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Aug 15, 2020 5:32 AM
Ilovetomakestuffup
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tobysinger9010
I accidentally watched it hungover for the first time. Was looking for a cheery ghibli film. Boy was I wrong
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
Someone uploaded the movie to youtube, but, it might not be available where you live... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJLd0FRW_wY
rosshell2718
NaturePhotoesMostly
A wholesome hangovermovie I thought. Luv me sum Ghibli I thought.
Dogstar23
I'm not crying you're crying
QimmiQ2
I am crying
Turbolibros
Rhysers
So it is
dlite0529
I’ll never watch that movie again. It put a hole in my heart
Maxevans27
Just a constaint stead tear rolling down my face while watching this beautiful tragic cinematic master piece.
ShmoeJoeHoe
I just saved this picture and tried it on my phone. It absolutely does. That's crazy.
RagtimeRaver
I was also skeptical and had to adjust the brightness myself.
Colvane
thanks for crushing what little soul this brutally gorgeous movie spared me, OP.
flamingflamingo
I just watched it thanks to this post. It was powerful and I respect the message, but it makes me want to die.
TheyreIllusionsMichael
Yeah. As if it was so cheerful of a flick it needed the adding of darker layers
lenomdeplume
FYI: incendiary bombs aren’t on fire as they are dropped from an aircraft. They ignite on impact with the ground.
creepwood
so these are planes on their way back and the light is something burning close to them?
lenomdeplume
Look, that image isn’t meant to be the lede for a Smithsonian documentary...but no...on the return flight, bombers fly high to avoid flak.
lenomdeplume
Actually, B17’s didn’t “dive bomb”. Weapons were released while at cruise altitude: typically above 25k.
EdmondAlmond
"Almost"
xfr3386
When I was younger I never cried at a movie. Then I had kids and a few deaths in the family and now I'm a bucket of tears about the living.
HedonistBeard
To be fair not everyone cries at deeply emotional things. It's possible OP is one of those rare humans that are actually a vending machine.
yzark
This film didn't get me anywhere close to crying. Yet I cried watching Kung Fu Panda 2. Explain that.
Jonataurus
I wish I could cry more easily when watching a sad movie/game. It feels so good when it happens but it's very rare for me.
IndianJoanna
My aunt has malfunctioning tear ducts so it's a big deal when she cry's, and will rate movies as such. This was a 5 tear movie, that's high.
egaode
Gotta say this movie was not one of those feel good cathartic cries. It was genuinely sad and horrible af.
fiveftninja
what movie?
japh
I don't know if they darkened the left or what, but I've seen original posters and the plane was pretty visible, no brightening required.
PossiblyNotAGoblin
there was box art where it was super dark no idea if intentional though.
awesomecat42
Thanks for reminding me of this movie, now if you don't mind I'm going to go cry in a corner for 20 minutes.
Mylibu
I’ve owned this movie for 20 years and I’ve only been able to watch it once. Though I have loaned it to others to watch. Miyazaki - Genius !
trojaSpaceBandit
No almost for me. This movie wrecked me and that was before I had kids. Can't imagine getting through it now.
Matatatata
That movie crushed my soul
Rhysers
Is it the 1988 one? I haven’t seen it.
TheBreadPrincess
This movie was released at the same time as The Little Mermaid. Japan's children grew up with this, while we got a spoiled fucking mermaid.
theyar
Well, Ponyo is also the Little Mermaid. No need to go overboard.
DigiT00l
They also got Totoro, as a double feature
bienmenso
You think there were children in Japan watching this on VHS on repeat like we watched little mermaid?
flamingflamingo
Or Watership Down.
bienmenso
I wonder if it was actually targeted at children when it came out, that'd be crazy
SmolTenk
Well, considering the kind of movies german children got to watch about the realities of nuclear war, I can believe it. >
SmolTenk
besides it would help emotionally reinforce the guilt mentality Japan is going for.
