Re:Watching 'Spirited Away' again, and again
by polishdude20 on Thursday September 22, 2022 @04:57AM
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I think a big life lesson I learned as an adult is how disfunctional all adults are. Or at least, how less functional they are than I thought as a kid. I'm also not excluding myself :)
Re:Watching 'Spirited Away' again, and again
by MisterTea on Thursday September 22, 2022 @07:58AM
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> I think a big life lesson I learned as an adult is how disfunctional all adults are.
I look at it this way: many adults are still kids.
Re:Watching 'Spirited Away' again, and again
by ASalazarMX on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:22AM
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I have almost the same take, except for me many adults are mentally stuck in their teens.
Re:Watching 'Spirited Away' again, and again
by Aeolun on Thursday September 22, 2022 @06:41AM
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It is very good that kids make different things the most important focus of their life.
Re:Watching 'Spirited Away' again, and again
by BigHatLogan on Thursday September 22, 2022 @04:23AM
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Fantastic. I haven't seen Neon Genesis, but this is how I feel about The Godfather. Every few years I rewatch the film, and different aspects of it stand out to me. I agree with you that I think this is one of the hallmarks of something good.
Re:Watching 'Spirited Away' again, and again
by finikytou on Thursday September 22, 2022 @06:52AM
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totally agree. I hate gangster and mafia movies because I think even great director like scorcese fall into the easy of a boy liking bad guys and most of those movies even the famous ones are really dumb. there are two exceptions to this. The Godfather that is probably one of the greatest movie about a family ever shot and carlito's way, that is just a very naive and beautiful movie about love and redemption
Re:Watching 'Spirited Away' again, and again
by aasasd on Thursday September 22, 2022 @07:11AM
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> the religious symbolism and reading too much into it
Funny thing is, Anno just shoved in random religious images because he thought they looked cool.
Re:Watching 'Spirited Away' again, and again
by glandium on Thursday September 22, 2022 @05:00AM
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If you haven't already seen it, I think this video will speak to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XeLhFKw_yM
Re:Watching 'Spirited Away' again, and again
by petamask on Thursday September 22, 2022 @03:31PM
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> A hallmark of good rewatchable show is to always explore new stuff. I wonder what I'll explore if I re-watch it in my next step of life
That's my personal definition of 'classic'.Be it a book, movie or series; something you can always go back to come back little bit anew.
I have mixed opinions about the show but rewatching it in different stage of life (early teen, depressed high schooler, stressed college kid, anxious junior to the worklife) I always saw some new things.
As a kid the robots and fighting the angels were the focus, as a depressed teen the religious symbolism and reading too much in to it was the focus, as a stressed college kid it was the relation between the characters (and their parents) was the focus, and finally as an "adult" it was seeing how completely dysfunctional every single adult is in the series.
A hallmark of good rewatchable show is to always explore new stuff. I wonder what I'll explore if I re-watch it in my next step of life