one of the more slept on works of Miyazaki-sama. not only is the titular character the original “chill guy” meme incarnate, he’s a beast in the skies and fighting for what’s good in the world.
a melancholic comedy about a pilot cursed to be pig of all of miyazaki's anti-war movies, this one is pretty striking, especially given the outward political turmoil going on concurrently at the time of the film's development. it started simply as a lighthearted comedy and became something with such a somber undercurrent also obviously the flying scenes are great
I still go on a couple times a day while I’m on the computer but that amounts to about 20x less than I would be otherwise. Brings down screen time more than you’d think.
I don’t want a Spotify wrapped, I don’t want an algorithm telling me what I like. Give me back the local dude at Blockbuster recommending our weekly movie night VHS, give me the cute girl at the record store saying “you might like The Cure”. Records, VHS, Cassette, Print Magazines….gimme dat shit
