Finally conquered my lifelong fear of watching this all the way through after witnessing the first third of the movie as a 9 year old and getting a life-altering fear of dark forests for years afterwards.
Good movie! And a great lesson in lighting nighttime forest shots.
Shot on 16mm and looked amazing!
Best part of the Blu-ray rewatch was the bonus featurette of Hayao immediately roasting the movie after the initial Ghibli crew screening and the crash zoom in on Goro looking defeated.
Dub this time! Robert Pattinson Batman voice walked so Robert Pattinson Heron voice could run
I really liked this movie! The acting was strong and the production design, hair & makeup and wardrobe captured 2008 so well!
I want to focus on the part that really hit home for me: the screen graphics.
As someone who was a terminally online teen after school in 2008 AND as someone who does film screen graphics/playback for work - this movie nails it.
The online portions of the movie felt more realistic and accurate than any other movie I've…