MrPingouin29
Couldn't find the strength to watch it again.
demosteness
There’s no need to. I’ve only watched it once too. That talks a lot about that movie.
trikucian
Good or bad? I say bad. I know the outcome in Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan and I still rewatch those
demosteness
The grave of the fireflies is by far the best war movie in history. Beyond special FX, performances and all. You feel the war in your heart.
trikucian
Agree to disagree
demosteness
Kinda
MissAizea
I actually found it less jarring and less moving the 2nd viewing, also noticed plot holes and poor writing (but it's dubbed so..?)
trikucian
Being dubbed doesn't matter
trikucian
You don't need to watch this movie more than once. If you know the outcome it loses all suspense and is just a drag
PHCarter
If you google the film 1/4 of the posters have this in PLANE view.
trikucian
Womp womp
yelkcubnwahs
Justgonnabrowsesothisdontmatter
I full on ugly cried for a good 20 minutes after. Probably also due to the fact my curiosity got the better of me and I started reading 1/2
Justgonnabrowsesothisdontmatter
real life accounts more horrifying than the film. Went to a dark place ngl. 10/10 would watch again though
firstandlast85
one of three movies i could only ever watch once
AndBingoWasHisName0
I’ll bite: what are the other two?
firstandlast85
back door sl... oh wrong comment, one was a german movie about an angel and demon in love but god a satan ruined there mortal lives
firstandlast85
the other is corny but its the never ending story. hurt me as a kid who loved horses
QimmiQ2
I was both frightened and sad. The Nothing was the scariest thing ever, and Artax was one of the earliest deaths I can remember
AndBingoWasHisName0
Ha yeah I was going to guess never ending story. Always that movie.
IsupposeIam
That movie was rough, im a stoic guy but I didn't stand a chance. He knew what he was doing when he drew that.
iamwang
The script was also pretty dumb. He chose to let his sister starve over some humility towards his new guardians.
demosteness
It’s not the movie that’s rough, it’s war.
KrondorMocker
TheToofFairy
I don’t know why I watched this 3 times... it becomes even more harrowing because you know what’s coming.
CharlesPerrault1987
I bawled my eyes out. Haven't cried like that in decades.
tankms
It also roughly based on true events
DigiT00l
It is an adaptation of an autobiography
GurdleSnoof
What actually happened was even worse. Author softened his stand in character (the brother).
DigiT00l
Survivor's guilt is a bitch
3RsReadingRitingRithmatic
Id also suggest "In this Corner of the World" different perspective of life during WW2. It is also rough, but still fantastic.
Hobbes777
Best movie I’ve ever seen, that I never wanna watch again.
somnif
My first semester of college, dorm-mate asked me to recommend some anime. I said this. He then proceeded to watch it with his folks
somnif
He said he, his mom and dad, and his sister, were all bawling their eyes out. Turns out he didn't look it up before watching it with them.
011100000110100101100101
https://youtu.be/oajGshucmD4
kkanne20
None of us stood a chance watching that shit
GiantAsteroid2021
Don’t even attempt Sadako & 1000 paper cranes.
iTakeHourLongShits
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sheanar
I read that book in school. It'll get ya. Thank you for reminding me, i need to reread it.
ComcastLover
I thought the movie kind of sucked. I have learned I'm not allowed to think that though.
Smigions
You are allowed to think whatever you want.
T0go
just not allowed to expect validation for everything you say
Richter12x2
This. What you SHOULD learn is that you can expect downvotes for an unpopular opinion. Especially after being shown the first time.
ConfusedNightOwl
You are allowed, sharing thoughts/opinion is normal, just don't make it disrespectful.
demosteness
May I ask how old are you and why you think that movie sucks?
ComcastLover
I'm 32. I think it was slow and boring. Felt like such an obvious attempt to tug at the heart strings that it gave me the opposite effect.
demosteness
It’s strange. Maybe you watched it not in the best moment for you. For me it is the best movie to understand why war is not cool.
ComcastLover
Everyone has different taste I guess.
UpvoteGenerator
You could possible be on the antisocial peronality spectrum
ComcastLover
That is quite the assumption to make about me because I didn't care for a movie you like.
Richter12x2
I don't disagree. That recent British war movie about waiting on boats hit me the same way. Like, I get it, but it's not entertainment.
ComcastLover
You mean Dunkirk? I had a great laugh at the way they treated George. "George! Get the tea!" its so fucked up it made me laugh.
pennetteAlfredoIsNotAnItalianDish
Never heard of this. Googled it, and the plot alone makes me cry. Thx, I'll pass.
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
Youtube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJLd0FRW_wY
DigiT00l
In the film the boy dies, that is the only fictional part of the film
Robowitz
Yet not very fictional at all. This is a real photo from after the firebombing. https://miro.medium.com/max/419/1*4deT89ADkYePUC_pjUZTPA.png
DigiT00l
He wished he died, which is why in the book he does
Robowitz
TLDR: Boy takes dead brother to be cremated after bombing https://medium.com/@izana/the-hidden-story-what-is-not-in-the-picture-6fe14005302a
Ximinipot
Iron Giant. That is all.
