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aw :( i really want to go to one of the cons! but I'm poor as hell. *sigh* oh well. awesome vid and i love the commentaries. I love hearing about what went into the making of a video/movie. Keep it up!

Well, Sakura Con is coming up soon! Its $60 at the door! If you can afford it you should come! It's gonna be awesome! ^-^

Hey Nostalgia Crtic (AkA Doug Walker) how about you review Beavis and Butthead Do America or that heavy metal cartoon movie made in (1981), Would you like to do that, or is that not gunna happen? You could review them as the bum either way i'd like it.

Save it for the forums.

i would love for you to review heavy metal (1981)

I totally agree with you dude!

ya that would be cool. I would love to see "heavy metal" review. But I think that would probably be something done by another contributor (tear).

But anyways.

DOUG..quit hatin on us New Yorkers man..we love you! Hate on New Jersey. No one in New Jersey knows how to use the internet anyways. So I think your probably safe from retaliation.

I'd love to see Heavy Metal!

Please stop defending this movie. IT IS HORRIBLE. While I am glad it didn't have any puke inducing singing, which old American animes were almost always ruined with, it still doesn't make up for the fact that this thing is one ridiculous big mess.

Dude...get a life...

You get a life.

It's not THAT bad! Granted it's not the best film from Miyazaki, but it's still decent. The visuals are nice, the core story is heartwarming, and the main characters are pretty relatable. In fact the ONLY downside is that the film jumps quite a bit. Does that make it horrible? Not really.

Someone lives with their mother.

It's a childrens movie. It does go all over the place but it's still enjoyable to watch. My wife and I watched it together almost right after watching NC's review of it

hey why has nobody even mentioned My neighbor totoro or porcco russo?

I mean those ore by far my favorite and I can't be the only one.

Porco Rosso is one of my favorite movies of all time. Totoro is also good, but meant for smaller kids. I think one of the problems Proco Rosso has had is that the English track was horribly done. Fucking Disney.

that was my first first

Nobody Cares. And, I'm sure this will be erased. Striking your first from history.

Let it be burned from our records. Let the very mention of it be punished. And may the memory of it be forgotten as easily as that one great idea that everyone has but never did anything with.

>Let it be burned from our records. Let the very mention of it...

Funny!

dude people post firsties all the time, let it go man... I still say nostalgia critic should claim firsties himself to kill people's chances at it

i love ponyo but i love the review as well, it was great for a 'special episode' funny, objective, but still respectful.

Please do Matilda. Unlike the masses. I Strongly dislike that movie and would love for you to tear it to shreds for it's lack of subtlety and pretentious direction.

he talk about matilda in this one
http:// thatguywiththeglasses.com /videolinks/ thatguywiththeglasses/ specials/29706-dougs-top- 10-movies-he-hates-but- everyones-else-love

Man, I wish I coulda been at that convention. Maybe someday I can actually meet the Critic like those lucky fucks there.

Goddamn did this review make me want to eat ham SO bad after this. I'm still mad that it was Ash Wednesday when this came out and I could'nt eat it until the next day!

Yea, this has to be one of the best reviews hes done. Love it.

*sing songy voice I was at the convention and I got to meet him *
Okay I'm done bragging now...
*And I got to hug him*
Okay NOW I'm done.

But seriously, this really is a good review and despite my earlier preconceptions on Ponyo, it does make me want to see it. (I never watched it because I thought it would be too childish and pandering, especially because of the Disney child star voices)

The part with the baby; I had always assumed that Ponyo could sort of tell that he was sick/had a cold, and the head butting thing was her using her magic to cure him. (She transforms when she uses her magic if you didn't see it before XD)

Good commentary though!

The baby does have a cold and Ponyo does cure him.

i would be delighted to see you shred that movie matilda!

but then again i would love to see Clubber Lang beat up the Pope

Huh? There was a huge thing in the comments section with people getting upset about the tsunami, and others (me included) arguing against those who were upset. I'm sure it was probably deleted, seeing as the mods don't like it when people get into fights. You will never see the most negative comments, NC.

I found Ponyo to be a weird choice since it was so recent, really wished the NC would do Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away.

