Directed by:
Hayao MiyazakiScreenplay:
Hayao MiyazakiComposer:
Joe HisaishiCast:
Bin Shimada, Ichirō Nagai, Iemasa Kayumi, Miina Tominaga, Robert Clotworthy, 坂本千夏, Sumi Shimamoto, TARAKO, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Hōchū Ōtsuka, Rihoko Yoshida (more)Plots(1)
Facing the destruction of her planet's natural resources, warrior princess Nausicaa rallies her people against an evil queen's rampaging army. (Netflix)
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Miyazaki's imagination and enormous sense of grandeur is already evident in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the animation is as elaborate as it can be, and the number of strange creatures knows no bounds. At the forefront of it all is the brave Nausicaä, who masters (not only) so many martial arts that even Chuck Norris could envy her. The plot itself is well executed, but I had trouble thinking deeply about its meaning - too bad. Either way, this is a very promising early work from one of my favorite directors.
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I appreciate the ecological subtext, which, given the time of the film's creation, seems almost visionary. Apart from the engaging animation, I really liked the accompanying music, but for my taste, too much space was given to the turmoil of war. I'd rather spend more time enjoying Princess Nausicaä's mysterious expeditions into a strange post-apocalyptic world. (65%)
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The magical Miyazaki knew how to captivate and move the audience from the very beginning. The theme of "boy and girl saving the world" still has plenty to be said, but adventurous ecological motifs, later expanded in Laputa or in Princess Mononoke, were already at work here. The only stumbling block is the overly drawn-out passage about the open war, but the rest pulled me into the irresistible world of Ohms, the Wasteland, and beautiful underground caves.
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Hayao Miyazaki is more mature in this film, if only because the story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world that has been destroyed by human activity and waste. Yes, it's an ecological advocacy, but if every environmental advocacy were presented in such a way, it would be fantastic. A beautiful story with great graphic ideas.
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In the end, it was a very good movie after all. It didn't really grab me at first, I wasn't in the mood to be lectured on "the field of ecology", but then somewhere, at some point, the film won me over and I hoped it would last a while longer. In this case, Miyazaki's imagination and ability to shape a story did not disappoint me. I'm not a fan of films with ecological overtones, but this is the only one I would happily watch again. The only thing that disappointed me a bit was the soundtrack – bland, flavorless, it fit only one time (in the sense of "Yes, nothing else really fits here"), yet that didn't detract from the film. EDIT. 28 Jan 2017 – It's interesting how your tastes change. After almost seven years, I went to see the film in the cinema and ended up enjoying the soundtrack the most, I consider it one of Hisashi's best. On the other hand, I found the film itself perhaps a bit too lengthy, it couldn't hold my attention, so I'm downgrading it from the original 5 stars to 4 stars. Something was lacking in order for me to give it a full rating.
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