I haven’t rewatched this film, three years on, until now because even the soundtrack would cause me to tear up.
I’m so glad I rewatched Princess Kaguya. It is one of the most profound movies I have ever seen, and watching it for the first time I didn’t realize what I was witnessing until it was almost too late. This time, knowing where the plot was leading, I was hit harder by the scene in the beginning where her father…
I left the theater and all I could say was "I don't know what to say," and I still don't really know how to categorize this movie, as I don't think it feels right to say "I enjoyed it" or anything similar. However, it's clear the film is a masterpiece.
While a lot of it was difficult to watch due to the content, the entire movie was cinematographically gorgeous. My favorite element was that all human movements felt like choreographies,…
Eugenics Jesus, Worm Cowboy
While visually spectacular and obviously with a fantastic foundational source material, I take issues with several things in this movie (as I did with the first movie):
1. The dialogue is incredibly cringey for a movie that takes itself so seriously. There must be 100s of worse romcoms that use the phrase “don’t look at me like that” in a silly montage training scene
2. The fading scene transitions felt very Star Wars or mummy which…
