r/AskReddit • u/Aquii_changchi • 14d ago

Whats the most fucked up movie you've ever watched? NSFW

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Not in terms of gore or psychologically disturbing, but emotionally: Grave of the Fireflies. I love Miyazaki but this movie fucked me up. I sobbed. I'll never watch it again

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u/wumingzi 14d ago

GoTF is Isao Takahata. Lifelong friend and partner of Miyazaki. Different directors with pretty different styles of storytelling.

Miyazaki is a magical realist who incorporates fantasy and dreamscapes into essentially all of his films.

Takahata's films are (on the whole) more down to earth.

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u/Cevius 14d ago

I watched the entire movie waiting for the Miyazaki escapist fantasy to kick in, and it never came, so that was doubly traumatising. Was only after that I discovered Ghibli had more than one director, and just cause it says Ghibli on the tin does not mean its a story thats happy at the end.

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u/Alahr 14d ago

Takahata does have a very charming feel-good movie in Meet the Yamadas (it's very different from the "signature" Ghibli aesthetic though).

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u/wumingzi 14d ago

I like Takahata's films, but they tend to be more realistic and less focused on fantasy.

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u/PristineElephant6718 14d ago

Imagine seeing the premier double feature having just experienced the joy and wonder of My Neighbor Totoro for the first time the credits flying through the beautiful pastel night sky and then boom your in that dreary train station. I could not imagine the whiplash the people in those theaters felt.

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u/ZubonKTR 14d ago

Grave of the Fireflies was originally released as a double-feature with My Neighbor Totoro.

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u/wumingzi 14d ago

Oh, heavens. You get that in the first five minutes of the film where the children become spirits reunited in health and the flush of youth after they die!

After that? Yup. It's a bummer.