Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:08 am
Millenium Actress had me on the verge of tears almost from start to finish. It was the desperation of the main character and how close she kept coming... And then the inevitable years that passed and the sad truth she didn't know. And it even had an uplifting ending; not "happy" happy and not depressing either, but just a natural and peaceful one. The film had everything I ever need or want to see in the perfect film. The visuals can move you to the core.
After that I'd say Ghost in the Shell (like a lot of people), that felt moving as though it were your own spiritual journey. At least, to a fifteen year old me at the time it perfectly encapsulated the mindset I was in at the time and everything that I was yearning for... it gave it words and images and a mood, and therefore that affected me very deeply and moved me. I expect that is what Evangelion is doing for others...
Goshogun the Time Etranger is a little bit basic compared to those, but that moved me so much with it's message of being strong, maintaining hope, fighting to have the strength within yourself to... well... be something grand- a person who defines their own rules and fate. And it had such a touching warmth to it too, the way the main character looks at her friends, looks at her life... Remy is so inspiring as a heroine- what she does get to do is largely symbolic, but it's her attitude. She was the most, "never say die" character that I ever encountered. And the musical score is really rousing. Watch the older English dub- her French accent is so cool and full of personality.
Oh yeah, also Boogiepop Phantom was something I found strangely moving. It was full of messed up people and could be really weird (why did they have to chose neon-coloured spiders for the boy to keep munching down on?), but it had a certain understanding of people to it, unsentimental but warm. A bit like Lain, but maybe more "real" somehow. It surprised me occassionally with it's judgement of some of the characters (what they had to say about the poor girl who was trying to become Paneru was incredibly harsh and brutal), but it made me think a lot about myself and question what "living a good existence" is in a different way from normal.
And you may have known I was going to say this, but I think that there's at least one or two episodes of Sailor Moon that really make me get a bit choked-up... The death of Nephrite in the first season was just sooo sad. I still want to cry if I watch it- "But you promised! You promised we'd go and eat chocolate parfait together!" Poor, poor girl... It's the expressions on the senshi's faces as they watch on that really do it to me tough. Can you just imagine? All the little girls who watched that when it first aired must have been inconsolable, and probably went off to school really depressed...
After that I'd say Ghost in the Shell (like a lot of people), that felt moving as though it were your own spiritual journey. At least, to a fifteen year old me at the time it perfectly encapsulated the mindset I was in at the time and everything that I was yearning for... it gave it words and images and a mood, and therefore that affected me very deeply and moved me. I expect that is what Evangelion is doing for others...
Goshogun the Time Etranger is a little bit basic compared to those, but that moved me so much with it's message of being strong, maintaining hope, fighting to have the strength within yourself to... well... be something grand- a person who defines their own rules and fate. And it had such a touching warmth to it too, the way the main character looks at her friends, looks at her life... Remy is so inspiring as a heroine- what she does get to do is largely symbolic, but it's her attitude. She was the most, "never say die" character that I ever encountered. And the musical score is really rousing. Watch the older English dub- her French accent is so cool and full of personality.
Oh yeah, also Boogiepop Phantom was something I found strangely moving. It was full of messed up people and could be really weird (why did they have to chose neon-coloured spiders for the boy to keep munching down on?), but it had a certain understanding of people to it, unsentimental but warm. A bit like Lain, but maybe more "real" somehow. It surprised me occassionally with it's judgement of some of the characters (what they had to say about the poor girl who was trying to become Paneru was incredibly harsh and brutal), but it made me think a lot about myself and question what "living a good existence" is in a different way from normal.
And you may have known I was going to say this, but I think that there's at least one or two episodes of Sailor Moon that really make me get a bit choked-up... The death of Nephrite in the first season was just sooo sad. I still want to cry if I watch it- "But you promised! You promised we'd go and eat chocolate parfait together!" Poor, poor girl... It's the expressions on the senshi's faces as they watch on that really do it to me tough. Can you just imagine? All the little girls who watched that when it first aired must have been inconsolable, and probably went off to school really depressed...