Algebraicrhombus
Su-per--MAN
Batmannequin
SUUPERMAAAN
flamingflamingo
Iron Giant at least had happy elements to it. It brings a family together. This film is just "everyone was sad, and then they died, the end"
DigiT00l
This is a story of someone who genuinely beliefs he killed his sister due to his selfishness, the man wrote an autobiography detailing his
DigiT00l
Guolt at surviving a horrible war when almost none of his family did
themagiciantarotcard
The Iron Giant survives. The Iron Giant also wasn't based on a true story.
DirtyChewbaccaDude
Love it. Plague dogs was devastating.
feyrismeow
MarukuStriker
TheAngryMarineBiologist
'When the Wind Blows' is still the worst IMO
ionicseraph
Iron Giant is the greatest Superman movie
Algebraicrhombus
A true son of Krypton.
demosteness
No
SmolTenk
Never finished. Tried to watch it when I was 14. Suitable for audiences aged 6 and above my ass.
3P3references
I... Honestly didn't really get it. It was 2 hours of not a goddamn thing happening.
SmolTenk
Just a kid starving to death and a boy fighting with all his might to survive... and failing.
trikucian
Yeah, just sad and depressing all the way through. I get the point of the art, but I never want to watch it again
ImSupposedToBeWorkingRightNow
Yeah, I absolutely love the movie, but I never WANT to watch it. But it's an important view of loss of innocent civilian life due to war.
trikucian
I agree with that. Important piece of art, not enjoyable in the least.
ZeroaFFXIV
Me and my girlfriend watched it together and had to immediately watch Ponyo and Totoro afterwards. We were 29.
HedonistBeard
Should be 6 and below. Once you're old enough to understand what's going on you're fucked.
NOINOON
Yea, tried to watch it 15 years ago. Still waiting for strength to finish. I'm 44...
StonesOnTheHill
It was pretty much made to make kids feel like shit, so I think it did it's job perfectly in your case.
CreepyPhlox
I watched many of the studio ghibli movies with my son around that age. Neither of us made it through any of them without tears.
trikucian
I don't blame you, it only goes from bad to worse
BuckyBawllz
The girl in the movie is younger than sex and some people who lived through it were too. The movie wasn't gory inappropriate just real
BuckyBawllz
Warning not to glorify war
Zyrixion
Took japanese in high school, we watched this in year 1 of the class (my sophomore year). Fuckin shook everyone.
ASpookyWhisper
I was even younger when I watched Barefoot Gen. I'm 34 now and don't dare to watch this one.
ChaseRedMoon
Barefoot gen is somehow more light hearted. Let that sink in
ToastedVanilla
I watched both and don't agree. Barefoot Gen is based on real events and GotF is somewhat alligoritcal. Besides, that explosion scene, wow..
ChaseRedMoon
I said that because there are actually light hearted sequences in Gen. GoTF is played straight and is pure heart hurt
WuntchtimeIsOver
Right?? I watch it with my family while still at school and it traumatised all of us
sumowoman
People watch this and still think war is cool.
ToastedVanilla
I hope you mean like fictional movie war, because absolutely no one thinks war is cool. Not the soldiers nor the civilians who go through it
sumowoman
Sadly there are war mongering people in every culture and nation.
Marauder27
Privileged enough to not know the true really of war
demosteness
Your comment is the best comment ever in Imgur. War is infinitely worse than death. Everyone must watch this movie.
makeSX
I think its a cultural thing. Different cultures see things different things in different light. For example in the US culture it is often->
makeSX
Potrait that radiation causes super powers, where as in Japanese culture it causes monters, or in northern europe it just causes death..
Greenfootdragon
I was 26 and had been through the invasion of Iraq. Didn't even make it through the first scene. Possibly because of Iraq.
SmolTenk
Yeah, I can imagine that that would wake some bad memories. Then again, you dont need a movie to teach you about the reality of war, eh?
TheClaw3000
But how I know if I'm aged above your ass?
SmolTenk
Taste.
TheClaw3000
tybbiesniffer
I have not nor will I ever watch it. I know it will make me sad and that's all I need to know.
swampwitch116
Definitely helps get a good cry out, it's healthy every once in a while.
SmolTenk
I will, at some point. I feel like its kinda like visiting a concentration camp, it wont be pleasant but it feels neccessary.
jenniii
Grave of the fireflies is the movie title ? Is it studio Ghibli?
demosteness
Watching that movie will make you a better person.
akaayx
Yes and yes
somnif
Yes, and it is absolutely soul rendingly, heart breakingly, awful to watch. And you absolutely should. Just, ya know, bring tissue.
flamingflamingo
I'm stationed on a military base. Was watching this as I heard the morning colors. Fitting that this movie was interrupted by the anthem.
