i forced my niece to wait/put off Grave of the Fireflies for as long as possible before watching it.

i warned her it was a tough outing. amazingly, she loves it, though she said she doubts she would want to sit through it again, knowing just how tough it is.

that's a caveat of GREAT filmmaking; you risk losing an audience because it is just THAT good, or is that powerful.

 

I've managed to gain myself a copy of Arrietty on Blu-ray during my trip in Liverpool last week.  

 

Big fan of Miyazaki. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is my all time favorite followed by Castle of Cagliostro and Laupta. But I've yet to see one I don't like.

 

yesterday was the last day, and I got to see all the movies i wanted overall outside of one, The secret of arrietty, and we missed it because it sold out before the festival even began  

so we saw Castle in the Sky, which was subbed, which of course was a good movie

Then instead of Arrietty, we saw Porco Rosso. My god, that movie is hilarious, seriously, that movie was a blast! so glad i saw it instead of arrietty

then there is the final movie, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Good God that movie is amazing, it is EASILY my favorite Miyazaki film. Must buy it on blu-ray. It is easily one of my favorite pieces of animation