Excellent review, I was dying during Ponyo's unquenchable thirst for HAM!!!!! And yes when I first saw this movie with my friends the whole baby scene baffled us to no end. I'm still not completely positive what happened, but whatever.

Also I'm proud to admit I still love Matilda. Take that as you may :P

And yay!!! Spirited Away was my first ever Miyazaki film and to this day is my absolute favorite out of all his works.

PS: The girl who did the epic "what?!" at the convention was freaking hilarious!

Thank you! ^_^

I actually passed up watching this movie and almost did the same for your review. I have a severe disconnect problem with watching a Miyazaki film and don't understand it. I tried Howl's Moving Castle first, but caved in about twenty minutes in in spite of hearing all the rave reviews about it. Is there a better way to start watching Miyazaki? Would anyone recommend a starter Miyazaki film for me?

Princess Mononoke was my first Miyzaki, it and Spirited Away are my top faves. Ghibli's recent stuff hasn't been as Grade A, but it's guaranteed to look amazing even if you can't tell what's going on.

Howl's Moving Castle is not a good starter film. It's not even a good FILM. It's based on a children's book by British author (also very popular in America) Diana Wynne Jones. Miyazaki basically took the characters from the book, got up to about chapter 3, screamed "ABANDON PLOT!" and never looked back. It's Miyazaki removing English characters from their cultural context and using them to make some weird, weird, WEIRD artistic/political statement that makes no sense when presented back to the people who grew up with those characters and the original story. I don't know how he got the rights to do that, but it doesn't work.

The best one to start with, I would say, is probably Spirited Away. It's a fairytale told through dreamlike imagery and logic, kind of like Alice in Wonderland but... more Japanese. It's comparable to Labyrinth or Legend in that it's a fantasy story about a young girl who travels to a bizarre world where she has to learn to survive and overcomes her flaws of fearfulness and selfishness to become a more mature and open-minded person. The artwork is incredible, the storytelling is relatable in its fairytale-like nature, but unlike Disney, this is a fairytale that doesn't sugar-coat anything. It does have moments of real fear, violence, and graphically exaggerated repercussions for using magic. It's... Grimm's Labyrinth in Wonderland, if you will. :P Even if you don't like it, it's a taste of this director's best work without being an adaptation or trying to retell anyone else's stories. It's just his vision, and you can decide for yourself whether it's something you'd like to explore further.

I've always wondered something about Spirited Away: What the hell was the deal with No Face? He starts out as this inoffensive, albeit kinda creepy little spirit-thing that seems genuinely interested in helping the girl with its power, and suddenly becomes this full-blown living nightmare that wants to consume everything in its path, but after swallowing the magical macguffin-thing, it just--goes back to normal? What was that? Was No Face evil to begin with? Or was it somehow "corrupted" by the bath house and its patrons/employees? And in any case, why would the girl let it continue to follow her after what happened? That confuses me to no end. I've always assumed it was because of a cultural gap that I don't understand, but I don't really know.

Spot on. It was not a good choice. It would have made a fine movie, but not a Miyazaki one. a major thing is that Howell/howl's from Wales, and of course that gets lost. I was really sad about that- partly because the second time I saw the film was right after she'd died, and it was just painful to see her work... utterly destroyed.

I actually like Castle in the Sky. It's just one, great, big adventure and I adore it.

Mad-eye, I would recommend Princess Mononoke as a good starter,it has more action and a little less cuteness. Of course it still had the weird moments that epitomize Miyazaki's films, which I think is the main reason a lot of folks like them.

Anyways, when Doug said his bro provided plenty of shots, he wasn't lying. Between Rob keeping the camera rolling and all the fellow fans lining up to get a shot attacking the NC I'm sure there were plenty. It was all a blast and even though it is a long drive I plan on being at AMKE 2013 again next year.

I would actually recommend Spirited Away as a starter.

The mother is supposed to be a bad driver? She's hectic and always drives like the mob is chasing her, but she seems to actually be pretty good. Just also very irresponsible and flashy.

Anyone else notice that the sea mage dresses just like Beetlejuice?

OMG LOL

I THOUGHT his clothes were familiar for some reason. XD

Uhm, Little Mermaid wasn't based on a folktale. That was all Anderson. The version he wrote IS the true version making the disney enterpretation closer to the source material

This was a fun episode to watch; glad to know just as much fun was had making it.

