The Wind Rises

I had such an amazing time watching this on a big screen. I think this movie is a perfect film. It’s so beautifully about the act of creation. Obviously Miyazaki is giving us insight into his creative process. For a while this was Miyazaki’s final film and it really sings as his swan song. I’m more than happy that he’s back. The boy and the heron is my most anticipated movie for the year. I just know it’s gonna be another 10/10. The hand drawn animation in this movie is phenomenal. There are so many intricately done moments. They don’t make movies like this anymore. It’s always a 3D base to animation now so to see something totally done in 2D animation is incredibly refreshing. To me this movie does what Oppenheimer was trying to do perfectly. I really did get the sense that Jiro had pure intentions. He really did just want to create beautiful airplanes. The story between Nahoko and Jiro was just so perfect and cute. It’s funny Emily Blunt is voicing his wife here as well as playing Oppenheimer’s wife. The ending always makes me tear up. I absolutely fucking adore this movie. Miyazaki coulda ended his filmography here and it woulda been perfect.  P.S. there was this old lady sitting next to me and she wouldn’t stop farting. It got so consistent that the person she went with had to ask her to stop. This was after my edibles hit and I had a mini laugh attack. She would toot her boot like every 5 minutes. Like she didn’t have to hold her shit in she shoulda just gone to the bathroom lmao.  P.P.S right when the movie ended Tanner turned to me and said, man I couldn’t really get I to the romantic scenes because Jiro was so much older than Nahoko. That shit annoyed the fuck out of me. How is that the one thing you take awake from this beautiful movie. He then went on to tell me how it bothers him that “in anime they are always getting with younger girls, it’s never older women” 1. They met during the earthquake in the 20s and they don’t meet again for like 20 year till WWII. 2. Nahoko is pretty much made up for the movie so just go with the story. This was like someone trying to make me explain why Chihiro works at a bathhouse in Spirited Away. I think the real question is why their brains would go to such a weird dark place during this adorable kids movie.  That shit just really annoyed me. Out of everything in this movie you thought Jiro was creepy for getting with Nahoko? We must’ve watched different movies cause I was over here balling up during their wedding.