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I haven't seen any of Miyazaki's work - which of his movies would you recommend I watch first and why?
by kleiba 3y ago
I haven't seen any of Miyazaki's work - which of his movies would you recommend I watch first and why?
- topaz0 3y agoIt really doesn't matter -- they are all incredible.
- lm28469 3y agoI've randomly picked three to watch with my gf because one of her friends kept saying they were all master pieces. Castle in the sky, spirited away and Howl's moving castle I did not really enjoy a single one of them, castle in the sky was the best but it didn't make me want to watch the rest of his filmography.
- wahnfrieden 3y agoJust stop there then
- baby 3y agoI honestly can’t fathom how someone would not be mindblown by these three movies.
- lm28469 3y agoThey all seemed to offer very surface level lore/characters, the themes are super simplistic too: war bad, nature good, consumerism bad. The rhythm is all over the place It's not bad but it's a far cry from "these movies are all 110/100 and will literally change your life forever". I don't care for animes in the first place so idk, they might be that good compared to the rest of them
- baby 3y agoNobody said they would change your life. They transport you to a different world for a few hours that’s it. Some of these adventures are quite epic as well.
- surgical_fire 3y agoNot all movies are for everyone. It's okay to not like something It's also possible that a lot of people wouldn't like movies you love. That said, Castle in the Sky in particular is not only one of the best animations I ever watched, it's likely one of the best movies I ever watched.
- kirevmaco 3y agoI thought Spirited Away (made in 2001) was awful, so much so that I didn't watch anything Miyazaki made after that for years. I tried The Wind Rises (made in 2013), also found it terrible. However, before those two films, I had seen several Studio Ghibli's earlier movies and found them pretty good. I thought Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (pre-Ghibli but the same group of people, with director Miyazaki) was absolutely amazing. So my impression is that their earlier films are much better than their newer works.
- tehnub 3y agoNo better way to do it than release-order. Start with The Castle of Cagliostro and make your way to The Wind Rises. I'd recommend watching the films he wrote but didn't direct as well, which are Whisper of the Heart, The Secret World of Arrietty, and From Up on Poppy Hill.
- kleiba 3y agoExcellent, thanks very much!
- Der_Einzige 3y agoNote that his sons films are conspicuously missing from this list, hehe. Tales from the earth sea was absolute garbage.
- tehnub 3y agoWell I was only saying the films directed or written by Hayao Miyazaki. I actually did list From Up on Poppy Hill, directed by Goro and co-written by Hayao.
- baby 3y agoPrincess mononoke, totoro, spirited away, kiki, porco rosso, floating castle, castle in the sky, basically all of them except the last ones IMO (ponyo, the wind rises)
- escapedmoose 3y agoI would recommend starting with Spirited Away. It has a bit faster pacing than some of the others, and tons of interesting creatures that really show off the character design prowess. I love Miyazaki and Ghibli films in general, but they do put some people to sleep.
- pallas_athena 3y agoMost of them are great but the absolute essentials are (imo): Spirited Away, Totoro, Princess Mononoke.
- Encrypt-Keeper 3y agoIf you'd prefer a path of greatest hits, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke are probably the titles you'll see recommended most often. Spirited Away being a sort of coming of age story filled more with a sense of wonder, whereas Princess Mononoke is a violent story centered around the complex struggle between man and nature, as is closer to a traditional fantasy setting if that's your bag.