Comments on: At The Movies: Arrietty, or Markgraf Loves Studio Ghibli Forever What A Surprise

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:42:42 +0000

YESSSS Someone who loves Spiller! I just about died when he came on! I wanted to see more of him though :(. I want a sequel full of Spiller… That probably won’t happen though… But i sill lurve him ^_^ great review by the way :D

By: SeraphL

SeraphL — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:11:08 +0000

I am going to hunt down this film if it kills me. But in the meantime I am listening to the entire soundtrack on repeat via youtube. Already I feel as if I’m in some delicate leafy dreamland. If I ever find the movie it may well put me into a big old Romanticised Trance to boot.

Also I WANT TO SEE THIS CAT OF WHICH YOU SPEAK!!!

By: Loopymushroom

Loopymushroom — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:20:09 +0000

I was very dubious about this one, mostly owing to having loved the Borrowers books as a kid and being generally mistrustful of book-to-film adaptations. But now I really want to see it! :D I do like your reviews, they make me giggle :)

By: Metal-eating arachnid

Metal-eating arachnid — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:01:00 +0000

In reply to Lori Smith. Three cheers for scale fetishism! Is there a club? I think there should be a club.

By: Lori Smith

Lori Smith — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:31:31 +0000

Awesome review! I *must* see this film… and I must also now remember to refer to myself as a scale fetishist as that’s a brilliant phrase :-)

By: Markgraf

Markgraf — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:48:09 +0000

In reply to Stephen B. Ooh, sir, you'll make a boy blush.

By: Sarah Cook

Sarah Cook — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:34:21 +0000

I cannot see this film because I am home with my parents in rural Lancashire where the nearest cinema is showing Die Hard 2, or something.

But soon, soon…

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:06:10 +0000

In reply to Markgraf.

I agree with you on the subtitles front, but our local art cinema’s having some renovation done, so we only had the opportunity to see the dub. What I find weird is that are two English dubs – the UK one which I saw, and the Disney one that comes out next year. After Warriors of the Wind (the massacre of Nausicaa) Ghibli’s been very protective of its films and Miyazaki has a very close relationship with John Lasseter so I’m not sure why there are two English dubs. I hope the DVD gets both of them as well as the Japanese track though, that would be awesome.

RE: favourite anime dub, I only actually watch the Ghibli films dubbed. I loved Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. I find that because Japanese is a relatively monotone language, English voice actors try to emulate that and it just doesn’t work. I think it’s been improving with more recent releases though.

By: Markgraf

Markgraf — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:27:38 +0000

In reply to Miranda.

Yeah, the fact that the English dub blows actually surprises me – Mark Strong being on the cast is my main thing of course (HHRRGNNNGGHNNGH MARK STR-STRONNNGG CAN I HAVE HIM FOR MY BIRTHDAY GOD PLEASE) but also because Studio Ghibli have, in my experience, had rather good dubs! The Princess Mononoke dub is lovely! And I seem to recall the Howl’s Moving Castle one being decent, too.

(An aside: my award for Best Anime Dub Literally Ever will always go to Hellsing. Always and forever. It is so appropriate and perfect.)

By: Stephen B

Stephen B — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:19:42 +0000

In reply to Skye. This is pretty restrained for Markgraf :) There's a whole series of "Markgraf's Movie Adventures" here! (But yes, they crack me up every time)