What made you a Studio Ghibli Fan?

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The Ghost of RubangB said:

Boutros said:

saicho said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

Tonari no Totoro.

 

This. So many years later, I was told it was all a dream. I still have a hard time accepting it!

re: Shrek 2 and Kung Fu Panda

They are not bad (and Kung Fu Panda is so boring for me) but please don't compare them to Up or Wall-E. The weakest link of Pixar movies would be Cars I guess. I have to admit that How to Train Your Dragon is better than all three of them though.

I would go as far as saying that even the first Shrek is better than Wall-E and Up.

You crazy man.

Shrek never gave me a reason to care about any of its characters.  They were all wacky comedy fairy tale characters, and all one-dimensional.  I got to watch WALL-E and the old guy from Up learn and change and grow, until they reached an understanding about the true meaning of love and friendship.  I know Shrek was supposed to learn the same stuff too, but I didn't care about the characters.  And "it's okay to be ugly" isn't as epic of a lesson as "letting go of the past," or "breaking out of your routine."  Pixar owns awesome morals for all ages.

Shrek is perhaps not as deep emotionally speaking as Wall-E or Up but it's twice smarter and ten times funnier. You don't need a good morale or an amazing cast of characters to make a good movie.

And the morales are actually what made Wall-E and Up the weakest Pixar movies. They simply tried too hard and it shows especially in Wall-E.