Hello again, fellow Escapist SkullCap here with another Recommend This, the thread where Escapists share their suggestions with one another for films of certain genres for the sole purpose of broadening each other's movie palette. First I wanna say thank you to all the Escapist's who wrote in my Recommend This: FOREIGN films thread that you can also check out here:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.219959-Recommend-This-FOREIGN-films
In the second thread of Recommend This we're going to once again look into a misunderstood genre of film that is brushed aside because of the implications of it being "childish." That's right, today's recommendations are animated movies. Often times many people think that anything animated is only enjoyable for youths, I say NAY! Animation is only another form of film that can be enjoyed by everyone. I could write a paper about why animation is sometimes superior to live-action, but that would probably bore the hell out of everyone. So let's begin and just a quick side note: NOTHING DISNEY that is another thread in itself. I'll start with my pick.
LAPUTA: Castle in the Sky 1986
Now I know I can just put Hayao Miyazaki's picture up here and say all of them, but that would be too easy because the man is the master of animation. This film is appreciated, just not enough. Now Laputa is the story about Pazu, a miner in a machine based community that catches a young girl, Sheeta, who slowly falls from the sky (literally floats down from the sky). Sheeta carries a magical pendant that is the key to finding the legendary floating castle in the sky, Laputa. The two young heroes team up to find Laputa with the help of sky pirates, while avoiding a corrupt government official leading the government army after them in order to use the secrets of Laputa for his own purposes. Filled with amazing visuals, imaginative settings, likable characters, lazer shooting flying robots, and sky pirate battles this film is a gem of adventure that can be enjoyed by everyone.
Anyway that's my choice let's see what sort of recommendation's we can find.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.219959-Recommend-This-FOREIGN-films
In the second thread of Recommend This we're going to once again look into a misunderstood genre of film that is brushed aside because of the implications of it being "childish." That's right, today's recommendations are animated movies. Often times many people think that anything animated is only enjoyable for youths, I say NAY! Animation is only another form of film that can be enjoyed by everyone. I could write a paper about why animation is sometimes superior to live-action, but that would probably bore the hell out of everyone. So let's begin and just a quick side note: NOTHING DISNEY that is another thread in itself. I'll start with my pick.
LAPUTA: Castle in the Sky 1986
Now I know I can just put Hayao Miyazaki's picture up here and say all of them, but that would be too easy because the man is the master of animation. This film is appreciated, just not enough. Now Laputa is the story about Pazu, a miner in a machine based community that catches a young girl, Sheeta, who slowly falls from the sky (literally floats down from the sky). Sheeta carries a magical pendant that is the key to finding the legendary floating castle in the sky, Laputa. The two young heroes team up to find Laputa with the help of sky pirates, while avoiding a corrupt government official leading the government army after them in order to use the secrets of Laputa for his own purposes. Filled with amazing visuals, imaginative settings, likable characters, lazer shooting flying robots, and sky pirate battles this film is a gem of adventure that can be enjoyed by everyone.
Anyway that's my choice let's see what sort of recommendation's we can find.
