Just a quick correction to the OP - the Edinburgh screening is on the 21st October. I won't be able to go, as it's too late in the evening for me to get back home for work the next day D:
Not many elaborate impressions 'per se', but I liked how it made Bobby Rubio to purchase SUMMER WARS immediately after:Great news about the Pixar screening. I wonder what they thought of it. Hosoda building a bond with a big American studio like Pixar can only mean good things, even if it's just a creative exchange between peers.
http://twitter.com/Bobby_Rubio/status/243223405623652353Twitter / Bobby_Rubio: Just saw "The Wolf Children ... said:Just saw "The Wolf Children and Yuki" and met Director, Mamoru Hosada! It was awesome! http://instagr.am/p/PLq8orraGG/
http://twitter.com/Bobby_Rubio/status/244997909416914944Twitter / Bobby_Rubio: Chilling with a bottle of #Ramune ... said:Chilling with a bottle of #Ramune , about to watch #SummerWars What??!!! http://instagr.am/p/PYR4MlLaC_/
http://twitter.com/Bobby_Rubio/status/245039031153471488Twitter / Bobby_Rubio: Summer Wars was aight. I liked ... said:Summer Wars was aight. I liked The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki better. But there is some strong visuals in Summer Wars and great animation!
This was really good. I found Hosoda's last two films to be good, but overhyped (especially Summer Wars, which was a film of great parts but a narrative mess), but I have to admit he's the real deal.
The detail in the observation of daily life is wonderful, from the background figures in the city scenes to the way Hana observes her children playing.
Was pleasantly surprised to find that the music was by Takagi Masakatsu. His first score? I've thought for a while that his music is very cinematic.
Two things that bugged me.
Hosoda spends a lot of time developing the subplot of Hana's interactions with the neighbouring farmers, especially the old man, only for it to go nowhere. Granted, it doesn't really need to, and the material is lovely, but it's verging on wasted screentime, given some of the film's omissions.
Speaking of which, the lack of pay-off to the relationship between Ame and Yuki was a huge letdown. We watch the children play together, go through life's early steps together, Yuki sticking up for Ame at school, and then ultimately he leaves without saying goodbye. As I recall, their final scene together is the fight, which ends miserably. It feels very wrong to close out this aspect of the film in such a bitter way. Some hint of forgiveness and acceptance at the end would not only have added more emotional satisfaction to the piece, but also would have been more in keeping with the love for each other that the siblings held.
Fair point. I don't know, I guess I'd just like to see maybe a glimpse of her interacting with the villagers at the end to tie it back in?I really don't think all that development goes "nowhere" at all. It's extremely important to establish that Hana has managed to settle into the countryside community, and that she has other people to talk to and help her out when she needs to. Why? Because the film essentially ends with both her children moving on. She continues to stay behind on her own, so that development is essentially the difference between a happier or a much lonelier "ever after" for her as a character.
The other point is pretty interesting, and I hadn't really thought of it that way. It's true that their relationship never really fully recovered, but perhaps there is no way for it to really repair itself in a satisfying or realistic way. Once they had both reached a point where they were set on their paths in life, I think it would be hard to show any sort of compromise without making it feel particularly forced for a happier sort of conclusion. That's not to say they won't meet up again some day in the future and make up, but they're still rather young, and at this point the important thing for both of them was clearly to find their own way to stick by it to take that first step into independence.
WHAT.Film is debuting in Hawaii for the USA region. If anyone has news about when it comes to theatres here please let me know!
It's one thing to talk about a happier sort of conclusion, but what we have is a downright miserable conclusion to that relationship.
There hadn't really been a hint at trouble in Ame and Yuki's relationship until that scene, and it's hard for me to believe that it would push them to a point where no forgiveness and understanding was possible. Brothers and sisters fight. Then they forgive each other and move on. Sometimes they have disagreements about the way the other chooses to live their life, but it comes from a sense of care, not spite. Even when they feel frustration about not being able to get through to one other, they go on loving each other. That's the reality of family life. Depicting it would also have been more dramatically interesting than what we got.