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
Yes, Studio Ghibli. And although all Ghibli movies are available to watch on Netflix in the UK and various other parts of the world...
flamingflamingo
It's on Hulu.
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
...(except US) Grave's is not there, apparently Studio Ghibli no longer own the movie. Someone has uploaded the whole movie to youtube...
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
...though, but it might not be available depending on where you live... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJLd0FRW_wY
DigiT00l
All others are there, including Nausica and Lupin III
Mintie890
I believe Disney own the Distribution rights in the US.. But it does not cover the Streaming services.
DigiT00l
This one is the sole exception
jenniii
Ill probably just torrent it! I just got into studio Ghibli/anime movies so I'm always happy for recommendations. Thank you!!
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
I don't mean to be rude but I clicked on your posts and I found pictures of a pretty girl living in Canada, the good news is, all (exsept...
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
...graves) 20 Ghibli movies are available to watch on Netflix Canada!!! I bought about eight of the Ghibli movies on Blu-Ray so Netflix is..
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
...is a bargain of a deal to watch all of them. You can tweak the audio settings and watch the movies in English dub or original Japanese...
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
Ponyo is my favourite! And if you are watching on Netflix, you can change the audio and view it in the original Japanese with english...
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
...subtitles. Thats one benefit of DVD's/Blu-Rays, but I sold all my discs a while back. If it works where you live, you might be able to...
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
...watch Graves here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJLd0FRW_wY
jenniii
I actually just watched it recently it's sooo cute and ofc I watched it in Japanese with subs ! Also ty for the compliment lol :)
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
No worries, I live to help! But right now I'm in desperate need of a map, because I keep getting lost in your eyes.
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
...subtitles, I like to watch the same movie in both versions. Ponyo is my favourite. So Netflix is well worth getting if you haven't...
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
...subscribed already. Another great movie available only on Netflix is 'First They Killed My Father' which is Angelina Jolie's movie...
Noappi
While it’s a fictional story, so many children went and still go through similar abs also much worse. I love this film but I cry every time
darkjedi70
"Every time"?! You've managed to watch it more than once?
DigiT00l
It is not
jennevieth
It's based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka. The only thing different is that he survived
Grillparzer
The fictional element in the story is that the boy lived after being found in the train station. He wrote the book the movie is based on.
Noappi
Regardless of the source, the sentiment that there are children experiencing similar and worse things still stands
Grillparzer
Sorry, the fiction is that the boy died. Akiyuki Nosaka was the author. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies_(short_story)
Noappi
I didn’t know it was based on an autobiography though. Would you recommend reading it?
Grillparzer
I haven't found an English translation. It might have translated been for other languages however.
DJLM00
I thought the boy died? Because the guard who finds him yeets his little tin can away and leaves him there. If my memory is correct
cenfou2tout
Yes, in the film. That's the fictional part of the film.
HedonistBeard
Yes, that's the fiction. In reality he lived, and wrote a book, which they made into a movie where he died like he wished he had.
DJLM00
Oh shit, well thank you for informing me, after watching the film I didn’t really want much to do with it so I didn’t know.
Grillparzer
Understood. I told a friend it was the most beautiful movie someone could watch only once.
uslydog
I watched english dubbed version of this movie and who ever dubbed that little girl's voice did a horrible job.
WoefulWombat
It was atrocious.
HypoMix
Yes ruined it for me to "pwese hewp me open dis can so ai can have swwets pweze?" just get a 5 year old to do the dub!
sophiadalke
What uncultured boor watches dubs?
uslydog
ha. it was online for free.
awesomecat42
I do, I have dyslexia and ADHD so it's nearly impossible for me to watch the movie and read the subs at the same time.
bazoopers
just use a text to speech program to read the subtitles out lout for you, duh.
somnif
Most Ghibli flicks have fantastic dubs. Hell I'd say the dub of Howls Moving Castle is better than the japanese voice cast's acting
pbubs
The blind
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
A lot of people. What type of maniac reads a visual medium?
MeanMisterClean
/s?
MeanMisterClean
Quite roughly put: anyone who doesn't speak english? That's a lot of people, btw.
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
There's dubs in tons of languages.
MeanMisterClean
That's why I said roughly put. If you're from Europe for example, you gonna have to read unless you're english, german, maybe french/spanish
MeanMisterClean
I can't defend my point because of the character limit, but it's a fact that only/mostly Americans have a problem with reading subtitles.