban Pantheist
Date: 2005-02-26 10:49 pm (UTC)I am an old friend of the Urban Pantheist (and a Netflix user, if that helps). My name is David Rees, but the U.P. knows me as Cal Tech. I am reading from my latest book at Harvard University on Friday, March 4. My wife and I would like to eat dinner with old Boston friends afterwards. You can see my dilemma--I want to break bread with the U.P., but I don't know how to invite him!
Does anyone here know how I can send an email to the U.P.? If so, please contact me at dr@mnftiu.cc.
Thanks.
Best regards,
David Rees
Re: Trying to reach the Urban Pantheist
Date: 2005-02-27 04:14 pm (UTC)Hey Cal, if you read this, within minutes of you posting on my Live Journal, my brother called me to tell me, and Renee emailed Alexis.
For anyone else reading this, if you haven't been already, spend at least an hour at:
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/home.html
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Date: 2005-02-27 01:51 am (UTC)Now that's a movie I'd like to see...
Date: 2005-02-28 04:03 pm (UTC)-Turtle
Re: Now that's a movie I'd like to see...
Date: 2005-02-28 05:25 pm (UTC)His other films are pretty similar (as I allude). The other overtly environmental one is "Princess Mononoke." I bet there's no wait for that on e right now. It's all Japanese Animation, by the way. Not something I care much for, but I like Miyazaki's vision so much, that I put up with the Anime style.
Re: Now that's a movie I'd like to see...
Date: 2005-02-28 05:46 pm (UTC)Nice blog
Date: 2007-12-07 12:06 am (UTC)http://panegold-wmz.net