It's bizarre to me that Hosoda and Okudera missed this, because the film is otherwise great at capturing family dynamics.
Perhaps I should watch his earlier work, but I really don't understand the hype behind this guy after TGWLTT and Summer Wars. He hasn't been around for 20+ years like any of the old guard, which is an apparent plus. This looks alright, I guess.
Pfft, but he's one of the main reasons your favourite anime series of all time was good.Perhaps I should watch his earlier work, but I really don't understand the hype behind this guy after TGWLTT and Summer Wars. He hasn't been around for 20+ years like any of the old guard, which is an apparent plus. This looks alright, I guess.
Perhaps I should watch his earlier work, but I really don't understand the hype behind this guy after TGWLTT and Summer Wars. He hasn't been around for 20+ years like any of the old guard, which is an apparent plus. This looks alright, I guess.
Pfft, but he's one of the main reasons your favourite anime series of all time was good.
And for the record, I think there's a very good chance you'd enjoy Wolf Children even if you didn't think much of his previous two movies.
Make up your own trolls. Don't steal them from 7th.Pfft, but he's one of the main reasons your favourite anime series of all time was good.
Sounds like denial.My girlfriend liked it, but I wasnt impressed. There were some great bits in it, but not enough to win me over on the whole.
I could not stop thinking OMG furries!
People are desperate to hail some sort of New Master now that Miyazaki and Takahata are winding down. After watching Arrietty and From Up on Poppy Hill, I have to say that Hosoda seems to fit the bill more than anyone from Ghibli.Perhaps I should watch his earlier work, but I really don't understand the hype behind this guy after TGWLTT and Summer Wars. He hasn't been around for 20+ years like any of the old guard, which is an apparent plus. This looks alright, I guess.
Watch Digimon movie 1Perhaps I should watch his earlier work, but I really don't understand the hype behind this guy after TGWLTT and Summer Wars. He hasn't been around for 20+ years like any of the old guard, which is an apparent plus. This looks alright, I guess.
Really?I could not stop thinking OMG furries!
People are desperate to hail some sort of New Master now that Miyazaki and Takahata are winding down. After watching Arrietty and From Up on Poppy Hill, I have to say that Hosoda seems to fit the bill more than anyone from Ghibli.
It premiers next week at the NYC Children's Film Festival! Hosada himself will be there!Is this out in the US yet? I've been dying to see it.
Apparently, the fact that Pixar found it worthwhile enough to invite Mamoru Hosoda to the U.S. in September for a company-only screening and Q&A at Pixar, or something.What is "Pixar approved" referring to?
anybody else things the 2 people at the beginning scene of the show? the flowerbed scene areame and yuki instead of hana and her husband? i mean the narration did start with yuki
it just bothers me thinking those 2 might never meet ame again ; ;
Fans of Mamoru Hosoda's Wolf Children film are signing up to save an old home in Kamiichi, Toyoma that is falling into disrepair. The house inspired the home of the film's heroine Hana and her children.
The house is now owned by elderly couple Yoriko Yamazaki, 65, and her 71-year-old husband, Masami. The house was routinely used as a rest stop for climbers, but the couple found that maintaining the home as they aged was becoming more difficult.
Currently the house requires 200,000 to 300,000 yen (about US$2,100-US$3,200) just to remove the snow off the roof each year. However, the home garnered the attention of fans after Hosoda's film premiered, and thousands have made the pilgrimage to visit "Okami kodomo no Hana no ie" (Hana's house from Wolf Children).
One particular visitor, Hidenori Kawabata, took it upon himself to organize a fan effort to preserve the home. 217 people throughout Japan have registered thus far, and interested supporters can add themselves to the list at the house's official website.
So uh, when is this being released in English on blu ray? Funimations site isn't very helpful......