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Summary: Amazing, Breath Taking, and Heart Wrenching
Review: This is one of the most amazing films I have ever seen. Now, I was reading some of the reviews of this movie on IMDb and someone brought up how it tends to glorify the Japanese envolvment in the war. I totally disagree. Anyone who has seen this, and has not noticed how the country turned its back on these two children because it was to wrapped up in its honor will agree that this movie glorifies no one. Everyone is the villian here. Japan, America, Britain, and just war in general. No one is held up, instead, everyone is ripped apart, and shown for who they really are during times of war. Truelly amazing, and heart felt.
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Summary: An amazing piece, one of Miyazaki's greateset!
Review: Miyazaki enthusiasts all know that the films usually deliver a message, however rarely is the message so gripping. The movie begins in a Japanese city during WWII. The city is firebombed by the Americans and a young boy and his sister are left without family. The film follows the two throughout their life following the destruction of their home.
Througout this journey they bear hardships and recieve no sympathy from their countrymen. They are constantly in need of help, yet it is not forthcoming from neither the citizens, nor their own relatives! This film depicts the sad truth of war sharply and should be watched by everyone.
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Summary: Hand me a tissue box please...
Review: This movie never ceases to amaze me. Grave of the Fireflies is the story of a young boy named Seita and his little sister Setsuko as they go through life post WWII. I cry every time I watch it. I mean, watching a little sick girl tell her big brother that she will take care him and he can have her share of food...only a heartless [person] would find that funny. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes anime, history, drama, or something that will tug at your heartstrings. Heck, I recommend it to every living thing! Go watch it and when your done go order some fruit drops off ebay and hug a stuffed animal, you'll need to.
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Summary: One of the greatest anti-war statements in film history
Review: While much has been said about this movie and its universal themes of human suffering at the hands of other humans, I would like to add that it can serve as an invaluable aide to supplement a young adult's history lessons. No one, unless he/she is completely insensitive to human suffering, will walk away from this film without being moved in a deep and meaningful manner. Please do not be dissuaded by its sad theme. Be bold! Be brave! Dive into your emotions! You owe it to yourself, and to the young people you influence, to learn about the horrors of war and of human brutality. Allow this story to make a meaningful impact on your personal philosophy.
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Summary: most depressing & gravest cartoon feature-lenght in all !
Review: "Grave of the fireflies", the cartoon feature-lenght movie is certainly THE MOST DEPRESSING MOVIE IN ALL OF CARTOONS, and certainly one of the most depressing in all of the movies made, if not the most of them all. The story is about, with a setting during WW2 where the leads a boy and his younger sister fleeing, seeking shelter from the atrocity of war, trying to make ends meet & hoping the war soon end before they run out of alternatives. Although the plot or the story element is suspenseful and dramatic, the high point of the movie, in my opinion, is the interplay of the scenes between the two siblings.The movie is painful to watch & provocative esp. when the 2 siblings are shown interacting like cummunicating, making ends meet,the boy caring for his little sister, the tender moments, when they are hoping and wishing, etc.In my opinion, Grave of the fireflies is the darkest, gravest, brutal, & and most painful when all these elements are put together, in a one movie ! Highly recommended. But be warned, the film is not easy to watch but still, good to own.
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Summary: Grave of the Fireflies
Review: In World War II American Bombers Destroy a small Japanese Village and the children Seita and his young sister Setsuko escapes into safety but their mother is not so lucky, she dies and with their father in the royal navy and at war Seita have to watch out for Setsuko.
There is a very humane and Beautifull relationship between them, althought their mother is dead Seita hides the truth from Setsuko. They both need eachother when dramatic events happen. In a beat down japan there is noone that seems to care about the children, overshadowed by selfishness they think only of themselfs. As Seita and Setsuko strife in order to survive their fate is sealed long ago. This has to be the sadest film ever, what war does to peoples lifes and how it breaks the innocence of Seita and Setsuko.
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Summary: Top notch, must see film!
Review: Not many folks know this but "Grave of the Fireflies" is actually based on a real man's experience in WWII. This is probably the saddest anime and maybe also one of the saddest films ever made. See it even if you don't like cartoons. No words can explain how the movie is until they watch it for themselves.
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Summary: Your heart will break. Transcends anime.
Review: It's incredible. If this had been an american live-action film it would have won an Academy Award without any competition. Completely transcends anime and by right it belongs in the pantheon of great dramas. Nothing better captures the heartbreak of the Nipponese during the Second World War, when agressive nationalisim swept the nation and left nothing but ruin behind. This story needed to be told.
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Summary: One of the hardest films I've ever watched.
Review: I've never felt like crying when I've watched any movie, but this movie was so disturbingly sad I had to stop the dvd a few times just to think about what I was seeing. On the surface it looks like a "kiddie" Disney film. When you read the plot, it seems like anti-American propaganda. It is neither and little does the viewer know whats in store for them. I can only think about all the war movies ever made in history and how almost all have failed to match the portrayal of lost innocence and tragedy that this mere "cartoon" has. The film shows the final days in the lives of 2 orphans who tries to cling on to their own innocence, diginity, humanity and lives while becoming lost in a uncaring world of war, destruction and the indifference of their own fellow man. In the face of death they were their own, and only witnesses.
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Summary: If This Doesn't Make You Cry, You Have No Heart !!
Review: The innocence of children lost in a tragic war. It's based on the autobiography of a writer and his childhood war memoir. The good part about this feature is that it doesn't try to place the blame on America. It keeps politics out of the movie altogether. War is war, and war is destructive. It could happen to anyone, and does every day. Interesting how this movie was a double feature with "My Neighbor Totoro" when they first came out in Japanese movie theaters.
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