I really do wish you would review Matilda. Don't get me wrong, I love the book and the movie, but there are so many things wrong with both.

Kinda surprised to hear you have problems with Castle inthe Sky. I thought it was pretty straight forward Science Fantasy.

If you listened the whole way through, you'll see he corrected himself, and said that Howl's Moving Castle was what he meant to say.

Did you eat human blood?
Yeah...
How about flesh, eat any of that?
Oh, well I did eat ham..
(What follows is then the story of a half-pig half fish...)

I always wondered why you had beef with Liam Neeson, NC. I guess I see where you're coming from though, he probably is an acquired taste. That being said, if you're wandering if it fits the character... Liam Neeson ALWAYS fits. lol

Dude that guy who has you by the throat in the front page splash image looks the spitting image of one of the guys from Ninja: The Mission Force!

Nice Commentary! I love these because we can get your real thoughts!
I'm glad to see you actually meant something else when you said Necrophilia! Because I knew that sounded wrong!
And I still gotta say from what I understand as long as you don't make fun of it or like it was a good thing Japan doesn't mind comments on disasters there because from what I've learned they are quite use to things happening there! The place is quite volatile! Weather, Earthquakes, bombs, ect. that was like one of the point of some animes is how desensitized they've become to the horrors of the world!
Wished I could've been there for your beating!
Spirited Away is my fave too then it's Princes Mononoke! howl's Moving Castle I forget the plot too but I only saw it once and don't own it!
I want you to review Akira now so I can see the anime nerds beat you over it! :D

I'm telling you, Ponyo's based on Dagon, the other timeless children's classic from the sea. Everything in the movie belongs, including the end of the world, once you realize it's one big Lovecraft story. If Guillermo's Mountains of Madness is dead, it's the best adaptation those tales can get.

Awesome commentary :)
I wish I could go to a few of the cons to see you guys and all this epicness :) I guess until then I can settle for watching the reviews here :)

In all respect to Rob, I don't think telling a child about breast-feeding is wrong. It's a very natural thing!....But getting off the topic, Rob is a very good videographer!

I liked Ponyo, but I don't believe it was his strongest movie. My favorite is still Spirited Away.

I really hope you read this critic, I'm amazed no one stated this before...

When she does the whole rubbing faces with the child thing, she's basically taking away it's cold, that's why she falls ill later on the boat.

She isn't tired, she's suffering from the cold she took away from the baby... with... I dunno... Magic (A wizard did it).

But yeah that explains 2 of the things you were unsure of, hope it makes sense now ^^

I don't remember realising that she lost the power to make the boat big because she took the cold from the baby when I saw this film, so maybe they should have made it a bit clearer. However I've heard the idea of taking someone else's illness or injury from them and becoming afflicted with it yourself for a short while in a Japanese story before- is this a commonly used narrative device in Japan?

Actually, yeah. In shoujo (for girls) series, there's a popular trope that kissing someone with a cold will pass it onto you...and the ill male characters will tease the girls about this sometimes...and promptly be smacked for it. XD

To tell the truth I wasn't fond of HMC the first time I saw it. It did seem random, but for some reason it drew my in in a weird way so I watched it again. And I loved it. Now it's my personal favorite ghibli film. The "random" moments aren't really so random. There's a very coherent plot; I would even say more so than some other Miyazaki movies. I like Castle in the Sky just fine, but something about it is very forgettable and it always slips my mind. Even when I wasn't sure if I liked HMC, I could easily remember it and was drawn to watch it again. I think that's really important.

I haven't seen Ponyo before but the review and commentary were a lot of fun. Spirited Away was great but I have to say Howl's Moving Castle beats it for me, everything was concluded in a satisfactory way, I just felt the wrap-up was pretty rushed. But I really loved the lead up to it too much to really criticise that.

As far as movies that don't seem to lead to much, I felt the same way about My Neighbour Totoro but still enjoyed it enough, haha.

Meathook - Bound gagged and raped with a knife

still bummed that you didn't put in any Marzgurl doing Initial D reference and some eurobeat playing in the back, or just some random drifting homage / tribute / jokes =/ other than that, great review XD